The bell of the New Year rings, a new chapter begins, but no one in the imperial city dares to celebrate wildly, because the Emperor suddenly fell into a coma during the family banquet on New Year's Eve; it's said that the imperial physicians watched over him all night.
Although the Emperor is in a coma, on the first day of the New Year, as per tradition, all officials still entered the palace to pay their respects and offer their New Year's greetings to the Emperor. Given the Emperor was still in a coma, they simply performed three prostrations and nine kowtows outside the hall to consider their respects paid.
Throughout the year, Emperor Yan alternates between comatose and alert states. Although the condition of the imperial body was not publicly disclosed, the uncertainty grew in the hearts of everyone, spending their days in fear.
