The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day-Chapter 911 - 495: The Truth Behind Xiao Jinxing’s Indulgence of the Bai Family (Fifth Update)
With anger, Wu Xufan’s words echoed loudly in the great hall.
His accusations against Xiao Jinxing were completely unreserved.
At this moment, he was even more furious.
When he thought about how Ye Qichi had sacrificed himself for Bai Mowan back then to fulfill Xiao Jinxing, and yet Xiao Jinxing did not cherish this, but instead got involved with an inexplicable woman?! He and Xiao Jinxing had grown up together, yet he couldn’t quite understand him anymore.
Wasn’t the old Xiao Jinxing solely focused on his career and hatred?!
How could he now be swayed by emotions like this?
A somewhat quiet space.
Gu Xingchuan and Song Yanqing both remained silent.
They appeared to have no reaction, but in fact, they were indulging Wu Xufan’s outburst.
After all, they dared not.
But Wu Xufan did it for them.
Yet, at this point of such stiffness, Song Yanqing spoke, breaking the impasse. He asked Wu Xufan, "Young Master, do you know who An Ning is?"
"I don’t care who she is! I just know she’s a femme fatale!" Wu Xufan scoffed.
"An Ning is Ye Qichi," Song Yanqing enunciated each word.
Wu Xufan’s face changed, his eyes widened like bronze bells.
As if he couldn’t believe what he’d just heard.
"Otherwise, who do you think the Emperor would go to such lengths for?" Song Yanqing explained.
Wu Xufan still hadn’t quite processed it.
Saying An Ning is Ye Qichi?!
But Ye Qichi was dead, wasn’t he?!
He died five years ago, his corpse likely decomposed to bones by now.
"And when the Emperor just said that if he didn’t act against the Bai Family, the Bai Family would act against him, it wasn’t just because the Emperor had done something that touched on Bai Mowan and the Bai Family’s interests. Even if the Emperor did nothing, Ye Qichi’s existence was already offending Bai Mowan and the Bai Family, so regardless of the Emperor’s actions, the outcome was the same. Why not diminish the Bai Family’s arrogance?! Of course, you just mentioned that passing An Luming under Bai Mowan’s lineage could avoid chaos between the Emperor and the Bai Family, but actually, that’s not the case."
"An Luming could be the child of the Emperor and anyone, born of anyone. Bai Mowan, in her inability to bear children, can accept this as her own, but only if it’s not Ye Qichi’s. Ye Qichi’s existence poses such a threat to Bai Mowan, unless Ye Qichi dies! Only with Ye Qichi dead would Bai Mowan’s concerns be completely alleviated. What you just suggested, in plain terms, was asking the Emperor to kill Ye Qichi."
Song Yanqing looked at Wu Xufan.
Wu Xufan was left speechless by Song Yanqing.
Song Yanqing, that top scholar, seemed gentle and refined, but his words always left no room for face-saving.
"I didn’t know An Ning was Ye Qichi. I was just wondering why the Emperor would go so far for just one woman! I thought that child An Luming was just the Emperor’s offspring from a female soldier when he fought against Beimu Country, who knew it was Ye Qichi." Wu Xufan cursed, suddenly mustering the courage to shout angrily, "Why do they all know An Ning’s identity, while I don’t?!"
"Because you are foolish," Song Yanqing bluntly replied.
"Song Yanqing!"
"We all guessed it, the Emperor never told us," Song Yanqing added.
"..." Wu Xufan nearly spat out old blood.
"As I mentioned earlier, to stabilize the court’s situation and prevent conflicts between the Emperor and the Bai Family, the only solution is to kill Ye Qichi. But obviously, that’s not possible, so the Emperor had no choice but to act against the Bai Family, reclaim all military power into his own hands, to ensure that no one becomes a threat to him and thereby ensure everyone’s safety!"
"Even if it’s the only choice, how will the Emperor convict the Bai Family? Simply acting against the Bai Family, how could he win the people’s support?" Wu Xufan asked again.
"That’s the purpose of the Emperor calling us here today," Song Yanqing stated bluntly.
Xiao Jinxing nodded.
Wu Xufan pressed his lips together, certainly unable to think of anything at the moment, and he sighed, "Emperor, what on earth were you thinking?! Why did you indulge the Bai Family back then so well?! If you hadn’t indulged the Bai Family, would you now need to be coerced by them? Now that you want to reunite with Ye Qichi and give her all the status, dignity, and prosperity, it’s a matter of reaching out, what were you thinking back then, do you regret it?!"
Xiao Jinxing’s Adam’s apple moved.
He had not yet spoken.
Gu Xingchuan spoke up, "This was the most outrageous thing the Emperor has ever done!"
Not concealing his denial and accusation.
If it weren’t for his mistakes back then, no one would be facing the current situation.
Ye Qichi would not be under any threat either.
Xiao Jinxing was silent.
Even if he was unwilling to admit it, he had to acknowledge that indulging the Bai Family was the most outrageous thing he ever did.
But he just didn’t really take the court seriously back then.
Nor did he take the Xiao Family’s empire seriously!
He was filled with despair, only thinking of being a good emperor, fulfilling Ye Qichi’s last wish.
And Ye Qichi’s idea of a good emperor was simply one who could ensure peace in the country, whether he played the role of that good emperor or not did not matter.
So at the time, he chose to return military power back into the hands of the Bai Family.
Firstly, only the Bai Family had the capability to guard the border, as they had been engaged in wars for many years, with no one else to replace them. Plus, the Bai Family’s defense served as a deterrent to other nations, thus preventing invasions from those countries.
Secondly, if he chose to reclaim the military tokens back then, even if Bai Wenwu were loyal, his trust would be doubted, and the more loyal a person is, the less they can stand being questioned. The Bai Family might harbor ulterior motives, potentially leading to another uprising, and he simply didn’t have the mind to quell it, wanting a single-minded focus on nation-building, creating a peaceful era.
Thirdly, he actually had a subconscious intention to have the Bai Family replace his position. He would never have his own biological children, so eventually, the Xiao Family’s empire would fall in his hands, and the Bai Family had the capability to support the Daxuan Kingdom. Bai Mowan also had the wisdom; he only needed to cultivate and educate the next successor to become a wise ruler, then he would not have failed Ye Qichi’s last wish. By that time, he could let go of the Xiao Family’s empire, let go of the people, and accompany Ye Qichi. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Only after truly having everything does one realize that an empire, power, glory, and splendor pale in comparison to one person.
"The Emperor did this, not expecting that the Empress Dowager could ’return from the dead,’" Song Yanqing assisted in clarifying, "Moreover, the Emperor is also human, with flesh and blood, emotions and desires. It’s impossible to be truly ruthless and loveless. If the Emperor were such a person, we wouldn’t be so loyally devoted to him!"
"I’m not denying the Emperor’s feelings, nor am I insisting he become ruthless and loveless! What I mean is, all of it now, it’s not because Ye Qichi can ’return from the dead,’ but because Prince Chu was scheming against the Emperor until his dying breath, yet the Emperor did not see through it." Gu Xingchuan spoke with no reservations, directly stating.
