"They had pinned their hopes on Nanzhao Suya, believing I would marry her, so that at least the future dynasty would still belong to the Nan Zhao Family.

However, seeing that I had no intention of marrying her, they thought I wanted to confine her and prevent her from continuing the Nan Zhao Family’s bloodline. This led them to speculate that I might slowly eliminate other members of the Nan Zhao Family.

So they harbored the idea of preserving whoever they could. They believed that if she married into Cangyue Country, she would be safe and would give birth to heirs of the Nan Zhao Family. Once the children grew up, they could incite Cangyue Country to raise an army against the Great Nan Dynasty, and seize the opportunity to reclaim the throne.

But they never thought that even if Nanzhao Suya married over there and had children, those children would belong to Cangyue Country and wouldn’t be considered part of the Great Nan Dynasty! Doing this is akin to rearing a tiger that will eventually become a threat!"

Chu Yuxiao was furious, his entire body tense.

"Perhaps they’ve considered this aspect. Maybe they never planned for Yaya’s child to become Emperor, but only used her as a guise, to seize the throne first and then see.

In truth, in their eyes, Yaya is merely a pawn to claim the throne in the future, isn’t she?" Su Yan analyzed.

"Exactly, that’s probably exactly what they’re thinking." Chu Yuxiao nodded.

Su Yan grasped his hand, comforting him: "Being angry over such people isn’t worth it.

They don’t understand gratitude at all. If it weren’t for you, the Great Nan Dynasty would have long been plunged into chaos, and being taken over by other countries would have been inevitable.

I believe that in any era, power is most important. As long as you possess power, I trust they won’t think about having the Nan Zhao Family reclaim the throne.

For now, it’s only because the time has been short that they haven’t accepted the reality of the change in dynastic rule yet."

Seeing his body relax, Su Yan smiled slightly:

"Aren’t you aiming to unify the Six Kingdoms? By then, once they witness your true power, they’ll be completely won over.

Maybe they’ll follow you unwaveringly forever, without ever considering the need to have someone from the Nan Zhao Family reclaim the throne."

Chu Yuxiao chuckled: "Do you think I’m worried they’ll take back the throne? I just..."

...

I’ve only mentioned five countries, and there’s another one, Eastern Chu Country, that hasn’t been spoken of. There are six countries in total. Why didn’t anyone tell me I was missing a country? How embarrassing.