Yan Ming's heart trembled, as he had already anticipated what would happen when the news was announced the next morning.
With the abolishment of hereditary succession, this meant that Yuan Qian, without having to do anything, would have become the next King Zhenan, enjoying endless glory and riches, even if he was completely incompetent.
But now, that idea was shattered, and it was even very possible that if the current King Zhenan met with an accident, the Yuan family could decline from then on, which was unpredictable.
After all, "when the wall falls, everybody pushes," a truth confirmed by history time and again.
However, violating the laws of the Holy Brilliance Dynasty by committing violence on the streets and bribing court officials were capital offenses.
Using hereditary succession as a bargaining chip to offset the death penalty was something even King Zhenan could not complain about.
After all, it was Yuan Qian's own fault to begin with.