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Arc 3.15 : Return to Royalty

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For the next few days, Ye You didn’t go to school, because he wasn’t in the mood to do anything, he was just in a listless daze every day. Even he himself didn’t know what kind of mood he was in right now, he couldn’t say he was sad, and he didn’t blame the Emperor and the Queen for failing to protect him, let alone anger or sadness, and of course he didn’t felt the excitement.

Du Yao knew that Ye You’s mood was very complicated, seeing his listless appearance, he tried his best to stay at home to accompany him, enlighten him.

The fact that Ye You was likely to be the only child of the Emperor and the Queen has been widely spread. Not only the nobles and officials were eager to know the truth, but even the public were also strongly demanding on the Star Network that the royal family respond positively to this rumor.

In order not to let various rumors hurt Ye You, the Emperor and the Queen made a public response after discussing with Du Yao and with Ye You’s consent, admitted that Ye You was their only child, and released the identification results, as well as the image of the Queen more than a thousand years ago, for comparison with Ye You’s current photo.

Now everyone in the empire was shocked, and the discussion on Star Network continued to heat up. The main content of the discussion was that Duke Du Yao’s fiancée was actually the only biological child of the Emperor and the Queen, who was also the most legitimate heir to the throne. Duke Du Yao, who had been unwilling to have marriage connection to the royal family before, became engaged to the heir of the royal family without knowing it. How will the power struggle situation in the empire change? Will Duke Du Yao support the royal family for his fiancée, or will he break off his engagement with his fiancée in order to distance himself from the royal family?

Ye You suddenly became the rightful heir to the throne. Of course, it was not only caused discussions among the people of the entire empire, but also the nobles and officials were a little caught off guard. Some people have been planning for so many years, just because of this sudden change, it can be said that overnight, hundreds of years of painstaking efforts were wasted.

Those who originally thought they had a chance to inherit the throne were forced to wake up from their dreams overnight, while some people were still unwilling to wake up, thinking that as long as Ye You disappeared from this world again, everything will return to the previous state, and they still have a chance to inherit the throne.

In addition to those royal family members who suddenly lost the opportunity to inherit the throne, the people who were most anxious were the people of the democratically elected party, because once the royal family has the support of Du Yao, it will be even more difficult for them to achieve their goal of abolishing the royal family. Therefore, people from the Democratic Party deliberately fanned the public on the Internet, trying to get Du Yao and Ye You to break off their engagement.

And Du Yao directly and unyieldingly stated publicly that it was absolutely impossible for him to break off the engagement with Ye You, and he will be the same as before, putting the interests of the entire empire and the people first, and warned those who fan the public’s emotions for their own benefit, be careful to spark a fire***1Original text 小心引火***; spark fire***. Not sure what it means though. Is it that it will backfire? 「(°ヘ°).

Seeing Ye You’s depressed look, Du Yao felt that it was not an option to continue like this, so he told Ye You that the Democratic Party and Slyn deliberately stirred up the public’s emotions and wanted them to dissolve their engagement.

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After hearing this, Ye You felt very angry. He hadn’t fully accepted the sudden change, but those people were so impatient to suppressed him, and wanted him to break off the engagement with Du Yao? Did they really think he was so easy to bully?

Du Yao also told Ye You something very important.

“Actually, many years ago, I got the evidence of the collusion between Slyn and the king of Yintian Kingdom. The reason why the Emperor and the Queen were ambushed was planned by Slyn and the king of Yintian Kingdom2Raw 银天国(Yín tiānguó); Silver Sky Kingdom. If they hadn’t been ambushed, they wouldn’t have failed to escape the cosmic storm, and you wouldn’t have been left behind in another dimension. Although I had some evidence of Slyn, I did not tell the Emperor about it. First, because the evidence was not sufficient, and second, because I wanted to keep Slyn to restrain the royal family and some other nobles, so that the reputation of the royal family would decline. At the same time, increase my own power. ”

“King of the Yintian Kingdom?” Ye You thought for a while and said, “I remember that the king of the Yintian Kingdom is called Aldrich, who succeeded to the throne five hundred years ago. Although the Yintian Kingdom’s strength was weakened by your troops, a surrender treaty was also sign, but Aldrich is still alive and well. ”

“Yes, although the national strength of Yintian Kingdom is not as good as before, Aldrich is still the king and is still alive and well.” Du Yao looked at Ye You and said, “For various reasons, I voted for the truce. I didn’t kill Aldrich in the battle to avenge you. I’m sorry.”

“No, it’s good that you let him live. If he died early, how could I take this revenge myself?” Ye You’s eyes became fierce and he said: “Whether Aldrich or Slyn, I won’t let go any of them! I must make them regret what they have done! ”

Ye You didn’t want to hide under Du Yao’s protection completely, he wanted to counterattack those people head-on, and he was ready to accept everything that had happened. He was grateful to his parents for their upbringing, and if possible, he hopes to repay them, but he will never forgive those who caused this to happen.

Du Yao saw that Ye You finally regained his spirits. Even if he was full of motivation because of the hatred in his heart, he(DY) felt it was better than when he(YY) was depressed and uncomfortable. Because of those people, he will help him solve them together, and he will definitely help him get rid of everything that needs to be removed. As long as Ye You finished venting the anger in his heart, he(DY) will make those people disappear completely.

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Jin Lan didn’t go to the academy these days, he pretended to be sick and hid in his bedroom in the palace, unwilling to step out of the bedroom, as if once he went outside the palace, he would never be able to come back and continue to be the prince.

Jin Lan lays on the bed every day and doesn’t want to meet anyone, even when his parents come to visit him, he also refuses to see them, as if as long as he guards this bed, he will be able to guard his status as a prince.

A few days later, Jin Lan gradually calmed down. He realized that it was absolutely impossible for him to keep his status as a prince, let alone prevent Ye You from becoming the heir to the throne, so he asked Bowen come to discuss countermeasures.

“What should I do?” Jin Lan leaned against the head of the bed with a haggard face, looked at Bowen and said, “Ye You is actually the biological son of the Imperial Father and the Queen Mother.  Now I have completely lost the chance to inherit the throne. If I can’t inherit the throne, what’s the point of me being the prince? ”

“Your Highness, you are not the only one who lost the chance to inherit the throne, but also your cousins. Although you were the only one who was adopted as the prince, your cousins and their father did not give up their fight for the throne. It’s just because your father is the most powerful, so they are only giving in temporarily, and you know all of this.” Bowen said.

“So? Even me, the person closest to the throne, has lost my chance, so what’s the use of them even having any ideas?” Jin Lan sneered and said with a wry smile, “And he’s also engaged to Du Yao. With Du Yao for his support, who can compete with him?”

“Your Highness, I have also thought a lot these days.” Bowen said: “I think there is no absolute thing in the world. No one can be sure what will happen in the future, just like everyone thinks that the child of His Majesty and Her Royal Highness was gone, but he suddenly appeared again. And his appearance, perhaps, is not a bad thing for His Highness.”

“What do you mean?” Jin Lan looked at him and asked.

“Life is always full of various accidents, especially the higher the person stands, the greater the possibility of encountering accidents. Didn’t Your Highness have been targeted many times by your uncles and cousins before and after becoming the prince? Ye You disappeared once before, who can guarantee that he won’t disappear again? Therefore, the future is unpredictable, and opportunities are not completely absent. His Highness can take retreat as an advance, make a temporary concession, and make full preparations for the next opportunity. But if His Highness just gives up and continues to be decadent, then there is really no hope at all. ”

Jin Lan thought about Bo Wen’s words seriously, and understood the meaning of his words, and then asked, “Is this your own thought, or is it someone else’s idea?”

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“Some are my own thoughts, and some are what your father asked me to convey to you.” Bowen said: “What your father means is that hope will always exist, so you must persevere.”

Jin Lan’s emotions and expressions have returned to normal: “Go and tell my father, just say I understand.”

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Ye You decided to face what had happened, and was ready to counterattack against those who didn’t want him to exist. They hoped that he would break off the engagement with Du Yao. That was impossible. They hoped that he, the rightful heir to the throne, would disappear again. As it happened, he just wanted to return to the royal family, completely cutting off their chances and thoughts of inheriting the throne.

Ye You had already adjusted his mood and prepared himself mentally, and followed Du Yao to the palace to meet the Emperor and the Queen.

The Emperor and the Queen greeted them in person. As soon as the Queen saw Ye You, the guilt in her heart would explode, and she couldn’t help shed tears.

When Ye You saw them, he didn’t know what to say to them. The uneasiness of seeing his biological parents whom he had never met before made him hold Du Yao’s hand tightly.

The Emperor and the Queen took Ye You and Du Yao to visit the residency in the palace prepared for Ye You. This residency was prepared before Ye You was born, and servants would clean and tidy it up every day.

They walked through a very beautiful garden and entered the residency. Ye You looked at the huge residency, it was gorgeous and exquisite everywhere, and one could see the care of the people who arranged it.

The Queen told Ye You that there were thirty-six rooms in this residency, and thirty-six was considered the luckiest number in this world.

After entering the bedroom, the Queen turned around and looked at Ye You, and said nervously: “This is the style I guess you might like, and I have someone arranged. If you don’t like it, I’ll have people change all the things here and replace them with the style you like. ”

Ye You was stunned for a moment and then said: “It’s quite good, there’s no need to change it, I… I still want to continue living in the Duke’s Mansion.”

“Occasionally come to stay at the palace for a few days, okay?” The Queen held Ye You’s hand and looked at him expectantly.

Ye You looked at the Queen’s expectant eyes, and couldn’t bear to refuse, so he could only nod and said, “Okay.”

The Queen smiled happily, and then dragged Ye You to look at other rooms.

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This residency was very large, with a flower room, a hot spring room, a massage room, two or three rooms for the dressing room alone, and a large room where various beautiful fishes that Ye You has never seen before were raised.

After visiting every room, a couple of hours had passed, and they left Ye You’s residency, ready to have lunch together.

Jin Lan stood at the corner of the long corridor in the distance, watching them secretly. He had never entered the bedroom specially prepared for Ye You, because the Queen did not allow anyone else to clean and tidy up except for those specially arranged by the Queen. When he was young, he wanted to go in because of curiosity, but the Queen refused him very seriously and told him that he could not make such a request in the future.

From then on, Jin Lan knew that no matter how he behaved, he could not replace their biological child in their hearts. At that time, he was very glad that the Emperor and the Queen had no more children, because even if he can’t replace that child’s position in the heart of the Emperor and the Queen, he can still enjoy everything that that child cannot enjoy. But why, why after so many years, that person that he absolutely can’t replace, has to appear again?

Jin Lan clenched his fists hard, thinking in his heart that the person who had already disappeared should not re-appeared again. Since he(YY) appeared, he(JL) must make him disappear more thoroughly this time!

During lunch, the Emperor proposed to hold a grand banquet for Ye You, and introduce him publicly to everyone as a prince.

Since Ye You had already decided to face everything, he did not refuse the Emperor’s proposal.

Constantly comparing oneself to others will only make one angry 乁(ᴗ ͜ʖ ᴗ)ㄏ

1Original text 小心引火***; spark fire***. Not sure what it means though. Is it that it will backfire? 「(°ヘ°)2Raw 银天国(Yín tiānguó); Silver Sky Kingdom