Three months was enough for many matters to settle into the dust, and for many rumors to ferment into myths.
Great Yin's Imperial City had been mostly repaired.
Only the person sitting on the Dragon Throne had changed.
To be precise, that seat was now empty...
Ye Fu merely sat on a newly installed rosewood chair beside the Dragon Throne.
The Eldest Princess Regent.
That title spread throughout the Central Province within three days.
Along with it spread even more astonishing news: Si Chen, the top-ranked cultivator on the Eastern Region's Azure Profound Ranking, was her son.
The details of the earth-shaking upheaval in the Imperial City were tightly controlled, but some things could not be concealed.
For instance, the new emperor, Ye Hong, and the third prince, Ye Jing, were both dead.
For instance, of the three nation-guarding ancestors, one was unconscious and two were gravely injured.
The court's veteran officials held several private meetings. In the end, they pushed a white-haired, white-bearded elder who had served three reigns forward. Kneeling before Ye Fu, he tremblingly presented a jointly signed memorial.
Its contents were simple.
Promote "Lord Peerless" Si Chen to "Peerless King."
Ye Fu stared at that memorial for a long time.
Of course she knew what those veteran officials were thinking.
After the matter with the Mirage Dragon ended, every direct member of the imperial family-all those princes-had developed problems.
Those with milder symptoms had vacant eyes and spoke incoherently.
Those with severe symptoms lay in bed as living corpses, clinging to a single breath.
The examination results were: incomplete divine souls, beyond medical treatment.
The direct bloodline of Great Yin's imperial family had been severed completely overnight.
Now, the only people still qualified to sit on the Dragon Throne were the three gravely injured ancestors and