For Zhou Bo, he truly wanted to gamble once.
After all, he was a representative figure of the Zhejiang faction.
He bore the heavy responsibility of helping the Zhejiang faction rise.
But in the current court, factional struggles were nothing less than flashing blades and clashing swords.
Though he had many ambitions, unfortunately, he possessed no real power and had no one backing him.
As the saying went, even the cleverest housewife could not cook without rice.
That was precisely the logic.
Now that he saw Xu Zimo rising.
This was a crucial moment.
Most people would certainly be unwilling to support Xu Zimo.
They might even work against him in secret.
Because Xu Zimo had touched the cake of far too many vested interests.
And if he became Emperor, he would be uncontrollable and beyond anyone's control. That was not something anyone wanted to see.
Yet Zhou Bo had seen something that others had not.
Since everyone else refused, then he would go against the current.
This was what it meant to send charcoal in the snow.
To step forward when Xu Zimo most needed capable hands.
Perhaps he would then be entrusted with important duties.
Even if it meant offending every civil and military official in court, so what?
Their Zhejiang faction had already declined.
If they did not take one last risk and fight now, then in a few years, they would likely cease to exist in court altogether.
That was Zhou Bo's thinking.
After he declared his stance, it caused a small chain reaction.
In an instant, several more people knelt and kowtowed at the same time.
Among them were those who had hesitated before. Now that someone had taken the lead, they threw caution to the wind as well.
And if anything went wrong, Zhou