Emperor Yonghe conveyed Qi Tian's reaction to the other four princes. Seeing that Qi Tian had raised no objections to the plan they had devised, they could only carry it out temporarily. At the same time, they hastened to consolidate the power of the five imperial palaces and tried every means to gather intelligence regarding the whereabouts of Emperor Tian Rui and Qi Tian's subordinates.
Time flew by, and before long, three days had passed. The whole Eastern Capital City remained calm, and Chaoyang Palace made no moves, with no news escaping its walls. This suggested that Chaoyang Palace was far more successful at rooting out traitors than Jianwu Palace and the other imperial palaces. It was impossible that Chaoyang Palace housed no spies, but whatever number they had must have been minimal and none deployed by any of the brothers. Otherwise, they would have received some internal information from Chaoyang Palace by now.
