After he left, Xue Heng emerged from the alley where he was hiding, looking at his retreating figure with a complicated expression.
When he left the capital, he had already decided never to set foot in the capital again.
But when the deaths of the late empress and the late emperor were revealed and spread like wildfire, he still couldn't help but return to the capital.
Nowadays, people everywhere are talking about this shocking palace secret. They don't care whether the throne will ultimately be held by Emperor Cheng'an, Prince Qin, or someone else.
They were more concerned about whether Emperor Cheng'an had really murdered his brother and sister-in-law, and how this farce would end.
After all, palace intrigue is much more interesting than stories in picture books.
Xue Heng ordered a jar of wine, sat at the tea stall, and listened to the surrounding people speculating whether the Prince of Qin would break into the palace to kill his enemies, and whether Emperor Cheng'an could continue to be emperor... A bitter smile appeared on his lips, he opened the wine seal, tilted his head back and used the wine to numb himself.
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On the third day that Emperor Cheng'an was confined to his palace, the only person who came to visit him was Empress Zhou, who was six months pregnant.
Xue Shen's men guarded the palace, but they didn't do anything to him. The palace maids and eunuchs who served him could still come and go as usual, but they wouldn't allow Emperor Cheng'an to leave.
Emperor Cheng'an secretly sent palace maids and eunuchs to deliver many secret letters or edicts to him for help, but all of them disappeared without a trace.
When he learned that Empress Zhou had come to see him, he forgot his past suspicions. He thought to himself that not a single official in the court was willing to rescue him, and only the Empress was risking her life to come see him.
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