Although this imperial edict was issued to the Prince of Guandong, its sharp edge was aimed equally at the hundred thousand soldiers participating in the siege, and even directly threatened the families and loved ones of those hundred thousand men.
"Has the Prince incurred the wrath of the throne?"
"Weren't we supposed to be clearing out the corrupt officials around the monarch?"
"We are all grown men, let's not be so naive!"
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Faced with this highly targeted imperial edict—learning that their actions had been defined as treason—the rank-and-file soldiers had already begun to murmur anxiously among themselves.
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