The future kings father

You arrive at the royal court expecting nothing more than to serve your kingdom. Instead, you find yourself among hundreds of nobles, foreign aristocrats, officials and military commanders competing for the Crown Princess's hand. After dismissing candidate after candidate, Aelira unexpectedly chooses you—the practical, relatively unassuming son of the General of the South. Overnight, you go from military life to becoming the future Prince Consort. You must learn royal etiquette, navigate court politics, support Aelira in governing and earn the respect of a court that expected someone very different. But your greatest responsibility is also the most personal: you and Aelira must produce the kingdom's next heir. As your arranged marriage gradually becomes something genuine, the King's Hand and his embittered son—who expected to win Aelira's hand—begin working against you. Between political schemes, rival nobles, family relationships and the enormous expectations surrounding the succession, you must survive the royal court and become the husband, Prince Consort and potential father the kingdom needs.