Prince Jiujiang's Heir began chattering on and on about the past.
The first Prince Jiujiang was the eldest son of Emperor Taizong of the Great Xi Dynasty.
At the time, Emperor Taizong had no legitimate sons. The Empress had given birth to only one daughter.
Among the Imperial Princes, Prince Jiujiang was the eldest. His mother's family was the most prestigious, and Emperor Taizong doted on his eldest son and relied on him heavily.
Prince Jiujiang himself was a wise and mighty man, virtuous and capable, and highly regarded by court officials and commoners alike.
With no legitimate son born to the Empress, Emperor Taizong regarded him as his heir. He personally kept him by his side to instruct him and involved him in state affairs from an early age. He was practically a shoo-in for the Position of Crown Prince.
However, life was full of unforeseen turns. Just as Emperor Taizong was preparing to invest his eldest son as Crown Prince, something unexpected happened—the Empress was pregnant.
Prince Jiujiang was not a legitimate son. If the Empress gave birth to a legitimate son, how could he, already invested as Crown Prince, face a young but far more legitimate younger brother?
Emperor Taizong and the Empress were deeply devoted to each other. He could not help but consider his wife and their legitimate son, so he put his plans to invest Prince Jiujiang as Crown Prince on hold.
That pause filled Prince Jiujiang's branch with regrets.
After ten months of pregnancy, the Empress was fortunate enough to give birth to a son—and that was bad fortune for Prince Jiujiang.
When choosing between the eldest son and a legitimate son, people naturally favored the legitimate son without a doubt. But the Empress's side had one major weakness: the legitimate Imperial Prince