The reason stemmed from the previous Empress Zhao. Reportedly, the Solemn Emperor had accepted an entertainer into the harem, angering her so much that she went into premature labor. Both mother and child were lost. Who would’ve imagined that this entertainer’s son would become the emperor a couple of decades later? This was like a big slap on the Zhao clan’s face.

It was only normal that the Zhao clan wouldn’t be happy with the Radiant Emperor. It was just as expected that they would extend this hatred to Lin Xitang.　　

The Radiant Emperor said, “If the Zhao clan feels that the Ji family owes them an emperor, then we shall repay them with an Emperor.”

Lord Riverglance was stunned. “Who’s spreading such news? Are they mad?”

The Radiant Emperor smiled. “The Emperor position is the leader of all aristocracy, to be held by one of might and virtue. The Founding Emperor said thus when the aristocracy elected him to be the Emperor. So, Uncle, the Emperor might be the head of the Empire, but the Ji family isn’t necessarily so. It’s been a thousand two hundred years since our Ji family ascended the big stage. Let this come to a close with the end of the Chronicle of Glory.”

With that, the Radiant Emperor fished out two documents from the stack and opened them up before...