"How dare you! Is this how you talk to me?" The emperor stopped pretending to be sick and sat up from the bed.
There was nothing serious wrong with him, but the prince was so angry that his liver hurt.
"There are few normal people like you who are alone. To sit on this position, your hands are stained with the blood of countless brothers. Now that you are old, you are worried that your son and court officials will join forces to harm you. Aren't you tired of living in this life?" He was either on guard against his brothers or his sons.
"What you said is all bullshit. Even if a commoner family has a few pieces of wealth, brothers will fight with each other desperately, let alone the royal family, who hold the supreme position in the world.
You were simply reborn into the royal family, the son of the Empress, and thus were crowned the Crown Prince at birth. Your younger brothers, some as talented as you, simply didn't have the title of eldest son, but they were never destined for the throne.
Don't they harbor hatred in their hearts? If not, why would they fight so desperately? As the Crown Prince, you've been taught the art of ruling since childhood. How could you harbor such foolish thoughts? You really are... I'm not confident handing the world over to you.
These days, I thought you were quite capable. Although your actions were controversial, you were able to control your disappointing brothers. But look at your current thoughts. Don't fight!
If you don’t fight, you’ll die.”
"No, only I will die. Even if they kill each other right in front of you, as long as you are still breathing, and they are still breathing, you can only sentence them to imprisonment at most, and the ones who will die are those behind them. And I, the one who occupies the throne of the crown prince, will not escape death, regardless of whether I will be deposed or not."
The emperor was silent. He had never been a crown prince, but he knew clearly how his brothers, who were crown princes, viewed the person in this position.
This is how he worked his way up to this position step by step.
Even if the other brothers have been at loggerheads for years, even if they have been fighting each other with swords to the point of life and death, as long as the final winner is decided, the others will all agree to the result of winners and losers to show their magnanimity.
But the deposed crown prince was different. Those emperors who were promoted through informal means always felt that the deposed crown prince was a potential hidden danger. They almost reached the top in one step. How could they be willing to live in a small place for the rest of their lives? How could they be willing to submit to the emperor?
Only the dead can make people feel most at ease.
"Even if it really comes to that, I will leave you a life-saving amulet."
"I thought you would say that you would pass the throne to me." The prince laughed so hard that tears came to his eyes. "Look, you know yourself that unless it's a matter of life and death, you will never think of my good.
In your heart and eyes, I am just the crown prince, a person who may threaten your position, not a son, and not even as close to you as one of your ministers.
Speaking of life-saving talismans, if that day ever comes, they won't be life-saving talismans, but death-threatening talismans. Do you really think your good sons will listen to your dying words and show me mercy? Hahaha, you're just trying to find peace of mind and die peacefully.
"If you have enough ability, you don't have to be afraid of your brothers. This position will be in your hands regardless of my wishes."
"Yes, I used to think so, but I don't think so now. I have wasted my whole life because of the position of crown prince and my insatiable power. I finally repented. How could you still expect me to follow the rules?" The crown prince's eyes were red, and he seemed to be crazy.
"What are you going to do?" The emperor suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Don't you like raising Gu? Why don't I accompany Father to see your achievements?"
"Someone come, someone come..." The emperor originally thought that although his eldest son had acted a little arrogantly recently, he was generally within the law.
It was just because he was dissatisfied that he wanted to vent a little, or more likely to attract the attention of his father, the emperor. He did feel a little closer to him and loved him as his son.
But the prince's performance today really gave him a bad feeling, especially when he found that he couldn't move since he drank the tea that the prince handed to him halfway, but the prince had obviously drunk the tea.
He shouted at the top of his lungs for a long time, but no one came in from outside, not even the imperial physician and eunuch who had just left showed up.
He knew that he was probably in trouble today, and he quickly became ill.
"Stop yelling! I gave you a chance, but you still think you're right. So, I'm going to prove you wrong right now. Don't regret it."
Afterwards, the prince went out to meet everyone waiting outside the palace, and selected the new concubine Yan Ruo and the fifth princess Ying Changsheng to enter the palace to serve.
Although everyone had many suspicions, the prince also selected the women from the harem to go, so they temporarily suppressed some of their suspicions.
They were preparing to disperse and discuss countermeasures. It would be best if they could take advantage of this opportunity to dethrone the crown prince when the emperor was on his deathbed, and then take advantage of the situation to successfully seize the throne for their side.
Crown Prince Ying Haoze looked at the fifth princess Ying Changsheng and couldn't help but feel a little pity in his heart.
In his previous life, after the eleventh brother ascended the throne, he showed no mercy to his brothers and sisters. Except for a few mascots who had to be kept in the palace to show off, the rest, including the sisters who were waiting to be married in the palace, were either assigned to ministers he wanted to win over or rising stars, or were sent to other countries to marry.
Under the pretext of enjoying the royal offerings, one must share the worries of the world.
Ying Changsheng is the princess of the Heavenly Family who was favored by the envoys from the barbarian lands. However, how could a person from such a barbaric and uncivilized land be worthy of marrying the princess of a great country!
But the Eleventh Prince had no feelings for these half-sisters. In his mind, the most important thing was that they could be used by him and bring him benefits.
Ying Changsheng married into the barbarian tribe with tears, and finally became a plaything of the barbarian leaders. Unable to bear the humiliation, she had no choice but to commit suicide to preserve her reputation.
When the Eleventh Prince received the news that Ying Changsheng had unfortunately died due to acclimatization, he simply said "a useless person" and let it go.
"Princess Li and the Fifth Princess will take turns guarding Father here. If anyone outside the palace requests to see you, you can go and send them away. Don't be afraid, I'll take care of them, and they won't be able to get in."
Yan Ruo had a vague idea in her mind at this moment. She felt that the master behind her was probably the prince.
Of course, the Fifth Princess had already changed her mind at this moment, but Changsheng was worried that Ying Haoze had recovered his memories of his previous life, so she still lived her life cautiously in the palace as per the rules. It was really that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was too troublesome.
There is no use for her as a fake sister.
At first, I was worried that Ying Haoze would feel unbalanced and use his extra memories to do things that would be detrimental to the world.
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