Xiyue Imperial City was under total lockdown.
The Imperial Guard was going door-to-door searching for the assassin who had attempted to kill Prince Yan, plunging the populace into panic with every household keeping its doors tightly bolted.
What the Emperor of Xiyue never expected was that the very Prince Yan and his entourage whom they were hunting were safely hidden in the underground palace beneath the imperial compound.
Chapter 182