While Xie Wenyuan was stunned by Xie Wentao’s shocking pronouncement, Xie Mingzheng and Xie Wentao were both emboldened by the intoxicating prospect of power and the throne. The father and his two sons remained completely oblivious to the fact that Yue Yue was eavesdropping from behind the study window.
Yue Yue had returned to see Xie Mingzheng about a matter. Upon arriving outside the study, she happened to overhear Xie Wentao’s words: “Why shouldn’t we take their place...”
Her heart skipped a beat. Instead of making her presence known, she crept stealthily around to the back of the study to listen. She had only wanted to hear what Xie Mingzheng and his son were plotting, but what she heard was so inconceivable that it left her paralyzed with terror, sinking to the ground.
Chapter 328