Gu Rongjin nodded. "Exactly. This is the one thing that has struck me as strange all along. Xiao Yuanzhi, what is your take on it?"
"Perhaps the Emperor is luring a snake out of its hole?" Mu Yuanzhi mused for a moment, looking suspicious.
But that didn't seem right either. Unless the Deposed Emperor truly posed a tangible threat to the new Emperor, killing him would invite public outcry and endless speculation from future generations.
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