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Imperial Palace, Di Hong Palace.
The atmosphere in the great hall was eerily silent and oppressive, almost solidifying. The ministers and royal relatives all stood quietly within the hall, not even those in the front rows uttered a word.
Lin Yue stood alongside the princes and princesses in the very front row, while on the imperial platform before them stood the Crown Prince, clad in his mysterious robe and crown.
Beneath the swaying crown tassels, the Crown Prince's indifferent and merciless eyes slowly swept over the ministers inside the hall before he finally spoke, "Since everyone who could come has arrived, let us begin."
Arrived?
Although Lin Yue did not look around, he could see that, including the Crown Prince, there were only twenty princes and princesses in the hall.
All seven princesses were present, but only thirteen princes.
