Reborn as a concubine's daughter and entering a noble family: Xie Lang, don't be too seduc

"stop."

Consort Qi arrived late, and upon entering, she saw Li Lang nearly strangling Yun Tiao to death.

He grabbed Yunqiao's slender neck with one hand and lifted her up quite a bit. Yunqiao struggled painfully on tiptoe, her face already drained of color.

If she didn't stop him, Li Lang, who had already lost his mind, might really kill Yunqiao.

Consort Qi, her long robes trailing behind her, hurried forward, but she failed to dispel Li Lang's murderous intent. She held onto Li Lang's arm for a long time... "Lang'er!"

Li Lang, who was blinded by rage, only came to his senses slightly at this moment.

Turning to look at his mother, Consort Qi saw that as the pressure on her hand lessened, Consort Qi had someone snatch Yunqiao's life from Li Lang's grasp.

"Take her away right now!" Consort Qi shouted angrily at the palace servants surrounding Yun Tiao.

Some of the palace maids were relieved, while others were gloating, but upon hearing Consort Qi's order, they all rushed to help Yunqiao out.

What's wrong with you?!

After the palace servants left with Yunqiao, Consort Qi was furious and blamed Li Lang for his several outbursts of behavior that day.

Li Lang seemed lost in thought, turning his head blankly, but the indifferent look in his eyes when he looked at Consort Qi sent a chill down her spine.

"What kind of attitude is this!" Consort Qi exclaimed angrily. "So you're angry that I was harsh on Huo Sanghua, and that's why you're taking your anger out on Yunqiao, isn't that right?"

"Yes." Li Lang did not argue.

This left the furious Consort Qi speechless...

She never expected that Li Lang would admit it to her face!

"So, why did you bully Sanghua, Mother? You knew perfectly well how your palace servants were making things difficult for Sanghua, yet you still deliberately indulged them! ... Isn't Sanghua your adopted daughter? You kept her in Yaohua Palace just to torment her and make her suffer!" Li Lang roared angrily.

These words, too, were meant for him to say to himself.

He always knew what kind of life Sang Hua led every day while living here.

She also knew that her mother had never liked Sang Hua and had intentionally or unintentionally ridiculed and made things difficult for her, and had allowed people in the palace to bully her.

He knows everything...

But all he could do afterward was comfort Sang Hua and bring her some things to appease her.

Yet no one has ever truly stood up for her, spoken a word of justice, or given her a fair chance.

because... ...

He was afraid of his mother. He wanted to seize the throne, and he needed her help. He was used to obeying his mother in everything, just as he was used to obeying his father in everything! He was the most obedient prince, but in the end, he lost the person he wanted to keep the most.

"Lang'er..." Qi Fei's tone softened. She noticed that Li Lang's emotions were different from usual and was worried that he was upset, so she whispered to comfort him. "You... what's wrong with you?"

"I regret it," Li Lang said.

Gone is the confidence he was taught from childhood to fight for the throne, and gone is the same determination he had when he succeeded in his schemes!

Sang Hua has really changed her mind...

He truly lost Sang Hua.

Consort Qi trembled slightly, "What are you saying!"

“From the very beginning, I shouldn’t have used Sanghua to fight for that position! I shouldn’t have let Sanghua be introduced to the Xie family, I shouldn’t have married her off to them! ... ...And I shouldn’t have even had the thought of wanting her to die in the Xie family... ...I thought that as long as I got that position, Sanghua would definitely come back to my side! I was too confident in myself, but now I know it won’t! Sanghua won’t come back... ...Mother, do you understand! Sanghua won’t come back, she has Xie Lin in her heart!”

Li Lang roared hysterically.

When he realized that Sang Hua had truly fallen in love with Xie Lin, he almost heard his own heart break.

He was always confident, believing that Sang Hua only had eyes for him, and that no matter what, as long as he wished for Sang Hua to return to his side, she would definitely come back! He believed in Sang Hua's feelings for him...

But gradually, I became less certain.

Ever since Sang Hua married Xie Lin, he noticed that every time Sang Hua looked at Xie Lin, her eyes were filled with trust.

That was something he had once received under Sang Hua's watchful gaze.

But now... ...

Xie Lin was injured while saving Sang Hua, and Sang Hua risked her life to protect Xie Lin...

And then there was that cold, detached look in Sang Hua's eyes when she accused him of trying to kill her...

This is enough to prove that she has no trust in him whatsoever.

Consort Qi was driven to the brink of despair by Li Lang's every word, almost suffocating. She looked at him as if he were a madman going insane, her eyes filled with fear and astonishment. She couldn't understand how her Lang'er, who had always been so shrewd and resourceful, could have become like this!

Was it really for Hawthorne?

"...I love Sang Hua, I love her! I've loved her since I was little!" Li Lang finally broke down. At this moment, he wished he could go back in time and strangle the version of himself who forced Sang Hua to marry into the Xie family. If he had known it would turn out like this, he would never have let Sang Hua marry into the Xie family! "But she doesn't love me anymore, she loves Xie Lin! She thinks I'm the one who wanted to kill her, she thinks I harmed Xie Lin! She'll never come back to me..."

"Lang'er! It's just Huo Sanghua! How could you lose your composure like this! Do you know what you're doing? Your goal is the throne. Once you sit on that throne, you can have any woman you want! How can you give up on yourself like this for Huo Sanghua!" Consort Qi was disappointed in her son and looked at him with a cold heart.

Deeply disappointed...

The throne has always been their goal.

She even went to great lengths and put in so much effort to get her son into that position.

Now her son is throwing a tantrum because Hawthorne is ignoring him!

"But I don't want other women!" Li Lang finally realized his true feelings; what he wanted was never other women.

It's Sang Hua...

Only Sang Hua!

However, his mother had hinted to him that Hawthorne's identity was not simple, and if he showed favor to her or expressed a desire to marry her, it would only make his father think that he was plotting to seize the throne!

Although Huo Sanghua was just an insignificant orphan of the Huo family, and the Huo family had already suffered misfortune, the power behind the Huo family was far greater than what was currently apparent.

Those brothers who had risked their lives for General Huo were sworn brothers, and now that Huo Sanghua is safe and sound in the palace, they probably don't care much.

However, once Huo Sanghua is involved in the struggle for imperial power, those who once risked their lives with General Huo will surely become a force to be reckoned with.

By associating with Hawthorne, he was clearly telling his father that he intended to vie for the throne.

The palace coup that occurred on the third day of the Lunar New Year made his father, the emperor, even more wary of him, fearing that one of his sons harbored ambitions to seize the throne, gathered his own forces, and attempted to force him to abdicate and replace him.

At this critical juncture, how could he dare keep Sang Hua by his side? The only way was to use the Xie family's connections to send Sang Hua to the Xie family...

As he and his mother had planned, they arranged for Sang Hua to die in the Xie family, thus launching an attack on the Xie family and gaining leverage over them so that they could use the Xie family for their own purposes in the future. After all, Lord Xie's power would be his greatest asset in ascending to the throne.

He could also take this opportunity to win over General Huo's former subordinates, so that he would be absolutely certain of taking that position.

Even if Sang Hua didn't die, it would be good to bring her back after he ascends the throne...

But all his meticulous planning ultimately led him to lose Sang Hua completely.

Having witnessed firsthand how Sang Hua, with her seemingly fragile nature, would fight desperately for Xie Lin, raising all her defenses and struggling fiercely, Li Lang finally understood—

Sang Hua has fallen for Xie Lin.