Ye Xiao thought deeper about it and then understood it immediately.
"Royalty have no relatives indeed. If not for the dan bead I gave him, he wouldn’t do this. He would at least wait till the war ends, because he knew he couldn’t handle it with his bad physical condition. However, my Reconstruction Dan extended his life for a long time. He should be able to live for a few more decades. The problems now won’t be problems by then. He could even just raise another heir… That is his confidence!"
"Maybe when he thought he would die very soon, he would want to leave the kingdom to his own son. He would do anything to keep him alive and teach him well. He would fear that he would lose his life before everything is well set for his son, so his kingdom will fall into chaos. However, now that he can live for decades more and the Crown Prince is threatening his position, he surely won’t stand it. It is better to raise another heir. He still has plenty of time after all!"
8th of 10 chapters for today!