3. Arrange a marriage

Lin Yue listened carefully.

"The Emperor said..."

Duke Heng reiterated, "The Twenty-four Heavenly are complete, the Crown Prince has overseen the kingdom for years, and whether he wishes to ascend the throne is entirely up to him. Even if he hands over the position of the Eastern Palace to another prince, it matters not."

Lin Yue was slightly stunned.

"The Twenty-four Heavenly refers to the Emperor's progeny."

Duke Heng continued, "Currently, the Xiahong family has seven princesses and sixteen princes. Counting Your Highness, the Seventeenth Prince, it makes exactly twenty-four."

"So, I am the Emperor's last progeny," Lin Yue understood.

To be exact, it was Xia Lie.

Duke Heng said, "In the forty-nine years since the Emperor toured the human world, sixteen princes and seven princesses have been born... but these offspring all were born in Di Hong City."