"Does Prince Chen really have evidence of the Third Prince's crimes?"
"Are the crimes in that evidence serious?"
The voice asked curiously.
The Third Prince let out two cold laughs. "If Xia Jingzhi really did force open his mouth, what Xia Jingzhi confessed would be enough for my father to kill me ten times over."
The voice said softly, "Your Highness should have killed Xia Jingzhi decisively as soon as he finished doing those things, eliminating the threat once and for all. Then today's calamity would never have happened."
"You think I never considered that?" the Third Prince said coldly. "But that bastard Xia Jingzhi had a trump card in his hands. I didn't dare touch him."
The voice asked, "What trump card?"
Perhaps because there was no one he could share these heartfelt words with, the Third Prince poured out all his pent-up bitterness at that moment.
"Xia Jingzhi had the Southern Border Insect Valley backing him. He told me... if I killed him, he would publicly expose my dealings with the Southern Border Insect Valley."
"In our Chu Kingdom, the imperial family colluding with outside forces to interfere in Chu's internal affairs is a grave taboo."
"Once Xia Jingzhi exposed this matter, Father would immediately punish me severely, perhaps even strip me of my status as a prince!"
"Moreover, Xia Jingzhi claimed to possess a deadly poison capable of destroying the imperial capital. As long as he died, someone would scatter that poison throughout the imperial capital!"
The Third Prince shut his eyes as the veins on his forehead throbbed.
Ever since Xia Jingzhi had helped the Third Prince poison the First Prince and Second Prince to death, the Third Prince had already resolved to eliminate Xia Jingzhi a thousand years ago.
But whenever he was about to