Late at night, Xue Ye and his entourage paid a sudden visit to the Crown Prince's Residence. Before the servants could announce them, they had already walked inside.
Xue Qinghe "hurriedly" ended his "meditation" cultivation and came out to welcome his "dear imperial father."
Just as Xue Qinghe was about to bow, Xue Ye stopped him.
Then Xue Ye waved a hand, having everyone around them "withdraw," but Xue Qinghe knew perfectly well that Xue Ye was sending these people to search the Crown Prince's Residence thoroughly.
However, Xue Qinghe was not worried, because only three people here-himself, Pufferfish, and Snake Lance-knew about Qian Renxue of Spirit Hall. Any "information" exchanged with Spirit Hall was normally relayed orally by Pufferfish and Snake Lance.
There were only traces of Xue Qinghe's life here, and nothing else.
Then the two of them found somewhere to sit. Xue Ye looked at Xue Qinghe with a smile before saying, "Tell me."
The words asked nothing specific, but how could Qian Renxue, who had played Xue Qinghe for so many years, fail to understand? Xue Ye wanted her to personally tell him what had actually happened.
Any emperor could tolerate deception he knew about, but could not tolerate any deception.
This was an extremely contradictory view. When Qian Renxue first became Xue Qinghe, she had not understood it either, but by now, she had long since understood why: no one wanted their authority encroached upon.
Xue Qinghe had remained crown prince for so many years not only because of Spirit Hall's assistance and military strength, or because his own swift actions had disposed of the other two princes. More importantly, even now, he, the crown prince, had encroached upon Xue Ye's authority, while always playing the role of a qualified successor in Xue Ye's eyes.