The Chess Piece!

If the emperor brought up the idea of selecting the crown prince through a competition at the beginning then they would have argued the same but it is a different matter if the prime minister insinuates it.

The court ended and once again throwing the inner palace into disarray, a competition means all the princes have a fair chance and that means not only the empress and imperial consort sons but also the sons of the lower ranking consorts except for the concubines without titles.

"What! a competition!" the first prince exclaimed, overturning the table in front of him, he just got word from his mother who sent a servant to his mansion to deliver the news to him, he was enraged at his father's injustice, despite believing that his father has a reason for treating them the way he does.