Father, who is both a heir and a descendant, is still biased; the bound system has gone berserk.

Before long, the Xilin National Preceptor inside the sack was motionless.

Ying Yufu didn't say anything, but stepped forward and kicked the sack a few times, but it didn't budge.

Ying Yufu and the Crown Prince exchanged a glance, and the two turned and left.

As they reached the corner, the prince placed two fingers between his lips and whistled.

In an instant, several large black dogs ran from the end of the alley and headed straight for the sack.

Ying Yufu and the Crown Prince disappeared completely around the street corner.

The two went directly to North Street.

A tavern on North Street was packed with customers, and a large crowd of people had gathered outside.

Ying Yufu and the Crown Prince, out of curiosity, squeezed in.

Upon approaching, one sees a storyteller narrating his tale.

"I heard that the deposed crown prince of Dongchen was once a man of great talent and brilliance, as dazzling as the stars."

He had the world in his heart, was generous in his official duties and charitable in his charity, which was a blessing for Dongchen.

Now, all that remains is a body covered in festering sores, confined in a ruined garden, where he is deprived of the light of day and the light of night, living a life worse than death.

In the summer, the abandoned garden reeked of decay, and snakes, insects, and rodents roamed around, biting him. In the winter, the wind was biting cold, and he had only a tattered and stiff thin blanket for warmth.

The doors and windows of the house where he was imprisoned were nailed shut, leaving only a small hole for passing food; he lived a life worse than an animal.

He wanted to commit suicide, but was constantly watched by secret guards. He tried to starve himself, but was forced to eat rotten food.

That former Crown Prince of Dongchen couldn't even manage death.

Now, he's practically a monster, neither human nor ghost, barely clinging to life.

But the very person who imprisoned him kept his eyes, his tongue, his ears, and his limbs, so that he could hear, see, curse, and experience everything he was going to do.

Oh, how cruel!

The storyteller sighed heavily.

One of the onlookers couldn't help but ask, "Why treat such a good prince like this? Who is so cruel?"

As soon as the Crown Prince and Ying Yufu arrived, they heard the story about the deposed Crown Prince of Dongchen.

The two of them frowned at the same time. Ying Yufu looked at the Crown Prince with worry. The deposed Crown Prince of Dongchen, could he really be that miserable?

The Crown Prince pursed his lips and remained silent, shaking his head at Ying Yufu.

The two hid in the crowd and continued to listen to the storyteller.

The storyteller slammed his gavel and said, "This story begins with the Crown Prince's birth mother, Empress Nangong of Dongchen."

I heard that Dongchen has two beauties, one is Nangong Shu, and the other is Pei Jingran.

At that time, Emperor Dongchen was also handsome and elegant, like a banished immortal.

Just as a beautiful lady is sought after by a gentleman, a celestial prince is also admired by countless women, let alone a heroic and extraordinary emperor like Emperor Dongchen.

Among the women who admired Emperor Dongchen were the two beauties of Dongchen.

Later, one of the two women became empress, and the other became a concubine.

However, Nangong Shu, relying on the military power of her family, the Nangong family, was arrogant, domineering, and jealous by nature, and repeatedly framed Imperial Noble Consort Pei Jingran.

Emperor Dongchen finally couldn't bear it any longer and sent her to a temple...

"It's unbelievable that the deposed crown prince would have such a mother. No wonder he ended up like that."

With a "smack," the storyteller slammed his gavel down again.

The crowd fell silent as the storyteller began to speak: "The empress was pregnant and gave birth in the temple, but unexpectedly, it was twins, a boy and a girl."

The empress was so focused on using the princes to gain favor that she neglected the princess, leading to the loss of both the princess and the Dongchen's most precious Nine Stars Alignment.

The crowd gasped in shock, "The most precious treasure of Dongchen Kingdom has gone missing?! You storyteller, hurry up and tell us if the missing princess has been found yet?"

The storyteller shook his head and sighed, "Alas, they haven't found her. Forty years have passed, and the Eastern Chen Kingdom still hasn't found the lost princess."

On the contrary, I recently heard that the missing princess was actually the Empress of our Northern Xuan.

"Huh? Isn't the Empress Dowager a member of the Hai family?"

"If Empress Yuan is truly the lost princess of Dongchen Kingdom, then wouldn't that mean our Crown Prince of Beixuan is...?"

Among the crowd, the Crown Prince and Ying Yufu looked grim.

Ying Yufu couldn't help but feel indignant and said, "Someone must have deliberately used this storyteller's words to slander Empress Nangong."

Empress Nangong placed the princess's birth date and time, royal tokens, and a precious artifact like the Nine Stars Alignment in the princess's swaddling clothes, so she certainly did not intentionally abandon the princess.

On the contrary, she must have had a self-defeating reason for sending the princess away.

The Crown Prince nodded and said, "This should be the work of the Dongchen people."

Ying Yufu, full of arrogance, grabbed the Crown Prince and pulled him away, saying, "Your Highness, let's go!"

"Where are you going?" the prince asked, puzzled.

"Report this to the authorities! This storyteller has been speaking recklessly about the empress of another country in Beixuan. This is clearly spreading heresy and inciting discord."