"A country cannot be without a ruler for a day, and the palace cannot be without a mistress for a day. To this date, the empress's position has been vacant for nearly two years, and the Emperor shows no sign of wanting to appoint one. I reckon, given the Emperor's character, he might never change his mind," Xiao Song came to this conclusion after listening to debates from Lord Jun Ji and others, paired with his personal experiences.
Similarly, his wife could only be Ran Yan.
"What do you plan to do?" Ran Yan always felt that Xiao Song leaned towards retreating in face of danger and safeguarding himself wisely, but as easy as it sounds, it was actually the hardest thing to do.
