Inside the Imperial Prison.
Prince Huaining looked at Xu Qingxiao with a calm expression as he spoke.
Faced with Prince Huaining's defection,
Xu Qingxiao found it inexplicably hard to believe.
After all, Prince Huaining was a prince. He had schemed painstakingly for so many years, yet now, with things having reached this point, he suddenly gave up.
Xu Qingxiao truly found that hard to accept.
Was he really not going to put up a fight?
Sensing Xu Qingxiao's doubtful gaze, Prince Huaining spoke slowly.
"I know what you're worried about."
"In truth, even I never imagined things would come to this. But when all is said and done, it still has to do with you."
Prince Huaining spoke.
Those words, however, piqued Xu Qingxiao's curiosity.
"With me? How does it have anything to do with me?"
Xu Qingxiao asked.
"My mistake was not seizing power back then, but choosing to support Ji Ling's rise to the throne."
"I believed their slanderous advice. That was my greatest mistake."
"Ever since then, I've been pushing all of this forward in secret. At first, everything went well. Everything was within my control."
"But the further things progressed, the more I felt something was wrong. I was using them, and they were using me too."
"By then, I was already somewhat wary. But faced with such enormous temptation, I couldn't pull myself free."
"Then you appeared. No matter how we targeted you, you always turned danger into safety, and even struck back at us."
"That was when I realized you were a variable, one the Great Wei Dynasty-and even the entire Central Continent-had not seen in hundreds or thousands of years."
"And today, you finally made me understand that fortune truly does bestow its blessings in this world."
"You are that one, unique bearer