"How could the Empress Dowager have died? Who killed her?"
Lianshan Xin and Qi Shiyun both looked at Xie Tianxia in shock.
Xie Tianxia shook her head. "Could you two stop treating me as omniscient and omnipotent? Right now, I can only learn what's being publicly circulated in the Divine Capital. The more specific details certainly won't be made public."
That was already very impressive, actually.
Neither felt disappointed at getting no answer. They were only shocked.
Qi Shiyun analyzed the situation. "So news of both the Crown Prince's Consort's sudden death and the Empress Dowager's sudden death has already spread through the Divine Capital?"
"Yes."
"That means His Majesty has fallen behind. The Retired Emperor really did come prepared." Qi Shiyun sounded worried. "Master, this is hardly good news."
"It's fine. We'll watch and wait. If Emperor Yongchang couldn't keep the overall situation under control without me, I wouldn't have helped him ascend the throne. Surely I can't be expected to work myself to death attending to everything personally."
Clearly, Xie Tianxia still had ample confidence in Emperor Yongchang.
Qi Shiyun reminded her, "Master, this time, not only are you absent from the Divine Capital, but the Heavenly Queen is too. His Majesty has effectively lost both his right and left arms."
7
"Even without his right and left arms, he is still the emperor of Great Yu, the supreme ruler of the realm. Shiyun, don't underestimate His Majesty."
"Master, I'm worried about you, about our Dragon Subjugation Lineage. If something happens to His Majesty as it did to the Empress Dowager, we'll have no roots left in Great Yu. We haven't even started choosing the next emperor," Qi Shiyun said.
"Not necessarily," Lianshan Xin suddenly said. "If something really happens to Emperor Yongchang, we can support the Crown