Xu Wanhe waited outside with a cold face and a group of prospective ministers, but received no news for a long time.
Someone nearby said, "Could it be that the Empress and the Crown Prince are keeping their deaths a secret in order to seize the throne?"
At this moment, most of those surrounding him were Xu's trusted confidants. Upon learning that Xiao Cheng had suddenly collapsed, their hearts began to stir with ambition.
Xiao Cheng was promoted to a higher position simply because his surname was Xiao.
But now that Xiao Cheng is dead, that useless crown prince can't do anything. If this gets back to the ears of other princes in the vassal states, some of them will inevitably have designs on him.
Are they just going to hand over the empire that the Xu family and others worked so hard to build?
Xu Wanhe sneered: "If that's really the case, then it's better."
"But what if this is the Crown Prince..." a trusted confidant muttered to himself.
Xu Wanhe laughed: "Wouldn't that be even better? Then we wouldn't need to help."
Once Xiao Shiyan ascends the throne, his daughter will directly become the empress. Once she gives birth to a son, Xiao Shiyan can go with his father. After they get their hands on the throne, the world will still belong to the Xu family.
The Xu family gradually calmed down, but the atmosphere in Funing Palace remained heavy.
Empress Wu looked at her son, who sat coldly by the bed, with a look of panic on her face, and couldn't help but ask, "Ayan, why are you doing this?"
"He...he is, after all, your biological father!"
Xiao Shiyan said expressionlessly, "Mother, everything I have done today is for my son and me!"
"If he hadn't planned to let that bitch Chen put pressure on you, I wouldn't have even considered this idea!"
Chen Siyi wanted to instigate him to kill Xiao Cheng and ascend the throne, and she also wanted to become the future empress.
Let her dream on!
Perfect! This time, let's grant her wish and let her go to the underworld with the old man!
The ministers outside the gate had been waiting for a while and were just about to leave when they suddenly heard the gate of Funing Palace slowly open and a figure walk out.
Xiao Shiyan said with a face full of grief and anger: "My beloved ministers, I have caught the murderer who killed my father!"
Everyone was surprised, but also felt that it made sense.
Even if Xiao Shiyan takes action, he will find someone to take the blame.
Unexpectedly, the murderer was none other than Chen Siyi, who had just been crowned a beauty!
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