When the princes, who had been locked in fierce struggles, were arrested, they were still completely bewildered. Wasn't it said that the royal father was critically ill? Wasn't it said that the royal father would never wake up again? Wasn't it said that the royal father was beyond all help, and that even the most powerful healers the entire Liushuang Empire could invite were helpless to save him? How could the royal father wake up overnight, and not only wake up, but fully recover?
If the royal father had truly died, and the Crown Prince did not possess absolute, overwhelming strength to seize the throne, then their fighting for that position would have been entirely understandable. But now, just when they had finished grieving and were convinced the royal father was beyond saving—after years of fighting tooth and nail until things had reached a boiling point, right when the true victor was about to emerge—the royal father woke up. He actually woke up! It was simply too shocking!
Since the royal father had recovered, their actions were no different from rebellion. After all, in their hearts, they had been certain the royal father was bound to die within a year or two; yet he hadn't actually died.
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