Song Xibai even speculated that some of the senior officials in the court might have guessed the truth.
For example, the Empress's father, the Crown Prince's maternal grandfather, and Imperial Censor Zhou.
Censor Zhou repeatedly defied the emperor, showing absolutely no fear.
But even if Imperial Censor Zhou knew, he couldn't expose him. After all, his daughter had helped cover it up. If he exposed her, his daughter would also be in big trouble. What would happen to the Crown Prince then?
So we can only pretend we don't know.
It now appears that there is one more person who knows the truth.
Consort Shu.
It's unclear whether she found out before or after she became pregnant with the Eighth Prince.
Song Xibai's eyes flickered as she pondered.
She also thought of something else.
Long ago, her father mentioned that the emperor had lost his fertility.
I found it strange when I first heard it, but now I think it's probably because someone drugged the emperor to prevent him from defiling the harem.
However, the Eighth Prince still managed to slip through the net.
Hmm, it's possible that the Eighth Prince was the reason someone drugged him?
What happens next is easy to guess.
The emperor himself was unable to have children, and only had his eighth son, whom he naturally doted on. At the same time, he grew increasingly displeased with the crown prince and tried every means to depose him and install his own son on the throne.
Unfortunately, this imposter was incompetent, and the Crown Prince had always followed the rules and never made a mistake. The court officials were protecting the Crown Prince both openly and secretly, and he couldn't defeat him alone. So, he secretly poisoned the Crown Prince and Crown Princess while supporting the Shu family and others in the court.
After twelve years, the truth has finally been revealed.
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