"Your Highness," Mr. Le, a strategist, stepped forward and said, "As everyone knows, Mrs. Gu has the golden touch. Her shops are scattered all over the country. These people are taking advantage of this moment to strike because they are after her immense wealth. We cannot afford to be careless about this. You must understand that if such a massive fortune falls into the hands of others, it will pose a tremendous threat to us."
Though Mr. Le didn't explicitly state it, Hua Zhang knew exactly what he was implying.
Aside from his own full brother, the other princes had been secretly scheming against one another for years. They were merely maintaining a facade of peace.
Ever since he was appointed as the Crown Prince, the imperial court had suddenly become completely tranquil, but this unnatural silence only made him more uneasy.
Putting himself in their shoes, if his imperial father had named someone else as the Crown Prince, he wouldn't have accepted it lying down either.
