Seven days ago, when the sound of a funeral resounded through the capital, Gu Yuan knew that Empress Dowager Yuan had started to take action. He immediately mobilized the Commandant of the Capital and the 2,000 Shangyang Army soldiers to take down the 1,000 Tiger Army soldiers in the capital in one go and quickly controlled the four city gates.
As for Empress Dowager Yuan, she was trapped in the deep palace. Gu Yuan had cut off her ears and eyes. She didn't know what was going on outside at all. Only when Chu Yi escorted a group of criminals back to the capital from the imperial mausoleum did Empress Dowager Yuan know that she and Chu You had failed.
"The empress dowager was stimulated and is seriously ill. The imperial physician said that it's probably not good," Gu Yuan said in the end. When he mentioned the empress dowager's serious illness, his expression was cold.
