In his previous life, less than a year after the imperial examination, the emperor died suddenly. Even with the edict of succession, it still took the crown prince a great deal of effort to ascend the throne.
The prince opened his eyes wide and took a big gulp of tea to calm himself down.
"Therefore, Father has been suppressing my third brother for the past six months..."
"It's not about suppressing the Third Prince, but about suppressing the Gao family."
After pouring tea for the Crown Prince, Zhao Shi'an continued, "Your Majesty used to sit on this throne because of Gao Wancheng, so you trusted him a lot. But now that the Gao family is growing stronger, Your Majesty is suspicious and naturally feels that the Gao family has other intentions."
"The Third Prince felt proud of his ability to win over the Gao family, but he had just hit His Majesty's sore spot. His Majesty would not allow the next emperor to be held back by the Gao family, so the Third Prince was destined to be out of luck when it came to the succession edict."
Zhao Shi'an's words left the Crown Prince speechless for a long time.
If anyone else had said these words, the Crown Prince would have thought they were nonsense, but they were said by Zhao Shi'an.
Therefore, he believed it.
In fact, there are clues to follow.
Because of the Zhong family's affairs, his mother and father had a falling out, and he, as the crown prince, was not valued. If he hadn't been the eldest son, his position as the crown prince would have been taken away by his third brother long ago.
However, in the past six months, his father suddenly entrusted him with important responsibilities, while becoming increasingly distant from the Third Prince and the Imperial Concubine.
Now that the Qin family's affairs have come to light, in the past, the Imperial Concubine could have easily smoothed things over with a whispered word in the Qin family's ear. But now, the Imperial Concubine is under house arrest, the Third Prince has been ordered to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors, and even the investigation into the Qin family's affairs was conducted without the Third Prince's people.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became; his hand holding the teacup trembled slightly.
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