Back at home, Bai Zhizhan learned from Zhang Xiaoqing that the storm that had swept over the Imperial Capital recently had been a hundred times fiercer than described by Zheng Jiangming.
On that dark and windy night, it wasn't only the hundreds of traitorous defectors who met their end.
For safety's sake, the Empress Dowager had even sent someone to escort the Little Eldest Princess and her family into the Imperial Palace.
Although the entire operation was within Xue Yuanzheng's control, the gunfire that night had already made the internal conflicts within the Empire public knowledge.
Subsequently, a curfew and martial law were implemented across the Imperial Capital for half a month.
Though it had already returned to normal, the turbulence's impact had not disappeared, and the conflicts within the Imperial High Command were unresolved.
The matter involved the Imperial Family.
