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Imperial Capital Luoyang.
The battle for the throne has erupted.
Many members of the Zhang Tang Royal Family are gathering.
Among them are those who were originally in Luoyang, those who returned with Prince Zhao Zhang Teng from Chang'an, and those who later came to the Imperial Capital from various parts of Great Tang.
"The Crown Prince is the nation's heir apparent, entrusted to oversee governance by imperial decree, always magnanimous and virtuous, what more is there to consider?" Princess Chang of Dongping, Zhang Qiongrong, shouted.
Deputy Minister Shangguan Qing and Princess Shanyang Zhang Ying were both silent.
Huixi King Zhang Zhicong, who had just arrived at the Imperial Capital, looked around: "Has His Majesty... the late emperor truly passed away?"
Zhang Qiongrong: "If the late emperor's wounds weren't truly heavy, how else could the Chang'an battle result like that?"
King Nanyang Zhang Zhi and his consort, Shangguan Jie, stood together and spoke up:
