He said, "The weight of a ruler lies in enduring what ordinary people cannot."
The Emperor's expression flickered with a hint of nostalgia as he said, "The last emperor of the previous dynasty was not lacking in talent compared to others, but he was too arrogant and did not know restraint, thinking the world was in his hands and he could do as he pleased."
"He had no patience for the people, doing whatever he wished, so he did not hold the people in his heart nor see them as human; he had no patience for the aristocracy either, only demanding from them incessantly..."
"But father, this time we have not wronged the aristocracy," the Crown Prince couldn't help but interrupt his father, "it is they who are scheming against us."
The Emperor lifted his eyelids to glance at him and said, "To some people, our reduction of the Nine Rank System's appointments in recent years, favoring the imperial examinations, is already an affront to them."
