Bab 173: Enough of this

Xiao Hanzheng knew a lot about the royal families.

"Therefore, before he passed away, he conferred the current emperor born to the empress as the crown prince.

"He didn't want that beloved prince to take revenge on the crown prince after he ascended the throne, so our previous emperor also gave this beloved prince a piece of land close to the border after conferring our current emperor as the crown prince.

"Before he passed away, he sent someone to bring that prince to that piece of land as an additional layer of protection to the crown prince."

He paused for a moment before saying, "That prince has always been unconvinced and always felt that he should be the heir to the throne.

"He is very ambitious and has always been planning to usurp the throne.

"After the late emperor passed away, he did not enter the capital to attend his funeral. 

"Instead, he gathered troops on his land and showed no respect to the emperor."