"Your Majesty is mistaken. Though the two of us are utterly loyal to Your Majesty, we are now advanced in years. Even if we wished to continue serving Your Majesty and the imperial court, I fear our hearts are willing, but our strength falls short!" Yuan Hua paused for a moment here, then hardened his resolve and continued, "However, I recently discussed a matter with Chancellor Wang: though the two of us can no longer serve in the court, we can still make one final contribution to it!"
Beside him, Wang Xi also looked thoughtful upon hearing this.
Seeing this, Ning Yun shook his head and said, "I cannot agree with your opening remarks, but what is this contribution Chancellor Yuan speaks of? Could the two gentlemen still have some grand policy in mind for the country and the people?"
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