In the unfolding situation, Carson spat out curses and touched his forehead.
Soon, he lifted his head and glared at the emperor with eyes mixed with resentment. However, the emperor turned away from Carson. As the emperor fled as if escaping, his knights pushed Carson, making their way outside.
Noah, unable to follow the situation, stood with wide-open eyes, forced to be pushed away by the knights.
“We will escort you, Your Highness.”
One of them, who seemed to be the leader of the knights, stepped forward and spoke, eliciting the sound of Carson biting and spitting out his lips.
“I will go to the Imperial Palace.”
“I will uphold the decree.”
As if bowing down as if he had been his subordinate from the beginning, Carson grimaced where he was and hurried his steps.
The emperor was not in the reception room or the office. He was in a bedroom on the second floor of the imperial palace. It was a place where the beautiful view of the palace spread outside the balcony.
While Carson wandered around looking for his son, the emperor sat leisurely on the balcony. He was already in a state of having had a drink.
“Why did you do that?”
Despite the abrupt questioning, the emperor remained silent.
“Your Majesty!”
“Care for a drink?”
The emperor pointed to the seat opposite him, asking.
“Why did you engage in such behavior? Aren’t you asking about it?”
“The sunset seen from here is splendid. Won’t the sun set if we wait a bit longer?”
Carson momentarily closed his eyes with a dizzy feeling.
Unbeknownst to himself, he found himself swept into the midst of a storm. Dangling on a cliff without a rope, he got caught in the whirlwind of an unforeseen war, with no personal grudge.
“Your Majesty!”
“Stay calm, my son.”
“Calm? Are you saying that now? It’s a question of why you did such a thing.”
“I’ve always wanted this to happen.”
Carson, blasphemously, laughed as if he found it amusing.
“You always wanted that? Was there really a day like that?”
“Don’t you know everything about your father’s heart?”
“Be honest.”
In response to the sharp words, the emperor made a sound, putting down his glass. The golden cups, shining in the same color, stared at each other.
“What more can I be honest about here? I chose my eighth son, not the second son of the empress. It’s my unique authority, and as long as you are my son, you must accept it as a prince.”
“Are you saying that you make such a significant decision without any consultation?”
“Well, should I have consulted with you? You would have told me to do as I please.”
“Father!”
It was the first time he called him “father.” Hearing the angry voice of his enraged son, the emperor laughed in dismay.
“Yes, I am your father. What did you promise to Empress Anthony when she asked you to pledge allegiance? The land of Landhill? So, are you willingly giving up that land?”
“If not, should I go into exile as a defector, turning the crime of rebellion upside down?”
The emperor shook his head tremblingly, looking up at his son.
“If you hand over one piece of land this time, what will you give next time? If it goes smoothly like this now, will it be okay next time? Who knows what the empress will ask for next time!”
“How did someone who knew so well endure it all this time? Why! Why are you telling me to do what you couldn’t do until now, Father?”
His father’s mouth shut tight. What could a father who called his son incompetent say to a child who truly lacked ability?
“You are different from me.”
It was a laborious statement, but it did not move Carson’s heart.
“Until now, everyone was my child, and I couldn’t help it. But not anymore. I realized that making you emperor is the way to save everyone.”
Carson couldn’t say anything to the self-centered emperor until the end.
“I don’t want to lose any more of my children. When Anthony becomes the crown prince, soon all the remaining princes and princesses will die. And eventually, you will die too. But if you become the emperor, only Anthony will die.”
Carson tilted his head up toward the sky that did not drop anything. As if a downpour had poured down, a chill ran through his body.
“Moreover, you have achieved merit. As you know, among the nobles who expanded their territories in the Keynes Empire, priority is given to the succession rank in the imperial family. So the nobles will support and come forward for you.”
The emperor did not expand the territory of Monstera to become the emperor. However, there was not a single wrong thing in the emperor’s words. Carson was simply amazed at it.
“There is no choice for me, and no choice for you.”
The emperor lost too many children to plague and rebellion. If even a mouse is cornered, it will attack the cat. Moreover, if it’s a cat that has been killing its own kittens, it is an unbearable thing to see. Thinking about it, it was such a natural result.
So, the emperor put forward a pawn to protect his children in his place. Why didn’t Carson anticipate that the emperor would reach such a conclusion in advance?
“So, you become the emperor.”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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