Upon learning that Xie Yanxi had cleared up his misunderstandings with Emperor Yongguang but had no intention of halting his bid for the throne, Lu Wanwan could not help but smile.
Naturally. The poison was already administered; it would hardly do to have gone to all that trouble for nothing.
Having come this far, if he were merely to settle for being Crown Prince, there was no guarantee that Emperor Yongguang—remembering how effortlessly Xie Yanxi had seized control of the imperial palace today, not to mention having orchestrated a trap for father and son to slaughter one another while leaving Emperor Yongguang poisoned—would not harbor deep suspicion in his heart down the line.
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