Saving the Throne

"The imperial palace was gone?" Prince Fanyang forcibly suppressed his shock. By now, he had already led his troops into East Capital Prefecture.

According to the plan, he would return under the banner of saving the throne, and then proceed to rescue the emperor.

But the way things were unfolding seemed to have exceeded his expectations somewhat.

"What exactly happened?" Prince Fanyang asked in a low voice.

At this point, there was no road of retreat left.

If he dared to call for a withdrawal now, he would be the first to die.

His grand scheme of rebellion was known to all these confidants of his.

If he backed down now, Prince Fanyang, as a member of the imperial clan, might not necessarily die, but the others would at the very least face confiscation of their estates and extermination of their families.

"According to intelligence sent back by our scouts, it was..." The adviser explained the general situation.

Prince Fanyang's eyes widened. There had actually been such a secret behind the adoption back then.

"What about Emperor Zhang and the Four Dukes and Eight Counts?" Prince Fanyang hurriedly asked again.

Those two were the most important.

Right now, Prince Fanyang desperately hoped to hear that Emperor Zhang and the Four Dukes and Eight Counts had slain their enemy at the cost of grievous injuries.

Yet reality sent Prince Fanyang's heart plunging straight into the abyss.

"Missing." The adviser's voice carried a faint tremor as well.

As Prince Fanyang's confidant, his understanding of Emperor Zhang and the Four Dukes and Eight Counts was no less than Prince Fanyang's.

And precisely because of that, he knew just how powerful Emperor Zhang was.

"But in this subject's view, Emperor Zhang and the Four Dukes and Eight Counts are most likely dead." As he