"Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince is asking for an audience outside the palace. " Liu Gong opened the side door of the royal study and came in, reporting to Zhai Yuan who was sitting on the dragon chair resting with his head supported by his hands.

Zhai Yuan put down the big palms he was holding on his temples and heard that Zhai Xiyou was here. He was quite surprised why he came to the imperial study to look for him.

Nowadays, as long as the emperor does not summon the prince to discuss matters in the imperial study, the prince rarely visits the imperial study.

The relationship between the prince and the emperor became increasingly tense, which also worried the officials in the court who were loyal to the country.

His Highness the Crown Prince has extraordinary abilities, and all the ministers in the court are willing to look forward to the Crown Prince ascending the throne in the future and leading the Shengtian Dynasty back to its prosperous age.

The emperor's health is getting worse and worse. Even the common people have received the news that the emperor has consumption and cough, and they are increasingly worried about the emperor.

Everyone hopes that the prince can supervise the country. Even if Emperor Jian'an still sits on the throne, the sovereignty of national affairs should be in the hands of the prince. The prince can handle affairs more comprehensively and efficiently than the emperor!

It's not that Zhai Yuan doesn't know what the government and the people are thinking. He also understands that his body has reached the stage of exhaustion. Sooner or later, this throne will belong to You'er. When he heard the rumors that the sovereignty would change hands, Zhai Yuan was not particularly angry.

Looking at the government and the public, the development of the dynasty that Emperor Jian'an sat on in the early period was something that none of the previous emperors could achieve. However, after Emperor Jian'an entered middle age, the development of the dynasty gradually stagnated, so that it even regressed in the later period.

After rising and then falling back, this is a fact that the people and officials of the Shengtian Dynasty cannot accept!

"Let him come in." Zhai Yuan paused for a moment, then waved his sleeves and asked Eunuch Liu to call the prince in.

"Yes!" After receiving the order, Eunuch Liu immediately turned around and invited the prince in who was waiting outside the imperial study.

After Zhai Xiyou followed Eunuch Liu into the palace, Eunuch Liu looked at the emperor and withdrew.

"You'er, what do you want from your father?" Zhai Yuan braced himself, but his face still looked a little haggard.

Zhai Xiyou stood under the desk, holding a stack of papers in his left hand and several scrolls in his right hand. "Father, I have something that I need to discuss with my father."

"What's the matter?" Zhai Yuan noticed the scroll in Zhai Xiyou's hand and didn't know what the content on the wall was.

Zhai Xiyou coughed slightly and asked: "Father, if we can take the initiative, will you choose to attack Lu Batian first?"

Recently, Lu Batian's soldiers and horses have been stationed in the capital. It has been more than a month. Zhai Yuan has been unable to sleep day and night. It is because of such a big threat outside the imperial power center that Zhai Yuan's already injured body is getting worse and worse.

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After listening to Zhai Xiyou's question, Zhai Yuan did not say anything immediately. His haggard old face sank, as if he was thinking about something.

"Father, our dynasty's military strength is fully capable of resisting Lu Batian's soldiers and horses, as well as the threat of the barbarians wandering in the eastern border of our dynasty!"

Zhai Yuan frowned. In the past, he desperately wanted to kill Lu Batian, but how could it be so easy to kill him?

"What are you still worried about, father?"

Zhai Yuan looked up at Zhai Xiyou and said worriedly: "It's not just Lu Batian's soldiers and horses, but also the barbarians. In addition to the barbarians, there is also a Miao Curse clan threatening us... No, it's not just that. Don't forget that Zhai Xiying is there.

Lu Youruo!"

In Zhai Yuan's mind, Zhai Xiying and Lu Youruo were also working against him. Once the dynasty was in danger, they would definitely get involved and kill the dynasty, and then take the opportunity to take away Youer's future.

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