The moment those words were spoken, everyone present was stunned, including Li Qiushui. She had always planned for her son, Li Qianshun, to inherit the throne. To that end, she had even disguised sexual arts as cultivation techniques and passed them on to Li Yuanhao, causing him to gradually waste away without realizing it.
If Li Yuanhao had truly intended to pass the throne to Li Qianshun, why would she have needed to take such a huge risk?
The others were equally puzzled. Even if the Crown Prince was unfilial and could never inherit the throne, there was still Prince Yi Li Liangzuo. He was also the emperor's son, so why pass the throne to a younger brother instead?
"Do you know why I am passing the throne to him?" Perhaps seeing Li Qiushui's confusion, Li Yuanhao spoke again.
Li Qiushui smiled bitterly. "Your Majesty's foresight is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people." Yet inwardly, she pondered, Even if Li Yuanhao had just passed the throne to Li Liangzuo, I could still forge an edict declaring that he passed it to Li Qianshun. Everyone around me is one of mine—who would dare leak anything? As for those guards around the emperor, just kill them and pin it all on the Crown Prince's faction. Could it be that Li Yuanhao foresaw this and simply decided to go with the flow?
But hatred flashed in Li Yuanhao's eyes. "What happened today is far too strange. There must be something behind it. With Ning Ge's dull wits, he absolutely could not have slipped silently into the imperial palace. And throughout the entire affair, the palace guards seemed to have vanished, allowing the Crown Prince's men to march straight in unimpeded."
Li Yuanhao paused, resting for a long while before he had the strength