526 Is He The One? (1/2)
The crown prince made up his mind.
The child's identity was real but even if he was beaten to death, he must not acknowledge this, especially from his own lips! If he acknowledged it, he would be giving away the throne that was so close within his grasp.
”But mere denial doesn't have much meaning.”
”All this time, father had always missed brother. Always thinking that he had wronged him. With such mentality, naturally father would want to compensate by recognising this child, he'll give everything that brother should have inherited to this child!”
”Everything, including the crown prince title and the throne.”
”I have no chance of winning with father's current mental state! No matter how much I work for it, it'll be futile!”
His Highness paced around in the residence of the crown prince with a glowering face.
”Then, there's only one way to go now!”
”Only when this child dies can I reacquire everything! Father will have no other choice again, just like before!”
The crown prince's thinking was clear and precise. He held onto his thought with full determination. In fact, he had already been considering it since the child had appeared at the golden court; various tactics and tricks had been considered and processed in his mind hundreds and thousands of times over.
”Yu Qiankun has to die! This is the path to being an emperor, those who are obstacles must die!”
The crown prince gritted his teeth.
Despite the bright and handsome face that came from being a direct Yu descendant and the royal yellow gown that symbolized the elegant imperial aristocratic identity, his gaze was exceptionally wicked and sinister.
There was also a small meek voice that stopped him deep in his heart – ”You can't do that. That's the only blood left of your big brother, your biological nephew; you can't kill your family, you shouldn't be destructive!”
In spite of this, another vile voice erupted like a volcano within him, crushing the meek voice to naught – ”The only bloodline of your big brother? All these things are meaningless in comparison to the throne!
There was nothing that could stop him on his way to imperial power.
As long as he was enthroned, he could have anything he wanted; the entire world was his and everything would be within reach! However, if he fell from the position of crown prince, then there was no future to be regarded in this lifetime! – A fallen phoenix was lesser than a chicken, a dethroned crown prince was worse than an ordinary citizen!
”A fallen crown prince is truly at the lowest rung of the whole nation!”
This was the lament of a crown prince from the previous dynasty who had exclaimed from the bottom of his heart when his status was shed due to a mistake he committed – every time the crown prince recalled this line, he would shudder in empathy.
”A step forward overlooks the whole world while half a step back is an abysmal valley without tomorrow!”
”What choice can I make?”
”What choice do I have?!”
The crown prince walked into his study with an ominous expression and arms on his back, speaking up loudly, ”Gather Sir Wen, Sir Yi, and Si Gu. A meeting is to be held.”
Similarly, the other princes were also scowling once they heard about the episode. The third and fourth prince's expressions were even more sullen than the crown prince's!
”Meeting!”
No matter how secretive an assembly was now, it would still garner attention for sure but the princes were willing to risk it due to the sheer state of their panic.