In Another World, Everyone Want to Kill Me!-Chapter 331: The Unexpected Heir

He could not even begin to imagine how the old emperor must feel now.

"Now that the truth has been found, you do not need to worry too much. It is just a pity... there is only one month left," Yue Mingxuan sighed.

The poison was extremely fierce and overbearing.

The old emperor’s internal organs had already failed.

Even with his strong medical knowledge, he could not cure him.

"By the way, your background—" Yue Mingxuan suddenly exclaimed.

Shang Qinghua was not truly the fourth prince of Xieshang Kingdom.

He had only just learned this.

From Shang Qinghua’s expression, it seemed that he himself had not known before either. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

It appeared that this secret had been kept very well.

"I don’t know either. I always thought I was the legitimate fourth prince," Shang Qinghua shook his head.

His origin had become a mystery, but he had no intention of investigating it now.

Right now, he was about to become the emperor of Xieshang Kingdom. Whether he was truly a prince or not was no longer that important.

Although he also strongly wanted to know the truth about his identity, this was not the right time to look into it.

"I thought you already knew," Yue Mingxuan said with a shrug.

"You can rest well for the next few days. But there is still one thing that might happen," Shang Qinghua sighed and shook his head. "This is also something I do not want to face."

Yue Mingxuan more or less understood what he meant.

Not everyone would think that losing the position of prince did not matter.

Once it was taken away, they would try to take it back by other means.

So Shang Zefeng was very likely to walk down a path of no return.

As for Shang Yuchen, no matter how foolish he was, he was still a prince.

At times, Shang Qinghua could still make use of his power.

However, it would not become too chaotic.

"Recently, you should also be more careful when going out. I think that since Shang Zefeng has already made use of the First Elder from the Silver Needle Sect, his intentions toward you have definitely not disappeared," Shang Qinghua said as if he had thought of something.

"Then I simply won’t go out. How about I just stay at your place?" Yue Mingxuan smiled as he spoke.

He knew that Shang Qinghua was worried that he would be affected by the coming coup and wanted to face Shang Zefeng’s betrayal alone.

"Have you really decided?" To Yue Mingxuan’s surprise, Shang Qinghua did not object this time.

"Yes, I have decided." Yue Mingxuan nodded firmly.

At a time like this, if he could not stay by Shang Qinghua’s side, it would be a great regret.

Shang Qinghua needed support the most right now.

If he left and returned to the Silver Needle Sect alone, it would feel like a betrayal.

"Alright. Since you have decided, then be careful in everything you do," Shang Qinghua sighed.

He knew he could not persuade Yue Mingxuan.

The only thing he could do was ensure Yue Mingxuan’s safety.

No matter what happened, he wanted Yue Mingxuan to remain absolutely safe.

At this moment, Yue Mingxuan also felt a bit excited inside.

He had never witnessed a real palace coup before and did not know what would happen next.

However, the old emperor’s earlier decree had clearly forced Shang Zefeng into making a move.

Sure enough, on the very next night, a military rebellion broke out.

Inside the palace, almost everyone already knew that the emperor had less than a month left to live.

So Shang Zefeng’s rebellion came suddenly, but it was also reasonable.

Shang Qinghua had thought that his always scheming brother would use some kind of hidden trump card, but he had not expected him to act so hastily this time.

Just as his father had said, one month was enough.

To deal with Shang Zefeng, it would not even take that long.

"Father, are you really going to let this outsider bastard inherit the throne?" Shang Zefeng stood in the court and spoke word by word. It was clear that he was extremely unwilling, but the old emperor’s decision was firm. "He is your brother. Whatever you can do, he can do as well."

"But he is not even of the Shang family’s blood." When Shang Qinghua was adopted, Shang Zefeng was already old enough to understand things.

He knew that this younger brother was not related to him by blood.

So he had never welcomed Shang Qinghua.

He knew that this so-called brother did not share the same father as him.

But when he learned that his father wanted to pass the throne to this person, he became truly panicked.

This person was not his brother.

He was an outsider, a child of unknown origin.

Yet his father had forced a fabricated identity upon him, even giving him a so-called "mother," along with the best residence, the best tutors, and the best guards.

In his young heart, jealousy began to grow.

Why? Why could he not have those things? Why could this outsider take so much from him?

He began to feel jealous and started to want to protect what he believed originally belonged to him.

He had never liked his foolish and slow-witted crown prince brother.

He believed that one day his father would remove that crown prince.

When that time came, he would take control of Xieshang Kingdom and do whatever he wanted.

But he had truly, truly never expected that he would have an outsider brought into the family.

"He can bring peace to the people of Xieshang Kingdom. He would never poison the citizens of Huohua City."

The old emperor’s voice was firm and powerful.

At that moment, Shang Qinghua stood outside the palace hall, his thoughts unclear even to himself.

Would he really become a good emperor? Could he live up to his father’s trust? Even he did not know.