"Ha ha ha, Xiao Se, don't think this will make me submit."
Seeing the situation in the courtyard, Crimson Prince Xiao Yu suddenly burst into laughter. He then drew the sword at his side and drove it through his own chest. If he surrendered like this, his status would certainly ensure his survival in the end. But Xiao Yu would rather die than see Xiao Se ascend the throne as Emperor of Bei Li.
Among Emperor Mingde's twelve sons, the one Xiao Yu refused to accept the most was Xiao Se. Perhaps it was because Xiao Se had been exceptionally favored as a child, while he himself had received little favor. Because of Consort Xuan, Crimson Prince Xiao Yu had often been bullied by others in his youth.
Members of the imperial family began fighting for power and profit from a very young age. The only one who had never harbored such thoughts was probably Xiao Se. Yet that was also because Xiao Se had been so favored that no one dared bully him.
Speaking of White Prince Xiao Chong's eyes, Crimson Prince had not actually sent anyone to blind him. Xiao Yu had been too young then and had no power of his own. White Prince's eyes had been ruined by those old eunuchs. After all, he had displayed his talent from an early age.
Those old eunuchs did not want an enlightened and capable heir to emerge among the princes. Eunuch rebellions were not unprecedented in Bei Li. At first, the so-called Five Grand Eunuchs had not been required to guard the imperial mausoleum. Only after a eunuch uprising did that rule come into being. Unfortunately, even that had failed to stop eunuchs from causing trouble.
To truly end eunuch rebellions, one had to do as Shen Fei