Xuanyuan Hongjun froze when he heard this. It seemed he had never imagined his father could truly be so heartless as to depose him.
He didn't snap out of his stupor until the Imperial Guard came forward to seize him.
Staring at the Emperor's cold face, he roared in fury, "Father, I'm your own son! You can't do this to me! For my mother's sake, I beg you, spare me this once! Father—"
"Take him away!" The Emperor turned his back, unwilling to look at him any longer.
'I'm well aware of what kind of character and ability this son of mine possesses. But he is, after all, my only son with the late Empress. In the past, he never committed any major transgressions, so I turned a blind eye, intending for him to become a ruler who simply maintains the status quo. I never imagined he would be so audacious and reckless, so morally corrupt. It's an utter disappointment.'
