Lord Yunzhong in Douluo

Chapter 411 The Old Emperor's Request
"Your Majesty, as Prince Xingluo, our very existence is the greatest conspiracy of the empire."

Dai Mingyuan sat opposite the old emperor and poured himself a cup of tea, without any fear in his words.

And the old emperor seemed to be deeply touched by Dai Mingyuan's words, and was silent for a long time after hearing these words.

"A long time ago, I realized that you, the prince, don't have any fear of imperial power or me in your heart. Your actions tonight are even more beyond my expectations."

"Your actions are more decisive than I imagined. If I'm not wrong, the outside of Taining Hall should be surrounded by your people now."

Looking at his most outstanding son, the old emperor asked: "You should know that besides you, there is another imprisoned prince in this imperial city, that is, your younger brother."

"Even if you have surrounded me in this hall now, if I don't compromise and order them to shoot you and me with random arrows after the imperial army surrounds them, the empire will still have no successors."

"You should also be aware that although your brother is not as capable as you, he still has the ability and ambition to support an empire."

Dai Mingyuan's expression was unmoved, he put down the teacup in his hand, and looked at the old emperor:
"I understand, and it is for this reason that I came here tonight. You are too old to support and lead this huge empire."

"And neither me nor Mingze will be more suitable to be the emperor of the empire than you are now."

"So, no matter whether it's me or Mingze taking the position after tonight, I can accept it."

"For the sake of the empire, as long as you are no longer on the throne, it doesn't matter what I do."

Dai Mingyuan's eyes flickered coldly, and there was no slight retreat in his words.

This made the old emperor very surprised. Why did this young man, who was only 30 years old, have such a high determination for the empire.

Now there are only two people in the Taining Hall, and the old emperor did not hide his expression from Dai Mingyuan.

"To be honest, according to your current performance, I am very worried about what kind of path the empire will take in your hands in the future."

"Tough and paranoid, cold and violent, your loyalty to the empire will not weaken your twisted desire to control."

A bit of worry appeared on the old emperor's face: "If the current Xingluo is starting to go downhill in my hands, I am really worried that the future will really go to ruin in your hands."

Glancing out of the window, the old emperor narrowed his eyes: "Why don't you just let the Imperial Army shoot both of us to death, and hand over the throne to your younger brother, so that this country will not be harmed by you."

Twisting his neck, the aged emperor didn't have any airs in front of Dai Mingyuan. After thinking for a while, he suddenly asked:

"Ask you a question. With your distorted desire to control, the future empire will definitely become stricter and more ruthless."

"If your future best prince disagrees with your opinion, what will you do?"

"Will you choose to forcibly distort his will, or abolish him and choose a new prince who suits your wishes?"

When asking this sentence, Dai Mingyuan could clearly see the strangeness of the old emperor.

If he could, he didn't want to attack the old emperor. The reason was very simple. Although the old emperor was old, it was precisely because of his age that his soul power accumulation was greater than the current Dai Mingyuan.

If there was a fight, Dai Mingyuan felt that he needed Zhu Zhongda's help, not to mention anything else.

If possible, Dai Mingyuan does not want other surnames to intervene in the succession of the throne.

Therefore, even though he knew that the old emperor was delaying time, Dai Mingyuan still didn't make a move.

"What the empire needs is not a prince who suits me, but the strongest prince."

"Facing the prince who goes against my will, I will only intensify my tempering and let the endless suffering become the nutrition for his transformation."

Dai Mingyuan looked calm, as if he had already considered these issues:
"Then, let him become the best heir to the empire, until he is strong enough to break my will, or break my body, and snatch the empire from me."

"You are the most determined person I have ever seen, and who can break your will?" The old emperor smiled indifferently.

"However, I didn't expect you to be so open-minded. It seems that it is not impossible to hand over the empire to you."

"I'm not open-minded, but the emperor is the emperor of the empire, but the empire is not the emperor's empire."

"The empire will grow strong in my hands, but people like me may not be needed in the future."

"What the empire needs is a strong man, not a chosen strong man."

Dai Mingyuan answered forcefully.

"I've finished answering your question, so it's my turn to ask you."

"Can you abdicate?"

The old emperor smiled, stretched out a finger and pointed to the quiet outside, and said, "Did you notice that it suddenly became so quiet outside?"

……

Outside the Taining Hall, a group of Zhu family's children knelt on the ground at this moment, and the group of soldiers trained by Dai Mingyuan had all been knocked down to the ground.

A tall man dressed in black, with a long and narrow wound slanting through his left eye, stepped on Zhu Zhongda with one foot, and put his other hand on Zhu Yanning's head, with an unburned pipe dangling from his mouth.

"Tell me, what will happen inside? To be honest, I am also curious, but before His Majesty makes a decision, you all stay with me outside for a while."

"How can I say that I am also the old head of the Zhu family, so you shouldn't betray me, right?"

With a mouthful of eye circles, the tall man glanced at the children of the Zhu family who were watching silently, nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the frowning Zhu Zhongda with a cold face full of surprise at his feet, and smiled:
"Are you curious? Why am I still alive even though you pierced my heart with one claw?"

Without waiting for Zhu Zhongda's response, the old patriarch said, "Anyway, I've been in charge of the Zhu family for so many years, and I still have a lot of tricks. You were able to take me off guard and beat me down, saying To be honest, I am very pleased that the Zhu family can have a successor like you, and your performance has made me believe in your ability even more."

"However, you can no longer participate in tonight's matter. Before the father and son talk to each other, you can stay here with me, I don't have much time. You brothers and sisters want to see me in a few days I can't see it either."

"And, Zhongda, I hope you can ask yourself a question. What kind of person do you want to be?"

"Whether it is Dai Mingyuan's vassal, the head of the Zhu family, or an ambitious man who is only loyal to the empire, I hope you can think it over early."

"Don't wait until I'm my age to figure out something."

Then, the old Patriarch of the Zhu family faced a group of imperial guards who were already holding steel guns and wearing iron armor, and stretched out his hand to take off the pipe in his mouth:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty is discussing matters with His Highness the Crown Prince inside, you should wait outside for His Majesty's order first."

As soon as the old head of the Zhu family finished speaking, the locked gate of the Taining Hall was opened from the inside.

The white clothes on Dai Mingyuan's body were already stained crimson, spreading from his chest and neck to the side of his face.

In the violently trembling eyes of the crowd, Dai Mingyuan's tough and cold face remained unchanged, but his voice was a little colder than before:
"Father is sick and has been sick for a long time. The funeral will be held today to send His Majesty to heaven. From now on, I, Dai Mingyuan, will be the Lord of Star Luo."

……

"How do you want to abdicate?"

"Hehe, it's not difficult, you just need to do one thing."

"What's the matter?"

"I want you, here, to kill me with my own hands. I want to be here, with my eyes open, watching you, and kill me with my own hands."

"..."

"why?"

"I want you to close your eyes every night and remember tonight, my eyes tonight, and remember that you killed your father, the emperor, with your own hands. I want this memory to be your nightmare until the day you die .”

"After tonight, I will die, but I will always be alive, living in your memory, living in your nightmare, haunting you every moment, waking you up."

"To live with guilt and pain every moment of your waking and sleeping hours."

"Let you always remember that I have been watching you in your memory.

"You must be vigilant at all times, to be one that will never be inferior to mine, Emperor Xingluo!"

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(End of this chapter)