Now, he can only observe the situation and wait until he succeeds to support Prince Yuan—Emperor Jingyuan—to ascend the throne and control the government.

To everyone's surprise, the emperor returned to the palace unharmed, and he had no choice but to stop what he was doing.

The day after Di Jingcheng returned, as soon as he arrived at the court, the Nalan faction began to speak insincerely and flatteringly, which disgusted Di Jingcheng. Unfortunately, it was not yet possible to eradicate them completely.

It seems rather normal that Prime Minister Nalan knew in advance about the Emperor's return.

Emperor Jingcheng took out several letters and waist tokens from his sleeve and threw them down: "I did not expect to be assassinated by treacherous people during this trip. It is quite a coincidence that these things were found on the assassin. My dear ministers, please take a look."

Di Jingcheng stared intently at Nalan Mingyan, who had his head bowed, and inwardly snorted coldly.

After the ministers read it one by one, all that remained was shock.

The token involved three individuals: the Vice Minister of War, the Minister of Personnel, and the Vice Minister of Rites—all important officials, yet all loyal to Nalan Mingyan. The three men stepped forward tremblingly, knelt, and kowtowed to beg for forgiveness.

Grand Secretary Lin Yi and Grand Tutor Liu Xingneng, who were veterans of three reigns, were so enraged that they lost their composure in court and started cursing at the three officials who were kneeling on the ground and pleading for forgiveness.

Emperor Jingcheng rubbed his forehead, not expecting these two old ministers to be so excited, even more excited than he, the person involved.

Di Jingcheng did not stop him, and looked at the composed Prime Minister Nalan, thinking, "What an old fool."

"Alright." Only when Emperor Jingcheng's authoritative voice rang out did the two old ministers finally stop.

"I will make the decision in the court. All the officials have seen these tokens, and now the evidence is conclusive. Let the Minister of Justice handle it."

"Your subject obeys the decree." The Minister of Justice stepped forward to receive the decree.