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EPISODE 123 THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A KING

"According to the two of you, who should replace His Majesty as king of Yanzhie?"

Xiao Yi's question made Prince Chyou and Prince Yaoshan instantly exchange looks at each other.

The two princes who were both instigated to become kings could not hide the happy and worried look.

"Become king?" prince Yaoshan stuttered, then his eyes were directed towards His Highness Yan Yue, their elder brother, who was sitting unmoved in his place. His expression remained the same as before, turning a faint smile without any kind of words justifying or refuting.

"Yes, be king, lead this great country." Xiao Yi replied with a sinless smile.

"Of course only Big Brother Yue deserves to be king." prince Chyou replied quickly, he did not want to get caught up in the atmosphere so as to stir up prejudice that led to suspicion towards him.

"Your Majesty seems to have grown tired of taking care of all the things that are always related to the crowd. Even to make time for the two of us is so hard to find time." Xiao Yi's voice was similar to a complaint.

"Who of you is worthy to replace me?" His Majesty then spoke up. He was really curious about Xiao Yi's plans for these two younger siblings.

"Prince Chyou, do you think Prince Yaoshan deserves to be king?" xiao Yi asked suddenly.

Prince Chyou was stunned, that question was truly trapping. If he answered yes, then perhaps the position would belong to Yaoshan, but if he answered himself, he was worried then His Majesty would judge him greedy and unworthy of his place.

The young prince who was only two years adrift of His Majesty fell silent, he chose not to answer, considering his attitude wise.

"A king should not hesitate to judge and decide. If, a king becomes worried then how is the fate of the government." Xiao Yi's words were like telling a story, flowing just like that.

"I think I'm better able to take on this responsibility than Brother Chyou." Yaoshan replied, feeling himself in the wind due to the doubtful attitude of Prince Chyou.

"Why do you feel you're more capable? One must have even more special aptitude, if he feels more capable than others."

His Majesty smiled inwardly glancing at Xiao Yi who was as if talking to his friend, but still showed his authority as their brother-in-law.

As the real king he should have talked more with his brothers, but he was eager to see where his concubine made the two ambitious spoiled princes understand that being king was not easy.

"I.i.m..." Prince Yaoshan stuttered in search of the right answer but he now felt trapped in his own.

"Because I'm smarter and firmer than big brother Chyou!" he replied then quickly and confidently, he remembered that the queen mother had told him this, that he deserved more to be king because of those two advantages.

The answer made Prince Chyou's face become as red as a meihua flower, his teeth grinding in offense, as if his sister was saying that he was a fool and plan.

"Who said this?" Xiao Yi asked as he frowned.

"That's not my own opinion, this is according to the queen mother!" Prince Yan Yaoshan defended himself, uncomfortable with the fury that radiated in the eyes of prince Yan Chyou, he was unwilling to be considered to give any judgment to himself.

Prince Chyou bought with a surprised look to prince Yaoshan, showing how troubled he was with his sister's answer.

"Suri's mother also said, I deserve to be king more, because I'm more careful and intelligent."Prince Chyou said with a voice.

"According to the queen mother?"

That their big mouth has ensnared them in trouble.

And what was more made them feel equally foolish, while proudly uttering all the flattery of the queen mother, the same person who promised them the position of king after overthrowing His Majesty Yan Yue.

"If the queen mother says so, does she want to raise two kings for one kingdom? Or did the queen mother want to divide the two Yanzhi kingdoms for two governments?" Xiao Yi's question that was joined with a small laugh seemed so amused by his own question like a slap on the two princes' faces.

Now, they realized that there was something wrong in the queen mother's plan, it was certainly impossible for the two of them to be kings together if His Majesty had been deposed because the dragon throne was only one, indeed, unless they both fight it.

If they were fighting over it, wouldn't they have to succumb to one or kill each other to get to that position?

Prince Yaoshan looked at Prince Chyou alternately with the two people sitting quietly across the dining table.

"Easim chen, bring these would-be kings to the king's duties for tomorrow morning in Guangli's hall."

Xiao Yi smiled slightly, letting the two princes still sink into suspicion of each other, even though they did not dare to reveal it blatantly.

Eunuch Chen who was standing in the corner of the room stared momentarily at His Majesty in a slight daze. But the nod of His Majesty's head made the eunuch immediately stirred up to pick up a stack of paper rolls from the reading table behind the bulkhead wall that almost made his face invisible because of so much.

Xiao Yi gestured for Eunuch Chen to place it on the floor.

"This is a report letter from the nine Yanzhi regions, as well as various records of cases and problems that His Majesty must solve tomorrow morning in the Guangli hall. And as kings, you must read and study it before you close your eyes, so that tomorrow you may take appropriate and even just action and decision for every matter."

Prince Chyou and prince Yaoshan were instantly dumbfounded at the mountainous paper scroll.

Prince Yaoshan bravely and convincingly took one scroll and opened it, then his head became ill upon seeing the reports of drought and famine in the southern part of Yanzhi. Ask the government to send help.

On another paper the eastern border region was attacked by a small kingdom this demanded the king's response to military shipping, while the area was also bordered by the sea which was periodically targeted by pirates.

Prince Yaoshan, who only knew about the pleasure, could not think of what he could do.

As well as Prince Chyou, he did like to read rhymes and write calligraphy, all the art stuff he could possibly master but to become a leader, he suddenly doubted himself.

"There's still some more, should I get it?" Eunuch Chen asked in confusion.

His Majesty shook his head and coded for eunuch Chen to retreat.

"It is the duty of a king, not just to sit still on the throne. To sleep even a king never really sleeps, because if you are careless then you will wake up in the state of your country has been scattered formless. This kind of responsibility, who can bear it?"

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