Making a princess the heir apparent would have seemed impossible a thousand years ago.
But over these thousand years, the ministers of the Nine Heavens seemed to have long since ceased clinging to cumbersome rites and formalities. There was nothing wrong with a woman becoming emperor.
This was an enlightened dynasty. No one would look down on a woman.
Moreover, Princess Shitong was Emperor Jing Yan's younger sister.
Princess Shitong was also His Majesty's own child, though rumor had it that throughout these thousand years, the princess seemed never to have grown up, her appearance remaining trapped at ten years old.
Still, naming her heir apparent seemed only natural. Yet for some reason, Emperor Ying had refused to name Princess Shitong his heir all these years.
Nor would he have any more children...
And no one knew where that princess had been all this time.
The ministers' attempt to "force the emperor's hand" was solely to settle the hearts of the people throughout the realm, without any selfish intent.
Emperor Ying naturally knew this too, but for some unknown reason, he remained unwilling, seemingly reluctant to speak of the past, or perhaps for some other reason.
From his dragon throne, Emperor Ying looked at the ministers in the hall and waved his hand wearily.
"We will discuss this another day."
The old courtier kneeling on the floor still refused to rise and spoke again. "Your Majesty..."
Emperor Ying's expression turned cold, his voice icy.
"I said, we will discuss this another day."
The aged courtier knelt and kowtowed. "I beg Your Majesty to name Princess Shitong heir apparent!"
Emperor Ying flew into a rage, slamming both hands onto the imperial desk.
"Xu Xixi, you are insolent!"
The ministers froze like blocks of wood in shock. Hearing Emperor Ying call Elder