Zhao Yanchen suddenly started to cough violently, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. He said coldly: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"Then why didn't Your Majesty kill him? Perhaps he didn't dare."

Zhao Yanchen laughed angrily: "You are right, I really don't dare, but with you here, I really don't trust that stupid son."

"It's a pity that you can't give birth to a son," Tu Yufan said speechlessly, "You still think I covet the throne? I have resigned several times, didn't you refuse?"

Zhao Yanchen now remembered that this seemed to be the case. At that time, he thought Tu Yufan was so frivolous and was just joking, so he refused.

Zhao Yanchen ridiculed Tu Yufan several times, but Tu Yufan always responded with "Your Majesty is incapable of ejaculation". In the end, Zhao Yanchen's face turned red and his breathing became rapid. Tu Yufan was afraid that he would faint, so he left in a hurry.

The two parted unhappily.

Zhao Yanchen was afraid of the power behind him. Being able to find out so many secrets of the harem, including Prince Yi, was definitely not something that could be done by one person.

Moreover, the son was impulsive and irritable, and he had never liked his father. If he knew that he had killed Tu Yufan, unpredictable things might happen.

Zhao Yanchen thought for a long time that night. He looked at the books on the desk and recalled the old things in the past. He recalled them from the beginning to the end, and suddenly realized that there were very few happy things in his life.

The only moment he ascended the throne was when he felt proud, happy and satisfied.

In the first half of his life, his brothers became enemies for the throne. In the second half of his life, after becoming the emperor, he did not feel very happy. Everyone respected him, feared him, and deceived him.

If everyone's life is short, even the emperor is not immune.

Zhao Yanchen found it ridiculous again: Even if he was alone, so what? If he had a chance to live his life again, he would still sit in this position. Once he had experienced the feeling of being the center of attention, he would never be able to let it go, even if it meant giving up everything.

Three days later, Zhao Yanchen secretly met with several important officials in the Qindian Palace.

Tu Yufan knew that Zhao Ren would probably entrust his son to the care of others before his death, so he probably arranged for some ministers to take over and help Zhao Ren deal with state affairs.

"Zhang Yufan saved me a lot. When Prince Yi rebelled, he helped me avoid many crises... I decided to confer the title of Duke of Xian on Zhang Yufan to assist me in my work."

Tu Yufan felt something was not right the more he listened. Why did he suddenly get rewarded? Even Prince Yi was dragged out as a tool. What was the title of Duke Xian?

Other ministers wanted to object.

"No, Imperial Doctor Zhang probably doesn't know how to run the court. If he were to take over, there would probably be chaos."

"Then Concubine Jin will listen behind the curtain."

If the prince is young, the empress dowager can listen to the emperor's orders from behind the curtain. Similar things happened in previous dynasties.

However, Sun Shang could not recognize a few words, and it would be a disaster if she were to be the one to listen behind the curtain.

Moreover, the emperor's words were binding and could not be disputed. The ministers said nothing more about Tu Yufan's regent, but secretly thought about how to curry favor with this man who would have great power in the future.

Zhao Yanchen called Zhao Ren to talk alone again. After the two chatted for a few hours, Zhao Ren left with a cold expression.

After the death of the emperor, the whole country mourned.

Before his death, Zhao Yanchen named Zhao Ren as the crown prince. After his death, he left a will that the crown prince would succeed to the throne. Tu Yufan was named Duke Xian to assist the crown prince.

There was a rumor in the capital that Tu Yufan was the emperor's illegitimate son, otherwise he would not have risen to prominence from a mere imperial physician to a powerful official.

After Tu Yufan took over, he quickly got the hang of it. Having been through so many worlds and served as emperor many times, it was now a piece of cake for him.

However, with the transition from the old to the new, a lot more things happened, and there were undercurrents in the court. Tu Yufan could not stand the intrigue, so he secretly trained a group of people to monitor and investigate these ministers. Once they acted too aggressively, he would expose their secret deeds and send them to jail.