One pill can erase a year's worth of memories; all those loves and hates will vanish like dust in the wind. What a great deal!

Once he takes this pill, he can forget Jiang Tian and stop being so anxious and distracted by her.

It's been a month since I returned from the lantern festival.

During this month, Xiao Sheng did not see Jiang Tian again.

He dared not go to see them.

Jiang Tian's gaze, filled with disgust yet forced to feign, felt like she was slowly torturing him.

Aside from official duties, Xiao Sheng spends his days thinking about what to do.

He knew perfectly well that if he could force himself on Jiang Tian and get her pregnant with his child, she might not be so far away from him.

But he couldn't.

He still remembers that after fighting with Wei Yunting, the soldiers would gather together and chat about everyday things.

Some people started teasing Wei Yunting, asking him how he got entangled with a mistress.

When talking about Jiang Tian and his doting affection for her, Wei Yunting was not shy at all.

He told them that liking someone is always without reason, and when he realizes it, he can't help but be good to her, hoping she is happy and carefree, and hoping she is not hurt by the thorns of the world.

If you love someone, you can't let that person cry.

What good would it do to tell Jiang Tian?

During this period, he consulted many doctors, both from the common people and from vassal states, and summoned them all to examine Wei Yunting.

Everyone shook their heads in disapproval.

Wei Yunting is not going to wake up; it's a miracle he's still alive.

What good would it do to tell Jiang Tian the truth?

Wei Yunting himself didn't want the woman he loved to see what others looked like, whether he was a ghost or not.

With Jiang Tian's unwavering devotion, upon learning that Wei Yunting was still alive, she would surely dedicate her life to protecting him.

Xiao Sheng would not agree to let Jiang Tian serve a living dead person for the next few decades.

But if they didn't let her go, she became thinner and thinner, and her mental state deteriorated. Even though she looked normal every day, her frail body was already a testament to her weakness.

Xiao Sheng was jealous of Wei Yunting, but also felt sorry for Jiang Tian.

He even regretted agreeing to the old emperor's request to find Wei Yunting, something he should have refused.

These past few days, Xiao Sheng has investigated everything the old emperor had done.

He always thought that although the old emperor had deliberately spoiled him and even deposed him from his position as crown prince, he would still have some fatherly affection for him.

But he never expected that the old emperor had already chosen his successor several years ago.

Since the old emperor could no longer have children, he personally selected an outstanding member of the Xiao family clan.

That child was exceptionally gifted, extremely intelligent, possessed a photographic memory, and was also remarkably good-looking.

The old emperor placed his bet on him.

Xiao Sheng was nothing more than a shield.

If the powerful families shift their attention to Xiao Sheng, that child can grow up healthy.

In the eyes of Xiao Sheng's biological father, even the children of his clan were far superior to his son, a daughter of a prominent family.

Even if he were the crown prince, he would never be the first person the old emperor would consider.

Xiao Sheng even found another secret letter.

The old emperor had long planned that if Xiao Sheng returned to the capital and the child grew up, he would find a reason to kill Xiao Sheng and install the child on the throne.

How ridiculous.

He, as a father, didn't even want his own child for the sake of the clan he valued.

Just because he has half the blood of the aristocratic families he deeply despises!

As for why it didn't work out, it's simply because being too clever for one's own good backfired.

The old emperor died too hastily; he only revealed the first layer of arrangements before going to the underworld.

The imperial edict presented by the eunuch was nothing more than the old emperor's preparation to pave the way for that child!

The old emperor originally planned that if Xiao Sheng could return to the capital, he would first give him the throne so that the world could see his care for Xiao Sheng.

But when the time comes, Xiao Sheng will die suddenly, and the chosen child from his clan will become the new emperor.

However, no one knew the old emperor's plans, not even his closest confidants.

He, who had committed numerous evils, died before he could even present the child to the world.

Having witnessed the entire conspiracy, Xiao Sheng realized the truth of his own heartless and loveless life.

His closest relatives wanted to harm him, and those he loved despised him; he had no one in this world with whom he could confide.

Xiao Sheng stared at the pills over and over again. If he took them, at least he could forget about Jiang Tian.

As for matters of the court, he had already written them down in a booklet, so even without his memory, he could quickly get started.

Even though the pills damaged his brain, he left a secret decree, fulfilling the old emperor's wish to pass the position to that outstanding clansman.

In the period immediately following his ascension to the throne, he implemented sweeping reforms, and the court has stabilized. That clansman should be able to take over soon.

Wei Yunting is "dead," so whoever obtains the military seal will rule the world. If he really damaged his brain, everything has already been arranged.

With the military tally, that clansman can secure his rule.

To put it bluntly, Xiao Sheng admits that he is selfish.

The new dynasty had just been established, and he should have been a diligent and good emperor, instead of acting impulsively and thinking about his own exoneration.

At first, his desire to become emperor was merely a desire to get what he wanted and to seek revenge on those who had wronged him.

The person with a strong sense of righteousness is not Xiao Sheng.

The real Xiao Sheng is twisted, tragic, obsessive, and cannot bear the light of day.

He recalled the restless nights when he first fell for Jiang Tian, ​​and the suffocating tension he felt when they were together now.

Xiao Sheng's gaze gradually hardened into determination.

Let him escape. He can't change Jiang Tian, ​​nor can he escape that vicious cycle.

If he takes the medicine, at least he'll be willing to let Jiang Tian go and give her true freedom.

He picked up the pill, opened his mouth, and was about to put it in when a young eunuch suddenly rushed in.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Lady Jiang has committed suicide by swallowing poison!"