Yang Jie wasn't stupid; he had already guessed it. To be honest, he didn't have any fatherly affection for this emperor who had appeared out of nowhere. Having worked as a coroner in the yamen for so many years, he had long since become indifferent to matters of life and death. Surprisingly, when he heard that his half-brother had killed his father, he was able to sit calmly across from him.
"What do you want from telling me this?"
Do you want to be emperor?
Yang Jie paused, not expecting Zhou Xing to throw out this question so directly, but after a moment, he also posed a question, "What if you want to, and what if you don't?"
"If you want to, I will help you ascend the throne; if you don't, then I'll have to find someone else."
Yang Jie initially wanted to utter a boastful remark, but facing this man, he couldn't help but believe in his abilities. He asked, "Why don't you sit on the throne yourself?"
Despite Li Rong's support, Yang Jie knew very well that his chances of winning against Zhou Xing were slim.
"Because I won't live much longer."
Surprisingly, he gave this answer.
Yang Jie was speechless for a long time once again. "What are you saying?"
Zhou Xing chuckled lightly, “When my mother was pregnant with me, I was poisoned. Although I was able to survive on the antidote that my father gave me every month, my father said that as long as I behaved well, he would give me the real antidote one day. But when I was thirteen, I realized that this poison was incurable, so... not long ago, I killed him.”
"this……"
“Of course it’s possible. Don’t expect much affection from the imperial family. So-called affection is all about scheming.” Zhou Xing smiled. “I originally planned to make my move on his birthday, to die in the least imperial way in the eyes of the court officials. But who told him to be so foolish as to ruin my glory?”
Unfortunately, he acted ahead of schedule.
Yang Jie never imagined that Zhou Li, who seemed so kind, would be such a person.
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "I can help you remove all obstacles to ascend the throne and help you win people's hearts. I have only one condition."
"What are the conditions?" Yang Jie asked subconsciously, but when he saw the all-knowing look in the man's eyes, he fell silent.
Ultimately, after experiencing the splendor of the court and the freedom of power, how could they not develop even greater ambitions?
Zhou Xing's eyes curved slightly as he slowly said, "Use the throne I seized for you to ensure Feng Guang's lifelong peace and happiness."
And then, everything began to change.
A major purge began in the palace. All of Zhou Li's former associates were eliminated under the pretext of investigating the assassin. Just as the resentment towards Zhou Xing in the palace reached its peak, his confidant Yi Fu was ordered to surrender to Yang Jie and reveal that the Crown Prince had killed the late emperor. Immediately afterwards, Yang Jie led troops to kill the traitor. With Zhou Xing's death, his own prestige reached its highest point, and he gained the hearts of many.
With Zhou Xing dead, who else can Yang Jie rival? Indeed, the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince are still young; who can be his opponent?
Yang Jie still remembered that after their conversation that night, as Zhou Xing was about to leave, he asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will break my promise after I ascend the throne?"
At that time, Zhou Xing chuckled lightly and looked at the moonlight outside the window, saying, "When I first chose to keep Feng Guang by my side, I never thought about what would happen to her after I died. I just thought that if I wanted her, I would have her. But now... I suddenly regret getting too close to her. Sometimes I think about whether I should kill her and die with her."
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