The emperor bluntly expressed his desire for immortality. Chen Changli was slightly stunned, and soon looked up at the emperor in surprise.

Seeing that he looked at him very calmly, Chen Changli knew that although he was testing him this time, he was also expressing his attitude.

With the emperor's attitude, Chen Changli became more and more certain of his guess, that is, the emperor knew very well what kind of calculations and conflicts there were between the queen and Princess An Qing.

He indulged Princess An Qing and also deliberately indulged the Queen, just because he wanted to live forever.

In order to achieve immortality, he would do anything.

Chen Changli's thoughts turned to this point, and he suddenly sighed: "Your Majesty, you deliberately told me your thoughts. Are you ready to get rid of me?"

When he asked this question, he looked up at the emperor calmly for the first time.

Facing the emperor's cloudy eyes, Chen Changli chuckled: "Immortality is indeed a great temptation, but the person who should least believe in immortality in this world is you, but you are the one who pursues immortality."

"Your Majesty, you are the emperor of Dajing. When you pursue immortality and are willing to use your own people to pave the way for your immortality, you have already embarked on the path of madness."

"If you continue to be stubborn, the throne will no longer be an attractive power for you, but a bondage."

"Your descendants and even those civil and military officials who are loyal to you will begin to doubt you because of this. The more they doubt you, the more they will try to pull you down from the throne."

"If you don't want to become a king who loses his country and be despised by millions of people, then you have to find a way to push the sins of the king who loses his country onto someone else."

"It's a pity that you neither wanted to become a king who lost his country nor gave up your own rights. That's why when Prince Duan and the Fourth Prince were at loggerheads, you tried your best to guide them both, which resulted in both of them suffering."

"I want to know that you felt regretful about their deaths, but that feeling of regret didn't last long in your heart before it was firmly suppressed by the word 'eternal life'."

"So you turned a blind eye to the Sixth and Ninth Princes' affairs, and only wanted the Queen to refine the Phoenix Gu. Although the Queen is not a worm in your stomach, she loves you wholeheartedly, and she can often detect your thoughts at the first time."

"As someone who understands your thoughts, the Queen knows what you want. So when she found out that Princess An Qing was plotting against her, although she was a little skeptical, she wanted to help you even more, so she stepped into Princess An Qing's trap without hesitation."

Chen Changli tried to guess the emperor's thoughts and expressed his guesses slowly. By the end, he understood the emperor's thoughts more and more and just found it ridiculous.

"You clearly guessed Princess An Qing's plan, and you also knew why the Queen helped Princess An Qing. But Your Majesty let us quarrel there. Did you only realize the seriousness of the problem when Princess An Qing went crazy and tried to assassinate you?"

Chen Changli's tone was filled with sorrow, as if his understanding of the emperor had been completely shattered by this incident.

He could no longer view the emperor with the same understanding as before, nor could he have a heartfelt identification with the emperor.

He doubted whether the emperor had already guessed some of the queen's actions and was preparing to put on a show in front of them, but what was the point of this?

"You are very disappointed in me." The emperor looked at Chen Changli expressionlessly, but his eyes were extremely cold, as if he was examining the intention of Chen Changli's words.

Chen Changli nodded: "I am indeed a little disappointed, Your Majesty. No matter what kind of relationship I have with the Crown Prince, I am still a citizen of Dajing after all."

"If anything happens to Dajing, I will not only worry about it, but also be concerned. I am even willing to cooperate with talented people to do what I can."

"But your Majesty's actions really disappoint me. I can't imagine what the future of Dajing will be like, let alone whether I can live safely with my family in such a Dajing."

Chen Changli's words were extremely rebellious, but when the emperor spoke very frankly about his desire to pursue immortality, Chen Changli knew that the emperor had gotten himself into a dead end.

He will not give up the pursuit of immortality, but Chen Changli knows how false this immortality is and what the price of this immortality is.

He could not accept such a thing and naturally disagreed with the emperor's idea.

He did not hide his emotions under the emperor's nose and spoke his thoughts directly.

It was only because of the emperor's overly calm attitude that he completely understood one thing, that is, in order to achieve his goals, the emperor was not only willing to use any means, but also willing to do everything possible, so he did not mind the conflict between Princess An Qing and the Queen.

Because the emperor had such thoughts, even if the poisoning of the eighth prince was related to Princess An Qing, the three of them would become scapegoats and bear the blame of Princess An Qing.

After Chen Changli figured this out, he found it even more difficult to accept that the emperor was obsessed with immortality.

But this is the fact, and it is right in front of him. No matter how much Chen Changli cannot accept it, he has to face the reality.

However, when the reality came into view, Chen Changli realized an extremely serious problem, that is, the emperor was willing to tolerate everything the queen did in order to achieve immortality.

However, they and the Crown Princess were trying to find a way to deal with the Queen, trying to stop the Emperor and his wife from refining the Phoenix Gu.

The emperor might have guessed this, so he confessed it to him and tried to keep him in line and not let him do anything that would displease him.

If they insist on stopping the emperor, they will only offend the emperor, and their current peaceful life may no longer exist.

When Chen Changli thought of this, his mood gradually became heavy.

He found it a little difficult to accept the emperor's attitude, but since he didn't know what backup plan the emperor had prepared, he pretended that he hadn't figured it out and lowered his head silently, not letting the emperor see the change in his expression.

"I have failed the Crown Prince's trust, and even more so, I have failed Your Majesty's expectations. Therefore, no matter how Your Majesty wants to punish me, I am willing to accept it." Chen Changli suppressed his complicated emotions and said to the emperor respectfully.

"I will not punish you." The emperor said in a gloomy tone, "As for An Qing and the Queen, I really didn't know before. It was only after I heard you mention the doctor's disappearance that I guessed their plan."

Chen Changli did not respond, and the emperor did not want Chen Changli to respond at this time.

He continued, "Their minds are simple. I also want to figure out something through them, so your actions are very conspicuous in front of me. I want to know your true thoughts."

He emphasized the last few words, looked at Chen Changli steadily, and said meaningfully: "Did you really only think of Lao Ba because of the doctor's missing case?"

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