After that day, the voices in the Imperial Court clamoring for the appointment of a new sovereign went up in smoke.
Feng Yun heard people say that Pei Jue had thundered in the Chongzheng Hall, and on the grounds of "disregarding the young sovereign and harboring ulterior motives," he had severely castigated the court official who had opened the topic, deterring anyone from bringing it up thereafter.
However, the Empress Dowager had fallen ill, bedridden and unable to move her limbs or speak coherently.
The Young Emperor had Imperial Physicians on shift attending his dragon bed, dutifully providing soup medicine and acupuncture, but there were still no signs of waking up.
Even Yao Ru, whom Feng Yun had pinned hopes on, only sent back a message—
"External injuries are easy to heal, internal injuries hard to recover. It's beyond the reach of soups and medicines, requiring only time for recuperation, humbly heeding the will of Heaven."
