In the blink of an eye, another two days had passed, and with them rose more rumors—rumors about the Crown Prince's conspiracy, claiming that the Crown Prince did not wish for the Emperor to awaken and had not cared for the Emperor wholeheartedly.
All the rumors seemed to suggest that the Crown Prince was short of directly harming His Majesty to ensure a smooth succession.
At today's morning court session, Zhou Shuren observed the Crown Prince presiding above. Ah, this was the true Crown Prince, his composure deeply engrained, not something just anyone could feign. Besides, court politics had to be dealt with today; only the true Crown Prince could preside.
There had been a standoff in the southern battlefront for some time, and an urgent report had come into the capital yesterday that the fighting had erupted again—this time the foreign tribe from the south had taken the initiative to attack.
