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Speaking of this, Cang Xulin's feelings toward his father, the Emperor, are complex. He did not lie earlier; he truly regarded Cang Mofeng as his divine idol since childhood. But as he grew older, he could feel his father's indifference and the sense that they were dispensable.
Initially, he felt wronged, then angry, moving from disappointment to hatred, until his heart turned cold.
He didn't want to act this way, but his father unexpectedly established the Boss, that cowardly incompetent person, as the Crown Prince. He refused to be beneath such an inept man.
He is also the Emperor's son; why can't he take that position?
Yet, just as he burned his boats and brought his two brothers to a position where they couldn't fight back, he was horrified to discover that Empress Lian had borne the Emperor's rightful eldest son!
