C3 Past Events

The Chu Clan was located in the Chong Yi Workshop, not far from the Royal Capital. After Li Xin walked out of the mansion, a servant had already wrapped a carriage around the carriage and was waiting outside. Very naturally, he boarded the carriage and said, "To the Imperial Palace." The coachman shouted and urged the horse forward.

Sitting on the simple carriage, Li Xin could not help but sigh with emotion: This Tang Chu really doesn't matter at all, he was such a good carriage, he didn't even have a shock proof device, and the road on Chang An Street was already a mess. Not even one street, but his butt was already complaining.

Finally, the carriage stopped before the Imperial City. There were Imperial Guards stationed here, so the carriages couldn't enter.

Li Xin held onto his waist as he jumped down from the carriage. He rubbed his butt without leaving a trace and thought to himself, "No, if I sit in this broken carriage again, it will definitely take my life. In a few days, I will have to find a way to quickly add on the concussion …"

With this thought, he turned his head to look at the city wall that was more than ten meters tall. Under the walls, there were armored soldiers guarding the walls. They stood there expressionlessly, as if they were devoted to their duty, and did their best to guard the safety of the imperial city, not letting any idle person in.

Of course, Li Xin did not belong to the group of random people. The guards at the gate all knew him, so they respectfully saluted him and said, "Greetings, Lord Chu."

After all, Li Xin's body contained a soul that came from the modern world, and seeing others being so respectful to him, he unexpectedly felt a little uncomfortable, but he could not reveal it. He could only cough lightly and wave his hand, saying, "Exempt the formalities, I want to enter the palace. I would like to trouble the guards to inform me."

"Lord Chu, please wait." After the guard said this, someone else ran into the palace, obviously to notify the imperial palace.

Soon, the imperial guards were rewarded with a reply: allow them to pass. Thus, the tall and big city gate, with the cooperation of the few Imperial Guards, opened a crack and let Li Xin in.

Li Xin passed through the Imperial City and arrived outside the palace walls. Under the guidance of the attendant, Li Xin passed through the palace gate. His heart suddenly felt somewhat apprehensive. After all, he was going to meet the most powerful person in the entire Tang Dynasty. The life and death of everyone in the world depended on him. What if his words were a bit inappropriate and made him unhappy?

Fortunately, the relationship between the Emperor and Li Xin's father, who was already dead, was extremely good. He wanted to give his father some face, so even if he said something wrong, the Emperor wouldn't be too fussy.

Thinking of this, Li Xin silently recalled his father's name — — Li Xuan Dao.

When he had just transmigrated here, Li Xin had gone through the barren history in his mind, but he was unable to find any information regarding the "King Chu, Li Xuantao". At one point, he thought that this was a character that was not recorded in the annals of history, and was filled with curiosity towards him. However, as he continued to organize his inherited memories, he realized that this conclusion was not reliable.

His Majesty was the Tang Dynasty's second emperor, Li Shimin. This point coincided with Li Xin's memories of the Tang Dynasty, including the fact that the previous emperor was the founder of Tang Gao, Li Yuan. However, apart from these two points, there was almost no other part that was right.

In the history that Li Xin could remember, Li Shimin's elder brother was called Li Chengming. He was the crown prince that Li Yuan set down, and should have been the successor to the throne. However, Second Brother Li Shimin, at the crucial moment, activated the Black Tortoise Sect's transformation, killing his older brother Li Cheng and his fourth younger brother Li Yuanji. He chased Li Yuan down from the throne and was titled as the Supreme Emperor while he himself sat on the bloody throne.

Thanks to the countless novels and stories he had read in the future, he believed that no matter how ignorant he was of history, he would at least understand a little about it when he spoke of it.

However, in this strange time and place, the piece of history that Li Xin was familiar with had never happened.

Here, although Li Shimin was still number two, his big brother was Li Xin's father, Li Xuan. Li Xuantao was originally the crown prince of Li Yuan, but the difference was that he had no interest in the throne. Instead, he gave the crown prince position to Li Shimin in every possible way, while he himself chose to hide at the border to lead troops.

Later, Li Yuan died of illness, Li Shimin successfully ascended to the throne, and Li Xuantao was conferred the title of King Chu, also serving as the Grand General of the hussar. Everything was calm and peaceful. The Black Tortoise Sect was completely calm without the slightest bit of disturbance.

After confirming that the memory coming from Li Xin was correct, Li Xin came to a conclusion — this was probably not the Tang Dynasty that he was familiar with from five thousand years back in China. Instead, it was a strange parallel space and time, another Tang Dynasty. It had a similar history and social background to the other Tang Dynasty, and even had some similar characters. However, it was not that Tang Dynasty after all.

Li Xin regretted this conclusion. As a Transcender, being familiar with the direction of history was originally a huge advantage. But now, Li Xin had clearly lost this advantage.

Li Xin wasn't clear about why Li Xuantao wasn't willing to become emperor, and he couldn't find an answer in his memories. However, he was still rather glad for this — if Li Xuantao hadn't given the throne to Li Shimin, then he would have been the one to ascend the throne after Li Xuantao had died of illness.

At that time, even though he was in his prime, Li Shimin would be eyeing him covetously. Who knew if he had any thoughts about the throne? If there was, wouldn't the grudge between Zhu Yunjun and Zhu Di be played out in advance between Li Xin and Li Shimin in a few hundred years' time? Li Xin did not have the confidence to beat a ruthless person like Li Shimin.

Besides, the Emperor's profession was tiring. Li Xin absolutely did not have the mentality and ability to handle the things that should be handled from that position. It was still better to be like this now. If Li Shimin wanted to be the emperor, he would be the one to be the one to start his chastity rule, and Li Xin would obediently be his Prince of Peace. He would enjoy the happy life of a feudal lord.

Of course, it would have been better if there hadn't been this damned marriage.

In Li Xin's mind, the moving figure of a little sister appeared involuntarily. He almost "cried tears of joy" and hurriedly invited the attendant in front of him to pass on the information. It turned out that as he continued to walk, he had actually already followed the eunuch leading the way outside of Tai Chi Palace. The great Li Shimin, Second Emperor Li, was diligently handling official matters.

After a while, the attendant came out, bowed and said, "His Majesty allows you to enter."

Li Xin resisted the urge to express his gratitude and nodded his head. Then, he strode into the magnificent palace in front of him.