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The fourth prince, Ye Honghui, returned to his residence with a stack of books.

He had no power behind him and was considered relatively poor among the princes. Therefore, although he had established his own residence when he was old enough, in fact, his residence was not as wealthy and prominent as that of his two brothers.

After returning home, he went directly to the study, intending to put the batch of new books that he had not read yet on the bookshelf one by one.

So he sorted them out one by one. Since these books had fallen to the ground and were covered with dust, he even wiped them one by one with a clean cloth, for fear that something might happen to the books.

Just like that, he saw the book "Brothers Fighting for the Throne: Who Will Be the Emperor in the End" which was hidden among them.

At first he thought it was a storybook and that he had accidentally taken the wrong one from the study, but then he thought again, no study would dare to sell storybooks on topics such as "the struggle for the crown prince and the throne."

Thinking of this, Ye Honghui flipped through the pages.

When he flipped through it, he was shocked by the contents. He was so scared that he threw the whole book on the ground and stared at it with wide eyes, as if he didn't understand how he could have been involved with such a thing.

Ye Honghui almost cried:

He was just an unpopular and inconspicuous prince. He was not worthy of interfering in this matter, let alone offending either the crown prince or the second prince.

However, Ye Honghui was a little smart. Since he couldn't afford to offend himself, he went to find someone who dared to offend.

The next second, without caring that he had just arrived home, he asked the butler to prepare the carriage, wrapped the book in cloth, put it in his arms, and went straight to the Fifth Prince's Mansion.

The fifth prince, Ye Minglang, is the same age as the fourth prince. Their birthdays are only one month apart, but their situations are very different.

Ye Honghui is a transparent prince, but Ye Minglang is extremely favored.

Why? Because Ye Minglang is also a legitimate son.

Crown Prince Ye Zhaonan was the eldest son of the Emperor of Ye State, but he was born to the previous queen, while Ye Minglang was the son of the successor queen and the second son.

More importantly, the Queen Consort is the Queen's biological sister.

In other words, the queen consort is Ye Zhaonan's aunt in terms of blood relationship.

This brings us to the well-known facts about the royal family of Ye State.

Ye Zhaonan's mother was called An Lan, the eldest daughter of Duke Dingguo. She and the current emperor were childhood sweethearts and had a deep relationship. The two had been a young couple and supported each other. She accompanied the current emperor from an ordinary prince to the throne.

This kind of feeling is incomparable to any other woman.

The emperor of Ye State was considered to have a conscience. After he ascended the throne, he directly named An Lan as the queen. But at the same time, in order to gain the support of other important officials in the court, he also took in many concubines.

In the second year after he ascended the throne, An Lan became pregnant with Ye Zhaonan.

However, on the day she gave birth, she was plotted against by the concubines in the harem and died of hemorrhage during childbirth. She left behind only the newborn Ye Zhaonan, and she didn't even have time to accompany Ye Zhaonan to grow up.

The Emperor of Ye State loved An Lan and her husband deeply, and was reluctant to give Ye Zhaonan to a concubine to raise, so he married An Lan's sister An Yao as his successor and let her raise Ye Zhaonan.

For the honor of the empress and the face of the emperor's in-laws, Duke Dingguo's Mansion decisively sent their second daughter into the palace to secure favor.

After An Yao entered the palace, she knew that she could not compare with her sister in the emperor's heart, and she also knew that her mission was to raise Ye Zhaonan, so she took the initiative to promise the emperor:

She can refuse favor for her entire life and treat Ye Zhaonan as her own son. In this way, the entire Duke Dingguo's Mansion will be Ye Zhaonan's strongest backing.

The emperor was very pleased with her sensible behavior, so he gave Ye Zhaonan to her to raise with confidence.

An Yao did exactly as she said, taking care of Ye Zhaonan diligently and responsibly, taking care of every detail of his food, clothing, housing and daily life, and asking about his homework and studies, determined to train him into a qualified heir to the throne.

The emperor saw these things, kept them in mind, and was very satisfied with her.

But a few years later, when Ye Zhaonan was about five years old, the emperor got drunk accidentally and impulsively forced his favor on An Yao, but forgot to reward her with contraceptive soup afterwards.

This time, An Yao was pregnant with the fifth prince Ye Minglang.

But since she's already pregnant, is it time to abort the baby?

At that time, there were only two princes in the palace, Ye Zhaonan and Ye Jiayan. The third prince died shortly after birth, so he only had a chronological ranking and did not even have a proper name.

The emperor had few heirs and was reluctant to abort the child, and the Duke Dingguo's Mansion was also reluctant to give up this grandson.

After all, this is His Majesty's legitimate son.

Ye Zhaonan is only five years old, and there is still a long time before he grows up. Who knows if there will be any accidents during this period? If An Yao's child is born, it can just be a backup.

By then, no matter who ascends the throne, the status of Duke Dingguo's Mansion will be set in stone.

So, with the emperor's tacit consent, An Yao gave birth to the child and named him Ye Minglang.

The fourth prince Ye Honghui was born in the same year as Ye Minglang, but his biological mother was just a noble of low status, who had never been favored and lived in a remote corner. Not many people paid attention to her, so she was not as eye-catching as Ye Minglang.

Since the two princes were of the same age, they learned to read and go to school at about the same time. In addition, Ye Honghui had been a loser and a bully since childhood, with a soft personality and easy to talk to, so he got along well with Ye Minglang.

And during the years of getting along with Ye Minglang, Ye Honghui also got a glimpse of Ye Minglang's hidden ambition.

So, when he got this hot potato, he gave it to Ye Minglang.

He is not qualified to compete, but Ye Minglang definitely is.

Ye Minglang was a little surprised when he heard that Ye Honghui came to see him:

"Since Fourth Brother went to work in the Ministry of Industry, he has either been staying at the government office or staying at home reading books. He usually doesn't go out for a drink when I ask him to. Why is he here today?"

Having said that, he still asked someone to invite Ye Honghui in and serve tea.

When Ye Honghui saw Ye Minglang, he asked him to dismiss all the servants around him, then he took out the book and said:

"Fifth brother, I'm here to give you something."

Ye Minglang didn't care at first, he took the book and flipped through it casually, but he quickly closed it the next second with an angry look on his face:

"Do you know what this is?"

"Of course I know. That's why I sent it to you." Ye Honghui said, "Fifth brother, my father ordered me to investigate the dispute between the crown prince and the second prince. This thing was sent to my house today. You also know that I can't afford to offend them, so I can only borrow flowers to offer to Buddha and give this booklet to you."

"Fourth brother, you can't afford to offend him, do you want me to offend him?" Ye Minglang was displeased.

Ye Honghui shook his head and said:

"No, I'm just giving this to you."

"When the date set by Father arrives, I will report back to Father and tell him that I have found nothing and let him scold me."

"If you don't want it, you can just burn it and be done with it. But if you want to use it, I believe you will make it work for you."