The eldest prince committed suicide by poison, and the fourth prince died by his own hand. With the loss of these two leaders qualified to challenge and inherit the throne, the originally turbulent situation immediately calmed down.
However, due to the scheming of the Great Zhou Mountain Sect, Zhou Maochang now held much less power, especially after the deaths of those imperial guards, causing his control over the capital's situation to become stretched thin.
Fortunately, at this time, those astute civil officials saw his weakness and flocked to his side, seeking to preserve their own lives.
And Zhou Maochang, due to the words of the eldest prince before his death, planted seeds of doubt in his heart. To prevent the Great Zhou Mountain Sect from gaining overwhelming power and turning him into a puppet, he reluctantly accepted this group of civil servants.
