"Was this arranged by Emperor Chu?"
Lin Bai, seated among the Tianshui Sect's delegation, was filled with doubt and confusion, just like many old ancestors and elders inside the Ascension Celestial Palace.
Within Chu, the two princes who had been fighting tooth and nail suddenly announced today that one of them was withdrawing, handing over the throne that was almost within his grasp.
They did not know the reason, but Lin Bai knew it all too well.
Yet Lin Bai still had one question... Had Third Prince's public withdrawal from the struggle for the throne and his support of Prince Chen's ascension been arranged by Emperor Chu behind the scenes?
Could it be that Emperor Chu had seen that Third Prince's cause was already lost, and also knew that Prince Chen would present his evidence publicly today? To preserve the dignity of Chu's imperial clan, had he specifically ordered Third Prince to withdraw from the succession struggle in public and support Prince Chen's ascension?
"Heh heh, if all of this was truly arranged by Emperor Chu, then this Emperor Chu..." Lin Bai murmured.
He was far too formidable!
At the very least, even if Prince Chen and Third Prince joined forces, they probably still would not be a match for this Emperor Chu!
"Saint Son, what are you saying?" Sect Master Chu Xi seemed to have heard Lin Bai's murmur, but had not caught it clearly, so she asked again.
"That is the origin of your Chu Kingdom's tradition of the emperor ascending the throne for ten thousand years!"
Ji Yi would not perhaps use some means to turn a minor matter into a major one, then reduce the major matter to nothing?
"Father Emperor, your son has not gone mad!" Eighth Prince became even more resolute. His expression was