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Chapter 362: Private Money

What the Marquis Chu found difficult to say was that, in the current Emperor's indecisiveness, he knew that it was those two women who harmed the former Crown Prince, and it was the second prince who harmed the Ninth Prince, yet he could never make the hard decisions. This led to the Wang and Sun families gaining more power in the court, gradually growing to their current size. Now, dealing with these two families isn't as easy as it was before, unless the Emperor is willing to punish them for severe crimes, yet he opts not to put those two princes and two women who are tied to them through the same punishment. In this constant ambiguity, getting the Ninth Prince to ascend the throne is even more difficult. Still, luckily the Ninth Prince is smart and decisive…