"You’re insane, have you gone mad?!" Xiao Zhanping furiously rebuked Wen Jingtang.

By exposing his ugliest side, Xiao Zhanping, who was the Emperor, could not bear such shame.

Wen Jingtang watched Xiao Zhanping’s current state with an expression of sheer satisfaction.

The man who killed her son, she had never planned to let him off easily.

"Xiao Jinxing!" Wen Jingtang suddenly exclaimed in a sharp tone.

"Your Imperial Grandmother." Xiao Jinxing was respectful.

"I command you, kill Xiao Zhanping now!" Wen Jingtang enunciated every word clearly.

Xiao Jinxing clenched his fists tightly.

Bai Mowan was also watching from the side, unable to comprehend what exactly was happening now.

In her previous life, when she died, Wen Jingtang’s true nature had never been revealed.

Therefore, she had no idea that Wen Jingtang was hiding such depth.

Did Wen Jingtang just say that Marquis Wu’s Mansion belongs to her?!

Could it be that behind everything was the Empress Dowager’s manipulation?

Xiao Jinxing was also being controlled by the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager was absolutely not that kind of person who is pure in heart and has few desires.

Bai Mowan’s thoughts were in turmoil.

Yet Ye Qichi’s mind was as clear as a mirror.

"Xiao Jinxing!" When she didn’t receive a response from Xiao Jinxing, Wen Jingtang again called out sternly.

Xiao Jinxing rose from the ground.

Wen Jingtang laughed.

She laughed cruelly.

Xiao Zhanping sought to kill his son, so she wanted Xiao Zhanping’s own son to repeatedly stab him, to repay, in full measure, what her own son had suffered!

Xiao Jinxing’s steps halted in front of Xiao Zhanping.

Xiao Zhanping was watching Xiao Jinxing anxiously, his face revealing his panic.

He had just narrowly escaped death once, and the fear of dying still lingered.

He did not want to experience it again.

He did not.

He loudly said, "Xiao Jinxing, I am your father, the Emperor, you cannot kill me! I’ve already decreed to pass the title of Crown Prince to you. If you help me deal with the Empress Dowager, the Xiao Family’s empire will all be ours!"

Xiao Jinxing’s face showed a merciless expression, completely indifferent.

He stared intently at Xiao Zhanping, holding the Imperial Sword that Xiao Zhanping personally bestowed upon him during the last trip to Yuzhou City.

"It really was unnecessary." Seeing Xiao Jinxing’s moves, Wen Jingtang smiled coldly, "Last night, you should never have saved Xiao Zhanping! You should have let him die and ascend the throne smoothly. I have trained you for so many years, yet you’re still not cruel or ruthless enough!"

"Xiao Jinxing, don’t listen to her. You are my own flesh and blood, she has no blood relation to you whatsoever; if you kill me, she will kill you just the same! Don’t listen to her!" Xiao Zhanping tried to persuade.

"Not listen to me, but to you?" Wen Jingtang had a biting sarcasm, "The person who killed your mother was the man before you. Have you forgotten the vow from your mother to seek revenge on her behalf?"

Xiao Jinxing’s Adam’s apple bobbed.

In his head, all he could see was the image of his mother’s death.

The cold, stiff corpse.

The horrifying face, eyes wide open in death.

He drew the Imperial Sword.

Xiao Zhanping was seized with immense terror.

If he were to be killed again, there would be no hope for life.

It had been so hard to barely survive, so hard to barely survive...

Xiao Zhanping was so frightened that he went limp.

His voice, now with a pleading tone, "Xing’er, your father implores you not to kill me, I ordered the death of your mother because I loved her too much. She committed such an act, and as a man, as the Emperor, how could I tolerate it?! If I had tolerated it, in the future, how would I have established authority in the harem? Even knowing that your mother was wronged, I was forced into a corner. You should remember how much I loved your mother?!"

"And what about me?" Xiao Jinxing asked Xiao Zhanping, "What wrong did I do for you to cast me aside like this?!"

"I, I, I... was confused!" Xiao Zhanping spoke in agony, "At the time, because of your mother’s affair, I vented my anger on you. I knew I was guilt-ridden towards you. I truly regret it now, regretting how I treated you back then..."

While he was speaking.

Xiao Zhanping actually started crying.

The mighty Emperor, weepingly pleading in front of his own son.

It’s unclear whether it was genuine remorse.

Or, just the fear of death.

Xiao Jinxing’s grip on his sword tightened and tightened.

"Xiao Jinxing, after raising you for so many years, you’re still so pathetic!" Wen Jingtang was obviously out of patience.

With a command from her.

"Wu Xufan!"

Xiao Jinxing turned around.

Everyone looked towards the entrance of the great hall.

Wu Xufan, leading his men, charged in.

Full of murderous intent.

"For me, chop off the Emperor’s head!" Wen Jingtang ordered.

Wu Xufan walked directly towards Xiao Zhanping.

Xiao Zhanping’s body kept shrinking back into the dragon throne.

In the moment Wu Xufan drew his sword!

Xiao Jinxing used his sword to block Wu Xufan’s sword right away.

Wu Xufan looked coldly at Xiao Jinxing.

Wen Jingtang also watched him with a chilly gaze.

"What about Hezhen?" Xiao Jinxing asked.

"The Princess is safe and sound," replied Wu Xufan.

But his attitude towards Xiao Jinxing had become estranged.

Only then did he understand.

That they.

Were not on the same side after all.

He belonged to Wen Jingtang, the Empress Dowager.

Once Xiao Jinxing turned against the Empress Dowager, they would be enemies.

"What about Yuan Wenkang?" Xiao Jinxing continued to ask.

Wu Xufan’s Adam’s apple seemed to bob for a moment.

He said coldly, "Your Highness Prince Chen, I am carrying out the Empress Dowager’s orders, please do not impede me, Your Highness. Swords and blades are blind, and I fear injuring Your Highness."

Xiao Jinxing looked at Wu Xufan with a cold glare.

Both their swords were locked in a standstill, neither of them able to move!

"Xiao Jinxing, my patience is limited!" Wen Jingtang’s face twisted with extreme displeasure as she watched Xiao Jinxing’s actions!

From a young age, she had instilled in Xiao Jinxing who his enemies were?!

He had been living in hatred since he was a child.

Yet in the end, he still disappointed her so greatly.

"You promised me that you would tell me who exactly framed my mother back then?!" Xiao Jinxing exerted all his strength to push Wu Xufan away.

Under the influence of inner strength.

Wu Xufan was no match for Xiao Jinxing at all.

He was sent flying several steps away by Xiao Jinxing.

"If you don’t tell me today, I won’t let you easily kill your enemy!" The Imperial Sword in Xiao Jinxing’s hand was pointing directly at Wen Jingtang.

Wen Jingtang’s face turned ashen, "You think you can stop me?!"

"Marquis Wu’s Mansion belongs to you, the people inside the Imperial Palace belong to you, but outside the Imperial Palace, there’s the Bai Family army!" Xiao Jinxing said fiercely, "If anything happens to me in the Imperial Palace, the Bai Family’s army will return to the Palace to avenge me!"

"Threatening me?" Wen Jingtang sneered.

"I just want to know, who exactly framed my mother back then?! I just want to know the truth!"

"Fine! I’ll tell you!" Wen Jingtang suddenly agreed readily.

Xiao Jinxing’s eyes fixed intently on her.

"Your mother..." Wen Jingtang deliberately made her tone mysterious, stretching out her speech.

All of Xiao Jinxing’s attention was on Wen Jingtang.

"The affair of your mother and the Imperial Physician is..."

"Brother Xing, be careful!" Bai Mowan cried out.

All of a sudden, Wu Xufan raised his sword and charged at Xiao Jinxing.

By the time Xiao Jinxing regained his senses.

The tip of the sword was already aimed at Xiao Jinxing’s throat!