"Tea... Teacher! What... what did you just say?"
The fire that had suddenly flared in Li Tai's eyes quickly dimmed again. Unable to hold himself back, he asked Qing Mo to confirm it once more.
"I said, you two—do you want to become Emperor?!"
Seeing the disbelief written all over Li Tai and Li Ke's faces, Qing Mo calmly repeated his question.
Hearing those words from Qing Mo's own mouth again, Li Tai's breathing instantly grew ragged. His hands clenched into fists without his realizing it, his knuckles turning white!
Although Li Ke was equally stunned, he quickly regained his composure. His gaze remained locked on Qing Mo before him, trying to determine whether this question was some kind of test aimed at the two of them.
After all, everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew that the Immortal National Preceptor standing before them was the Crown Prince's greatest supporter!
To put it bluntly, since he was Crown Prince Li Chengqian's teacher, Li Chengqian was destined to become the Tang Dynasty's Emperor in the future!
That was the understanding shared by everyone in the Tang Dynasty!
But...?
But why would he ask the two of them—princes who had originally had no connection to the throne—whether they wanted to become Emperor?
That was the Emperor's throne!
The seat of the Nine-Five Supreme!
Absolute supremacy!
If they said they did not want it, that would definitely be a lie!
No one could truly refuse the temptation of becoming Emperor!
It had always been so, from ancient times to the present!
Though the two of them knew full well that they were surely fated to have no chance at that position!
But... but people always had fantasies, didn't they?
Li Ke aside—his mother was Consort Yang, and carrying the bloodline of the previous dynasty,