novelraw Chapter 826 - 804: Identity
Chapter 826 - 804: Identity
The King of Sannan’s face turned red with anger, "Mr. Gu, do you mean that if I don’t surrender to Beining, I am the criminal of Sannan? Do you really intend to flatten Sannan?"
"The King of Sannan is mistaken. I am merely stating the facts. Put yourself in their shoes; if I were the families of the Sannan soldiers, what would I think?" Mr. Gu remained calm and unruffled, unperturbed by the king’s harsh tone. In terms of verbal sparring, the people of Honglu Temple are actually the true experts.
"The families of Sannan only think of their husbands, their sons as heroes, fighting to protect Sannan. Even if they die on the battlefield, it is their pride!"
"Ah, if that’s how you see it, there’s nothing I can do about it." Mr. Gu shrugged, unwilling to argue with the King of Sannan. Indeed, from the standpoint of his own country, soldiers who die on the battlefield are heroes, which he cannot refute.
Xie Jue spoke calmly, "I have provided the King of Sannan with a third option. I wonder what the king’s choice will be. Will he choose to be Beining’s ally or Beining’s enemy? There is still time for negotiation, no rush. We can take our time to discuss. I, Xie Jue, am here in Mudan City. Whether I live or die is a matter for the King of Sannan to decide."
"You are a direct heir of the Sannan Royal Family, more important than my life. Sanna has a fourth path. I could abdicate, returning the throne to the rightful heir of Sannan."
Mr. Gu, "..."
Could there really be such a good thing?
Given our prince’s indulgence of his brother, are you serious about offering the throne to him?
"I have no interest in your throne!" Xie Jue coldly rejected the King of Sannan.
"No, no, no! Your Highness, you can still show interest!" Mr. Gu’s eyes gleamed with calculations almost leaping onto Xie Jue’s face. How could he not see Mr. Gu’s intentions?
The High Priest said, "The Priest Court has the same idea. Back when the princess wandered to Beining, we searched for her extensively but in vain. Thus, we selected a king from the royal clan to temporarily fill the role. We have never ceased searching for the princess—to find her alive, to see her ghost if deceased. Now that the princess’s bloodline endures, she rightly should be the king of Sannan. Upon confirming Your Highness’s identity, the Priest Court agrees for Your Highness to ascend the throne again."
The King of Sannan’s face turned deathly pale, as if his dignity and pride were ruthlessly stripped and trampled by the High Priest, leaving him in agony!
Mr. Gu hadn’t expected the discord between their royal family and the priests to be real. Truly great news; wouldn’t the prince’s enthronement be unimpeded?
"Why, as a dignified prince of the Yuwen Dynasty, should I come to Sannan to be a king? You say I am of the princess’s bloodline, so I am. But if one day you refuse to acknowledge it, what can I do? Whether it is true or not, it is just a matter of your words." Xie Jue said mockingly, "I have already thought of how you will handle the talks with Beining: acknowledge my bloodline from the Sannan Royal Family, transfer the throne to me, then in a few years release rumors questioning my identity, and you rightfully take back Sannan. This flower-shifting tactic isn’t clever. Taking this throne might mean a short life. It’s not exactly a treasure trove; who would be interested?"
"Your Highness, the Priest Court acknowledges your identity and will never go back on it."
"You might not repent today, but will your mind change tomorrow? When I was in the Yuwen Dynasty, I never intended to rebel, to push my brother to become the emperor. Yet, didn’t I eventually rebel? With the passage of time, all promises can be broken, all rites and rules can be undone. No one alive can prove my bloodline purity; if you can say it is, you can also say it isn’t. Why should I trust you?" Xie Jue appeared extremely indifferent, devoid of any emotion.