Mu Ronghuan's military rebellion had been quelled by Mu Rongche, who alone had ridden into the imperial palace to calm the mutiny, further elevating his reputation in Lian Hai Kingdom.
The old emperor knew that after surviving this palace coup, he would no longer wallow in the pain of having lost a woman like he had in the past two years, incapable of freeing himself from it.
Yet, when he appointed Mu Rongche as the Crown Prince, he still could not find himself particularly pleased.
He suggested that they should pay their respects to his mother together, to share the good news with her, hoping she would rest in peace beneath the nine springs.
However, Mu Rongche, with a dim look in his eyes, said, "Father, please visit mother on my behalf."
He dared not go, nor did he know how to face his mother.
He had wronged his mother.
But his mother had wronged Xiao Bai even more.
Both people he owed, and he would never be able to make it right in this lifetime.
