Five days later.
A shocking upheaval struck the court.
A memorial submitted by Attendant Censor Ran Zuyong shot toward the imperial court like a poisoned arrow.
The memorial asserted with absolute certainty that, "according to the investigation," Prince An Guo Xiang Li Dan and Princess Taiping Who Guards the Nation Li Lingyue had long been secretly corresponding with the rebel Li Qianli and Crown Prince Li Chongjun, conspiring to commit treason! The upheaval at the Buddha-Bathing Festival had been an act of collusion from within and without, a monstrous betrayal intended not only to eliminate the Prince of Liang, but also to murder the emperor and pave the way for Prince Xiang to take the throne!
At its conclusion, the memorial pleaded in anguished terms for the emperor to place righteousness above family ties, consign Prince Xiang and Princess Taiping to the Imperial Prison, and subject them to rigorous interrogation!
Clearly, this was the handiwork of Empress Wei, Princess Anle, Zong Chuke, and their faction. Once Li Xian was persuaded or pressured into agreeing, Taiping and Li Dan would be fish on the chopping block, their lives entirely in Empress Wei's hands.
Fortunately, at that moment when their fate hung by a thread, Princess Taiping's advance arrangements took effect.
During the court assembly, after Ran Zuyong finished reading his memorial with impassioned expression, the hall fell deathly silent. As Li Xian's expression shifted, Assistant Director of the Secretariat Cen Xi and Censor-in-Chief Xiao Zhizhong stepped forward almost simultaneously.
Cen Xi was the son of Cen Changqian, the celebrated former chancellor of Wu Zhou. Now he knelt prostrate on the floor, his voice filled with grief. "Your Majesty! You possess all within the four seas and rule the world. Can you truly not tolerate one younger brother and one younger