Chapter 630

"yes."

The crown prince spoke with a firm tone.

"To put it bluntly, I do bear an unshirkable responsibility for this matter. Moreover, to outsiders, since the secret letter bears the Crown Prince's seal, it must have been done by me. In order to appease public anger, this is the only way. I humbly request Your Majesty to issue an edict!"

After saying this, the prince bowed his head to the ground.

The emperor looked at him with an unusually complex expression.

No wonder he's the child I raised from a young age.

Such understanding, even willing to make such sacrifices for the greater good... he truly hadn't misjudged him.

"Do you know that the removal of the crown prince is no joke? Once this imperial edict is issued, you will likely face a lot of criticism."

Crown Prince: "As long as Father Emperor believes in me, that's enough. I ask for nothing more!"

The emperor sighed heavily.

He was content with having such a son.

The emperor said nothing more, but got up and stepped forward to personally help the crown prince up.

"I understand your intentions."

"Thank you, Father Emperor."

When he left the Imperial Study, the Crown Prince's expression was solemn.

He resorted to this tactic out of desperation.

However, Zheng Yi is right.

With public resentment boiling over and others plotting against him behind his back, his position as crown prince is already precarious.

Rather than being forcibly deprived, he should take the initiative and seize the initiative.

Even though both were deposed, whether it was at the instigation of others or by their own initiative, the emperor viewed them very differently.

As long as the emperor still trusts him, he may have a chance to make a comeback in the future, and this current setback is nothing.

Thinking of this, the crown prince's mood calmed down a little.

——

The decree to depose the crown prince quickly spread throughout Luoyang.

The Yunnan Prince's Palace also received the news very quickly.

The matter took many twists and turns, but it actually came to fruition in the end, which caught Yunxi completely off guard.

The Huo family wasn't particularly surprised by the result, but they were still somewhat puzzled by how smoothly it had gone.

Just then, Shen Rang arrived.

Upon seeing him, Huo Yue suddenly realized something: "I heard that the idea of ​​having the Crown Prince request to be deposed came from the Zheng family. Your mother... was she also a member of the Zheng family?"

Shen Rang didn't hide anything and nodded: "I asked my mother to invite my uncle over and told him about this."

Huo Yue shook his head: "Your uncle is truly blessed to have a nephew like you."

Shen Rang smiled slightly: "I didn't harm him in this matter."

Requesting to be deposed is indeed the best, and only, way for the Crown Prince to escape unscathed.

To be honest, most retainers wouldn't have thought of such a bold idea, which is a good thing for the crown prince.

"The rest is up to Your Highness."

"Um."

They were already prepared.

The Huo family was eager to fight and couldn't pay attention to Shen Rang for the time being, so Shen Rang went to the backyard.

Yunxi sat in the mountain and water residence, staring blankly at the moon in the sky, unaware that Chen Rang had come over.

Yunxi only snapped out of her daze when Shen Rang sat down next to her.

"What are you thinking about?"

Yunxi sighed: "I feel like, am I too useless?"

Shen Rang was taken aback: "Why do you say that?"

“These days, my father, mother, brother, sister-in-law, and you have all been busy with my affairs, but I can’t do anything and can only watch helplessly.”

At this point, Yunxi couldn't help but feel deflated.

"You're overthinking it," Shen Rang said, pulling her into his arms. "Everyone has things they're not good at. Xi'er, it's already quite an achievement that you've come this far. Anyone else, including myself, probably couldn't have done what you've done, so don't think like that."

"real?"

"certainly."