Barely half the day had passed after the Crown Prince Mo Qian Yuan led the Rui Lin Army into the Imperial Palace that news of the Emperor's passing spread in the Imperial City. It was decreed that Mo Qian Yuan was to succeed the throne.
The ascension ceremony was to be held seven days later.
The Kingdom of Qi's regime changed, quiet and calm.
With Jun Wu Xie's bloody massacre of the Emperor's lackeys and sycophants at the Palace Gates, not a single voice was heard in protest at the throne ascension ceremony.
The court officials were vividly aware of the close relationship between Mo Qian Yuan and Jun Wu Xie, and with Mo Qian Yuan ascending the throne to be the Emperor, the vacant position of Empress might very soon belong to Jun Wu Xie. Moreover, with the fearsome Rui Lin Army still garrisoned within the Imperial City, they would very much rather keep their heads.
