"...I didn't execute that servant. He's currently being held in secret custody. If you wish to see him, I can arrange it."

Qin Zhao didn't answer.

He only felt a buzzing in his ears, and the blood in his body was rushing up. He could no longer hear clearly what the people around him were saying.

Qi Xuan stood up and tried to help him, but was pushed away by Qin Zhao. He lowered his eyes and suddenly smiled.

As expected of the late emperor.

He just smiled and looked up at Qi Xuan: "Your Majesty, have you learned it? This is the true art of imperial power."

He should have thought about it earlier. How could the late emperor trust him to deal with the queen? Wasn't he worried that the regent's power would grow stronger and stronger, and he might rebel in the future?

The late emperor sent the regent to destroy Shen Huan Powder and develop an antidote, but he secretly kept some of it for himself.

Have someone poison the regent in small amounts over several times. After a few years, when the little emperor grows up, the poison will have penetrated into the regent's lungs, and he will become a disabled person.

By then, no one would be able to compete with his son for the throne.

The young emperor did not dare to say it that day because he was afraid that after Qin Zhao learned the truth, he would no longer support the Qi family and rebel against the court.

"It's my Qi family who has wronged you, Prince Rong. I apologize to you on behalf of my father," Qi Xuan said. "When you were in trouble, I was afraid that the Queen Mother would deal with me right away, so I had to rush back to the capital as soon as possible to calm her down. The Queen Mother has been keeping a close eye on me these past few years. She's never been truly confident in me, so I didn't dare look for you..."

"Why are you looking for me?" Qin Zhao said in a low voice. "You found out that the poison had penetrated my lungs and I had lost all my memory. I had no strength to fight the Queen Mother anymore. You hid me in Jiangling. In a sense, you saved my life."

"you……"

"Qi Xuan, do you really want to be the emperor?" Qin Zhao suddenly asked.

Qi Xuan paused.

The timid look on his face suddenly disappeared. Qi Xuan stood up, stroked the folding fan at his waist, and sighed softly: "I just want to survive."

He had no choice since he was born.

Born in the cold palace, he lived in fear for his livelihood every day and suffered a lot. Later, he was lucky enough to be appointed as the crown prince by the late emperor. He thought he could escape from that kind of life, but in fact he fell into another deeper and more bottomless vortex.

Qi Xuan, who was only in his teens, had to become a puppet and survive between two forces.

He was trained by Qin Zhao, so how could he not be smart? He just knew that people who were too smart could not survive in such a deep palace.

Qi Xuan considers himself just an ordinary person. He does not have such big ambitions and does not have any so-called ambitions.

For him, just keeping his life safe is like using up all his life's knowledge.

Qin Zhao whispered, "I still think you can be a good emperor."

If Qi Xuan did not have the qualifications to be emperor, why would the late emperor have made him the crown prince?

It's just that he didn't have the chance.

Six years ago, it was Qin Zhao who dragged him forward.

Six years later, the Queen Mother was in control again.

He had no chance, nor the courage to resist it all.

After all, he is just a teenager who is only a few years older than Jing Li.

Qin Zhao's mood gradually calmed down. He leaned back in his chair, looking a little tired. "Let's end this matter here. I don't intend to blame you for what your father did. You and I are both victims in this power struggle. There's no point in blaming each other."

"Prince Rong..."

"Don't call me that. Both Prince Rong and the Prince Regent no longer exist," Qin Zhao said. "The one before you now is only the Juren Qin Zhao."

"You..." Qi Xuan hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "You really don't want to come back?"