Chapter 693 The Right Person

At this time, Wu Ya was indeed in her bedroom, and Zhao Xingnian had not left yet. They were discussing the morning court tomorrow.

Wu Xian was the emperor of their Nanping Kingdom after all. What they were going to do tomorrow was to go against the emperor. If they were not careful, they might fail. Not only would they fail to expose Wu Xian, but they would also die at his hands.

"Your Highness, the Third Princess, if we succeed in exposing the Fourth Prince tomorrow, how should we deal with the following matters?" Zhao Xingnian asked Wu Ya.

"What should we do next?"

"Yes, the Fourth Prince is immoral and has done such an unforgivable thing. He obviously cannot continue to be the emperor. He should even die to apologize! However, the country cannot be without a monarch for a day. The Fourth Prince has retired from the throne. How should we deal with the national affairs of our Nanping Kingdom?" Zhao Xingnian asked.

Even if Nanping Kingdom is a small country, it is still a country. There are still many things that need to be dealt with every day. Without the emperor, there will be no one to make decisions. This is obviously not acceptable, so they should indeed consider the follow-up matters.

"This..." Wu Ya frowned slightly. This matter was a bit difficult for her. She had only thought about investigating the truth of the matter and giving an explanation to her deceased relatives, but she didn't think about too many other things.

The problem is that now there is no one else in their royal family except her and Wu Xian. After Wu Xian abdicates, who will take that position? This is a problem.

"I think it's better to let Wu Ya take that position." At this time, Wu Fan, who had been silent before, suddenly spoke.

"Ah, me? No, this won't work." Wu Ya heard Wu Fan's words and waved her hands in panic.

This panic expression was the first time Wu Fan saw Wu Ya's face. Obviously, Wu Ya did not have this idea before and was really scared by Wu Fan's proposal.

"Why not?" Wu Fan said, "You are also a child of the royal family, and you also have the right to inherit the throne. Moreover, you are now the only surviving member of the royal family besides Wu Xian. If you don't sit, who will sit in that position? In addition, you have a high reputation among the ministers and the people, and you can definitely sit in that position."

"But, I am a woman." Wu Ya said.

"So what if I am a woman? Which law of your Nanping Kingdom stipulates that women cannot be emperors?" Wu Fan retorted.

"This... this is not the case." Wu Ya thought for a while and said.

Nanping Kingdom does not have such a law. Not to mention Nanping Kingdom, even other countries on this continent do not have such legal provisions, but no country has ever had a woman become emperor. This is almost a hidden rule that everyone tacitly agrees on without legal provisions.

"Isn't that settled?" Wu Fan said.

"But... this is not okay, really not okay." Wu Ya couldn't think of a reason to refute, but she instinctively felt that this matter could not be like this, and she really had never thought of sitting in that position before.

"I don't think it's wrong." Wu Fan said, then he looked at Zhao Xingnian and asked, "What do you think, Lord Zhao?"

"I..." Zhao Xingnian felt a little embarrassed.

In fact, when Zhao Xingnian just heard Wu Fan's suggestion, he thought the same as Wu Ya, and they all thought it was impossible. In a world where men are superior to women, letting a woman become emperor, such a thing has never happened before, and no one, including him, has ever thought of such a thing.

However, Zhao Xingnian felt that what Wu Fan said made sense.

Wu Ya is now the only survivor of the royal family of Nanping Kingdom except Wu Xian. After Wu Xian abdicated, he couldn't give the throne to an outsider, which would be even more difficult for them, the old ministers, to accept.

Moreover, their Nanping Kingdom did not have any legal provisions that women could not be emperors, but everyone had tacitly agreed to this before, but if Wu Ya became emperor, there was no law that could oppose it.

Finally, and most importantly, Wu Ya has a good reputation among the ministers and the people. Even when the royal family members of their Nanping Kingdom are present, Wu Ya is the most popular one.

Perhaps, it is not impossible for Wu Ya to be the emperor?

Such an idea suddenly popped up in Zhao Xingnian's mind.

"Lord Zhao, I think you and some other people should abandon some inherent and backward ideas. It is not impossible for a woman to be the emperor. Especially in this situation, who else in the entire Nanping Kingdom can be qualified to take that position except Wu Ya?" Wu Fan said to Zhao Xingnian: "Wu Ya grew up under your care, and you are also her enlightenment teacher. I think you should know better than me what kind of person she is and what kind of abilities she has. She is definitely more suitable than anyone else to be the emperor. I also believe that under her leadership, Nanping Kingdom will definitely show a different look."

Wu Fan really hopes to convince Zhao Xingnian. After all, Zhao Xingnian has a high reputation and connections among the ministers. If he supports Wu Ya to ascend the throne, then Wu Ya will encounter much less resistance.

"Wu Fan, stop talking. I won't sit in that seat." Wu Ya said to Wu Fan.

"Why don't you sit? Do you want to be an unworthy descendant?" Wu Fan looked at Wu Ya and said, "Your father and other relatives are dead, and Wu Xian is such a person. If you don't sit in that seat, then who will? Change to an outsider? Is that what your late father wanted to see? I think he didn’t want to see his country fall into the hands of others, right? Let him die in peace?"

"This..." Wu Ya was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to refute.

If the throne really falls into the hands of someone else, Wu Ya believes that her father will definitely be very disappointed. The Wu family has been in charge of Nanping Country for hundreds of years and has long been integrated with Nanping Country and became the leader of Nanping Country. It was a symbol that her father definitely did not want the Wu family to retreat from the historical stage of Nanping after his death.

"Don't do that. Your Wu family has been the emperor here for hundreds of years. Even the people are used to the rule of your Wu family. It's not suitable to replace them." Wu Fan struck while the iron was hot.

"Third Princess, I think Mr. Wu is right." After a long silence, Zhao Xingnian said, "You are indeed the most suitable candidate now."

Hearing Zhao Xingnian's words, Wu Fan breathed a sigh of relief. The task of helping Wu Ya ascend the throne finally made some progress. Although Zhao Xingnian didn't seem to have completely made up his mind, the reason why he said this was more like a last resort. As long as he can accept the decision, that's fine.