Imperial City, Taiji Palace
Xia Xuanmin didn't speak further and left Xia Yunzhao time to herself.
He, on the other hand, reminisced about what he had seen through the Glazed Wisdom Eye that day.
...
In his early years, the heir Xia Xuanmin had in mind was not the Seventh Princess before him.
It was her brother, the current Crown Prince Xia Yunmian.
It was only after the Seventh Princess demonstrated her exceptional talent in cultivation that she caught his attention.
The Great Xia Dynasty currently did not have a Crown Prince. Xia Yunzhao's father felt that he was still in his prime and that there was no need to determine his successor just yet.
However, what he probably didn't expect was that, without making a choice, his father had already made one for him.
And it wasn't the Crown Prince, but the kind that went directly to being Emperor upon succession.
As for why he ended up not choosing the Crown Prince but switched to Xia Yunzhao instead,
