HLnovel Chapter 891 You Can't Win in This Life or the Past
Chapter 891 You Can't Win in This Life or the Past
The Third Prince complained of his jealousy of the Crown Prince, envying that the Emperor's meager fatherly affection was reserved for the Crown Prince. He also revealed that if the Emperor hadn't indulged him, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to harm the Crown Prince, resulting in the Crown Prince's injury and crippling of both legs during the winter sacrifice that year.
If the Third Prince can even harm his only son with whom he has any affection, what is the point of using his sons, whom he doesn't care about, to threaten the Emperor?
Even if the Third Prince killed one or two princes, he still wouldn't be able to threaten the Emperor.
He's the only one who's being threatened.
If the Third Prince doesn't want to see his mother die by the Emperor's sword, then he should obediently back down.
The Third Prince, however, failed to see through this.
Consort Xiao, who had been the emperor's wife for many years, saw through it all.
She knew that the Third Prince posed no threat to the Emperor.
She is the only one who will be pushed out as a pawn.
A pawn waiting to be chosen.
But now, the Third Prince has no way out.
With his backer gone, if the Third Prince doesn't fight to the death, his only fate will be death.
Consort Xiao lacked confidence that her beloved son would choose her.
She didn't want to face that moment.
So she chose to kill herself.
Before her death, she questioned the emperor and left a message for him because of the death of the late empress, but she did not say a word to her son.
She was terrified.
I am terrified that even if I give my all in my life, I will not be chosen in the end.
If she were the Third Prince, having already come this far, instead of wasting time here asking the Emperor for a decree to pass on the throne, she should just take action. Since she has already plotted to usurp the throne, why does she need legitimacy?
What's the difference between threatening the emperor to write an edict and forcing the emperor to kill his mother?
Lu Yangyang took a few steps back and said to the Third Prince, "You have no chance!"
"Shut up!" The Third Prince stood up, pointing his sword at Lu Yangyang: "Then I'll kill you first! Hahaha! Foolish, Lu Yangyang, what right do you have to mock me for being foolish? And what about you! The dignified daughter of the Duke of Sheng's mansion, played like a fool by a country bumpkin, and can't even be included in the family genealogy! Let her turn your Sheng family into chaos!"
"Do you know that you were supposed to marry me? We should have been a perfect match, a legitimate couple! It was that woman, Sheng Yunzhu, who stole everything from you!"
"What right do you have to mock me!"
Perhaps provoked by Lu Yangyang to the point of madness, the Third Prince, in his anger and embarrassment, blurted out some things he shouldn't have said.
Others might not understand, but Lu Yangyang did.
Sheng Yunzhu is someone who has been reborn.
In the lifetime when Sheng Yunzhu was still a maid, Lu Yangyang, the true legitimate daughter of the Sheng family, was the one who was engaged to the Third Prince, received the full support of the Sheng family, and was the most likely to become the Crown Prince after the Crown Prince's legs became crippled.
If the First Prince, who was in cahoots with Sheng Yunzhu, could discover that she had been reborn, and if Sheng Junyi, who noticed her unusual behavior, could also discover it, then how could the Third Prince, who was almost engaged to her, be completely unaware?
Even when Sheng Yunzhu was sent to the Zheng family by Sheng Junyi and suffered greatly, the Third Prince was still willing to help her, all for the sake of the "past life" trajectory that Sheng Yunzhu spoke of.
However, the Third Prince forgot one thing.
In the trajectory of their "previous lives," both Zong Que and Sheng Junyi are still alive.
Sheng Junyi's disappearance is due to her pursuit of the truth behind Sheng Junyao's death.
Judging from the trajectory of this life, the First Prince was the mastermind behind Sheng Junyao's death in the previous life, but the Third Prince was not innocent either. Given Sheng Junyi's stubborn nature, once he finds out the truth, even if it was an assassination, the First Prince and the Third Prince would not escape death.
Sheng Junyi will definitely fight them to the death.
There was also Zong Que. Lu Yangyang once asked Zong Que what he would do if his leg never healed. Zong Que told her that even if he could never stand up again, he would still do what he was supposed to do. Even if he could never sit in that position, it didn't mean he couldn't wield power.
By then, Lu Yangyang had already figured out many things.
Now she knows that Sheng Qishen was the one who secretly fabricated evidence to frame Rong Che.
It's not hard to guess what Sheng Yunzhu's "past life" was like.
Sheng Qishen had something on Xiao Guogong that was incriminating, so from beginning to end, he sided with the Third Prince.
Therefore, it's not surprising that he would betroth his legitimate daughter to the Third Prince. In this life, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will also betroth Sheng Yunzhu to the Third Prince.
But all of this will end when Zong Que returns to the capital and the truth about Sheng Junyao's death comes to light.
This is the true ending of Sheng Yunzhu's previous life.
However, Sheng Yunzhu didn't live to see that day, so people assumed the Third Prince would be the ultimate winner.
That's impossible.
There's even one more thing she hasn't told the Third Prince yet.
Lu Yangyang looked at the Third Prince and sneered, "You can't win. No matter what my past or present life, no matter who I am, you can't win."
The Third Prince looked at Lu Yangyang in shock, clearly not expecting that Lu Yangyang would understand his unspoken meaning.
"I do not believe!"
The Third Prince roared, "Guards! Kill her!"
However, no one responded to him.
The Third Prince realized something was wrong and turned around sharply to look outside the door. A man dressed in black with a long sword had already stormed into the Hall of Diligent Governance.
"You!" Before the Third Prince could react, Sheng Junyi's sword was already at his neck.
"Third Prince, surrender."