From beginning to end, Emperor Qing had never intended to move against the Crown Prince, even though all the evidence clearly showed that the Crown Prince had plotted rebellion.
He was the sovereign!
He was the master of Qing!
Evidence?
He had no need for such things. All that mattered was what he thought!
He had placed great hopes in the Crown Prince since childhood. Otherwise, he would not have privately taught Overlord True Energy to him alone, nor would he have supported the Second Prince, Zhou Cheng, and Fan Xian to hone him.
But the Crown Prince could not understand all his painstaking efforts.
"Get out of my sight! Do not make me say it a third time!"
The sight of the Crown Prince's craven, spineless demeanor only made Emperor Qing's anger surge higher.
This Crown Prince really was good for nothing but ruining things.
Not only had he let others scheme against him, he could not even fully grasp his father's intentions. Utterly useless! All those years of effort, wasted!
The Crown Prince clenched his teeth, tears spilling out against his will. His entire body trembled, and he dared not speak. He could only rise in a daze and stagger out like a walking corpse.
Watching his retreating figure, Emperor Qing grew angrier still.
Once the Crown Prince had left the Imperial Study, Emperor Qing abruptly rose and smashed the imperial cup beside him against the floor, shattering it.
He let out a long breath and glanced at the dossiers on the floor.
"How thoroughly prepared!"
Emperor Qing murmured to himself,
"Someone is trying to force me to depose the heir... Who?"
Deposing the heir was, naturally, out of the question.
Unless the Crown Prince truly rebelled, never mind one dead Lin Ruofu-even ten would not change his