Forcing me to become a concubine? Remarrying the Ninth Prince, she'll be pregnant all over the

As Wei Wujiu spoke, he grew angrier and angrier, and his usually cold and furious face turned completely sinister.

"I'll let bygones be bygones for the death of Empress Xiaowen and for killing me, but what about Shen Zhaohua!"

Wei Wujiu angrily grabbed Shen Hu and roared, "She is Emperor Jing's eldest daughter, your imperial niece! She was only eight years old when you ascended the throne. She hated you to the extreme, yet she never showed the slightest disrespect. But what about you! What have you done to her, you shameless beast!"

Shen Hu watched Shen Zhaohua grow up day by day, initially not taking her seriously. But at some point, he became interested and transferred all his hatred for Emperor Jing and Empress Xiaowen onto Shen Zhaohua.

The emperor was so angry that his head spun, his vision blurred, and his chest ached terribly. He hated mentioning the past, so he struggled violently, slamming his fist on the bed: "I am the Son of Heaven! Whatever I do is my duty!"

"From childhood to adulthood, in what way am I inferior to Emperor Jing? In what way am I lacking compared to him? Yet, just because he is the legitimate son and the eldest son of the legitimate wife, he was able to be named Crown Prince, supported by the court officials, valued by the Emperor, and relied upon by the veteran ministers! But what about me! I was merely born into this world, why should I be relegated to a lower position? Why!"

"Just because of the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children! Just because of the precedents that cannot be violated! Just because your mind, temperament, ideas, and strategies are all inferior to Emperor Jing's!" Wei Wujiu retorted, his words sharp and merciless.

Shen Hu was speechless, filled with shame and resentment. He gritted his teeth, disgusted, and said, "Enough with the nonsense! I'm only asking you, what exactly do you want?"

"Now the capital is full of your people, and that wretched Shen Huai'an is trapped in the palace by you. You've spared my life, so what exactly do you intend to do?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Wujiu straightened up, narrowed his eyes, and leisurely glanced at Shen Hu without saying a word, waiting for him to start overthinking and making all sorts of guesses.

Shen Hu couldn't wait any longer. She gritted her teeth, and the suspicion in her heart grew brighter in the silent confrontation, yet she still couldn't believe it. In the past few days, she had occasionally heard Consort Ning and Hua Nian San talk about the events after the coup that day, especially Wei Wujiu's background...

"Are you really... Shen Chengji?"

Wei Wujiu did not respond to him, but only curled his lips contemptuously and slowly reached out to Ye Ying. Ye Ying immediately understood and bowed to respectfully present the item wrapped in yellow brocade that he had taken out of his bosom.

After receiving it, Wei Wujiu, still under Shen Hu's questioning gaze, casually began to unravel the brocade. The moment the Imperial Seal was revealed, Shen Hu was shocked and frantically shook his head, exclaiming, "No, no, impossible!"

The Imperial Seal of the State was destroyed. On the day he forced the emperor to abdicate and purged the palace, all the palace servants insisted that Empress Xiaowen had personally smashed the seal on the eve of her death, and that she was worried that it would be pieced together and repaired. She said she had smashed the seal into dust.

That's why Shen Hu ordered the news to be kept secret, and then had a new jade seal made and the craftsmen executed, all to cover his tracks and eliminate any potential threats.

But a fake is still a fake.

Shen Hu didn't say anything, but all the civil and military officials, especially the old ministers from the previous dynasty led by Lin Rucong, understood the unspoken meaning after seeing the rubbing of the imperial seal.

But so what? The one sitting in the high position is Shen Hu, so he can call a deer a horse at will.

And now...

"The old Prince Gong and others have all verified it. Tell me, if I am a fake, then why is this Imperial Seal, passed down from the ancestral emperor, in my possession? And why have your relatives and nobles, who are connected to you, turned against you and supported me?"

Shen Hu was completely stunned, and almost dumbfounded, realizing that the situation was hopeless and everything was about to end...

Not only was Shen Chengji alive, but he had also been hiding by his side for over ten years. He was so blind that he failed to recognize the resemblance between Shen Chengji and Emperor Jing, and even allowed him to enter the court and become a subject, holding great power and letting him win people's hearts and make deals everywhere. He even planned to kill Wei Wujiu when he died, and to keep him in check with poison in daily life. But no matter how much he planned... he was wrong in the end.

"So what if you are Shen Chengji? Do you think the entire court will acknowledge you? Absolutely not!" Shen Hu barely regained his senses and sneered, "Otherwise, you wouldn't have let me live this long, would you?"

Wei Wujiu smiled coolly, strolled over and sat down at the desk not far away. He took the hot tea that Hua Ershisan brought him, took a sip, and after a long while said slowly, "There is indeed something I can do to help you. It's just a small matter."

"Don't even think about it!" Shen Hu felt his prediction had come true again, and wanting to seize the initiative, he said, "I am nearing the end of my life, but who will I pass the throne to? Even if it's that wretched child, I won't give it to you!"

"I'll show you what it means to be a traitor who defies the will of Heaven and whose rule is not legitimate. Let's see how you stabilize the people's hearts and put you on the throne! Cough cough cough..."

"What are you thinking?" Wei Wujiu glared at him coldly. "My father is Emperor Jing, and my mother is Empress Xiaowen. Who do you think you are, to think you have the right to pass the throne to me?"

"I am merely asking you to issue a self-criticism edict, to clearly and explicitly state that you usurped the throne, framed loyal officials, slaughtered the people, and sold out your country for personal gain during the reign of Emperor Wu of Song."

"Oh, right." Wei Wujiu chuckled again, unhurriedly, "Finally, you must personally write the decree returning the throne to Emperor Jing and abdicating in favor of me."

Wei Wujiu straightened his robe and stood up, taking the draft edict presented by Ye Ying with one hand. He walked leisurely towards Shen Hu: "As for me, I will erase all traces of you in the history books. Consider it cleaning up the family for our ancestors and removing the stain of your great Yue Dynasty."

After saying that, he threw the drafted imperial edict in front of Shen Hu.

Shen Hu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly erupted, coughing wildly despite his illness, gasping for breath almost to the point of death. He picked up the imperial edict and threw it at Wei Wujiu: "You're dreaming! You won't get your way! Even if I die, I will never let you have your way!"

Wei Wujiu dodged, unperturbed, and said fearlessly, "Do as you please. Fortunately, besides that wicked Shen Huai'an, you still have a few sons and daughters. If I were to kill one a day... oh no."

He paused deliberately, then changed his tone to leave Shen Hu hanging, before his vicious and venomous voice slowly returned: "You're so ill, you can't afford to wait any longer. So I'll just kill one person every hour. What do you say?"

"You!" Shen Hu was furious with resentment, staring intently at Wei Wujiu, but finally couldn't hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Wei Wujiu turned away, disgustedly covering his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, then gracefully turned and swept away, leaving behind only a nonchalant remark: "Think about it slowly. Guess who will be the first to die—the Second Prince, or your rebellious son?"

A cold, low sound echoed in the room, lingering for a long time.

At the same time, Wei Wujiu also informed Li Jinzhi that after receiving reinforcements from the Southern Border Army, which were intercepted and detained outside the capital, a large-scale attack was launched in the capital to capture the palace and kill Shen Huai'an!