Zhao Gou said, "Don't think too much, just be a good King of Liao."

Zhao Chen suddenly raised his head, his gaze intense, and said, "I don't want to be the King of Liao!"

Zhao Gou pretended not to know anything: "Then what do you want to do? Become a general?"

"I am the eldest prince, and I am the Duke of Chongguo, personally appointed by the Emperor Emeritus. According to the order of seniority, I should be the crown prince. I am already twenty-two years old this year!"

"Brother Chen, you're drunk."

"I'm not drunk, I'm just speaking from the heart!"

"Uncle Kang, tell me, why hasn't Father named me Crown Prince? Is it because he wants to wait until I've cured Xianzhou?"

Zhao Gou looked at him with an almost pitying gaze, and after a moment shook his head and smiled, "Zhao Chun is always by Your Majesty's side."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Chen's forehead veins bulged, and his eyes filled with resentment: "Zhao Chun is only five years old! What does he know! A country cannot be without a crown prince for a single day!"

"But the Emperor is indeed grooming him to be the heir apparent."

I don't believe it.

"I hope I'm wrong."

Zhao Chen was trembling all over. He had actually suspected this all along, but he didn't dare to face it.

When I returned to Tokyo this time and heard people say it with my own ears, I still couldn't accept it.

He had just discovered the iron mine in Anxian County and solved a major problem for the emperor. He was full of expectations for himself to ascend the throne as crown prince, but then he received this news.

He was filled with resentment.

"Uncle Kang, do I still have a chance?"

"The Emperor's mind is unfathomable; I don't know either."

"Please tell me, do I still have a chance?"

“Brother Chen, His Majesty is a wise and ambitious emperor. The Song Dynasty’s iron cavalry has penetrated deep into the Western Regions, and even the eagles of the grasslands have been almost wiped out. In the future, more places will become the territory of the Song Dynasty. You have been in the South China Sea for several years and you should know that if you want to have a voice in the court, you must have the support of the army.”

Zhao Shen had said the same thing to him, which is why he personally went to the capital to visit Li Chongguang and win him over.

"Please teach me, Uncle Kang!"

"The current supporters of Zhao Chun are the new officials led by Yu Yunwen."