Chiyan Xuan sat squarely upon the Nine-Dragon Golden Chair, his fingertips tapping rhythmically against the armrest. The light and shadow cast by the gilded dome split his resolute face into contrasting halves of light and dark. In the grand hall, the civil and military officials held their breath, none daring to speak first.
"Prime Minister Mo," the Emperor suddenly broke the silence. "What are your thoughts on appointing a crown prince?"
The elderly official who ranked first among the civil servants slowly stepped out of the ranks. Mo Shougui—a veteran official of three reigns in the Chiyan Imperial Domain, with a cultivation base at the sixth-grade late stage of the Great Luo Golden Immortal—was set off by his purple-gold official robe to look all the more lean and refined.
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