With the marriage of Princess Miaoren concluded, time seemed to fly by. In a blink, the Crown Prince, burning with impatience, hurried to the Empress’s bedchamber to beg her to persuade the Emperor to grant a marriage decree for him and Princess Sixi. However, the Imperial Palace was currently immersed in sorrow, as the Eldest Prince had recently passed away, plunging the entire court into deep mourning.
The Empress sat by the couch, looking at the heartbroken, haggard Emperor. Her heart was heavy with anxiety and helplessness. She knew how deeply the Emperor had cherished the Eldest Prince; now that the tragedy of a father burying his son had occurred, the Emperor’s grief was bottomless. Faced with this situation, the Empress did not know how to bring up the Crown Prince’s request, fearing it would only pierce the Emperor’s heart further.
Meanwhile, the officials of the Court of Judicial Review, tasked with investigating the cause of the Eldest Prince’s death, worked day and night, but progress remained agonizingly slow. Despite their constant inquiries and interrogations of everyone even remotely involved, they had yet to find definitive evidence to identify the true culprit. Every sign suggested that the mastermind possessed a meticulous and cunning plan, having skillfully scrubbed away all traces.
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