Letting a Dragon Into the Sea

At the mention of King Li of Zhou, Concubine Lan couldn't help but hold her breath. She thought of Yue Fei, the King of the North, and a deep sense of fear flashed across her eyes.

Empress Ning sneered. "The emperor hates the Xu Residence deeply. Naturally, if a huge problem in his heart can be eliminated, and there is a proper explanation for the personal expedition to the North back then, if the emperor is satisfied, it's inevitable that Ning Yuanbo, who has been imprisoned, will be able to make up for his mistakes. When he's released from the prison, with the help of the ministers, it's only logical for the emperor to appoint the Second Prince as the heir."

Although her father and brother had taken all the faults of the crushing defeat in the North, the many details of the crushing defeat in the North were shrouded in fog and had become a taboo in the court.

The court officials did not dare to mention it much, even in private. This matter was left unsettled.