After hearing the news, Tan Yan was also shocked and angry.

After carefully planning and arranging, he finally set aside a day to travel to and from the capital to meet the emperor.

After dragging the enemy for a day, the problem shouldn't be too big. Tan Yan feels that Dai Lun's matter now has the highest priority.

Regarding Tan Yan's request, the emperor responded after hesitating, so Tan Yan Xingye set off to return to the capital.

The imperial palace is located in the center of the capital star, and the emperor's palace is on the central axis.

The palace is still magnificent and magnificent, the sleeping hall is surrounded by water, duckweed is everywhere, and there are trees and flowers on both sides, the trees are handsome and tall.

Tan Yan stepped into the front hall and saw that the ground was still as clean as jade, with various gems inlaid on it, with delicate and delicate patterns. The marble walls are dazzling, the ceiling chandelier hangs down like a waterfall, and the roof strokes are the work of the best painters in the empire. There are various antique utensils in the house, each of which is invaluable.

Tan Yan sighed.

Now that the royal family has been precarious, these buildings are still the same.

It seems that in time for the dynasty to change several times, they will stay still.

Tan Yan raised his eyes and saw the emperor sitting on the throne.

The emperor's eyes were full of exhaustion. He leaned on one side of his handle, his left hand was playing with the ring of his right, and he seemed to be immersed in thought.

The emperor did not wear a crown, and Tan Yan had not seen the emperor without a crown.

Tan Yan stepped forward and knelt on one knee.

In this empire, even he had to kneel down every time he saw the emperor, and he was used to this etiquette.

Tan Yan did not speak, but waited quietly, knowing that the emperor had already seen him.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, the emperor opened his mouth with a low and majestic voice: "You are here."

Tan Yan also responded gently: "Your Majesty."

"Ok."

"Your Majesty..." Tan Yan wanted to raise Dai Lun's collaborating with the enemy, but was interrupted by the emperor directly: "Needless to say."

"But Your Majesty..."

"I know what you are going to say, needless to say."

"..." Tan Yan raised his head in surprise, his eyes full of disbelief.

The emperor... unexpectedly really agreed with Darren's approach and did not give him the opportunity to make suggestions at all.

Over there, the middle-aged man sitting in the high position said again, "Tan Yan, in fact, I also have a sentence, I want to ask you."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

The emperor's eyes seemed to float far away, and he asked, "Tan Yan, what do you think of the future of this country?"

"..." After a full pause for five seconds, Tan Yan couldn't bear to say, "It will get better and better, Your Majesty."

This is Tan Yan's true thoughts, but he didn't say anything else.

"Will it get better and better..." The emperor lowered his head and stroked the armrest of the throne like nostalgia. "But I can't see that it will get better and better."

"His Majesty……"

"Or, it should be said, as long as there is me, it will not get better."

"..." Tan Yan raised his head in amazement, wondering why the emperor said so.

"Isn't it?" the emperor said again, "this time we have joined forces to push back the rebels, how should we deal with it next time? The number of rebels is getting bigger and bigger, and the momentum will only grow stronger in the future. Could it be that every time it is with The Republic joins forces, will the Republic advance three star regions every time?"

The emperor also knew very well in his heart that this time, the Republic would only help repel the rebel army, and it would never be possible to completely kill it on the spot, because they had to use the rebel army, so they would never let its leader die. "Forcing the rebels back" is also the content of the agreement between the two parties. The rebels will soon make a comeback, and the situation will only become more critical at that time. Now that two-thirds of the empire has declared independence one after another, the number of rebels has increased at a much faster rate than the empire. In addition to being forced to give way, there is also increasing dependence on the republic until the empire disappears from the universe. The emperor does not think There is a third ending.

"Your Majesty," Tan Yanyan said insincerely, "You... relax, there will always be a way."

This sentence is really a lie.

What can be done?

In fact, Tan Yan felt a little uncomfortable.

Tan Yan's promotion has a very big relationship with the emperor's appreciation. If it were not for the emperor, he would not have today, and in his heart he did not want to see the emperor fall into a miserable situation.

Hearing Tan Yan's words, the emperor shook his head.

He seemed to be thinking about his life: "Tan Yan, maybe, probably... I am a very incapable person, but what I have worked hard and hoped for for more than a hundred years is nothing more than not subjugating the country or not. Being the king of subjugation has been the same to this day."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Tan Yan is also very clear that many of the emperor's policies are based on this, although it may not be correct.

"My wisdom is not enough. At the moment of survival, some of my ideas have worsened the situation, and all the way to this point, there will be no turning point."

"..."

The emperor tapped the handrail with his fingertips: "I am unwilling to join hands with the aggressor to keep this throne; I am even more unwilling to give up the three star regions without any resistance. Moreover, if I take this step It will only get deeper and deeper in the future."

The empire is simply unable to fight the rebels, and if they want to struggle, they can only continue to rely on the power of the Republic.

That's too sad.

What is the use of the throne if there is no national status?

"..." Tan Yan opened his mouth, not knowing how to deal with it—the emperor's worries were all real, and it was a difficult problem that could not be circumvented. He couldn't say it lightly.

"..." The emperor was silent for a long, long time, until Tan Yan suspected that the emperor was asleep, and the emperor waved to the bottom, "You can go now."

"Your Majesty..." Tan Yan wouldn't leave without thinking about Dai Lun's matter. He came this time to persuade the emperor to tear up the agreement and absolutely not rely on the power of the Republic.

However, the emperor didn't want to talk any more, his voice became a little louder: "Go back to the front line."

"Your Majesty! About Darren..."

"Stop." The emperor pressed his forehead with one hand, and waved the other impatiently: "Needless to say, I know it in my heart."

"but……"

"I told you to go out!"

"..." Tan Yan looked at the emperor who obviously didn't want to talk about, and had no choice but to move slowly away.

He began to wonder what should be done.

At this time, he hoped that Sean was still there. That Sean is always joking, but he has ten very reliable companions.

...

—— Tan Yanquan did not expect that the empire would change early the next morning.

In 2635 of the galactic calendar, the emperor suddenly announced his abdication.

Moreover, before abdicating, he ordered Tan Yan and Dai Lun to accept Wu Qiao's surrender.

Under the circumstances that no one expected, when the Republic troops were already on the road to support the imperial army, when the imperial army had a turning point, the imperial emperor gave up the situation without warning.