Protopopof Was Right and Wrong

By late january, the imperial couple were getting reports from proto popof that while there was a lot of griping out there and a lot of wildly seditious fantasizing, nothing was actually coming together. Protopopo could report no evidence of an active plot that seriously threatened the couple's power and authority. No one knew it, but the opportunity for a quick palac coup, forced abdication, the rapid replacement of the government, without plunging into social revolution is over.