Ye Mansion was exceptionally quiet beneath the night sky.
Over the years that Ye Ze'an had served as Chief Secretary, he had spent most of his time in Purple Void Hall in the Imperial City and rarely returned home.
This made it difficult for the powerful figures who wanted to curry favor with or befriend the Chief Secretary to find an opportunity to visit.
It was impossible to send gifts directly to Purple Void Hall, either.
After the Chief Secretary fell seriously ill, however, he stayed in the mansion. Those who wanted to visit him came one after another, but he refused every visitor on the grounds that he was unwell and unable to receive guests.
Even so, people still kept arriving with all kinds of precious supplements or famous physicians.
Then, on June 22, the area before Ye Mansion suddenly fell quiet.
The twenty-second day of the sixth month, Year Eight of Yuanxing.
Ye Qin—the steward of the Ye Family, Ye Ze'an's childhood companion and later trusted aide—went alone to the Supervisory Pavilion and formally accused Ye Ze'an before its Master, Lou Hongtao!
The matter of Ye Qin had already caused an uproar over the past month and was known throughout the city.
He publicly accused Ye Ze'an, and the news spread through Lanling City at an astonishing speed!
The Supervisory Pavilion had yet to accept Ye Qin's accusation. Ye Qin remained inside the pavilion, while its Master, Lou Hongtao, had entered the palace to see the Emperor.
Besides Lou Hongtao, many cabinet ministers had also entered the palace overnight.
The court and the people were shaken. Almost no one dared approach Ye Mansion, which lay at the very center of this vortex.
A car stopped outside Ye Mansion. A man dressed in Purple Void Hall Grand Scholar's robes