"My health is robust? I wouldn't dare guarantee that. I heard that during the days I was ill, it was the Prime Minister who controlled the court. I must thank the Prime Minister for shouldering my burdens."
Chu Yun sighed. Upon hearing his words, the Prime Minister below immediately dropped to his knees, cold sweat streaming down his entire body.
"Your Majesty is wise and discerning. Your Majesty was unwell some days ago, but a nation cannot go a single day without its ruler. As the Prime Minister of the Golden Crow Empire, at such a time, this servant should step forward and handle some basic state affairs for Your Majesty."
The Prime Minister wiped the cold sweat from his brow, then looked toward the old man in the distance. That old man, like himself, was a Prime Minister of the Golden Crow Empire.
He himself was the Left Prime Minister, while that man was the Right Prime Minister. Since ancient times, the left had been honored above the right.
"Is that so? Then it seems I ought to thank my Left Prime Minister even more."
Chu Yun said with a smile. Then his expression suddenly turned icy beyond measure, and the temperature throughout the great hall plummeted by dozens of degrees.
The ministers within the hall all shuddered, then cautiously raised their heads to look at Chu Yun above them, whose face had turned livid.
"Gentlemen, I am the sovereign of the Golden Crow Empire. My Left Prime Minister is right—a nation cannot go a day without its ruler. But I am not dead yet. What you have all been doing these past days..."
"You should know perfectly well in your own hearts. I am still here, yet you have already thrown things into chaos. If I truly leave