Chapter 485 - 12.93
"Your Majesty, Emperor Father. Your Son, the Seventh Prince Huang Shu, begs you to strip his title as Imperial Prince and draft me together with Bai Yunyu to the border."
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The main hall went quiet after the Seventh Prince uttered his request. They didn’t expect the most popular and referred Prince, even more than the Crown Prince himself, would throw away all his ranks and status just for a Ger Peasant.
Emperor Jing closed his eyes. He knew that he also had a Ger lover, and he loved his beloved Ger more than the rest of the harem members.
Emperor Jing was actually in love with his current Ger lover for far longer than people might’ve expected.
But Huang Shu was still a Prince. He didn’t have any meaningful rank to influence the court, unlike him, because he was the Emperor.
Emperor Jing took a deep breath and glanced at his first son, Huang Bei the Crown Prince. He knew that Huang Bei also loved Bai Yunyu. Just by his gaze, it was obvious that he had been crushing on that Ger for a while.
But there was a difference. Huang Bei could only wish Bai Yunyu a good life and thought he could move on. Unlike Huang Shu, who bravely stripped his rank for his beloved Ger.
Emperor Jing closed his eyes and then replied, "Twenty Five years ago, when I was only twenty years old, I fell in love with a Ger around my age. He is from a noble with a very small land, almost invisible to other nobles in the nation."
"I promised him that I will bring him to the Imperial Palace once I can strengthen my position. So I begged him to stay single for a while, who would’ve expected that -a while- turned to be twenty-five years of waiting."