Wei Ming walked dejectedly into his room. Wei Guang, who had just finished a game with Gu Chen and the others, came out and saw his uncle's face, and immediately perked up.

"Uncle, what's wrong? Is the Empress not doing well?" He had recently listened to his uncle's words and hadn't bothered Miss Lan, since she was now the heir and very busy.

Seeing her uncle leave early and return late every day, the Empress wasn't actually that bad. After all, she was her uncle's wife. Although the Empress had more than one husband, in the end, many of her schemes failed.

Now she's about to step down. Sophia is so young, and Wei Guang really doesn't want anything to happen to the Empress. But since the election, the Empress hasn't shown her face, while Sophia has only appeared occasionally.

"What Empress?" Wei Ming had no interest in the Empress right now; he didn't like her anyway.

But seeing his nephew's strange look, Wei Ming realized he had said the wrong thing. "No, no, Uncle was thinking about something else."

"oh."

Looking at Wei Guang, Wei Ming suddenly thought of a possibility: Wei Guang and he weren't particularly close by blood. If only...

"Wei Guang, your uncle feels particularly guilty towards someone right now. Could you help your uncle?"

Wei Guang pinched a dried mango and chewed it slowly. He was sure his uncle was talking about the Empress. "Uncle, don't worry, I will definitely help you."

Next time, he could invite Sophia out to play games together and subtly probe her, since being able to play games proves that the Empress's health shouldn't be too bad.

...

Wei Guang dropped the dried mango in his hand to the ground, not even caring about the loss. "Uncle, what did you say?"

“I said, Uncle feels very guilty towards Princess Lan. Could you help Uncle pursue Princess Lan? You two are both good children in Uncle's eyes. If you get together, Uncle won't worry about Princess Lan being deceived by bad people in the future.”

Wei Guang: "Why should Uncle feel guilty towards Miss Lan? Shouldn't it be His Majesty who feels guilty?"

Wei Ming knew Wei Guang's personality. He glanced at the servants around him, waved his hand, and sent them all away.

"Of course I feel guilty, because I am Princess Lan's father. When her mother went to war, I stayed behind on the capital planet. Who knew that it would be our last farewell? I never saw her mother again. Later..."

Wei Guang swallowed hard. What was all this about?

"Uncle, are you sure? Have you had any genetic testing done?"

Wei Ming frowned, "Your uncle isn't stupid. Do you think I'd be fooled? Back in the day, your uncle was just a nobody on the capital planet. Everyone wanted a taste of me. The princess loved me deeply..."

Wei Guang had a toothache and looked somewhat embarrassed. Knowing his uncle's romantic history, he found it all rather uninteresting.

"It's possible that Princess Lan has General Lu. Besides, there's no chemistry between me and Miss Lan. Now that she's a princess, I'm not worthy of her."

"Don't worry, I'll help you."

Wei Ming was full of confidence and made a firm promise, but to his surprise, Su Guo immediately ran into a wall. Su Guo naturally did not refuse outright; she still needed Wei Ming to do some things for her.

"Uncle Wei, I know you mean well, but I have more important things to do right now. Uncle Wei, do you want to live forever?"

Wei Ming: ...

"Your Highness, please don't do anything foolish."

Su Guo smiled gently, "Of course not, I was just joking with Uncle Wei. I recently looked at the royal family's information and found that some things seem incomplete and contradictory. Why is that?"