The new emperor shook his head and said softly, "Father Emperor, it isn't that your child can't tolerate him. He's the one who took away your child's dignity as emperor.

All he has to do is hand over the command. He'll still be the Great Xuan's renowned Prince Who Holds the Realm."

The Xuan Emperor's face was full of disappointment. He sighed deeply. "Father Emperor has always believed he knew men and used them well all his life, but in the end he never saw through you.

I can tell you this: you've made the wrong move! The real threat to the Great Xuan has never been Ning Chen. It's the people with ulterior motives."

The new emperor wasn't listening to anything now. All he wanted was the command.

"Father Emperor, have Ning Chen hand over the command... We're brothers. Your child doesn't want brothers turning on each other in front of Father Emperor. Father Emperor has seen it himself. This isn't your child's wish alone. It's what the ministers want."

The Xuan Emperor's face darkened. "And if he won't hand it over? Will you kill him?"

The new emperor shook his head and dropped to his knees with a thud. "The mighty Prince Who Holds the Realm, with power that reaches the sky? How could an emperor with no real power, like me, kill him?

Father Emperor, if Ning Chen won't hand over the command today, then I beg Father Emperor to kill me... Your child would rather die than be a puppet emperor!"

The Xuan Emperor's face changed abruptly, shock mixed with anger. "Are you threatening this emperor?"

The new emperor looked up at the Xuan Emperor, his voice a little shrill. "Father Emperor passed the throne to me but gave the command to Ning Chen... Now the common people of the Great Xuan know only the Prince Who Holds the Realm. Who's going to remember me, the new sovereign?

Better not to be emperor at all than to be a useless emperor with no real power... Father Emperor, either kill your child today and pass the throne…