Chapter 471 King Cheng's Thoughts
The Third Prince is now eleven years old. At this age, he naturally understands a lot. For example, the Third Prince can see from King Huai's attitude towards him that the love between him and him is more than just a brotherhood. How could he not know what the position of Crown Prince means?
Not to mention that he knew it, even the Sixth and Seventh Princes knew it, and now was not the time for them to be enlightened.
The changes in the situation in the harem and the fact that they are exposed to more things as they grow older can lead to more changes in the hearts of several princes.
Ever since Xuanyuan Ling found out about what happened between King Huai and Chu Linglong that day, King Huai had already become aware of Xuanyuan Ling's attitude towards him.
After all, he did have some thoughts in mind, and he was very frightened by Xuanyuan Ling's indifference. He wanted to make amends, but he didn't have any particularly good opportunities. He just felt that Xuanyuan Ling disliked him more and more.
In fact, this was King Huai's illusion. If he hadn't done anything wrong, Xuanyuan Ling wouldn't have disliked him more and more. It was just that he hadn't given King Huai any important work to do.
Anyone in the court who was attentive could actually see something was going on from Xuanyuan Ling's actions, and knew that Prince Huai would be highly valued by the Emperor.
If you think deeply about this, you will naturally understand something else.
King Huai was also anxious. When he was anxious, he felt that everything was wrong. Even if the tea served by someone in the mansion was cold or hot, he would feel extremely unhappy.
If you are so unhappy, naturally you will be dissatisfied with everyone, and things will easily go wrong.
Something happened that day. When he went to his concubine's room, he punished her because she said something he didn't like.
Princess Huai looked at her concubine who came to pay her respects with little energy and after hearing the whole story, she felt even more indifferent. She even gave the concubine some rewards to appease her.
This person was also very much loved by King Huai before and was doted on for a period of time. She was the one who arranged the person and was very respectful to her. She also knew that some things could not be hidden, so King Huai could talk to her when he was in a bad mood.
However, this time, after hearing the whole story, Princess Huai felt even more disgusted with him.
She knew from the beginning that King Huai was not a considerate person. After all, she didn't feel that King Huai was considerate to her at all when they were newly married.
But doesn’t he like this concubine very much?
It was just one sentence, not an act of presumption, but I don't know what touched his lungs, and he punished me if he said so.
This isn't a lack of consideration, it's just that it's a bit cold and indifferent.
Princess Huai was glad that she now had a son. She would take good care of him in the future and would not let anything happen to the child. She had always wanted to not rely on Prince Huai, and now she disliked him more and more.
The relationship between King Huai and his wife was indeed not good. It could be said that they were drifting further and further apart. However, King Huai himself did not realize it. He paid more attention to his brothers.
Xiaoliu seems to be no different from before after Chen Qing was conferred the title of Imperial Concubine. He still goes to school as usual. Two years of courses, coupled with other experiences, have made him completely different from when he first started to learn. Now when he is outside, he not only has some dignity of a prince, but also knows how to hide his thoughts.
He was not unfamiliar with King Cheng, because they had a master-disciple relationship in the past, and now he seemed closer to King Cheng, and he had indeed learned a lot from King Cheng.
Prince Cheng is a man of real power. Ever since Prince Lin's rebellion, it has been made public that he has been favored by the Emperor.
There are no important officials in Shen Qing's mother's family, and her father has always been tepid. Shen Zhizhuo has done a good job in Jinzhou, but he will not be promoted too much in a short time. In terms of family background, Xiaoliu does not have an advantage, but she is favored, and Xiaoliu can have an association with King Cheng, which is something that other princes can't achieve.
King Cheng should have avoided suspicion on this matter, but firstly, Xuanyuan Ling acquiesced, and secondly, Xiaoliu was just like that when they first got along, but after getting along for a long time, King Cheng did think that this kid was quite interesting, and his personality made it really hard to distance oneself from him.
King Cheng: Judging from the current situation, after all these years, the Emperor has not lost any interest in the Imperial Concubine. As for the other people in the harem, they haven't even given birth to a child.
He found it quite magical. After all, he had never been so obsessed with a woman. But after so many years, he couldn't help but think that it would be difficult for the emperor to have other children in the future. Even if he did, the age difference was too big. Then the position of the crown prince would most likely be between the third prince and the sixth prince.
Although there are also King Huai, the Fourth Prince, and the Seventh Prince, King Cheng can certainly see Xuanyuan Ling's attitude towards King Huai, and the Fourth Prince's innate conditions have destined him to have no chance of that position. As for the Seventh Prince, it is said that they are easier to compare because of their close age. There is indeed a difference in talent between the Sixth and Seventh Princes.
Speaking of qualifications, the Third Prince and the Sixth Prince are indeed the best, and this is obvious to all.
Prince Cheng thought that compared to the Third Prince who had Concubine De's maternal family behind him, it made sense that the Emperor thought the Sixth Prince would be more confident with him as his uncle.
Among the princes, the strengths and weaknesses can be seen more clearly through their interactions, and such competition can also better reveal a person's character.
When King Cheng thought about character, his imagination ran wild. Since ancient times, if a concubine was favored but her own son could not ascend to the throne, it would often not end well. Now, he thought that the emperor might really be concerned about the imperial concubine. He didn't know if he was right. If so, the Sixth Prince would really win at the starting line.
But even though he was thinking about it, King Cheng didn't want to wade into this muddy water right away. Although he was the emperor's uncle, he was still Xuanyuan Ling's subject. He could think about it now, but if he really did something, would he treat Xuanyuan Ling as dead? Some things still needed to be clear in order to live a good life.
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