Zheng Xiangong, who had been standing silently to the side, quickly chimed in.
The trigger for the palace coup was a group of women besieging Jia Yi in the rain.
Amid the chaos, some even shouted the slogan "Purge the court of corrupt officials."
This triggered a series of riots!
Princess Yongchang felt increasingly guilty.
"Alright, let's leave the palace coup aside for now. Once the Emperor is better or the Crown Prince has been appointed, they can make their own decision."
Seeing that Yongchang had lost his edge, the Empress did not press her advantage.
She smiled and smoothed things over, essentially offering Yongchang a way out.
Yongchang, however, was unmoved, muttering to himself, "Even if you want your son to come back, Lingnan is three or four thousand miles from the capital. By the time he gets back, Agui might already be cured!"
Yongchang knew his unfortunate younger brother very well; he was most fond of Consort Xiao.
Even though Helian Jue was born to Consort Xiao, his own mother did not acknowledge him, and Helian Jue had already been branded with the mark of Empress Ashina.
Therefore, the emperor never intended to hand over the throne to Helian Jue.
Ashina was merely taking advantage of the sage's temporary inability to speak in order to find a loophole.
She forgot that Lingnan was thousands of miles away from the capital, and Helian Jue could not return in the short term.
"Hmph! Unless he is blessed by the heavens and can descend from the sky, otherwise—" It is still uncertain who will emerge victorious.
Before Yongchang could finish speaking, a palace servant stumbled in.
He seemed to have been greatly shocked, and his words became stammering: "Your Highness, you flew over from the sky!"
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