The sky was a deep, vivid blue, dotted with wisps of thin clouds—some white as freshly picked cotton, others flushed with the faint, intoxicated crimson of a beautiful woman’s cheeks.
Ye Chen sat in a horse-drawn carriage alongside several of his senior sisters, departing Dongyue City and heading toward the imperial capital of the Donghuang Kingdom. Because Ye Chen was known as a "useless" prince, traveling by flying on a sword did not fit his established persona; thus, he swayed along the road in a carriage.
Ye Chen knew that many would certainly come to assassinate him along the way. He intended to use these people to follow the trail, hoping to uncover exactly who was after his life. Once he became Emperor, he would spare none of those who wished him dead.
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