Ancient Ancestral Gods

Above the bustling imperial capital of the Da Qi Kingdom, there was a sudden clap of thunder that caught the attention of countless people in an instant.    

The sky was clear and bright, so why was there a flash of thunder in the sky? It made everyone in the capital feel strange, from the nobles and officials to the common people.    

However, the moment the thunder flashed, it disappeared and was back to normal.    

Everyone thought that this phenomenon was just a temporary abnormality of the weather.    

On the busy streets of the imperial city, luxurious buildings were rising from the ground. The streets were packed with carriages and the shops were bustling with activity.    

At the same time, a carriage bearing the royal insignia was driving down the street, and it was being driven by a beggar who was crawling about begging for money every day.    

The beggar raised his head to look at the carriage and continued to climb.    

On his scarred face, no expression could be seen as a pair of cloudy eyes flashed with coldness.    

At this moment, from the carriage, a slim and graceful woman dressed in gorgeous imperial clothing stepped down.    

The moment the woman got off the carriage, she attracted the attention of countless people around her.    

Her beautiful appearance exuded a fragrant and noble aura, causing all the men on the street to be infatuated and all the women to feel envious and jealous.    

The woman stopped the crawling beggar and squatted down. Her eyes were filled with sorrow and intolerance as she gently said to the beggar, "Royal brother, come with me!"    

When the Pauper saw the woman's face, a trace of warmth and tenderness appeared in his cold eyes. Then, they turned cold again. He shook his head and continued crawling forward.    

"For the past five years, my royal sister has been searching for my royal brother's whereabouts. After not seeing him for five years, my royal brother has fallen to such a state. The heavens are unfair! Follow me, my royal sister will bring you to the palace to see my royal father and will return your justice!" The woman sobbed softly, her voice filled with anger.    

"This can't be the Tenth Princess, right? I guess this beggar is the Fourth Prince, Li Yi. What a shame!"    

"Who knows? Back then, the Fourth Prince's military exploits were illustrious and his name was renowned throughout the country. However, five years ago, he was jointly exposed by the Crown Prince and several princes for conspiring to usurp the throne. Everything ended here."    

"Yeah, yeah! But I never would have thought that he would be in such a miserable state. His face was ruined, his legs were broken, and he was deaf and dumb. He became a beggar that begged on the streets."    

Upon hearing the imperial maiden address the beggar as' royal brother ', the spectators were all incomparably shocked.    

The girl in front of him was the Tenth Princess of the Da Qi Kingdom, and the Tenth Princess was raised by the mufei of the Fourth Prince Li Yi. Thus, she was very close to the Fourth Prince Li Yi, surpassing any other prince.    

On the street, a grand princess actually called a beggar her royal brother, causing everyone to think that the beggar was the Fourth Prince, Li Yi.    

And this Li Yi the Fourth Prince, who was capable of writing and fighting, had great talent in both martial arts and martial arts, and was a wise and wise man, leading his army to war from a young age, making a brilliant meritorious military service and gaining a lot of prestige in the entire Da Qi Kingdom.    

Due to the Fourth Prince's high reputation, many officials speculated that the Fourth Prince would very likely take over the throne in the future.    

However, five years ago, the Crown Prince and a few other princes had exposed the plot of the Fourth Prince Li Yi to usurp the throne, and had confirmed the evidence of the Fourth Prince's rebellion.    

Although Li Yi kept on claiming that he had been wronged, but the ironclad evidence in front of the emperor, on the account of Li Yi's outstanding achievements, the emperor could not bear to kill Li Yi. In the end, Li Yi was stripped of his title and was demoted to a commoner.    

This was only the result known to everyone. The Fourth Marquis who had fought well in the war and was renowned throughout the imperial court, Li Yi, had been demoted to a commoner and disappeared without a trace, as if he had vanished from the face of the earth.    

Now that the reality was right in front of everyone, the previous Fourth Marquis did not disappear. Instead, he had turned into a beggar who was both deaf and mute with ruined faces and crippled legs.    

The people on the streets were all shocked, the order given by the Emperor that year was not that cruel, it only demoted to being a commoner, and did not impose any punishment on the Fourth Prince Li Yi.    

The reality was the complete opposite of what they had expected. It seemed like the Fourth Marquis had been cruelly tortured and had truly become a cripple.    

Many people in the surroundings were sighing with emotion. This beggar had been begging on the streets for five whole years, meeting every day. However, they did not know that this was the Fourth Prince who was so wise and wise back then.    

If the Tenth Princess had not appeared and recognized the beggar, they would never have known that the crippled beggar was the Fourth Prince.    

The people around him were discussing, the Tenth Princess was crying in sorrow, but Li Yi still shook his head coldly, denying that he was the Fourth Prince, and continued to crawl forward.    

Although Li Yi's face was cold and detached, his heart was crying sorrowfully.    

Up till now, their situation was already so miserable, yet his royal sister was still looking for him.    

Even though he couldn't hear or say anything, but his royal sister had already recognized him, and the people around him would definitely think that he was Li Yi. However, he was not able to follow her and could only shake his head as much as possible to deny that he was Li Yi.    

He did not want to bring any trouble to his beloved imperial sister. If he followed the Tenth Princess to the palace, it would be of no avail. It would only bring disaster to the Tenth Princess, and even her life would be in danger.    

"Royal brother, come with me. My sister will protect you thoroughly. She will let royal father wash off your grievances and announce it to the world." The tears in the Tenth Princess' eyes flowed as she bitterly pleaded.    

Looking at the royal brother Li Yi, who used to care for her and doted on her the most, who had now become a cripple, the Tenth Princess felt an indescribable pain in her heart, and she could not bear to bear it.    

For the past five years, he had never believed that his four imperial brothers would rebel. For the past five years, he had always been searching for traces of Li Yi.    

Now that he was found, he was already a cripple who was both deaf and mute with a ruined face and crippled legs.    

One could imagine how much pain and suffering his royal brother had endured over the past five years.    

Boom! Boom!    

However, the Tenth Princess's begging was met with the anger of the beggar, Li Yi.    

He coldly smashed the broken bowl in his hands. Using his finger, he drew a line of words on the ground with the broken bowl, indicating that he was not the Fourth Prince. He wanted the Tenth Princess to scram, far away from him.    

Li Yi was very clear in his heart. Regardless of whether the people of the world believed that he was the Fourth Prince, he had already fallen into an irreparable calamity from the actions of the Tenth Princess.    

Before he died, he wanted to draw a clear line between himself and the Tenth Princess, so that she wouldn't be trapped in such a dangerous situation.    

The Tenth Princess was instantly stunned. Ever since she was young, her royal brother had never been angry with her before.    

Even the surrounding people were astonished. Was this beggar really the Fourth Prince? Perhaps the Tenth Princess had admitted her wrongs. After all, this beggar's face was ruined, and it was impossible to determine his true identity.