Different Times at the Same Place.
At this moment, Xia Chujian was watching Tantai Lin ascend the throne as the Empress's only male consort, invisible and merely a bystander.
She floated above the grand hall of the Imperial Palace, recalling everything she had witnessed here during this period.
Time Fleeting Like Shadows was enough to make her realize that what was but an instant to her had already been a lifetime for the people here.
Having watched so many rising winds and surging clouds, she discovered that although Empress Qi Sha was somewhat of a love brain, she had truly built this Empire with her own hands.
The Beichen Empire's Three Grand Dukes—the Su Clan, Quan, and Zong—were all still loyal to her at this time.
If Tantai Lin wanted to take power, he could not bypass those three families.
Later, Tantai Lin offered considerable benefits, including completely formalizing the Empire's noble system.
Thus, from that point onward, the noble titles of the Beichen Empire became fixed.
Unless a noble was stripped of their title, there would be no vacant title, and no new great family could become nobility.
Moreover, the number of nobles was basically fixed as well.
Only the direct lineage of a title inheritor within five generations could bear noble titles.
Relatives beyond five generations no longer enjoyed noble titles and were demoted to citizens.
And the Three Grand Dukes were guaranteed by law: Never Deprived of Title, Never Implicated.
Even if traitors emerged among the Three Grand Dukes, only the chief culprits would be executed.
Only after making concessions to this extent did the Three Grand Dukes finally agree to let Tantai Lin ascend the throne.
This happened three years after Qi Sha and Po Jun died.
Today, Tantai Lin had finally swept aside every obstacle