The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1173 - 1173 567 Regaining the Victory (Second Update)_3

Chapter 1173: 567 Regaining the Victory (Second Update)_3 Chapter 1173: 567 Regaining the Victory (Second Update)_3 Princess Ning An sneered, “Regarding the content of the royal edict, she either acknowledges all of it or none of it. I bet she… will let her son rule in person!”

Empress Dowager Xiao would of course allow the Crown Prince to rule in person, even if it meant having another Princess Ning An to regent.

Empress Dowager Xiao probably didn’t take this recently submissive and unassuming widow princess seriously at all.

If regency is to be regency, then the day she becomes displeased, she can simply strip the Crown Prince of Princess Ning An’s regency powers at any time.

But would things really go so smoothly?

Ning An isn’t a sheep; she’s a wolf!

Whether the Crown Prince will depose Ning An or Ning An will depose the Crown Prince is not easy to say!

In the past, Empress Dowager Zhuang went from holding the regency power to completely dominating the court!

Eunuch Wan Quan was on the verge of tears.

It’s over, now it’s really, really over.

At night, an eagle circled above the Imperial Palace, letting out a cold and solemn cry before soaring into the night sky.

The next morning, Empress Dowager Xiao received news that she should go to Huaqing Palace, as Eunuch Wan Quan was to read the royal edict.

After washing up and dressing neatly, Empress Dowager Xiao went to Huaqing Palace with a complicated expression.

Eunuch Wan Quan was already waiting in the main hall of Huaqing Palace early on.

Empress Dowager Xiao huffed over to him and whispered sharply, “Did His Majesty wake up again last night? Didn’t I tell you that as soon as His Majesty woke up, you were to report to me immediately? Are you taking my words as nothing but the wind past your ears!”

Eunuch Wan Quan thought to himself that it wasn’t that he wanted to ignore her words; it was that Princess Ning An hadn’t given him any time to prepare.

The moment I went in, she had already drafted the royal edict, and your arrival would have made no difference.

Eunuch Wan Quan said sheepishly, “It’s the Emperor’s will; this servant is helpless. I ask the Empress Dowager for forgiveness.”

Empress Dowager Xiao glared at him coldly, “Wan Quan, you’ve got some nerve!”

Eunuch Wan Quan felt bitter inside but did not voice it.

Before long, the Crown Prince also arrived, looking completely bewildered.

“Mother Empress?”

“My son?”

Empress Dowager Xiao frowned. Why had the Crown Prince come too? Could the royal edict be related to him?

Empress Dowager Xiao looked indifferently at Eunuch Wan Quan, “Both the Crown Prince and I are here; announce the decree.”

Eunuch Wan Quan chuckled nervously, “It is a matter of great importance; His Majesty’s intention is to announce it in the presence of the Empress Dowager and all the noble consorts.”

Those who are titled noble consorts are at least of the third rank.

Soon, Noble Consort Zhuang, Consort Shu, Consort Yu, and the various consorts arrived at Huaqing Palace one after another.

Princess Ning An also came.

With so many people present, everyone thought she was also summoned to listen to the royal edict and didn’t pay much attention.

Having seen everyone arrive, Eunuch Wan Quan unfolded the royal edict in his hands, “All listen to the decree—”

Everyone, led by Empress Dowager Xiao, knelt down abruptly.

“Heaven’s mandate honored, the Emperor decrees, since ascending to the throne twenty-one years ago, despite constant diligence, my modest virtues fail my body. Now that I languish on a sickbed with the dragon’s physique weakened, the Crown Prince being of noble character, deeply resembling my own, from this day forth, he shall attend court, temporarily assuming personal rule.”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Xiao let out a long sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it was a royal edict supporting the Crown Prince’s ascendancy.

The rest of the consorts were also shocked by the content of the royal edict, but their surprise was not with the Crown Prince temporarily assuming state affairs; rather, it was with the Emperor handing over the power of state governance, which suggested that the Emperor was gravely ill.

Even to the point of possibly being bedridden for good.

The late Emperor started out this way…

“Additionally,” Eunuch Wan Quan cleared his throat.

Everyone was alarmed.

There’s more?

“The Crown Prince is young and newly facing state affairs, and I harbor worries as well, thus I establish the position of a regent. To be held by—,” Eunuch Wan Quan opened his mouth, a strong flicker of fear flashing in his eyes.

“To be held by whom?” the Crown Prince asked.

Princess Ning An subtly curled the corner of her lips.

Eunuch Wan Quan’s forehead was beaded with cold sweat. After a moment of resolve, he followed the words of the royal edict and read, “To be held by Princess Xinyang as regent!”

Princess Ning An was thunderstruck!

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