Tao Qian had just uttered these words when the voice of the Ancestor Spirit echoed in his mind.
"This man is none other than Thirteenth Prince Zhu Quan. He and his sister, Princess Bao Shou, might not compete for the Crown Prince position, but they were extremely favored by the Emperor until the sudden mysterious death of Emperor Zhu Yong. The returning Taishang Emperor didn't take a liking to these siblings. After their mother struggled and paid a huge price, she managed to secure Zhu Quan a fief, expanding his territory from a mere ten counties to the entire Anqing Province."
"Zhu Quan, ambitious yet incompetent, arrived in Anqing and began to form alliances, intending to rebel amidst the chaos of the realm, unaware of the depths of this great province."
"Anqing, nominally under the Longevity Heavenly Dynasty's rule, is in reality controlled inch by inch by the deeply rooted Xiu Family, a millennia-old lineage."
