Prince Yun Hua was the legitimate eldest son of the Royal Family, but he was ranked as the Seventh Prince. The Third Prince, Yun Feng, had long since passed his coming-of-age ceremony. The Emperor had granted him the title of Prince and awarded him a fiefdom.
However, the fiefdom was far from the Capital City and was not prosperous.
How could the Third Prince not know what the old Emperor was thinking?
His mother, Consort Rou, seemed to be the sole recipient of the Emperor's favor. After the late Empress's death, she had taken charge of the harem. Yet, the old Emperor had delayed naming a new empress. He was simply wary of the power of Consort Rou's family and was using this as a false appeasement, a political balancing act.
