The Jinluan Palace fell into dead silence. With Xie Xun's words hanging in the air, the moment they were uttered, he left no room for negotiation—he intended to overthrow the Yuwen Royal Family and take the throne as emperor.
Grandmaster Zhang was stunned, and Elder Li was equally dumbfounded. They had considered the possibility that Xie Xun might vie for the throne, but they had confidently believed that Xie Xun's hatred was solely directed at Yuwen Jing. Now, with Yuwen Jing imprisoned and his life hanging by a thread, it seemed logical that as long as the next emperor exonerated the Marquis Zhenbei Mansion, Xie Xun wouldn't care about the throne.
They were all children raised in aristocratic families; none of them wanted to carry the stigma of usurping the dynasty nor be reviled for eternity. Never had they imagined that Xie Xun still aimed to seize the throne.
