"As the saying goes, better to be a subject of an imperial dynasty than the ruler of a royal dynasty."
"If the Emperor becomes an imperial dynasty's honored guest, his status will rise with the tide. Perhaps he can even borrow the imperial dynasty's fortune to ascend in one stroke to the second level of the Quasi-Saint realm."
"Moreover, an imperial dynasty must have at least five Quasi-Saints to suppress its fortune. Su Tao has no reason to make a move against you, Emperor."
"Besides, Su Tao is ambitious and harbors the heart of a wolf. If he succeeds, then his target will by no means be limited to the Southern Region. At that time, he will need helpers, so there is absolutely no need for Your Majesty to worry about your safety."
"But if Your Majesty remains stubbornly obsessed, then what awaits us will be the Emperor's fall, the dynasty's destruction, and all of us being buried alongside Your Majesty. No one will gain anything from it."
"If we die, to them, it would be no more than the work of a single slap."
"Your Majesty, this old minister has said all he had to say."
"This minister knows that every word I have spoken is a crime of grave disrespect, and any one of them would be enough to exterminate my clan to the tenth degree. Yet this minister still had to speak."
"Your Majesty, whether you wish to kill or carve me up, the decision rests entirely with Your Majesty."
Having said that, the old Prime Minister stood ramrod straight where he was, awaiting the final judgment.
The ministers below were trembling all over.
They knew that after hearing those words, they were finished.
There was no shortage of ministers like them in the dynasty. The Emperor