Dawn broke.
Zhao Yi called over one of the servant girls and said, "Change my clothes for me."
Soon, one of them carried over a dragon robe and helped him put it on.
Donning the dragon robe once again filled him with the sense of power that came with life and death at his command, and also the heavy burden on his shoulders.
For a moment, he seemed to be transported back to that night eighteen years earlier.
A group of court officials stormed into his imperial residence, promptly bowing before him in unison.
He had never experienced such a spectacle before and it terrified him.
Back then, he was the least valued among many princes.
That one time, the emperor took all the other sons hunting, but left him out.
He was well aware that he was not favored by his own father, and as such preferred to avoid being seen in his father's presence.
He originally thought that he would live his entire life without gaining any notoriety.
