No, the devastating truth is that the Emperor's long-lost eldest son actually died at the hands of Yang Zhan, and it was Zhang Shicheng who helped to cover it up!
Cold sweat started pouring down Zhang Huan's back! He plopped down on the ground, one hand propped against the floor, too stiff to even curl!
"Take them away!"
The eunuch commanded the guards, and the father and son of the Zhang family were quickly dragged away.
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice could no longer hold back and stepped forward: "We beg Your Majesty to enlighten us, what is the reason behind the murder of the eldest son?"
The Emperor took the dagger from the eunuch behind him, struck it onto the table with a thud: "On the twelfth day of the eighth month in the sixteenth year of Shengyuan, Princely Heir Yang Zhan conspired with this knife to kill a young father and son on Baiyu Lane. That father and son were the Emperor's long-lost eldest son and the Emperor's grandson, whom I've never met!"
