He had always known that despite being the Crown Prince, His Majesty the King disliked his gentle, effeminate nature. In contrast, the Southern King, Li Wutong, whose personality was much more like His Majesty the Old King's, was the one the old King truly admired.
That was why the Crown Prince had spent so many years desperately trying to win over the Empire's court officials and secretly build his own power base. His original plan was to wait for the day the old King finally succumbed to his illness and died, then seize the Imperial City in one fell swoop. At that point, he would have the status and the legitimate claim. With the support of countless people, the throne of the Emperor of the Lanyue Empire would be his for the taking!
But he had never expected that this perfectly good plan, which was just a few years from success, would be completely ruined by that Ling Xiao, who had burst onto the scene out of nowhere. Ruined, scattered to the winds... utterly shattered!
