Emperor Xue Ye had died just like that. Emperors who died on a woman's bed weren't uncommon; in the history of the Heaven Dou Empire, one emperor had even died of an STD.
Still, Emperor Xue Ye's death caused quite a stir, though only within the palace.
Emperor Xue Ye knew that if Xue Qinghe couldn't inherit the throne until the day he died, Xue Qinghe might poison him too, just as he had poisoned his two brothers.
But he had never imagined he would die this way. The beauty had been presented by Xue Beng, so no matter how suspicious anyone got, they would never suspect Xue Qinghe.
Not everyone could think of a scheme to kill with someone else's knife.
Besides, they had always been rivals.
Even though he had warned Xue Qinghe and Xue Beng not to keep tearing each other apart, Xue Xing, behind Xue Beng, didn't share that view. As a member of the previous generation who had lost the struggle for the throne, he might well keep using Xue Beng to claim the throne for himself.
You could say that both Xue Qinghe and Xue Beng were suspects.
But on the surface, Xue Beng looked the most suspicious. After all, he was the one who had offered the beauty to his father.
Xue Beng was terrified. He hadn't expected his father to die. He had only offered a peerless beauty to please the emperor and make his own life easier.
How could he have known something like this would happen?
He hurried to his uncle, Prince Xue Xing, to ask how to deal with it. He had survived until now by listening to his uncle and playing the biggest wastrel in Heaven Dou City.
"Uncle, I was the one who offered her, but Father