Last night, many took advantage of Lin Heng's concealed illness to make their move, but now Lin Heng is neither dead nor harmed, while the others are terrified to death.
The rebels' sudden and timely insurrection naturally stirred their hearts.
"Father couldn't stop it?"
"Couldn't stop it." Shangwen Xia'er frowned.
"But Lin Heng wouldn't agree to lead the army to suppress them. If the court united against him and forced him to lead or give up military power, and Lin Heng disagreed, it would be tantamount to forcing him to turn against them. Then, when the sovereign and his ministers attack each other and the court is divided, with no one to restrain the rebel army, it would lead the country into fragmentation and extreme danger."
Just thinking about this outcome made Shangwen Xia'er anxious as though his heart were on fire, forcing him to busy himself with balancing the fluctuations of the court, trying to suppress this turmoil, but...
