The trusted Prince of Pingxi had rebelled, yet Zhou Yi, who was not trusted, fought until the end.
Great loyalty resembles duplicity, and great duplicity looks like loyalty, how unvarying it is!
Around the time of Chen.
Ministry of Rites Minister Lu emerged from the palace gate, his expression somber, and coughed lightly before speaking.
"Hear the decree."
Officials knelt down in unison, not daring to shout long live, for His Majesty had just passed away not long ago, and such a proclamation would be out of place.
"I have succeeded the great Orthodoxy, received the sealing of ancestral temples..."
With just the opening line, everyone immediately knew it was the imperial edict, and those officials with richer emotions had already tears streaming down their faces, wailing loudly.
"Over-zealous for sagacity, leading to deception by eunuchs..."
Upon hearing this phrase, Zhou Yi could hardly restrain himself from jumping up and tearing the edict to shreds.
