"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.