The Crown Prince Wants to Be Emperor!

He was keeping him around to make a point.

At the very least, he was still the emperor, while the Crown Prince was only the Crown Prince.

But what was this supposed to mean now?

Could it be that he could no longer sit still?

Did he want to take the throne early?

"Tianran? What do you have to say?"

"Are you trying to exonerate that criminal official, Jing Hongchen?!"

Xu Tianran sat in his wheelchair and bowed slightly, his posture respectful, yet his tone was neither servile nor overbearing. "May Imperial Father see clearly."

"Your son is not trying to exonerate Hall Master Hongchen, but to ask Imperial Father to examine every detail."

"The matter of detaining Shrek Academy was not Hall Master Hongchen's unilateral decision!"

"Huo Yuhao of Shrek Academy is suspected of stealing the core technology behind my Mingde Hall's highest secret, the 'Metal Man.' The evidence is conclusive!"

"Shrek Academy has also been secretly harboring remnants of the former dynasty. Those two have sensitive identities, involving the empire's core secrets and the legitimacy of the Imperial Family bloodline. How can they be allowed to remain at large?"

"May Imperial Father see clearly!"

The old emperor laughed in sheer anger.

Are you implying that I've grown muddleheaded with age?

How could he not know about Xu He?

But so what?

In that struggle for the throne, he had won. Even if remnants of the former dynasty were still alive, today's Sun Moon Empire no longer had old officials devoted to protecting the former dynasty.

What could one old Crown Prince possibly do?

Besides, once he was dead, none of these matters would have anything to do with him anymore.

At the very least, while he was still on the throne, absolutely nothing that damaged his wise and