Chương 686: Confrontation

The interior and exterior of High Sage Temple were under martial law. The Gao family's army had already surrounded High Sage Temple, so Qi Haoran mixed in the crowd to admire the majestic temple. Now, even the ordinary people knew that the Gao family wanted to replace the Duan family.

Of course, the Gao family also had a legitimate-sounding excuse, which was that they were arresting the culprits who murdered the Crown Prince—the Empress and the Eldest Princess.

Regardless of whether everyone believed it or not, the Gao family did come up with a very righteous and noble reason to rebel.