Moon Brocade Palace.
The eldest prince had a gloomy expression. He paced back and forth. Because of his previous serious injuries, his face was still a little pale, and he had lost a lot of weight.
“Mother, after thinking it over, I believe that the assassins who attacked us that morning were definitely from Xianwu Island. Only they have such superb skills; no one else could do it.”
"Your Highness's speculation makes a lot of sense. Your mother has always felt that this matter is inextricably linked to the people of Immortal Mist Island. Indeed, it would be difficult to find anyone in this world with such high martial arts skills as them."
Four years ago, when Prince Gong led his men to assassinate us in the palace, it was the eldest princess who led the people of Xianwu Island to save us. We witnessed firsthand just how skilled those men in white were back then, and with this martial arts competition, I'm now certain that those who tried to assassinate us that day were definitely from Xianwu Island.
They came to assassinate us to avenge the Zhou family. Those people all work for the eldest princess. My son, we are in grave danger!
"Mother, let's go find Father." The eldest prince wanted the emperor to intervene on their behalf.
“Silly child, didn’t you hear what your father said before? The Emperor has always favored the eldest princess. Besides, the eldest princess and the people of Xianwu Island have helped him a lot, with the silver mine and the disaster relief over the years. They have made great contributions.” Consort Duan said irritably.
"I'm afraid the Emperor is currently hoping that the woman in Huayun Palace can give birth to a prince, then the position of Crown Prince will really fall to the Empress."
"Mother, we can't just sit here and wait to die. We need to find a way to break this deadlock." Upon hearing that the position of Crown Prince might not be his, the First Prince could no longer contain himself.
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