The next morning at court, the four Dukes jointly submitted their resignations, requesting to retire and return to their hometowns, while the other ministers watched the spectacle unfold—

Just when most people thought His Majesty would agree, a dramatic scene played out.

The emperor stated that recently, with Duke Wei resigning and Duke Qin causing chaos, the court was in turmoil. If the remaining four Dukes were to resign, the Six Dukes would be leaderless, the ancestral temple would lack oversight, and the court would certainly become unstable.

Using this as a reason, he righteously rejected the four Dukes' request, and in his words, he did not forget to warn them not to bring up the matter again, or else they would be guilty of disrupting the court.