After calming down, Empress Li regained her usual graceful and noble bearing. "Forget it," she said coolly. "I was already planning to have you formally recognized by the Imperial Family today. Although there was a small hiccup along the way, the outcome is still good..."
Here, her voice paused. A faint, unreadable smile touched her lips. "Since the twelfth Prince has now been formally recognized, you will come with me to Feihong Palace to meet His Majesty. I'm sure he will be overjoyed!"
This generation's Emperor Yan was a great stud horse, famous far and wide for his numerous offspring. Li Chang'an had eleven older brothers, and as for his sisters... they were simply countless.
And that didn't even include the Princes and Princesses who had died prematurely. If one were to count them, even the Emperor himself probably wouldn't know the true number.
