The Fifth Prince was like a pig that had taken a knife. His fat body twitched faintly and painful groans came out of his mouth.

Ning Chen had been holding back. Otherwise he would have been long dead.

Ning Chen watched him with cold eyes, squatted down, took him by the hair and forced his head up. "I know there is somebody behind you. Who is he?"

He had started playing the fool when he was very small. There had certainly been a man of ability guiding him.

There was blood at the corner of the Fifth Prince's mouth. He twitched all over with the pain, stared at Ning Chen with cold eyes and said with an effort, "If it weren't for you, I would have been on the throne long ago."

He had already taken the throne before the coffin.

If Ning Chen had not come racing back, he would have completed the enthronement ceremony by now and be sitting on the dragon throne.

As for the Xuan Emperor, if it were not for Ning Chen he would have died in that cellar long ago and nobody would ever have known.

"Ning Chen, you have ruined everything I had."

The Fifth Prince roared it out, unreconciled.

Ning Chen sneered. "Still dreaming of being emperor?"

"With me here, never mind that you only took the throne before the coffin. Even if you had completed the enthronement ceremony and the changing of the reign name, I would still have dragged you off that chair."

"If an animal like you became emperor, what would be left for the people of the Great Xuan to live on?"

The Fifth Prince's eyes were full of venom. "My only regret is that I did not get rid of you sooner."

Ning Chen sneered. "Enough nonsense... Tell me who is behind you."

"I know there has been a man of ability guiding you all along. Who is he?"

The Fifth Prince gave a sinister smile. "You will never know."

Ning Chen said with contempt, "Still think you're the honorable Fifth Prince? Once a man is in…