After hearing Shangguan Yi's words, Prince Xiang threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, and it immediately broke into pieces. "I don't care! I don't have many days left to live. If I can't ascend the throne before I die, then I will have to compete with Yuwen Ran for everything in my life. In the end, won't I become a joke?"
The thing Prince Xiang hated most in his life was that people who were inferior to him lived better. From the moment he was born, he was labeled as inferior to Yuwen Ran. He then spent more than a decade desperately trying to prove to the late emperor that he was as good as Yuwen Ran. But in the end, the late emperor still gave the throne to Yuwen Ran.
King Xiang was jealous and disgusted.
After Yuwen Ran ascended the throne, he repeatedly provoked Yuwen Ran. If it weren't for the protection of the empress dowager, he would have been exiled from the capital by Yuwen Ran long ago and would never have been able to return to the capital.
He was still furious. He was clearly more talented than Yuwen Ran, so why had the late emperor never paid attention to him, only Yuwen Ran? The old man had been partial to Yuwen Ran his entire life, and in the end, he still favored him, giving him the throne and letting him trample on him for the rest of his life.
So at this time, the Queen Mother approached Prince Xiang. She had originally intended to work with Prince Xiang to poison Yuwen Ran, who had just ascended the throne and had yet to establish himself. Furthermore, he had no children. If she succeeded in poisoning Yuwen Ran, then the throne would naturally pass to Prince Xiang.
Prince Xiang knew that the Queen Mother was not sincere in helping him obtain the throne, she was just looking for a puppet emperor who would be obedient. Since Yuwen Ran was not obedient enough, she targeted him.
Prince Xiang knew all of this clearly, but he still agreed to form an alliance with the Queen Mother. After all, being a puppet emperor was fine; as long as he could keep Yuwen Ran under his feet, that was enough.
Rather than saying that Prince Xiang wanted to seize Yuwen Ran's throne, it would be better to say that Prince Xiang just couldn't bear to see Yuwen Ran do better than him. He had been fighting with Yuwen Ran all his life, and he didn't want to see Yuwen Ran do better than him and step on his head.
But who would have thought that Yuwen Ran was not dead, and that there were people willing to risk their lives to protect him several times. Yuwen Ran really married a very good queen, which made him jealous of Yuwen Ran again.
Prince Xiang had never failed in his life in getting what he wanted. He was good at manipulating people's hearts and exploiting all kinds of people he could, and his life had always been smooth sailing, but he had hit a wall with Yuwen Ran.
He could not take away the late emperor's favor for Yuwen Ran, nor could he take away Yuwen Ran's things. Even the princess he had married was no longer wanted by Yuwen Ran.
Everyone has their moments of paranoia. For example, the Prince of Xiang used to seem quite normal. But after returning from Qianzhou, knowing that his time was running out, he became somewhat crazy. If Shangguan Yi hadn't been watching him in the Prince of Xiang's mansion for the past few months, who knows what he would have done.
Shangguan Yi said, "How can you say that, Your Highness? Mother is already trying to find a cure for your illness. Your Highness will surely be fine and live a long and healthy life."
Prince Xiang snorted coldly, "Live a hundred years? This poison of mine was obtained by that bitch Murong Yue from Qin Ruoruo. I'm afraid no one in this world can cure it except Qin Ruoruo. But that bitch Qin Ruoruo is Gu Yanyue's good friend. I'm afraid the poison in Murong Yue's hand was given by her on her own initiative. Otherwise, Murong Yue alone would never have thought of poisoning me!"
"Qin Ruoruo?" Shangguan Yi was puzzled. "Since the prince knows who made the poison, he could have someone kidnap Qin Ruoruo and detoxify her!"
"I remember that Qin Ruoruo seemed to be the legitimate daughter of Duke Qin, but Duke Qin has now fallen. Fortunately, she had the Empress's good friend, so she was not exiled to the frontier with His Majesty."
"I'm going to kidnap her and ask her to detoxify me?" King Xiang sneered. "I still had a few months to live, but after she treated me, I only have a few left. She's on Yuwen Ran's side. It's good enough that she doesn't continue to poison me. Why would she be willing to detoxify me? Besides, Duke Qin has been exiled to the border. Do we have any leverage to threaten her to detoxify me?"
King Xiang was very self-aware in some aspects. He didn't have much time left, so it was impossible for him to risk his life again.
Shangguan Yi nodded after hearing what Prince Xiang said. "That's true, but Your Highness still can't give up. Mother has already sent people to look for those hidden miracle doctors. If they find them, who knows, there might be a solution."
Prince Xiang was now feeling somewhat distraught. He had completely failed to demonstrate his superiority over Yuwen Ran, and his time was running out. If he still couldn't pull Yuwen Ran down before his death, he would surely become a laughing stock in Yuwen Ran's eyes.
Thinking of this, King Xiang said evasively: "Let's talk about it later. I no longer have any hope for this disease. As long as I can drag Yuwen Ran to be buried with me before I die, I will be very satisfied." After seeing so many doctors in the past few months, King Xiang also had an understanding of his physical condition.
Qin Ruoruo is the best doctor in the world. The poison she makes is so potent that no one else can cure it except herself.
"Miss Shangguan, have you ever thought about entering the palace?" Prince Xiang suddenly asked Shangguan Yi without any reason.
Enter the palace? Shangguan Yi's eyebrows jumped, and she suddenly smiled. Her smile was charming, but there was a deeper meaning in it. "Does the prince want me to enter the palace to seduce His Majesty? Isn't Concubine Liu already in the palace? Then what's my place?"
Entering the palace, of course, was not to accompany the Queen Mother like she had done before, but to become Yuwen Ran's woman. Shangguan Yi had thought about entering the palace, and she had also been fond of Yuwen Ran for a long time, but compared to Liu Yanyan, she was better at analyzing the pros and cons.
Now Yuwen Ran's harem is nothing but a mere formality. What if there are three thousand beauties in the harem? He still doesn't like any of them and only has eyes for Gu Yanyue.
The palace has always been a place where the weak are bullied and the strong are feared. Being in the harem, she has neither the favor of Yuwen Ran nor a child to rely on. Naturally, she will be looked down upon by the eunuchs and maids serving in the palace.
Not to mention the harem, even in the backyards of those wealthy mansions outside the palace, most of those without sons and daughters would have to live in fear in the backyard.
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