Quote Originally Posted by Ryllharu
True, but Suzaku is still one of the inner circle that knows all about Geass and the Shrine and all that other secret stuff the Emperor is taking such a prime interest in. Suzaku has the Emperor's ear from that fact alone.
While that's technically true, you can bet the Emperor had a reason for revealing all that to Suzaku. And I doubt that reason was to have somebody to chat and share his secrets with. Nah, he has something in store for Suzaku or intends to gain something by having Suzaku know and thus pay more attention elsewhere to things others wouldn't necessarily notice.

Nor will I accept, at least not yet, the sentiment the Emperor would find anything that screws Lelouch over a big plus. I have been getting a feeling the Emperor only cares about his own stuff and otherworldly matters and leaves most of the mundane things to his offspring. Which seems just fine as long as he doesn't intend to live and rule forever and thus needs one prince/princess to inherit his position eventually. And thus even if it was Lelouch he could be happy, because the strongest won nevertheless. After all, Lelouch is getting even more experience out of this than the other princes in regular service.