The De Emperor stared at the Xuan Emperor and said coldly, "So Father Emperor has heard that Ning Chen took the northern frontier pass and occupied Mangzhou!"

The Xuan Emperor said nothing. He had indeed heard!

He said softly, "When it comes to hypocrisy, Ning Chen is no match for you... But in strategy, in leading an army into battle, you are no match for Ning Chen at all.

My child, abdicate. Stop this fighting... The men being lost are all soldiers of our Great Xuan.

The states around us are eyeing us like tigers. If you and Ning Chen fight each other to the death, someone else will reap the benefit... Ning Chen was never your enemy!"

The Xuan Emperor was heartbroken, and deeply disappointed.

He had always taught the De Emperor with such care, hoping he would become a wise and benevolent ruler.

But those two wretches, the Left Chancellor and the Empress, had led the De Emperor astray and made him into a sinister hypocrite.

The De Emperor's face was dark and ugly. "Abdicate? Father Emperor... Should the realm of the Great Xuan that our ancestors won be handed to someone else on a plate? The realm of the Great Xuan belongs to the Zhang family, not the Ning family."

The Xuan Emperor sighed and said with great weight, "The way things stand now, without Ning Chen, how long could the realm of the Great Xuan hold out?

As long as the realm of the Great Xuan stands firm, the name it bears doesn't matter... If the realm comes down in a heap, no name will save it."

The De Emperor's eyes were ice cold. He roared, "The realm of the Great Xuan was won by my Zhang family. Even if it comes down in a heap, it will be destroyed by a man of the Zhang family... What is Ning Chen? Does he deserve to sit on the throne?"

The Xuan Emperor flew into a rage. "You wretch! Do you mean to destroy with your own hands the realm our ancestors won? Will you watch the…