You were asked to impersonate the King of Qin, not to become emperor!

"The dissection is all done now, and it's not like what Zhou Tai said. Brother, you've probably been fooled by Zhou Tai!" Chen Xuan glanced at Chen Heng and said sarcastically.

"asshole!"

Chen Heng's face turned purple and blue as he looked at Zhou Tai and said coldly, "What happened?"

Zhou Tai was so frightened that he knelt down with a thud: "Your Highness, everything I said is true! Last night, I heard it with my own ears..."

Originally, Zhang Xianzhao and other civil officials and aristocratic groups had already prepared to impeach Chen Xuan.

As a result, nothing was found after the dissection; they all turned pale and speechless.

Officials from the Langya Wang clan, who had initially feared their clan would be wiped out, were relieved.

"Your Majesty, the King of Qin is devoted to the country and has always been dutiful, yet he has been framed repeatedly. If we do not give the King of Qin an explanation for this matter, it will likely discourage the court officials and make everyone feel insecure."

"We hope Your Majesty will investigate this matter thoroughly and restore justice to the Prince of Qin."

Officials from the Langya Wang clan knelt down and echoed their sentiments.

Seeing this, Zhang Xianzhao whispered to Chen Heng:

"Your Highness, since we haven't found anything, why don't we pin the blame on Zhou Tai and protect ourselves first?"

Chen Heng clenched his fists, his heart filled with resentment.

He had eliminated his political enemies and secured his position as heir apparent, and it was all within his grasp, yet it all fell through.

He was clearly a stand-in, not the King of Qin.

But he managed to escape.

"absurd!"

Emperor Jin was furious, and his initial suspicion of Chen Xuan completely turned into heartache.

He glared coldly at Chen Heng and roared, "As the Crown Prince, instead of sharing my burdens, you've come up with such a ridiculous excuse to frame the Prince of Qin!"

Emperor Jin was utterly disappointed in Chen Heng.

The crown prince is not only useless, but also brainless.

Even when it's a frame-up, it's done without any investigation; they just arbitrarily label people.

He has absolutely no mature political skills.

Chen Heng was clearly panicked at this moment, and knelt before Emperor Jin with a limp:

"Father, I was misled by Zhou Tai. Zhou Tai spoke in a very convincing manner, and it concerns the foundation of the country. I cannot pretend not to know just because he is my fourth brother."

Zhang Xianzhao and the others also knelt down and begged for mercy:

"Your Majesty, please have mercy. The fault lies with Zhou Tai, not the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince was only worried that the foundation of the country would be shaken and the dynasty would change hands."

Seeing the civil officials kneeling in unison, Chen Xuan couldn't help but feel a little envious.

Although the crown prince was deposed, he still had the strong support of the civil officials in the court!

At this moment, Chen Xuan made a silent decision in his heart.

If he wants to seize the throne, or even ascend to the throne in the future, he must develop his own power.

Otherwise, if something goes wrong, they can only passively endure it.

If he could have a group of civil officials to help him share the burden, he wouldn't have to be so distracted.

"Very well, considering that this matter was caused by Zhou Tai, we will temporarily give the Crown Prince a lenient punishment. Starting today, the Crown Prince will be confined to the Eastern Palace for seven days."

After speaking, he looked at Zhou Tai:

"How dare you slander the King of Qin! Guards, drag him out and behead him!"

Zhou Tai was completely dumbfounded.

Seeing Chen Xuan usurp his place, he felt a deep-seated hatred in his heart.

They said they knew they had been tricked by Chen Xuan.

He had long noticed that the man was suspicious, so he devised a plan to trick him into sending false information to the Crown Prince's palace.

But it's too late now; no one will believe anything he says.

"In this incident, the King of Qin has been wronged. To express our condolences, we hereby bestow upon him ten thousand taels of gold and a thousand acres of fertile land."

Emperor Jin looked at Chen Xuan with pity and announced.

Chen Xuan immediately knelt down: "Thank you for your kindness, Father Emperor."

To Chen Xuan's surprise, Emperor Jin once again protected the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince is determined to kill him this time.

However, afterwards, Emperor Jin only punished him by confining him to his quarters for seven days.

This shows that the Crown Prince still holds considerable weight in the eyes of Emperor Jin and remains a formidable opponent.

Although the crown prince was not exonerated this time, the punishment was sparse and ineffective.

However, this also eliminated Zhou Tai, a troublesome figure, saving him a lot of trouble in the future.

However, being treated so badly, it would be against Chen Xuan's style not to retaliate fiercely.

He gave Chen Heng a sinister look, took out a blood-written letter from his person, and handed it to the Jin Emperor.

"I implore Father to do justice for my seventh brother. This letter written in blood was written by my seventh brother and was obtained by me by chance."

The seventh prince was enfeoffed as the Prince of Wei.

He was timid from a young age, and his mother was only a low-ranking concubine.

But he was born handsome, a first-class beauty among the royal family of the Great Jin Dynasty, and had the gentleness of a woman from a young age.

At the age of seventeen, he returned to his fiefdom and became a nominal prince.

No power, no soldiers!

The Crown Prince enjoys keeping male concubines, and he has the support of not only veteran officials in the court but also newly promoted officials in the Eastern Palace.

They wielded immense power in the imperial court.

The day before the King of Wei went to his fiefdom, she was summoned to the Eastern Palace by the Crown Prince under the pretext of discussing Taoism and lost her virginity.

Afterwards, he dared not speak out against it, but privately wrote this letter in blood to expose the Crown Prince's ugliness.

In his previous life, Chen Xuan was an intelligence chief.

Knowing that the Crown Prince would definitely take action against him, he had been trying to dig up some juicy information about the Crown Prince's private life.

As expected, it did not disappoint him.

That's how he found the blood-written letter.

Emperor Jin glanced at it, then handed it to his personal eunuch and said, "Read it."

The personal eunuch shouted, "Born into the royal family and a prince, I have to suffer this humiliation. The Crown Prince is powerful and uses his authority to coerce me. He repeatedly asks to see me under the pretext of discussing philosophy, but in reality, he oversteps his bounds. Originally, I felt it was not advisable to fall out with the Crown Prince, for fear of losing face for him and for fear of his retaliation. However, he is becoming more and more outrageous."

The personal eunuch was reading when he suddenly sensed something was wrong and his expression turned terrified.

Upon hearing this letter, Chen Heng and Zhang Xianzhao, along with other civil officials, turned pale as if they had swallowed flies.

The officials were in an uproar, all knowing that the Crown Prince had a habit of keeping male concubines.

Unexpectedly, he actually turned his evil hand on the King of Wei, which was a complete disgrace to the royal family!

"Stop what you're doing? Read..."

Emperor Jin was furious, his eyes like knives as he stared at the Crown Prince.

The personal eunuch continued, "Just as I was being enfeoffed as the Prince of Wei and preparing to go to my fiefdom, the Crown Prince actually drugged me, committing an act that violated human ethics. But I knew that my mother was of lowly status, and even though she had suffered such a great humiliation, she could only endure it for the sake of the royal family's dignity."

"You bastard!"

Emperor Jin flew into a rage and pointed at Chen Heng, angrily cursing him:

"You unfilial son! That's your imperial brother! How could you do something so disgraceful to the royal family? You are no longer worthy of being the crown prince!"

"Father, I'm innocent!"

Chen Heng knelt down with a thud, his heart pounding.

He couldn't understand how the blood letter written by the King of Wei ended up in Chen Xuan's hands.

Especially considering that Emperor Jin seemed to intend to depose him from his position as crown prince.

He was clearly panicked at this moment.

"Injustice?"

Emperor Jin picked up the blood-written letter and threw it at Chen Heng's face.

"Open your dog eyes and take a good look! This is the King of Wei's handwriting! The King of Wei is an honest and kind man; if this hadn't happened, how could he have written this letter in blood?"

People like Zhang Xianzhao originally considered themselves to be based on etiquette and morality.

After this blood-written letter was published, even if they wanted to say something in defense of the Crown Prince, his actions left them with no reason to defend him.