Saiunkoku Monogatari can be sound in light novels, manga, and the anime, the story that is. Right now, I'm posting the summary of Saiunkoku Monogatari Volume 1.
For those people who have seen the anime, the first volume is basically similar, except: the sword fighting contest, where Ryuki Shi (the emperor) was trying to impress Shurei Kou (Hong) by winning it hoping to give her the prize money, but somehow in the end, Shuei Ran won the contest. But, the reunion conversation between Ryuki and Seiran Si which placed after the contest was still there. In this novel, it mentioned that the Sa clan wants to participated in the civil war even through this is against Sa Enjun's wishes, who controls the Sa clan. During that time, the Kou (Hong) and Ran clans stayed out of the conflict. The elders of the Ran clan wants to find the Prince Seien, Ryuki's second-eldest brother and was the top candidate to become the emperor until he was exiled with his mother, Lady Suzuran. The current heads of the Ran clan opposed the idea. Why was Prince Seien's exiled? It all begins when Prince Seien was still a prince who's has the greatest chance to get the throne to become the next Emperor. Due to the superiority of Prince Seien's physical and intellectual's levels, many or you can say all of his brothers and sisters, except Ryuki was jealous of him and would plan schemes to get his seat thrown away. The only family member who showed kindness to Ryuki was Prince Seien, this even excludes Ryuki's birth mother. Since Prince Seien's has the greatest chance to get the throne, Seien's maternal relatives plots a conspiracy to make him the next Emperor, but it failed which caused Prince Seien and his mother, Lady Suzuran, to be exiled. After they left palace on the order of the exile, they were chased by assassins (It was hinted that it was sent by Seien's brothers and sisters who wants to get rid of their "troublesome" brother).
Thanks for sharing. I can see why you are so advanced at your age. Your parents must be so proud of you. Keep up the great work and I know you will achieve all your goals in life. You have handled going to college at night and your school work with the grace that most adults cannot display. I enjoy having you as a student.
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