Grain for Princess Exchange Plan

(That last carriage ride was already extremely civilized, seriously!)

(Please ignore the issue of marriage between people with the same surname.)

With Wang Xuan stepping up to take the blame, everyone spoke freely. From the young widow Cai Yan, to the legitimate daughter of the Hongnong Yang clan, to Lu Bu's daughter, they came up with more than a dozen candidates in total.

They were either daughters of great scholars, women from powerful factions, or legitimate daughters of prominent clans. In any case, they all sounded quite suitable.

However, none of them was the most suitable candidate in Wang Xuan's eyes.

Seeing the Han imperial house grow weaker by the day, even if Liu Bei eventually restored the Han, it would in fact have little connection to the current Eastern Han Dynasty.

Just as the Eastern Han Dynasty had little to do with the Western Han Dynasty in reality, Liu Xiu's seventh-generation ancestor was Emperor Jing, Liu Qi, while he was already five generations removed from Liu Kan, the last proper emperor of the Western Han.

As for Liu Bei and Liu Xie... the so-called Prince Jing of Zhongshan was also a son of Liu Qi. Counting upward, Liu Bei and Liu Xiu shared an ancestor twenty generations back. Aside from that, they merely shared the surname Liu. Well, they had been one family four hundred years ago.

"Tap, tap." Wang Xuan lightly knocked on the walnut table. Seeing that Wang Xuan had something to say, everyone immediately quieted down. "I personally favor Princess Wannian."

The moment Wang Xuan finished speaking, buzzing erupted throughout the council hall, and everyone began discussing it.

"Princess Wannian is an excellent choice. That way, the Duke's succession to the Han imperial house will appear even more legitimate," someone agreed.

"But... they both have the