After a brief moment of surprise, she shrugged indifferently. The late Emperor had only two sons who survived to adulthood—Mo Chenfeng and the Emperor. And since Mo Chenfeng cared only for beauties and not for the realm, he had likely never experienced the cutthroat struggles of the succession. That would explain why he remained so clueless about taking sides. She listened quietly as they debated. The Emperor wanted to maintain a delicate balance among the princes; Seventeen was currently under punishment, Fifteenth Prince's influence was growing, and the Crown Prince was lying low for now.
Chu Qingmeng wrote on her paper: *Are there only these three? Or are we only able to see the influence of these three?*
*Is the Crown Prince truly lying low? Or is he openly repairing the plank road while secretly marching to Chencang?*
Chapter 149