At the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, the Emperor and Prince Ping defied the Empress Dowager's opposition and forcefully declared Xiao Yeyang as the Princely Heir, which instantly rendered the Empress Dowager unconscious, a subject all the officials couldn't resist discussing privately.
In Daxia, filial piety governed the world, and although the Empress Dowager's interference in Prince Ping's appointment of a Princely Heir was inappropriate, as a son, one should not neglect a mother's feelings and stubbornly persist. One ought to enlighten her with reason and move her with emotion to gain her consent.
For this reason, many officials had prepared to formally censure Prince Ping at the morning court session the next day.
They dared not criticize the Emperor, but Prince Ping was certainly someone they could reprimand to indirectly point a finger at the Emperor, prompting him to reflect on his actions.
