168 Regime Change 2 (1/2)

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.

The ascension ceremony preparations went on without a hitch, Mo Qian Yuan ordered the Imperial Palace cleaned thoroughly, from top to bottom, got rid of a bunch of palace maids and eunuchs who served the Second Prince and the previous Emperor, and gained full control of the Imperial Palace.

From having had his life under threat, to his ascension as the Emperor. It had only been a mere few months. It all felt like a dream.

If not for Jun Wu Xie, he would have died in the Crown Prince Residence.

”Your Majesty, the things have been sent to the Lin Palace, as per your orders.” Mo Qian Yuan had two more days to the ascension, but the eunuchs in the Imperial Palace had all already taken up the form of address usually reserved only for the reigning ruler.

Mo Qian Yuan was nonchalant. Sitting on the throne, he was not exactly joyous.

”Hmm….. Did you see Miss Jun?” Since that day at the main hall, Mo Qian Yuan had not seen Jun Wu Xie. The three imprisoned in the Imperial Palace dungeons had been left as they were, their lives at the mercy of Jun Wu Xie.

”I did not.”