Chapter 359 – Book 4 Prologue - Part 2
"Tell everybody why before they make another ruckus again."
Liu Xie nodded. He looked at everyone in the meeting as he declared, "If I become an emperor now, our dynasty will collapse into pieces in a few years. Everyone will try to get to my good sides to manipulate me or plan to use me to issue imperial decrees. Other greedy governors from other cities will flock to me and try to kill father in secret."
"Why do you think that?"
"Because I'm still a child."
"But didn't you want to be an adult?"
"I do, but not this way," Liu Xie glared at all officers with a dignified look, "I have not done anything worthy to be called an emperor, but you have been fighting so hard to gather them under one banner. If I become an emperor, our subordinates will separate into two political sides, my father's side and my side. This is not the responsibility I wish to take."
