Inviting Xu Ji

"So there are three factions vying with one another at court right now?"

After Sang Hongyang drove the carriage back, his mind weighed down with worries, the discussion about the upheaval among court officials was evidently far from over.

Changes among the highest-ranking officials did not affect just the posts of those officials themselves, but many others as well.

If someone had risen through nepotism and their backer fell, the many minor and mid-ranking officials connected to that person would fare no better.

They would either quickly find someone else to attach themselves to, or be transferred after a few days, a dozen days, or even several dozen days, vacating their coveted posts for officials who had chosen the right side.

"Three, possibly four, perhaps even five!"

When Rong Tianding asked with great interest, Zhang Xuezhou thought for a moment before answering.

He had never served at court, but he had some basic understanding of it.

The upheaval involved the grand empress dowager, the empress dowager, and Shen Peigong placing their people in office. But from what Sang Hongyang had said, the new emperor was evidently also working to cultivate and install people of his own.

Compared with the other three, however, the new emperor's people were clearly not ready to take the stage.

Besides them, Zhang Xuezhou had a vague feeling that the Immortal Court might also have had a hand in it, though he did not know who on its side was muddying the waters.

Caught amid such disputes, it was no wonder Yao Yuanguang had advised him to remain independent.

No matter how well things went, once a power struggle was lost, the tree would fall and the monkeys would scatter, and everything invested would go down the drain.

Those who could switch allegiances might be all