The north wind was biting, and a thin layer of white snow already covered the courtyard.
Inside the room, Chu Qiyuan couldn't snap back to reality for a long time.
His brow was tightly furrowed. No matter how he thought about it, the possibility seemed too remote.
"How could that be? Very few people know about Your Majesty's heart condition. Besides, he only started feeling unwell after the incident at the autumn hunt. There's nothing strange about that..."
Everyone knew that during the autumn hunt, Southern Hu Blade Men had laid an ambush at the Royal Hunting Ground to assassinate Xiao Chengqi.
After such a major incident, it was only normal for Emperor Muwu to be upset.
There was really nothing that seemed amiss.
But Ye Chutang didn't think so.
'It's too much of a coincidence. All of this is just far too convenient.'
Coincidences happen, of course, but when all the coincidences lead to the same outcome, one can't help but become suspicious.
