The sky becomes dark and bright again.

The Imperial Guards changed their shifts at the hour of Mao, and those guarding outside Zichen were all Su Yuntian's men.

Su Yu slowly opened his eyes, everything in front of him was blurry. He couldn't remember how long he had slept, he just felt his body was terribly numb.

"Jin~" Su Yu wanted to call Jinzhong to get him some water, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he found that his throat felt as if it was cut by a sharp knife.

"Father, would you like some water?" Su Yu closed his eyes and took a short rest. Suddenly, a voice sounded in his ears.

Su Yu slowly opened his eyes, looked at the shadow approaching him dully, and asked doubtfully: "Yi'er?"

The shadow's body paused for a moment before slowly standing up.

Suddenly, a cold laugh sounded. "Father, I have been guarding your bedside for the past month since you were unconscious. But when you woke up, you called out someone else's name. This really chilled me."

Su Yu called out again dully: "Yuntian?"

"Yes, I am your son." Su Yuntian answered respectfully.

During the time that Su Yu was in a coma, his consciousness was confused and he felt groggy all day long. There was always someone around him who said disrespectful words to him, sometimes accusing him of being decisive in killing, sometimes complaining about his partiality, and even scolding him for abandoning his wife and governing unjustly.

He was eager to wake up and order people to drag out the man who was talking nonsense and execute him. As the king of Dongyue, how could he allow others to make irresponsible comments?

However, no matter how hard he tried, no matter how he shouted at the top of his lungs in the dark world, he could never wake up from his deep sleep.

He could only silently endure the rebellious words spoken to him by the people around him every day.

He always thought to himself that if he continued to sleep like this, sooner or later he would be angered to death by the people around him.

Now when he heard Su Yuntian's voice, which was exactly the same as the voice of the man in his dream, he knew that the person who cursed him was Su Yuntian.

Su Yu half-closed his eyes, turned his head and looked in the direction of Su Yuntian and said, "For the past month, the person who has been by my side and said those treasonous words to me, turned out to be you?"

"Yes, it's my son."

Su Yuntian answered truthfully, and did not think there was anything wrong with it. He even asked Su Yu, "Father, do you think there is anything wrong with what I said?"

Su Yu did not answer Su Yuntian immediately. This kind of Su Yuntian was both strange and familiar to him.

He was surprised that his eldest son, whom he always thought would obey him, would openly show his rebelliousness.

However, Su Yuntian, who was so rebellious and cold-blooded, was somewhat similar to him when he was fighting for the throne.

Su Yu closed his eyes, and the two were speechless for a moment, as if they were waiting for the other to speak first.

After a long time, when Su Yu felt that his eyes were no longer dry and his throat was no longer tight and painful when swallowing, he opened his eyes again.

Su Yu's eyes suddenly regained clarity, but when he looked at Su Yuntian, there was no expression on his face.

"I know you have always been ambitious, but I thought you would be self-aware and know your own identity!"

Su Yuntian raised his lips slightly and said with a smile: "It is because I know my own identity that I know that as your son, I should have the right to inherit the throne."

"However, it seems that you, Father, have forgotten your own identity first, and that I was once your proud eldest son! You only have the Su Yi siblings in your eyes. Have you ever looked at your son straight in the eye?"

Su Yu stared at Su Yuntian with icy eyes, as if he was in the cold. He said sternly, "You hate me for not giving up the throne to you, so you are so cruel to me?"

"Then father, do you think I should hate you?" Su Yuntian asked back, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

Su Yu's voice was hoarse: "You should know that I can sit on the throne, it is inseparable from the help of Yi'er's mother's family. If it weren't for the support of Yi'er's mother's family, the Southern Shu Kingdom, I'm afraid I would have died at the hands of your uncles, how could you and I be here today?"

"So, what's wrong with me passing the throne to Yi'er? Besides, Yi'er's maternal grandfather has no offspring, and the throne of Southern Shu will sooner or later fall into Yi'er's hands. By then, Yi'er will be able to rule Dongyue and Southern Shu together, and our Dongyue will be strong for generations and will be invincible forever."

Su Yuntian laughed softly, and that laughter was like a biting cold wind, making people shudder.

"They are all your sons. Since Su Yi already has the Southern Shu Kingdom, why can't your father give Dongyue to your son? Moreover, how can your father know that after I inherit the Eastern Yue Kingdom, I won't be able to annex Southern Shu as well?"

Su Yu responded coldly: "You can't do it! With the current strength of our Dongyue Kingdom, we can't compete with Nanshu Kingdom at all. Even if I give Dongyue Kingdom to you now, you want to attack Nanshu Kingdom, but it's just like hitting a rock with an egg!"

"What if I team up with Kitazaki?"

Su Yuntian smiled, but his eyes were sharp as a knife. He looked at Su Yu and said softly. When Su Yu looked at Su Yuntian's crazy smile, he seemed to wake up from a dream, as if struck by lightning. He looked at Su Yuntian with astonishment.

Su Yuntian looked at Su Yu in front of him, and a sense of pleasure arose in his heart. "Father, why do you look at me in such surprise? To be honest, when I was sent to Beiqi as an envoy, I reached an agreement with their old emperor. When I succeed in ascending the throne, I will cede the three prefectures and counties near Yanmen Pass to Beiqi."

Su Yuntian smiled at Su Yu and continued in a contemptuous tone: "The condition is that they help me seize the Southern Shu Kingdom."

Su Yu was so angry that his chest heaved violently and his breathing became rapid, "Rebellious son!"

"Hahaha..." Su Yuntian laughed wildly, "When it comes to rebellious sons, I am ashamed to say that I am not as good as your beloved Su Yi. Not only does he disdain you, he also shamelessly harbors evil intentions towards his sister-in-law! He dares to do such a thing that goes against human ethics. What else can he be but a rebellious son?"

Thinking of Su Yi and Mu Jin, the smile on Su Yuntian's face gradually disappeared.

"I have respected you since I was young. I dare not ask for your favoritism. I only ask that you be fair to me. Perhaps I and my father would not have come to this point today."

"However, you have disappointed me time and time again. Over the years, no matter what you asked me to do, I did it without hesitation, and did everything you asked me to do to the best of my ability!"

"But you didn't even give me a chance to compete fairly with Su Yi. You didn't even consider my face and self-esteem, allowing Ah Jin to divorce me and make me the laughing stock of the world!"

"Since my father is unwilling to pass the throne to me, I will do everything I can to seize it myself!"

Su Yu's eyes were as big as copper bells, and he shouted angrily: "So, what do you want to do now?"

Su Yuntian said slowly, "Father, you and I are father and son after all. I only hope that everything will be perfect and you can leave in peace."

"Your Majesty, it's almost time." A voice suddenly sounded, interrupting the conversation between father and son.

Su Yu looked in the direction of the voice and saw Nangong Ce bowing to Su Yuntian.

Su Yu stared at Nangong Ce intently, then turned his head, his body trembling with anger, and questioned Su Yuntian, "I didn't expect that he had always been yours."

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