"This realm..."
Seeing how grave Li Jiancheng looked, Verdant Green Maiden let out a long sigh as well.
"Very well. Since you want to hear the truth, then I'll tell you the truth. You have a share in this realm, but you are not the true Son of Heaven. Great Tang's future belongs to Li Shimin."
After Verdant Green Maiden spoke those words, Li Jiancheng suddenly seemed to be relieved of a heavy burden and let out a breath.
"Just as I thought!"
"So that's how it is!"
He was filled with emotion.
"I should have realized it long ago. When Master came to our Li family back then, she accepted only Shimin as her disciple! If not for Shimin, Master probably would not have accepted Xiuning and me either. I suppose that, even then, Master had already chosen him to become the future Son of Heaven."
"You're wrong."
Verdant Green Maiden shook her head, denying Li Jiancheng's words.
Li Jiancheng was somewhat surprised to see her deny it.
"Wrong?"
Verdant Green Maiden nodded.
"That's right. Li Shimin is indeed the future Son of Heaven, but I did not choose this. Heaven chose it."
"Heaven gave him an extraordinary birth, bestowed upon him immense Auspicious Fortune. That is why his identity as the future Son of Heaven was chosen by Heaven. I merely followed Heaven's Will and meddled in it a little."
Li Jiancheng did not quite understand Verdant Green Maiden's words, but he had already learned what he wanted to know. At that moment, he felt an unimaginable sense of ease.
"Then I should yield all of this to Shimin."
Li Jiancheng said this.
Hearing him, Verdant Green Maiden asked, "Are you planning to submit a memorial and ask Father Emperor to confer the position of Crown Prince upon