When Shen Wei was summoned to the imperial study, the emperor was already dead.
There are three posthumous edicts on the table, passing the throne to the prince, the seven-year-old grandson, and the deposed prince Pei Zhaolin who should have died five years ago. What's even weirder is that the dead man really stepped out from behind the screen.
Pei Zhaolin told her: If the three edicts exist at the same time before the palace gate opens, there will be three emperors in the capital tomorrow. Shen Wei burned the edict passing on the crown prince in front of him, but the writing appeared on her arm. The edict grew along the bloodline, and in the end there was an extra sentence that was not there before - the prince must die tonight.
Before he finished speaking, the death knell came from the East Palace.
Shen Wei wanted to find the only person to identify the palace lady who kept the lantern, but there was no such person on the palace roster. She was the only one who still remembered the girl named A Ling, and Pei Zhaolin said that he had just heard someone crying behind the screen.
Three posthumous edicts, a dead end overnight. The palace gate is about to open, and the living one is the real emperor.
