C502 Assassination This Was a Naked Framing!

Years ago, when he first ascended the throne and wanted to make Susu his queen, these officials, led by the North Duke, knelt in the grand hall, urging him to reconsider and retract his decision.

Retract his decision? Reconsider?

Why should he? Why should these people demand that he, the emperor, retract his decision? Why should they demand that he reconsider?

He was the emperor