Given the Tsar's current health, I'm afraid as soon as he leaves Saint Petersburg, he may be called by the Mother Goddess. In such a chaotic situation, whether the Crown Prince can succeed the throne smoothly, and whether he can effectively unite the hearts of his subjects amid the turmoil—these are thoughts the Elders are unwilling to entertain, and dare not consider.
The situation is so dire that even the most stubborn conservatives have to seriously consider how to end this hopeless war.