Nangong Yan had stabilized her position as the Princess for so many years and had long had countless loyal supporters in the court. She was the Empress's legitimate daughter, so she was the legitimate heir. It was not wrong to support her. Moreover, the father and daughter had an extremely good relationship. They weren't guarding against each other.
Now that such a thing had happened, although the ministers who supported Nangong Yan were shocked, they were not completely in despair.
A country could not go without a ruler for a day. The Emperor was already old, and sooner or later, the country would have to be handed over.
From the looks of it, the Emperor had two choices: One was to choose a suitable successor from the collateral family, and the other was to bring the exiled jinx back to Nanzhao. However, in fact, these two choices were not as satisfying as the restoration of the Queen.
