Ever since the Ye Family was utterly defeated in that earth-shattering battle, the landscape of the Capital had been thoroughly reshaped, as if by a fierce storm, ushering in an unprecedented new era.
Cleverly capitalizing on the formidable strength and unwavering support that the Lin Family had demonstrated during the fierce battle against the Ye Family, the Imperial Family further consolidated and reinforced its supreme ruling authority in the Capital. Those prominent families who had once harbored ulterior motives against the Imperial authority in secret and occasionally stirred to challenge its dignity were now struck with terror under the Imperial Family's newly displayed iron-fisted methods and absolute majesty, not daring to entertain any more extravagant illusions in the slightest.
Decisively and mercilessly utilizing the Lin Family as a powerful auxiliary force, the Imperial Family launched a tempestuous and severe crackdown on those disobedient prominent families attempting to provoke Imperial rule. For a time, all the factions in the Capital seemed shrouded in a gloomy cloud, with everyone feeling a sense of impending crisis, terrified of becoming the next target of the Imperial Family's purges. They racked their brains and exhausted every means to express their absolute loyalty to the Imperial Family in order to salvage a chance of survival.
Chapter 119