The plot that was supposed to be received some time ago automatically played in his mind when he closed his eyes and leaned his back on the cushion.
It was currently the seventy-fifth year of the Zhao Empire. The current emperor was fifty-six years old and had fathered five princes and two princesses. Apart from the seven-year-old fifth prince, all the other sons of the emperor already completed their coming-of-age ceremony.
Since the emperor was now old yet there was still no crown prince, the ministers began choosing sides and had the four princes begin their battle for the throne.
Rui Wang, the arrogant prince from earlier, was the third prince born from the most beloved consort. As said, love the owner, love the dog. So since his mother was the emperor's most favored, he too became the most favored out of all the princes.
Note: Wang is an honorific for prince. e.g. Jiang Li's princely title is Chen Wang, the male lead Cheng Heng is Hai Wang...
Wang Fei is the counterpart, basically a Wang's principal consort or main wife
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continuation later of the plot later... Thanks for reading.