"Chen Lian, tell , what exactly is General Wei thinking?"
"Can I still trust the Wei Family?"
"Also, will the Wei Family still trust as they always have?"
Faced with this series of questions from Emperor Xia, Chen Lian felt like crying.
He couldn’t answer a single one of these questions.
What is Wei Huo thinking?
This question, except for Mr. Wei Huo himself, no one could possibly guess.
As for the trust issue between the Wei Family and Emperor Xia, Chen Lian absolutely dared not speak carelessly.
"Your Majesty, how would I know the answers to these questions?"
These questions are all critical issues.
Emperor Xia looked at Chen Lian, his expression slightly serious, and said, "If you were a mber of the Wei Family, would you trust ?"
"Your Majesty, if I were a mber of the Wei Family, then, of course, I would trust Your Majesty completely!"
How to answer such a question, unless one is a fool, no one would not know the answer.
However, therein lies the problem.
The people of the Wei Family are not Chen Lian.
Emperor Xia was very clear about this.
Chen Lian had complete trust in him, but the people of the Wei Family were different.
In other words, the Wei Family could no longer have complete trust in Emperor Xia.
"Ultimately, things cannot return to how they used to be!"
Emperor Xia was genuinely in a bad mood.
"Mother, you truly hard others deeply!"
Although the Empress Dowager had already passed away, whenever Emperor Xia thought of the huge pit she had dug for him, he couldn’t help but feel a rising resentnt.
While blaming the Empress Dowager, he naturally thought of the Wei Family.
If the Wei Family were not so assertive, the Empress Dowager would not have hung herself.
In a certain sense, between him and the Wei Family, there was the enmity of a mother’s death.
Such hatred was indeed too great!
"Indeed, it still won’t work!"
Even though Mr. Wei Huo chose to retire, Emperor Xia couldn’t help but think more and resent the Wei Family.
This is not right!
"It is ti and fate!"
Realizing that he couldn’t ignore all this, Emperor Xia understood that he must abdicate.
Otherwise, sooner or later, he would be unable to resist taking action against the Wei Family.
If he really did that, the Wei Family could no longer act as the pillar supporting Daxia. Moreover, the Wei Family might beco the grave-digger of Daxia.
"Chen Lian, how many years have you served ?"
"Your Majesty, I have served you for twenty-seven years, eight months, and fifteen days!"
Chen Lian’s answer included the specific number of days.
"You are indeed thoughtful!"
Emperor Xia sighed, "I am tired, exhausted; from now on, find a place with to enjoy a leisurely life!"
"Your Majesty, you...?!"
Chen Lian heard Emperor Xia previously ntion the Competition Law.
Later, because of Mr. Wei Huo’s voluntary retirent, Chen Lian thought Emperor Xia had given up on promoting the Competition Law, never expecting that Emperor Xia had not intended to change his mind at all.
"I am, after all, just an ordinary person!"
"Clearly, all the mistakes were the Empress Dowager’s, yet I still couldn’t help but bla the Wei Family."
"If I continue being emperor, then, sooner or later, I will take action against the Wei Family. If I really do that, then either the Wei Family and Daxia perish together, or the Wei Family becos the grave-digger of Daxia."
"I cannot, for the sake of my own selfish desires, destroy Daxia’s mountains and rivers and let Daxia’s millions of people fall into the chaos of war."
As an emperor, Emperor Xia was competent.
"..."
Chen Lian opened his mouth, looking at Emperor Xia, ultimately hesitant to speak.
...
The next day, just after Wei Huo had arranged all the matters large and small of the Wei Family, he received the edict from the imperial court.
Emperor Xia would reactivate Daxia’s Competition Law, allowing all royal family mbers, regardless of rank and background, to compete for the throne.
Anyone aspiring to inherit the throne could participate, and whoever passed the three tests of the Competition Law could beco a candidate for Crown Prince, judged by a designated examiner after serving in the Six Ministries.
The designated examiner would consist of the old mbers of the royal family and the older generation of the Wei Family.
As for who these examiners were, no one knew except for Emperor Xia.
"Father, does this an you don’t have to go to the Hanhai Desert anymore?"
Knowing that Emperor Xia had reactivated the Competition Law, Wei Dingjiang was in high spirits and eagerly sought out Mr. Wei.
Unfortunately, Wei Dingjiang did not receive the old man’s approval but instead got a swift kick.
"You brat, since you were little, I have taught you that the most important thing is to keep your word!"
"In all the world, trust and honor co first!"
"A person without trust cannot stand!"
"Since I said I would retire, I must retire!"
Wei Huo gave a firm and resolute response.
Wei Dingjiang was displeased and said, "Father, my uncle is soon not going to be the emperor, so why are you still leaving? Isn’t this a lose-lose situation?"
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