I'm competing with the male lead for a woman[GL]

Chapter 113: Fate?

In the study room, the candles were bright and shining.

The eunuchs respectfully presented two cups of tea before stepping back, lifting the palace lamps and bowing their heads.

No one dared to look at the crown prince kneeling on the ground, nor did anyone dare to lift their heads to look at the emperor who had waved his hand and knocked over the tea cup.

"Peng--"

The hot tea splashed onto the crown prince's clothes.

The crown prince remained composed, still displaying his utmost respect and kindness, kneeling straight on the ground.

The tea spilled onto his knees,
gradually soaking through, but he didn't even blink, only smiling and saying, "Father, please calm down."

"Calm down?" The Emperor Qi calmed down a little bit.

Looking at his good son, he couldn't help but laugh instead of getting angry, "You, as the crown prince, have become even more outstanding. You dare to even plot against me and spare not even your own brother."

The crown prince spoke in a gentle tone, "Father is the ruler, and I am a subject. A loyal subject naturally wouldn't dare to deceive his ruler."

The Emperor Qi stared at the crown prince, "Such a loyal subject! Then let me ask you, how did you tell me about the Qin family mother and daughter before entering Tianya Sect?"

"I said, now is the best time to take advantage of the chaos and eliminate the Qin family mother and daughter." The crown prince answered calmly.

"And how did you handle it?" The emperor asked.

The crown prince showed a look of shame, "I am incompetent and inefficient, and I failed to share Father's worries."

The Emperor Qi remembered the crown prince's words to him before, "Nothing can go wrong."

He couldn't help but sneer, "It's not your fault, it's just that I trusted you too much and gave you everything. That's why I raised such a wolf-ambitious, fratricidal good son!"

"Wolf-ambitious, fratricidal?" The crown prince suddenly laughed and looked up at the emperor, "Father, this phrase seems more appropriate for Fourth Brother, doesn't it?"

The Emperor Qi silently looked at the crown prince, who smiled back at him, "Moreover, both my ambition and Fourth Brother's ambition were given to us by you, Father."

"If you had treated Fourth Brother like you did Third Brother, not giving him even a glimmer of hope, how could he have gone down this path?" The crown prince had said something right. 

The Emperor Qi had always turned a blind eye to the actions of the fourth prince, seemingly very fond of this son and thus accommodating him in every way. 

But the civil and military officials saw it all.

They naturally felt that the Emperor Qi favored the fourth prince, so they sought to win over the influential Mu Xiang and vied for his alliance.

The Fourth Prince himself did not have much ambition, nor was he fit to become the heir.

But the Emperor Qi loved him, and the mother of the prince's concubine's family planned for him with all her heart.

As time went on, they felt that the position of crown prince was right in front of them, and they wanted to fight for it.

In this way, the supporters of the eldest princess, the Emperor's faction, and the Mu family, led by Mu Xiang, could maintain a delicate balance in the court.