Wherever he was born—even if it was in Huangming Kingdom—he would rely on his own abilities to reach the very top.
He would never allow anyone to trample on his dignity.
Nor would he allow anyone to control his fate.
At that moment, in Phoenix Palace, Li Sang was staring blankly at the garden outside the window.
Behind him, Little Xuan served him carefully.
"What exactly is she trying to do?"
Shang Shuheng was the man Ying'er had taken a liking to, and she had already decided to name him Phoenix Monarch and put him in charge of the imperial harem.
According to her, she had been exchanging letters with Shang Shuheng all along, and the two of them had a deep relationship.
Yet now, Prince Rui had suddenly inserted himself between them.
Not only that, she alternated between associating with Shang Shuheng and growing close to Ye Lihan.
Little Xuan's eyes flickered. He knew his master was merely talking to himself and did not need an answer.
In truth, he did not understand what Prince Rui was trying to do either, but there was one thing he knew very clearly.
The Prince Rui of today was no longer the same as before.
Her feelings for his master had changed as well.
His master had already sensed this, but he was still unwilling to believe it or accept such an outcome.
"Is she deliberately trying to anger me, or has she really..." changed her heart?
Li Sang looked somewhat dejected.
After entering the palace and experiencing the power struggles within it, he had long since lost the innocence of his youth.
From the very beginning, he had known clearly that he was merely using the little affection they had shared in their youth to make use of her and deceive