Seeing Qin Xiao's indifference, Xue Qinghe immediately panicked.
"Wait!"
"I meant no offense, Your Holiness."
He hurriedly made his position clear.
Qin Xiao nodded. "Oh."
In truth, he had not taken Xue Qinghe's words to heart.
After all, someone who had spent twenty-five years disguised as a man would naturally fear having that secret exposed.
Besides, hadn't Qin Xiao intervened precisely to help Xue Qinghe conceal it?
Xue Qinghe: *???*
What was "oh" supposed to mean?
His face was filled with confusion.
Before he could say anything else, however, he noticed Qin Xiao turn his gaze toward the space behind him.
He instinctively looked over as well, then froze.
Within his field of vision, Bai Baoshan's portly figure burst forward at a speed far beyond what his build suggested, sweeping into the square like a raging gust.
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened."
Bai Baoshan wiped the sweat from his forehead as he spoke anxiously.
"Committee Member Bai, take your time."
Xue Qinghe frowned.
"There's-there's no time. Please come with me."
With that, Bai Baoshan grabbed Xue Qinghe without further explanation and dashed off in a flash.
"Oh no, something has happened to His Majesty!"
Meng Shenji's pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart lurched.
"Lingling, come with me."
Having said that, he grabbed Ye Lingling without further explanation and hurried after Bai Baoshan.
For a moment, Qin Xiao was the only one left in the square.
"Emperor Xue Ye probably won't make it."
Qin Xiao muttered under his breath.
It took little thought for him to guess what had happened.
Emperor Xue Ye had already been a sickly man, with his remaining days dwindling one by one. How could he endure something as devastating as his brother and son joining forces to compel his abdication?
Even a healthy person might