We Agreed You’d Just Play the Divine Son, So How Did You Become the Forbidden Zone Emperor? Chapter 2 : Chapter 2

Chapter 2. Rember Your Identity—You Are the Third Prince!

When the system’s voice rang out, Chu Feng’s expression froze slightly.

He had almost forgotten that he was a transmigrator.

For a transmigrator, how could a system possibly be absent?

A Check-In System—just as the na implied, as long as he checked in, he would receive rewards.

However, the condition for the first check-in was that he had to be inside the imperial palace of the Great Chu Dynasty.

Chu Feng’s gaze sharpened. He understood that the imperial palace of Great Chu was now a place he had no choice but to enter.

He lifted his head and looked calmly at Shangguan Chengfeng.

“Alright.”

The two simple words left his mouth.

Shangguan Chengfeng, who had been prepared to resort to force, was montarily stunned.

He actually agreed?

All along, Shangguan Chengfeng had been secretly observing Chu Feng.

In his view, this young man was rely a vagrant—most likely soone who clung to life and feared death.

Impersonating a prince was an act of supre treason. He had assud Chu Feng would refuse.

Of course, Shangguan Chengfeng had already made preparations. Even if Chu Feng resisted, he had ten thousand ways to force him into submission.

Yet Chu Feng’s decisiveness still exceeded his expectations.

Staring at him, Shangguan Chengfeng asked, “Are you not afraid at all?”

“Impersonating a prince is no child’s play. If you are exposed, you will wish for death but be unable to die.”

He questioned him directly. Chu Feng’s decisiveness made him wary, as though sothing was amiss.

Chu Feng remained composed.

“If I refuse, you will still have a hundred ways to make comply.”

Hearing this, Shangguan Chengfeng was taken aback, his eyes gleaming like torches.

This young man looked barely over twenty, yet at such a life-and-death juncture, his mind was ticulous enough to calculate all this.

“Good boy.”

Shangguan Chengfeng let out a cold snort. “Your composure is impressive. To still speak like this at such a ti—I underestimated you.”

Chu Feng’s expression remained unchanged. Awakening the Check-In System had greatly strengthened his confidence.

The most urgent matter now was to reach the imperial palace as soon as possible and complete the check-in.

He believed the system’s reward would not disappoint him.

“If I cannot even withstand your pressure, how can I continue the act in a palace filled with powerful experts?” Chu Feng countered.

That made Shangguan Chengfeng pause.

His face darkened slightly before he nodded.

Indeed.

The imperial palace of the Great Chu Dynasty was unfathomable, filled with unknown numbers of terrifying ancient monsters.

Not to ntion anything else—just the palace guards alone were formidable figures in their own right outside, capable of founding sects and establishing schools.

And then there was the Third Prince’s mother.

At the re thought of her, Shangguan Chengfeng’s heart sank like iron.

An existence like that would not be easily deceived.

After a mont, he looked at Chu Feng again, his tone softening slightly.

“No matter what, sending you to the palace is also a great opportunity for you—if you can keep up the impersonation.”

“You will enjoy endless glory and wealth for the rest of your life.”

“This matter benefits both of us. Therefore, not being exposed is of utmost importance.”

His tone alternated between firmness and persuasion.

From his words, it almost sounded as if he were granting Chu Feng a new life.

Internally, however, Chu Feng sneered.

Did he take him for a fool?

Having lived two lifetis, how could he not see through Shangguan Chengfeng’s intentions?

Still, there was no need to clash head-on right now.

“Rest assured,” Chu Feng said in a low voice.

“For the sake of staying alive, I will do my best not to be exposed.”

“However, I know very little about this so-called Third Prince. You will have to tell the rest.”

He looked at Shangguan Chengfeng, then at the two beautiful young won.

The mont the Third Prince was ntioned, a mixture of sha and anger surfaced on the won’s faces.

Shangguan Chengfeng nodded.

If he wanted Chu Feng’s impersonation to succeed, he naturally had to tell him everything about the Third Prince’s life.

Then—

In a steady voice, Shangguan Chengfeng began recounting, word by word, the life of the Third Prince of the Great Chu Dynasty.

……

One shichen later.

His narration ca to an end.

The secret chamber returned to silence.

Over the course of that hour, Shangguan Chengfeng and his two daughters had told Chu Feng everything they knew about the Third Prince in ticulous detail.

When they finished, Chu Feng’s heart sank.

This Third Prince was a typical wastrel of the second generation. His talent was diocre, his cultivation average.

He was a villain who committed every conceivable wrongdoing. Relying on his status as a prince, he bullied n and seized won, making countless enemies.

Yet behind him stood the colossal Great Chu Dynasty.

Countless people dared to feel anger but did not dare to voice it.

Arrogant in his identity, the Third Prince believed he could run rampant in the imperial capital. He had even co alone, without bringing guards.

That he had died at the Shangguan family’s hands was utterly unexpected.

What surprised Chu Feng, however, was that the Third Prince’s given na was also Chu Feng.

He took a deep breath. Even so, what he knew about the Third Prince was still far from enough.

At that mont, Shangguan Chengfeng spoke gravely.

“I have told you everything about the Third Prince’s temperant and general life. I have concealed nothing.”

“Deceiving ordinary people should not be a problem. However…”

“If you face soone close to him—for example, his mother, Consort Yu…”

“That will depend entirely on you.”

Naturally, Shangguan Chengfeng had not withheld anything.

Strictly speaking, at this mont, he and Chu Feng were tied together like grasshoppers on the sa rope.

If the truth were exposed, Chu Feng would die—and the Shangguan family would be executed to the last mber.

Chu Feng nodded slightly. He had only just arrived in this foreign world, and already he had been handed such a colossal problem.

Fortunately, he had awakened the system.

In his mind flashed the thousands of web novels he had read in his previous life.

He knew how powerful a system could be. Once awakened, it swept away all obstacles, smoothing life’s path as though treading on level ground.

For now, that was the only comfort he could offer himself.

Just then—

Hurried footsteps echoed from outside the secret chamber.

Imdiately after, a low voice sounded.

“Patriarch!”

“The eldest young master of the Situ family has arrived! He—he is asking to see the Third Prince!”

Swish!

At those words, Shangguan Chengfeng’s expression changed drastically.

His two beautiful daughters turned pale as paper.

The Situ family was the Shangguan family’s mortal enemy. Their feud stretched back over a thousand years.

In recent years, the Situ family had grown increasingly powerful, securing a firm foothold within the Great Chu Dynasty.

The eldest young master of the Situ family, Situ Xing, had ingratiated himself with the Third Prince.

Though rather than a friend, he was more like a lackey or attendant.

Moreover, after investigating, Shangguan Chengfeng had discovered that the reason the debauched Third Prince had set his sights on his two daughters was partly due to Situ Xing’s instigation behind the scenes.

“He ca this quickly? It has only been two days…”

Shangguan Chengfeng’s expression flickered, his eyes filled with gravity.

They absolutely could not refuse to see him. That would arouse Situ Xing’s suspicion.

He had not expected that so soon it would be ti to test Chu Feng’s acting ability.

Looking at Chu Feng, Shangguan Chengfeng spoke in a deep voice.

“Rember—at this very mont, you are the Third Prince, Chu Feng.”

“And Situ Xing is nothing more than a sycophant who fawns over you.”