From that time on, my reputation started to suffer.
I had no way to defend myself, and even if I did, no one would believe me. During that time, I just watched coldly as those seven people fought for the throne.
But they were too stupid. They only used the same tactics in their fights. Not only did they fail to win the position of crown prince, but they also made the late emperor complain a lot about them.
Later, the late emperor told me privately that he intended to let me succeed to the throne, but the prerequisite was that I could control those seven people.
I really had no interest in the throne at that time, so I rejected the late emperor.
But not long after, something happened to my mother's family."
At this point, Xiao Xieyun curled his lips and asked Ying Xixi, "Xixi, guess who did it?"
Ying Xixi frowned, "Did the late emperor do this? He wanted to tell you that those who want to protect themselves need power and status, and to make you determined to succeed the throne?"
Xiao Xieyun rubbed the top of her head and said, "How clever! The late emperor did a part of it, and some of the seven people also participated.
In other words, those seven people actually wanted to frame my mother's family and leave me without any support.
While the late emperor was taking advantage of the situation, he also saved the lives of my mother's family.
The late emperor's plan was indeed successful. At that time, I wanted to be the emperor and experience the feeling of holding the lives of all people in the world in my hands.
So I became a sharp sword in the hands of the late emperor. I would kill whoever he told me to kill. He taught me how to scheme and then let me use the knowledge I learned to scheme against others.
Those seven princes died one by one due to my step-by-step planning.
In the end, there were only two people left, including me.
He may have vaguely guessed that the late emperor valued me more, so he poisoned the late emperor and wanted to force him to abdicate.
As fate would have it, the late emperor died, and he blamed me for his death.
I killed him in a rage!
At this point, I am the only prince left in the royal family, and I am the only one who can succeed to the throne.
After I ascended the throne, I found that the court was in chaos.
Because those seven people schemed against each other and tried to win over officials in various ways, the officials in the court were divided into seven or eight factions. They checked and restrained each other, and had a great influence.
I had to clean them out drastically.
I killed a lot of people during that period, and I was labeled a tyrant.
Xixi, these are my past."
After finally making things clear about the past, the shackles in Xiao Xieyun's heart disappeared instantly, and he felt a long-lost sense of relief.
Ying Xixi frowned and kept thinking over and over what Xiao Xieyun had said.
"Ayun, since the late emperor decided to let you succeed him, didn't he already write his will?"
Xiao Xieyun didn't expect that Ying Xixi's focus would be here.
He nodded, "Yes, there is a will."
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