Alluring His Wife: The Evil King's Fifth Consort Chapter 417

So the reason the empress plotted so hard to kill her was because she was afraid that she would threaten Mingrong's position in the future?

Zhong Lixian's face was solemn, although there was a tinge of respect in his eyes, but his eyes seemed to contain more patience.

"Mother, your son has always been subservient to you all these years. What requests do you have for me? I have tried my best to satisfy it, but I really don't understand. Why do you always have to be so wary of me?" Zhong Lixian squinted her long and narrow almond-shaped eyes.

He had been patient with her all these years.

Min Rong was the daughter of a great general, the daughter of the empress's blood brother, and also the empress's niece!

Letting him marry Min Rong as the princess' consort meant that the empress was afraid that he would avenge his birth mother after he ascended the throne, so she wanted to use Min Rong to protect him. With the empress's backing, even if he wanted to touch her, he had to think twice.

The empress actually laughed coldly, "Zhong Lixian, the reason you're able to sit in the position of crown prince is entirely because I'm her, which is something you must not forget. If not for me, you wouldn't have been able to sit in the position of crown prince even if you had immense skill.

The empress wasn't wrong at all. Since ancient times, the emperor's family had always continued this tradition, and the t.i.tle of emperor was always given to the first generation emperors.

And because of his ident.i.ty as the legitimate son, he was able to sit in the position of Crown Prince.

Zhong Lixian's gaze was cold, like ice, instantly causing the temperature of the entire room to drop a few degrees.

"But if it wasn't for this son of mine, Imperial Mother might not be the empress dowager in the future …"

"How dare you..." When the empress heard this, she slammed the table hard, causing all the palace maids and eunuchs to kneel down.

"Please calm your anger mother. If mother doesn't want me to be the crown prince, I won't do it …" Zhong Lixian paused for a while before continuing, "But at that time, if royal father finds out what happened more than twenty years ago, do you think you can still continue on with the position of Empress?"

"You …" The empress was so angered by Zhong Lixian's words that she couldn't say a word for a while.

"I don't care about the position of crown prince like mother thinks I would. I even want to be an idle prince!" Zhong Lixian had already spoken so far, he did not believe that the Queen would not understand.

In the past, he had always tolerated the empress because he was afraid of losing his position as crown prince and had even been extremely respectful towards her.

However, when Xie w.a.n.g told him who he really was, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

If someone came to light what happened twenty-two years ago, the one who would suffer the biggest loss would be the Queen. At the most, he would cripple the position of Crown Prince and become a king, but the Queen would be a criminal.

He didn't believe that the empress would dare to bet on this.

The queen, not he, would tolerate him now.

"You … "Really, my good son!" The Queen grinded her teeth and squeezed out those words from between her teeth. She looked like she wanted to swallow Zhong Lixian alive.

"It is this son's duty to share my mother's worries and resolve difficulties. It all depends on how mother will do in the future …" Zhong Lixian's ruthless words were a clear warning to the empress.

As long as her father was alive, the empress would not dare to do anything. Unless the empress wanted to join hands with the general to usurp power, force the emperor to abdicate, and pa.s.s the crown prince's position to the general.

But it was obviously impossible, at least for a short period of time.

When Zhong Lixian brought Wei Yuanwei back to the crown prince's palace, Zhong Lixian's expression had already become very bad. Because Zhong Lixian had been sitting there for a long time and her emotions had been out of control just now, the wound was bleeding profusely.

Wei Yuanwei changed the medicine on Zhong Lixian and after bandaging him up, she prepared to leave.

Zhong Lixian actually grabbed Wei Yuanwei's hand at this moment. Her pale and exhausted face revealed a slight hint of a smile: "I knew you wouldn't die so easily!"

"If I die, it will also be because of the crown prince!" Wei Yuanwei looked at Zhong Lixian grabbing her own hand, it was clear that she did not have much strength, and grabbing her wrist was neither light nor heavy, as though they could release each other in the next second.

"Heh …" In this world, only I can kill you, and no one else can! " Zhong Lixian lifted her lips without any trace of blood.

One could well imagine how Zhong Lixian had endured the pain from her leg just now in the Empress Palace.

Furthermore, the injuries on Zhong Lixian's leg could not sit still for a long period of time. She could only lie there, and she couldn't even get out of bed.

In order to bring her back from Weiyang Palace, Zhong Lixian really didn't even care about his own leg injuries.

"I really don't understand why the Crown Prince cares so much about my life!" Wei Yuanwei sat at the head of his bed, dressed up. Under the shine of the candlelight, her delicate features were flawless, outlining Wei Yuanwei's gentle facial features.

"Your life is very useful to me!" Zhong Lixian said as his lips split.

Why is it useless? What would he need to use to threaten Mu Jin in the future?

Wei Yuanwei was his last trump card, and the key point was whether she would be able to win against Mu Jin.

"What's the use?" Wei Yuanwei pretended not to know and asked suspiciously.

Zhong Lixian laughed instead. "This is quite useful …"

Wei Yuanwei looked down at Zhong Lixian's hand that was holding her wrist. Her finger bones were long and slender, as white and tender as jade.

Mu Jin had it as well, because they practiced hard and left it behind when they held a weapon.

Wei Yuanwei stood up and was about to leave, but Zhong Lixian held onto her wrist tightly, and said with a weak but firm commanding tone: "When I wake up tomorrow, the first one I'll see will be you!"

Wei Yuanwei let out a cold laugh from the bottom of her heart, but her expression was still tranquil.

After exiting the inner palace hall, a few more traces of coldness flashed through Wei Yuanwei's eyes.

When parting with Mu Jin, she promised Mu Jin that she would be fine. She wouldn't do anything to hurt herself, and she wouldn't let Zhong Lixian hurt her either!

However, Mu Jin did not know that at that time, a thought had already emerged in her mind. Zhong Lixian was cunning, it would be difficult to subdue him.

The only thing he could do was to let Zhong Lixian lower his guard against her, so that she could approach him very naturally without making him suspicious in the slightest.

The only way was to make Zhong Lixian fall in love with her!

This was the only method that could help Mu Jin avoid any threats, and could also help her surrender to Zhong Lixian when she was completely caught off guard.

Wei Yuanwei lowered her gaze and looked at the wrist that Zhong Lixian had just grabbed, and the corner of her mouth raised into an evil smile.