In just a few days, the news that the deceased Princess Li was a true phoenix spread far and wide, claiming she was born with the destiny of an Empress, and that her untimely death had caused anomalies in heaven and earth, with many commoners even bringing offerings to worship her outside the imperial mausoleum.
As the tale grew more bizarre, but because most people in the capital had witnessed the Phoenix Illusion that day, people could not help but believe it.
Following that, some people began to speculate further. If the deceased Princess Li was naturally destined to be the Empress, what then was Prince Li? Initially, he was the Regent King, and recently his authority in court had been increasingly formidable, so rumors about him planning to usurp the throne grew more intense, with some Imperial Censors even advising him to his face to return to the Northwest.
