As for the Empress, Consort Shu, Consort Xian, Consort De, and others' families, logically speaking, they should stand with Emperor Yongcheng for the sake of their daughters.
After all, only if Emperor Yongcheng remains the Emperor are they "foreign relatives."
Once Emperor Yongcheng is deposed, they naturally lose any relation to the Royal Family, and their daughters will be imprisoned and buried alongside the deposed Emperor.
They cannot abandon the interests of their entire family for the sake of one daughter, yet they cannot bear to see their daughters wither away so young.
Thus, their best course of action is neither support nor opposition, to let nature take its course, and to observe quietly.
However, this is not the case.
These families are even more eager than the other families of Military Merit to kick Zhao Gui off the Dragon Throne.
Not for any other reason, but for their daughters.
Yes, they truly are poor families, not as noble as the noble families.
