Behind the bead curtain, Empress Dowager Liang's body trembled violently, and she cried out in shock: "Emperor! You..."
Her words halted abruptly because the young Emperor had slowly risen, and at that moment, those youthful eyes burned with a resolution and desolation beyond his years.
He looked around at the faces inside the hall, which were either astonished, fearful, or ashamed, and though his voice was not loud, it resonated clearly in everyone's hearts: "You all need not persuade me any further."
"I am the descendant of Emperor Jingzong, the heir of the Wei Ming family."
"Great Xia may perish, but the spine of the Wei Ming family cannot be broken!"
He lifted his head slightly, as if his gaze penetrated the palace dome, seemingly seeing the emperors of Western Xia who had passed away through the generations:
