As the Spring Festival approached, the Dali imperial capital, Shenglong City, was far from peaceful. First, Imperial Tutor Cui Can brought the true dragon Wang Zhu back to Dragon Spring County. Shortly after, Emperor Song Zhengchun and Song Mu also headed there together.
The Prince Regent Song Changjing remained behind in the imperial capital, exercising the power of regency. Facing this decisive and formidable Prince Regent who possessed the cultivation of a Martial Artist at the Peak Realm, all the officials trembled with fear, sensing that a major event was bound to happen.
Song Changjing ordered trusted generals to lead elite armored cavalry to search and confiscate the gates, ancestral shrines, plaques, and Dharmic items of the aristocratic families in Shenglong City, executing anyone on the spot who offered resistance.
Chapter 66