Chapter 5611
Li Guxian and Sect Master Chu Xi spoke of the old events surrounding their coming of age a thousand years ago, allowing Lin Bai to gradually sort out the whole chain of events.
Everything was inextricably linked to the struggle for the throne.
Emperor Chu had several sons, all exceptionally intelligent and formidable contenders for the imperial throne.
The First Prince, Second Prince, Third Prince, His Highness Prince Chen, the Seventh Prince, the Eighth Prince, and the Twelfth Prince.
The First Prince and Second Prince both died sudden, inexplicable deaths.
The Seventh Prince was demoted and forced to leave the imperial capital, while the Eighth Prince, heartbroken, departed for a distant land.
The Twelfth Prince was executed by Emperor Chu.
All of this originated from a royal secret dating back a thousand years.
Had Chu Xi, who had personally experienced the events this time, not brought them up, Lin Bai might never have learned about what had happened a thousand years ago.
The Twelfth Prince had had an affair with one of the imperial harem consorts.
The ruler of the Chu Kingdom, one of the most powerful forces in the Devil Realm Eastern Region, had actually been cuckolded.
And the cuckold was none other than his own son.
If word of this got out, the Chu royal family would lose all face and become a laughingstock among the martial artists of the Devil Realm.
Therefore.
After Emperor Chu had thoroughly investigated the matter, he decisively executed the Twelfth Prince and Consort Xuan.
Even the martial artists from the Zhao Xing Office who had assisted with the investigation were executed as well, all to ensure that the matter would not leak.
Emperor Chu's methods had worked.
At least, over the past thousand years, everyone who knew the truth had