sjar Chapter 414 The Scumbag Woman Reborn, the Regent Prince Refuses to Be a Sucker 32
Chapter 414 The Scumbag Woman Reborn, the Regent Prince Refuses to Be a Sucker 32
The eldest prince desperately wanted the regent's support; if the regent was willing to support him, the other princes would be no threat.
He has to give it his all.
So he gritted his teeth and stood at the entrance of the Regent's Palace, refusing to leave, wanting his uncle to see his sincerity.
Upon learning this, Yun Qing frowned and said, "What kind of behavior is it to stand outside the door? Isn't he afraid that the Emperor will find out and dislike him?"
The emperor and the regent are now at odds, yet the eldest prince is openly seeking the regent's support. Where does that leave the emperor?
What is this eldest prince thinking? The other princes are all keeping an eye on him!
Helian Yin sighed, "That's why I have a reason not to support his ascension to the throne."
Helian Yin did not allow the power of the eldest prince's maternal clan to be weakened, firstly because he was mindful of the Empress's feelings and did not want her family to suffer a tragic end, and secondly because the fifth prince's faction had always wanted to suppress the eldest prince, the Empress's legitimate son.
Once the eldest prince weakens, the fifth prince's faction will surely ruthlessly attack him and exterminate him.
But it's one thing for him to take care of the eldest prince, and another to support his ascension to the throne.
He hesitated to side with the Crown Prince as he wished because the Crown Prince was too foolish; ascending to that position was not a good thing.
If the eldest prince is obedient enough, it wouldn't be bad to have him as regent assisting him.
But the eldest prince's problem is that he is neither smart nor obedient, has little self-awareness, and has a lot of unreliable ideas.
Therefore, Helian Yin did not intend to support him to ascend the throne, but instead planned to see if he could produce a reliable son.
As a result, the eldest prince lost his temper and attacked him first.
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In the original storyline, in this life, Helian Yin did not support the Fifth Prince because of Jiang Yunyan, thus avoiding losing power and his life. He did indeed almost support the First Prince's son to ascend the throne.
Because in the original storyline, the eldest prince didn't have a good opportunity to assassinate Helian Yin so early, he acted on impulse.
Helian Yin naturally didn't give up on him so soon.
However, his fear of Helian Yin always existed. Later, when he learned that Helian Yin would rather choose his son than let him ascend the throne, he felt even more resentful and dissatisfied.
In the end, he still did something foolish and accidentally injured Jiang Yunyan, which angered Helian Yin and led to his tragic end.
In the original storyline, this scene served to advance the romance between the male and female leads.
The ruthless treatment of the eldest prince, a once close nephew of the emperor, by Helian Yin reveals his deep affection for Jiang Yunyan, even though he died a tragic death in his previous life because of his deep love for her.
Therefore, even the eldest prince was just a tool, so naturally no one mentioned that Helian Yin's initial choice was actually related to Empress Yuan, nor did they mention that Empress Yuan had been very good to Helian Yin.
It is said that Helian Yin was originally close to the eldest prince, but unfortunately the eldest prince was not capable of doing great things. Fortunately, his son was very intelligent, so Helian Yin wanted to support his son to ascend the throne.
Therefore, Helian Yin in the original storyline appears to be in a worse situation, as his relatives betray him and none of them are genuinely kind to him.
Only Jiang Yunyan, who was reborn, loved and trusted him wholeheartedly.
To paraphrase the original storyline, his life was filled with hardship, but thankfully he had her.
In the original storyline, Helian Yin also told Jiang Yunyan that she was the only one who truly cared for him and would not betray him.
Jiang Yunyan is such a wonderful person, why shouldn't he pamper her?
Little did he know that Jiang Yunyan was the one who betrayed him the most.
When Jiang Yunyan heard Helian Yin's words, she felt very sorry for him and was very glad that she had been reborn.
Perhaps she was just too heartbroken, and it seems she forgot about feeling guilty.
Oh, by then, she was no longer guilty.
Undeniably, when she was first reborn, Jiang Yunyan still felt guilty towards Helian Yin.
However, as her relationship with Helian Yin grew stronger, perhaps because she felt she had made amends to Helian Yin, her guilt gradually faded away.
So she took Helian Yin's kindness for granted, pampered him like royalty, and would occasionally act up, making Helian Yin go to great lengths to coax her.
It's simply the envy of everyone.
She had long since come to realize that the Fifth Prince was the real culprit, and she was just an innocent victim.
Since they are innocent victims, there is naturally no need for them to feel guilty or ashamed.
That damned Fifth Prince! Oh, and Jiang Yunqing too!
So, she felt increasingly at ease using Helian Yin's influence to slap faces and punish the scumbags.
However, being reborn doesn't make one smarter. Although in the original story, Jiang Yunyan always wanted revenge after being reborn, and the Fifth Prince and Jiang Yunqing were always humiliated, which was very satisfying to watch.
In reality, she was just relying on Helian Yin's power to bully others. Occasionally she would use some clever tricks, but they were all minor and insignificant compared to Helian Yin's ruthless methods.
She refused to reveal a single thing about her past life to Helian Yin, leaving him to deal with the Fifth Prince, and even told Helian Yin not to interfere.
So much so that in the original storyline, Jiang Yunyan was determined to take revenge, but the Fifth Prince didn't end up in a desperate situation as early as he is now.
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Helian Yin ignored the eldest prince and stayed in the mansion teaching Yun Qing boxing.
After studying for a while, Yun Qing realized something was wrong. "Why do I keep pouring it on you?"
"The lower body is unstable."
"Do you think I'm stupid? Putting aside whether my lower body is stable or not, how can I know which way to go after I fall?"
Helian Yin said without changing his expression, "I can't just let you fall to the ground."
Yun Qingbang punched him angrily, saying, "I'm practicing martial arts very seriously! You're not allowed to disturb me!"
"How could I cause trouble? If I always let you win during a sparring match, all you'll ever learn will be a showy display of skill."
Yun Qing didn't speak, but just stared at him silently.
Helian Yin showed no remorse and continued seriously, "There are many ways to practice martial arts, you can't be so rigid. Think about it, if you can break free from my control, then if someone wants to catch you in the future, won't you be as slippery as an eel?"
Yun Qing seemed to understand.
Helian Yin looked at her with some suspicion. Did she really understand?
Yun Qing clenched her fists and looked at him, saying, "By analogy, if I can beat you up, then when you fight with others, can you beat them up too?"
She had barely finished speaking when she threw a punch.
Just as Yun Qing was chasing Helian Yin around the courtyard, beating him, Jiang Yunyan decided to save the Fifth Prince.
The Empress Dowager had been waiting in the palace for news of the Fifth Prince's awakening. She thought that the Fifth Prince should wake up after the wedding ceremony.
However, no news came for a long time.
She couldn't sit still any longer, so she came to visit the Fifth Prince in person.
Jiang Yunyan only then learned about the Fifth Prince's current situation.
She naturally wished for the Fifth Prince to die, but she had just married him, and if he died now, no one knew what awaited her.
Judging from the Empress Dowager's cold attitude towards her, she clearly disliked her very much.
Moreover, she planned to cooperate with the Fifth Prince to deal with Jiang Yunqing. If the Fifth Prince died, Jiang Yunqing would be protected by Helian Yin, and she wouldn't be able to touch her at all.
She couldn't bear to watch Jiang Yunqing and Helian Yin be together; that would be worse than death for her.
Jiang Yunyan was, after all, a reborn woman. In her previous life, she stayed by Helian Yin's side and had an ambiguous relationship with the Fifth Prince, so she inevitably knew some of the methods and secrets of the struggle for the throne.
She happened to have heard of the exotic poison that had afflicted the Fifth Prince.
In his previous life, the Second Prince had used this kind of poison on someone, so he should have the antidote.
She told the Empress Dowager about it.
As for how she knew about this, she simply said that she heard it from Helian Yin, since everyone knew that she and Helian Yin had once been engaged.
The Empress Dowager figured she wouldn't dare lie, and when she heard that she had heard it from Helian Yin, she believed her to a large extent and immediately summoned the Second Prince.
She didn't suspect that the Second Prince might be the one who poisoned her, since she was already convinced that Helian Yin had poisoned her to threaten her.
She even wondered if Helian Yin had obtained the poison from the Second Prince, since he had known all along that the Second Prince possessed such poison.