Fang Dashu calmed himself down.
"All you do is fool around!"
They don't want to live a good life anymore, they have to do these things.
Now look what's happened; innocent people have been dragged into this.
"How are Uncle Niu and the others?"
Zhao Shi'an pursed his lips tightly.
This is also what he's worried about.
"Gao Jie probably won't do anything to Uncle Da Niu for the time being."
Putting aside the fact that Gao Wancheng's two sons are in his hands, the intelligence he controls in the southwest is enough to give Gao Wancheng a hard time.
Gao Wancheng was wary of Fengyulou, so he wouldn't easily provoke him.
Fang Dashu frowned as he looked at Zhao Shi'an, and suddenly asked, "They're all saying that General Meng Ran of the Southwest is acting on Princess Wu'an's orders, and that the Gao family and Princess Wu'an are conspiring together. Is that true?"
What do you think?
“I, I don’t think Princess Wu’an would do such a thing.”
Zhao Shi'an scoffed.
"You do believe that woman."
"It's intuition; she has the world in her heart..."
Are you sure what you saw is the real her?
Fang Dashu fell silent.
"What about the Gao family? Did you do it?"
Fang Dashu looked at Zhao Shi'an as if he were seeing him for the first time.
Zhao Shi'an downed a cup of tea, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
"That's Gao Wancheng's own fault."
Fang Dashu's eyes narrowed slightly.
As expected, Zhao Shi'an was responsible for the massacre of the Gao family.
What has Zhao Shi'an been doing all these years? He has become so terrifying.
Gao Wancheng deserved to die, but not everyone in the Gao family was utterly wicked. Zhao Shi'an actually killed them all.
The Crown Prince hasn't been sleeping much these past few days.
According to his and Zhao Shi'an's plan, it shouldn't have been like this at all.
Their plan was to wait until Princess Wu'an and Gao Wancheng had finished their scheme before presenting these charges to the Emperor, at which point they could crush Princess Wu'an and the Gao family in one fell swoop.
But Zhao Shi'an suddenly took action and wiped out the entire Gao family.
Now that Princess Wu'an has shifted the blame to the Gao family, she has actually won the Emperor's sympathy.
By this time, Gao Wancheng should have fled to the southwest and taken control of the forces there.
The Crown Prince sent someone to look for Zhao Shi'an, but Zhao Shi'an has not come to see him yet.
How could he not be angry?
Fan Li was summoned, and just as he was about to ask him to arrange for someone to invite Zhao Shi'an again, a young eunuch suddenly entered.
"Your Highness, the Emperor has sent someone to request your presence."
Because of the Gao family's affair, the Emperor has fallen ill again and has not seen anyone these past few days.
When the Crown Prince arrived, all the palace servants in the Emperor's bedroom were dismissed.
"Godson, come here."
The crown prince's name is Sima Gan. This name was given to him by the late emperor, who also valued this grandson highly. That's why the current emperor made him the crown prince.
It had been many years since the Emperor had called him by that name, and the Crown Prince was clearly taken aback.
"Father, I am here."
The emperor reached out a withered hand from under the bed.
The crown prince hurriedly went over to help the emperor up.
The crown prince saw that the emperor's eyes had almost lost their light.
His heart skipped a beat.
He thought to himself that his father was probably really going to die.
"Help me to the table."
The prince complied.
The emperor seemed to have exhausted all his strength after just a few steps.
He had the crown prince grind ink, and then began writing the edict to pass the throne to the crown prince.
The crown prince, watching from the side, couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"Father."
"Don't speak."
The Emperor's voice was lowered, which made the Crown Prince more wary.
Could it be that there are people in the Emperor's bedchamber whom the Emperor doesn't trust?
After the edict of succession was written, the emperor had the crown prince take out the imperial seal from the Angke and stamp it on.
Just then, the voice of the Grand Eunuch came from outside, saying that Zhao Fen and the Princess had arrived.
The emperor let them in, and then the palace gates were closed again.
"You've come at the right time. After much deliberation, I can only trust the two of you in the entire court. Now, I'd like you to be my witnesses."
The eldest princess is the emperor's half-sister, who is also Fan Li's mother, and they have always been close to the emperor.
After reading the edict of succession, the eldest princess was already in tears.
"What are you crying for? You're so old, aren't you afraid the children will laugh at you?" the Emperor scolded in a low voice.
"Brother, please take care of yourself."
"I know my own body. You can take the imperial edict and the imperial seal. You can take them out when necessary."
The princess wiped away her tears.
"Brother, are you afraid that treacherous people will rebel?"
The emperor glanced outside the palace.
"I'm getting senile, and it was only suddenly that I realized that none of my trusted confidants were in this palace at some point."
The expressions of the other three people present changed.
How terrible it is for an emperor to lose his trusted confidants.
"Brother, what is this?"
"My most beloved Wu'an has betrayed me."
The emperor sat in his chair, looking old and frail.
The three looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Father, the palace is certainly not safe anymore. Your son will have Fanli replace all the people around you."
The emperor pressed down on his arm and shook his head.
To this day, he still believes that Princess Wu'an would not go so far as to follow the path of a traitorous official who seizes power.
The Crown Prince could easily see through his thoughts.
Sure enough, the next moment the emperor said, "Godson, I want you to promise me two things."
"Please speak."
"First, after you ascend the throne, do not make things difficult for your other brothers and sisters."
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