LOVE OR DESTINY
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The next day, Yi Huai went to see the Emperor. But when the Emperor asked if Yi Huai was going to see him, Yi Huai instead said that he still had to wait for someone first.
The Queen Mother came shortly afterwards. The Emperor asked if the Queen Mother had come here. The Queen Mother was surprised, wasn't it the King who called her here to discuss important matters?
Yi Huai suddenly knelt down and asked to be punished on the grounds that he forged a royal decree today to make the Queen Mother come here. The Queen Mother immediately grumbled in annoyance and the Emperor asked why Yi Huai was making such a fuss today.
Dramatically Yi Huai reasoned that he had intentionally done so because the Queen Mother misunderstood him. The Queen Mother must have thought that she was the one who attacked Lian Cheng.
He doesn't care about other people. But he couldn't stand the misunderstanding in the family.
Therefore, in order to clear his name, in order to protect brotherly relations and family members, Yi Huai asked the Emperor to remove him from the position of Crown Prince and give it to Lian Cheng.
Everyone was clearly shocked to hear that. The Emperor immediately snapped at him angrily, just so he could say something irresponsible. Crowning the Crown Prince is very important. Go and reflect on his mistakes.
The Queen Mother agreed with Yi Huai's removal from the position of Crown Prince and advised the Emperor to obey Yi Huai's will. The Emperor refused and warned the Queen Mother not to bring up the matter again.
Yi Huai suddenly took out a sword and stuck it to his own neck, insistent on forcing the Emperor to lower him from the position of Crown Prince. If the Emperor did not allow it, then he would have no face to go on living. Better he just die.
The emperor was so upset, why did Yi Huai have to force him? The Queen Mother was more astonished by the Emperor's attitude, why the Emperor was insistent on refusing Yi Huai's request. Better he convert Lian Cheng, it will satisfy everyone.
The emperor refused, "Cheng'er will not be able to take the throne!"
Yi Huai secretly smiled cunningly. He already knew what the reason was because yesterday the Demon King told him a secret.
Lian Cheng was the favorite grandson of the previous Emperor. So the previous Emperor must have left a will that said Lian Cheng's life would not be long. (What?! Is that the meaning of the poem he left behind?)
The Emperor confided to the Queen Mother that before the previous Emperor left, he told her a secret. "Cheng'er won't live more than 25 years."
Shock, the Queen Mother immediately drowned and covered in tears. The Emperor admitted that he initially hoped it was not true. But when Ayahanda told him, he was very serious.
The Emperor did not know how his father could have known that. But they both knew that the previous Emperor was indeed an unpredictable person. He won't talk carelessly.
The emperor took the sword from Yi Huai's hand. "I know you're suffering. But the Dong Yue government could not change its ruler that easily. For the sake of long-term goals, only you can bear this great responsibility."
Yi Huai said that he regretted his mistake today and promised to work harder in the future for Dong Yue and 8th Brother.
Eunuch Li led out the Empress Dowager who was still limp. But then, Yi Huai stopped him on the grounds that there was something important he had to say.
He claimed that he had a way to save Lian Cheng's life. Of course his words successfully attracted the attention of the Queen Mother.
