During the days when Li Zong was away, the gates of the Yong’an Palace remained shut. Li Fengqi and Ye Yunting didn't step out of the palace once, spending their days brewing horse milk wine and watching the snow fall day by day.
On occasion, when they brewed too much wine to finish, they'd bottle it up and send Zhu Lie to deliver it to several nobles' manors one by one.
This made the observing officials even more anxious. Prince Yong’an was contacting these old ministers far more often than usual. It was clear that he was getting ready to take action!