"I admit, I was momentarily soft-hearted just now. After all, we've been married for so many years, it would be a lie to say there are no feelings left..."

“But if I condone her and plead for her because of this, I will be letting down my parents, the entire He family, and my sister and my niece who have suffered so much all these years!”

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"Wasn't everything she did for me, for my throne?" He Yan smiled bitterly. "Then I'll let her see with her own eyes how I destroy all of this!"

Nie Zhen looked at him with some surprise.

He Yan stood by the window, the cool moonlight casting a silvery glow on him. He raised his hand and slowly removed his crown, his movements solemn and dignified, as if performing some kind of ritual.

"I'm not going to be king anymore."

Nie Zhen was stunned and couldn't say a word.

He Yan smiled gently, a smile of relief, the most genuine smile he had shown in the past twenty years.

No matter what you do now, you can't make up for Helin Yue's loss.

Only by destroying himself, destroying the persona that Jiamin had created, and destroying the throne that she cared about most... could he become a sharp knife and plunge it deep into her heart!

“But Your Majesty…” Nie Zhen’s nose was covered in sweat, “would you like to issue an edict to announce to the world the successor?”

Royal rules are complicated, especially the succession of monarchs, which requires utmost care.

He Yan abdicated, so who will inherit the throne...?

Nie Zhen rolled his eyes and couldn't help but secretly admire his son's good eyesight.

“I will write the imperial edict,” He Yan said in a low voice. “As for the issue of succession, I have also thought it through.”

He touched the jewels on the crown and said, “I will entrust this to the person I trust most. He is the future monarch of Southeast Asia and will surely make the whole country better and better.”

"Your Majesty, who... is he?"

"He Jin".

Nie Zhen was stunned again.

Although He Jin's succession would not do him any harm, his relationship with his daughter-in-law was still a little more distant.