The emperor raised his head and demanded angrily, "So you already harbored such ambitions over twenty years ago. The Ninth Imperial Younger Brother's birth mother was also..."
Another pawn he had sent!
"Congratulations, you guessed correctly. My beloved imperial younger sister was a pawn I personally sent to Great Xia. If she succeeded in assassinating the Late Emperor, I would spare her life. If she gave birth to a son, I would help her son ascend the throne. Either way, she could have enjoyed glory and riches for the rest of her life!"
As the Ruler of Eastern Lin spoke, his face gradually twisted with malice. He continued, "But why? She was my imperial younger sister! We grew up together, born of the same mother! Why did she fall in love with the Late Emperor? Why did she choose to betray me?"
His sister had not helped him.
Instead, she had fallen in love with the brother he envied most!
Why did everyone love him? Why could he so effortlessly obtain the finest things in the world?
It would have been one thing if he were a stranger. Why did it have to be his own brother?
A brother everyone constantly talked about, constantly compared him to!
Even his dearest sister loved him!
How could he possibly accept that!!!
For over twenty years, this had remained a thorn in his heart. Whenever he thought of it, the pain left him unable to sleep.
After learning that his imperial younger sister was considering betraying him, he immediately issued an absolute order to the assassin Aye: the princess had to die!
Unless she died, he could never let it go.
He could never accept that his own sister had genuinely fallen in love with the Late Emperor.
Jealousy drove him wild, and