Thread:Killuminator/@comment-25640367-20141215125742/@comment-24694656-20141215155237

Hakuryuu came to power via a coup, Gyokuen via a conspiracy, Koutoku via tragic circumstances.

Transitiions in the Kou Empire didn't go smoothly, but still it's a fact that Gyokuen was monarch for a short period of time (there was not emperor consort, I'm not sure if such a title ever existed) so Hakuryuu would be the fourth emperor per real world customs.