Your Own Father Wants You Dead

"How... how could this be..." Ye Chengyan froze, clutching the decree and quickly examining it.

Sure enough, upon closer inspection, the seal's design differed slightly from the usual imperial decrees.

His hands trembled, nearly tearing the decree apart.

"The emperor is wise!" Elder Cao began to laugh again. "Someone like you, dreaming of sitting on that supreme throne? You're delusional."

At this moment, Ye Chengyan felt as if his heart was being ripped apart.

He turned to Emperor Muwu, his eyes filled with grief and fury, shouting angrily, "Father, I am your son! How could you toy with me like this?!"

He then tore the decree to pieces and threw them to the ground, tears falling from his eyes.

Emperor Muwu's face remained stern. "It's precisely because you are my son that I cannot let you continue making these mistakes!"

Ye Chengyan, now in utter despair, screamed in fury: