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"However, if we have to take the legitimate route, Xu Tianran was childless, so a new emperor should be chosen from among Xu Tianran's siblings according to blood relation.

But Xu Tianran's brothers and sisters were all rather disobedient. Wasn't the choice of a young emperor precisely because a young emperor was easy to control?" Ju Zi frowned slightly and fell into thought. Images of Xu Tianran's siblings flashed through her mind, but none of them seemed suitable.

As for the Third Prince, who had failed in his bid to seize the throne from Xu Tianran, he was indeed a shrewd man. However, Xu Tianran had already had him killed.

"Right, we can restore Emperor Mingliang's line. Choose a suitable child from the imperial clan and claim that he is a descendant of Crown Prince Xu He.

After all, following Emperor Mingliang's death, Crown Prince Xu He vanished without a trace. Given Crown Prince Xu He's age, it would be perfectly normal for him to have had a child. Mm, by lineage, that child would be Emperor Mingliang's imperial grandson. The greatest advantage of doing this is that the child would have no foundation and would be easy to control. It would also make a future abdication more convenient."

The so-called Emperor Mingliang was Crown Prince Xu He's father, while Yuanjia Emperor was Xu Tianran's father and Emperor Mingliang's blood brother.

Back then, aside from Xu He, whose whereabouts were unknown, everyone in Emperor Mingliang's family had died of poisoning.

At the time, Yuanjia Emperor had still been a regional prince. Amid cries that the nation could not go a single day without a ruler, he entered Mingdu and ascended the throne.

He publicly declared that, as Crown Prince Xu He's imperial uncle, he was merely temporarily occupying the throne