The Fourth Prince knelt on the ground, crying like a drowned rat. "Imperial father, you must believe your son. I truly did it for your sake, and for the sake of our Moli Country. I don't want our Moli Country to change its surname."
"Insolence." The Emperor exploded with rage as soon as he heard those words. He didn't even call him Imperial Son anymore, but addressed him by name. "Zhang Ruixuan, don't make it sound so high-sounding and righteous. Aren't you just coveting the position of Crown Prince? I'll make it clear to you today: just looking at the ghostly state you're in now, there is no way I'll make you Crown Prince."
The Fourth Prince should never, ever have Practiced Evil Technique. Before his death, The Late Emperor repeatedly instructed that no descendant of the royal family was allowed to Practice Evil Technique. Once discovered, they were to be expelled from the ancestral records.
This time, the Fourth Prince had committed a grave taboo.
