As the two Purple Guards gave their orders, the black-clad men of the Xuanyin Division pressed forward step by step.
In stark contrast, the various retainers of the Eastern Prince's Estate retreated a step for every step the Xuanyin Division advanced.
The Xuanyin Division was the Emperor's personal guard; this was common knowledge throughout Wu Zhou. With the imperial golden sabre in hand, the Eastern Prince Zhu Minjun could execute a few members of the Xuanyin Division and brush it off with a casual excuse that he was in a bad mood... Even if he enraged the Emperor, he could just scapegoat a few lackeys to pay with their lives, and after a mild reprimand, the princedom would still be his.
Chapter 214