There's a Snake in the Empress' Bedroom (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 116

History had been overturned.

Rexus would be recorded not as the strong sovereign who pacified the Empire, but as a defeated tyrant and butcher.

The Temple, too, needed to align itself with this tide.

The High Priest clutched his head.

Rumors had been swirling daily within the Temple.

Moreover, the new emperor’s faction wished to prepare a swift coronation ceremony.

And now, a new signet ring?

Was this not an attempt to completely upend Hientry!

Until now, the Temple had stood firm even before the strengthened imperial authority because the imperial family belonged to the Hientry house, blessed by the Three Serpent Gods.

However, whether the Rotera house possessed such sanctity was a matter open to debate.

That was why the high-ranking clergy, who used to quietly slip away at late evening, could not leave the Temple and instead continued their idle debates.

“If we acknowledge Renisha Rotera as emperor, our prestige will plummet to the ground. The Three Serpent Gods will surely be enraged! Your Eminence, you must proceed with caution. Even now, the Temple should step forward and install another descendant of the Hientry house as emperor in place of Renisha Rotera.”

In the end, it was simply that they could not relinquish the power already in their grasp.

The High Priest himself had no intention of completely abandoning the Temple’s interests.

Yet, as for Renisha…

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