Over the next few days, court officials were demoted, executed, or thrown into prison one after another.
The factions loyal to the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince were both implicated to varying degrees. Overnight, more than half of the familiar faces in the imperial court vanished.
The Second Prince had always been on guard against the Fourth Prince, so he was not surprised when the latter made his moves. He had handled them carefully without the slightest slackness.
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