Because she passed away on New Year's Eve, Ye City was adorned in solemn white throughout the entire Spring Festival.
The common folk sighed and lamented.
Not so much because they mourned the old lady's passing, but rather because the Empress Dowager's death coincided with national mourning, on New Year's Eve no less—how ominous!
No one knew if Yue Country might face great calamities next.
Gradually, rumors began circulating among the people.
Some claimed that His Majesty didn't want to remain Emperor and wished to abdicate. Because of this, heaven punished the Imperial Family.
The common people grew increasingly uneasy; after enjoying just a few days of good times, were they about to face chaos again?
If His Majesty were to abdicate, his Princes were still young and couldn't assume the throne, meaning the succession would inevitably fall to other members of the Imperial Family.
