After My Arch-Nemesis Ascended the Throne

The Crown Prince was deposed, and the Prince of Zhao ascended the throne, turning the entire court upside down in an instant. All the ministers bowed their heads, speculating on how the new emperor would deal with the remnants of the Crown Prince’s faction, especially the exceptionally talented second son of the Gu family, Gu Ningxi. Not only was Gu Ningxi a close confidant of the deposed Crown Prince, but the imperial edict that exiled His Majesty to Jizhou back then was personally drafted by Gu Ningxi, who was then a compiler in the Hanlin Academy. In the imperial study, Gu Ningxi arrived upon the emperor’s summons. The powerful emperor casually toyed with a letter of resignation: “Req...