mtl008 Chapter 998 The Successor
Chapter 998 The Successor
"Of course I'm afraid." Otherwise, I wouldn't have said goodbye to Ali tonight and asked him to leave the capital first and wait for me outside the city.
The look he gave Chu Yueli when he left Yonghua Palace just now clearly conveyed his meaning.
Ali understood him; by now, he should have already left the palace.
"But I still believe that Father is not such an unreasonable person, and there is still room for negotiation between us," he said calmly.
The Emperor coldly snorted: "Since you have made your choice, it means you have never considered my feelings. So what is there for me to discuss with you?"
“Of course, we can still discuss it, if Father Emperor still acknowledges me as his son.”
These words made the emperor's brow furrow even more, and his gaze towards him became even more complicated.
Andro stood to the side, at this moment not knowing what else he could say.
Once the father and son started chatting, it seemed that he had no say in the conversation.
No one spoke again, and time seemed to stand still. The room was quiet, and even the occasional sound of the wind blowing outside could be heard clearly.
After an unknown amount of time, the Emperor finally sighed softly: "Speak, I am listening."
“In my heart, I already have a very good successor,” Lu Beimo said.
Both An Delu and the Emperor were watching him.
For a prince to speak such words to the emperor of a country is not only presumptuous but also treasonous.
How could he possibly have the right to decide who should succeed the crown prince?
However, Lu Beimo's attitude at this moment, as well as his innate kingly aura, made even the emperor feel that it seemed he should listen to Lu Beimo's opinion.
Finally, the Emperor calmly said, "I'm listening!"
Lu Beimo pursed his lips, looked up at him, and said, "Fourteenth Prince."
"Nonsense!" How can a seven-year-old child be the crown prince?
What's most inappropriate is that he is the Empress's son.
The empress rebelled and almost killed him. How could the empress's son inherit the throne?
“The fourteenth prince is also your son, Father, and he made the greatest contribution in this suppression of the rebellion.”
"Why?" What merit could a seven-year-old child possibly have?
Lu Beimo met his gaze, his expression remaining resolute.
He said, "The idea of making the Empress believe that she had been burned to death was the fourteenth prince's own. It was also the fourteenth prince who personally took off his own chain and hung it on that nameless corpse."
It can be said that this plan completely divided the Empress and the Eighth Prince Lu Ziling.
Otherwise, getting them to break ties might not be so easy.
An Delu was skeptical: "The Fourteenth Prince is still young, how could he come up with such a plan? Your Highness, even if you want to get away unscathed, you can't just push someone out at random."
Seven years old? That's still a real child. What could he possibly understand?
"The environment and pressure that my fourteenth brother grew up in are beyond your imagination, Father."
Even Lu Beimo felt a pang of guilt when he thought of little Lu Qingnian.
"Since the death of the eldest prince, the empress... the former empress's mentality has become somewhat distorted. In order to enable the fourteenth prince to inherit the throne as soon as possible, she has been particularly harsh on the fourteenth prince, to the point of... being almost insane."
An Delu suddenly remembered something: "The Fourteenth Prince's teachers have indeed changed one after another. It's not that they can't teach well, but that the Fourteenth Prince learns too well. Once one teacher finishes teaching, another teacher leaves."