Long Live the Emperor, Minus Me (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 114

“Knowing that child harbored the intent to bring about the empire’s downfall, did you still act as you did?”

His Majesty silently gazed at my face in response to my question.

“I just said a moment ago that we needed to talk.”

“Yes, you did.”

“Then stop testing me and just ask outright. After all, you can’t be certain—you’ve only read about that child’s deeds in historical records.”

He was right.

Normally, I wouldn’t leave suspicions unresolved, yet even after reading the imperial annals, I’d kept my doubts about Yoo Hyun Yi unresolved for over ten years—because everything in those records was condensed.

I believed that child was capable of far better.

I thought the position of chancellor suited that child’s talents more than that of general.

There were moments when I felt better choices might have existed.

It struck me as suspicious that less than a year after that child’s death, the very friend they cherished most in life launched the first rebellion.

For this reason, I became consumed by the suspicion that perhaps all this wasn’t mere incompetence but intentional—yet I couldn’t be sure.

I might have lost objectivity and overestimated Yoo Hyun Yi. There could have been other reasons for choosing the general’s post over the chancellor’s.

There might have been unrecorded circumstances that left no other option.

Perhaps that child simply failed to recognize the seeds of treason.

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