I was sold when I opened my eyes! My sick and disabled husband comforts me every night after he wake

Consort Liang snorted disdainfully.

“Wei Jian’an, you’re lying. Ade’s mother said that you sent her a message threatening her not to spread rumors about her family’s relationship with Ade, and not to come to the Crown Prince’s residence to find Ade. Otherwise, her whole family would die. You’re really heartless. Someone like Ade, who is so devoted to you, you’re not even willing to pay twenty taels of silver a month. If this continues, I’m afraid that when Ade comes home, he will only see his parents’ graves and his nephew’s corpse!”

Seeing that Consort Liang had told the truth, Wei Jian'an immediately became so anxious that he jumped up and down.

"You woman, don't try to stir things up. Ade won't believe you."

"Hmph! He trusts you and is willing to risk his life for you, but what have you done for him? By the way, Ade, your mother is outside the palace. Do you want to see her?"

These words turned Wei Jian'an's face deathly pale in an instant. He pointed at her and roared in anger.

"You... how dare you bring people into the palace like that? Is this palace a marketplace?"

Consort Liang, however, ignored her and snorted.

"Wei Jian'an, are you scared? Are you afraid that what you've done will be found out?"

As she spoke, she clapped her hands vigorously, and an old woman, leaning on a cane, walked in, her body trembling.

Ade's eyes widened instantly, his eyes reddening, and he quickly went to meet him.

"Mother, why have you come? Mother, your son is unfilial. I haven't been home to see you even once in three years. Your son is so unfilial!"

As she spoke, she knelt before the old woman. Wei Jian'an suddenly roared,

“Ade, this is the Qianqing Palace, not a place for you to complain to your mother. Make your mother leave here immediately.”

Ade suddenly turned to look at him and questioned him fiercely.

“Wei Jian’an, it’s been three years. You made me train new recruits for you and wouldn’t let me go home. I listened to you, but you promised me that my family would have enough to eat and wear. In the end, you only gave them two taels of silver a year. How are they supposed to live?”

“Ade, I will investigate the matter of giving your family money. If you think it's not enough, I will give them more later.”

As he said this, he kept giving Ade meaningful glances, but Ade shook his head in disappointment. He pointed to his chest and loudly questioned in frustration.

“Your Highness, I, Ade, have been loyal to you all these years. I have done whatever you asked me to do. But why did you break your promise to me? I have no other request but that my family be able to live a better life. Why can’t you treat my family better, considering how devoted I have been to you? Your Highness, I’m sorry. I have already let my family down because of my loyalty to you. I cannot burden them any further before I die.”

Having said that, he turned to look at the Emperor with a firm gaze.

"Your Majesty, the poisoning was ordered by His Highness the Crown Prince. Five years ago, the framing of Prince Ning, the murder of him in prison, and the poisoning of Consort Liang and her entire family were all ordered by His Highness the Crown Prince. Although I was acting under orders from the Crown Prince, I have committed unforgivable crimes. I beg Your Majesty to punish me. However, my family was completely unaware of these crimes. I beg Your Majesty to have mercy and not harm my family."

"Ade, how dare you frame me?"

Realizing he could no longer hide what he had done, Wei Jian'an panicked. He immediately waved his arm and shouted angrily.

"These things were clearly done on your own initiative, yet you're now framing me, the Crown Prince. You're courting death! Tell me, what did Lan Zhi give you last night that made you risk your life?"

As he spoke, he prepared to draw his knife and stab Ade, but Wei Jianning stepped forward and stopped him.

"Wei Jian'an, you dare to draw your sword in front of the Emperor? Are you trying to silence me?"

The Emperor immediately turned ashen-faced and roared in anger.

"Wei Jiancheng, I truly never imagined you would so cruelly harm your own brother and unjustly kill the innocent. Issue my decree to remove Wei Jiancheng from his position as Crown Prince and immediately imprison him in the Imperial Prison to await his fate..."

Upon hearing this, everyone present held their breath. Wei Jian'an suddenly waved his arm and shouted.

"Since Father only believes their side of the story, I no longer need to consider the bond between father and son."

As soon as he finished speaking, he clapped his hands heavily, and a group of people dressed as guards rushed in...

"what!"

This scene startled everyone present, causing them to scream in panic. The Emperor immediately raised his hand to question them.

"Wei Jian'an, what are you doing? Are you planning a rebellion?"

Wei Jian'an's lips curled slightly upward, and he nodded without any hesitation.

"To tell you the truth, the entire palace is filled with my people. Today I am going to sit on this throne, and none of them will be able to escape! Hahaha!"

Seeing his arrogant laughter, Huo Batian approached him, looking at the Emperor with an air of arrogance.

"Five years ago, I did not conspire with Wei Jianning to seize your throne, but you believed it based on just this fake letter and even had Wei Jianning imprisoned. Today, I really am conspiring with your eldest son, Wei Jian'an, to seize your throne and your empire. Do you have the ability to imprison Wei Jian'an?"

The emperor's face had turned ashen, and the empress sitting beside him and the several imperial concubines below were trembling with fear.

He could still handle Wei Jian'an's plot to rebel.

However, the people of Tianwu Kingdom cooperated with him, making it extremely difficult for him to deal with them.

Wei Jianning watched all this quietly, and felt a strange sense of pleasure in his heart.

Back then, his father imprisoned him without asking any questions, based solely on a forged letter. Now that Wei Jian'an is really going to rebel, he wants to see what his father will do.

Yu Jie, who had been standing there, was shocked by the scene before her. She never expected that the cripple she had previously despised was actually her best friend, her fourth brother.

She never expected that her elder brother, Wei Jian'an, would actually want to rebel.

The second and third brothers, along with several younger brothers and sisters, all stood there like fools, failing to stop their eldest brother's attempt to seize power.

After glancing at Wei Jianning and Lan Zhi, she stepped out from the crowd, pointed at Wei Jian'an, and questioned him in the most contemptuous voice.

"Wei Jian'an, you actually conspired with the people of Tianwu Kingdom to seize the throne from the Emperor on the very day of the Empress Dowager's birthday. Aren't you afraid of being condemned by thousands and abandoned by ten thousand?"

"Hahaha!"

Wei Jian'an suddenly looked up and laughed.

"I didn't want this either, but they forced me to. Yujie, don't be afraid. You are my sister. When I ascend the throne, you will still be Princess Yujie, and your status will only be higher than it is now."

"I do not care."

Seeing the anger on Yu Jie's face as she faced him, Wei Jian'an suddenly drew a long sword from the guard beside him and pointed it at her throat.

"Let me tell you, I'm about to become the emperor. If you dare to yell at me again, I'll kill you."

Undeterred, Yu Jie raised her chin, took two steps closer to his sword, and gritted her teeth as she snorted.

"Fine, then kill me now if you dare..."

Wei Jian'an's hand trembled a few times, then he sheathed his longsword and snorted disdainfully.

"You're being petty. I won't stoop to your level."

After saying that, he looked at Huo Batian.

"Crown Prince Huo, good things should be done sooner rather than later. Have your men take action immediately!"

The emperor puffed out his cheeks and roared furiously:

"You really don't respect me, the Emperor? Guards! Whoever executes Wei Jian'an on the spot will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver."

His decree was issued, but no one came in from outside. Instead, the sound of fighting could be heard.

At this moment, Huang Bao ran in and loudly reported:

"Your Majesty, a large number of people have arrived outside. Their martial arts skills are extremely high, and I fear our subordinates may not be able to withstand them!"