They suspected they were experiencing an illusion.
Beside their ears was the continued reading voice of the Chief Eunuch…
Until they heard who would inherit, everyone was even more astonished!
The Third Prince!
The son of a peasant girl!
The Princes are all children born to the most noble men in this world; they are already invincible compared to their fathers, so the only competition between them is their mothers and maternal lineage.
The Empress has no offspring, so there is no legitimate heir from the middle palace.
In fact, if the Empress had given birth to a son, none of these people, no matter how outstanding, would have had any chance. After all, for the past ten years, the Empress has been the Emperor's sole favorite, the deep affection between them known to all.
