Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 2039: The Curtain Falls! The Sage Emperor Returns!

The Sage Emperor shook his head, in no mood to argue.

"…Letting you out was very dangerous, and I already knew the various problems that would appear. But since I had made the decision, I had to bear the consequences. With your personality, you should have had no opportunity to inherit the throne, but I still gave you the chance.

"I don't have much time left. If you inherited my place, even if you acted somewhat improperly, so long as the empire was not greatly affected and the prosperity of the empire was maintained, I would have allowed you to remain as Emperor. Even without the help of that Celestial God Organization, you would not have faced any danger.

"Alas, although you are of the House of Li, you have none of the responsibility of the imperial household!

"It was one thing to construct a Peace Pavilion and select women from across the realm, but another entirely for you to crave success so much that you were ready to move the capital, preparing to summon one million, eight hundred thousand common folk to construct a city ten times the size of the capital. You had even already written the memorial!" the Sage Emperor sternly said.

Buzz!

Everyone in the hall trembled, and even Wang Chong couldn't help but raise his head in shock.

Moving the capital!

And to a city ten times the size of the current one!

Not even Wang Chong had known about this.

Wang Chong knew that Third Son Xuan craved success, or else he wouldn't have held the feast of all countries, but he had never imagined that this desire was so great that he intended to construct a new capital!

Moving the capital was no minor affair!

The Great Tang, after experiencing several wars and obtaining the wealth the Arabian Empire had accumulated, had grown extremely rich. While constructing a new capital was an enormous expense, the empire had barely enough wealth to cover it.

But moving the capital was not just a question of paying the money. It also involved an immense expenditure in manpower and resources.

With the cement roads, Wang Chong could borrow the po

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