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Chapter 548

"Brother, what have you done? You're already the crown prince, yet you're so impatient, so eager to seize the throne?"

Huo Sizhen initially thought that his plan to assassinate the emperor had been exposed, but then he saw that the trusted subordinate he had just sent out to deliver the Ghost Blood Incense had been captured by the Imperial Guards!

The fourth prince roared, "A few days ago, ghost blood incense was found in the incense on Father's clothes, and now this person carrying a large amount of ghost blood incense is your man! Father has treated you well, yet you dare to use such insidious tricks to try and kill Father! You are simply unworthy of being human!"

Huo Sizhen was completely stunned!

His mind raced for a while before he realized that the Fourth Prince meant that someone else had also used Ghost Blood Incense on Huo Tingsheng, and that he happened to be carrying Ghost Blood Incense. Therefore, the Fourth Prince accused him of poisoning Huo Tingsheng!

Huo Sizhen immediately shouted, "I didn't! I had no idea that Father Emperor had any ghost blood incense! I didn't put it there! This... this is just a coincidence!"

The fourth prince, of course, didn't care what he said: "Go to the palace and tell Father Emperor!"

Without any explanation, they forcibly brought Huo Sizhen into the palace to meet Huo Tingsheng.

Huo Tingsheng wasn't too shocked when he learned that Huo Sizhen had poisoned him.

Huo Sizhen wasn't stupid; he must have known that his position as crown prince was doomed sooner or later. So, the only path he could take was to assassinate the emperor and seize the throne.

It was expected that they would use poison.

Huo Tingsheng stared coldly at Huo Sizhen kneeling below.

"Huo Sizhen, do you feel that you have been the Crown Prince for too long and can't wait any longer, so you want to sit on my throne as soon as possible?"

Huo Sizhen cried out that he was innocent: "Father! Your son did not! The Ghost Blood Incense on your side has absolutely nothing to do with your son! How could your son possibly have any disrespectful intentions towards you!"

Huo Tingsheng sneered: "Then tell me, what were you doing sending people to deliver the Ghost Blood Incense? Who did you want to get rid of?"

Huo Sizhen choked immediately.

He couldn't possibly say that he wanted to get rid of Huo Jinghuai; fratricide among princes was an intolerable crime.

He could only stubbornly deny it: "I didn't send him to deliver the ghost blood incense! He acted on his own initiative, and I knew nothing about it!"

His trusted subordinate was also loyal to him, and insisted, "This humble servant intended to use this Ghost Blood Incense to settle personal grudges, and it has nothing to do with His Highness the Crown Prince! I beg Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly!"

Huo Sizhen also burst into tears: "Father, none of my subordinates have ever entered the palace, let alone had the opportunity to get close to the Imperial Household Department. They just happened to be carrying the Ghost Blood Incense. There is no evidence to show that I wanted to assassinate you. I cannot just admit to this heinous crime!"

But at this point, Huo Tingsheng no longer needed concrete evidence.

He just needed a relatively respectable and plausible reason to depose Huo Sizhen from his position as crown prince!

Now that we have a ready-made reason right in front of us, when is a better time to use it?

Regardless of what exactly happened with the Ghost Blood Incense, Huo Sizhen definitely harbored rebellious intentions, so he must be dealt with!

Ignoring Huo Sizhen's cries and pleas, Huo Tingsheng coldly said, "Sophistry is useless. I hereby declare that Huo Sizhen is unworthy of his position and has plotted rebellion. From this day forward, he is stripped of his title as Crown Prince, demoted to a commoner, and imprisoned in Beiying Palace, never to be released again!"