The Golden Throne Hall was heavy with tension.
The struggle between factions was as fierce as fire and water; the court was its main battlefield.
Every minister still standing here had crawled out of a "mountain of corpses and sea of blood." Yet even those accustomed to grand spectacles were still shocked by what they had just witnessed.
Too fast, too ruthless!
There hadn't been a moment to catch their breath!
From the moment that Image Recording Stone was handed to Eunuch Jin, everything had already been settled.
Making the footage public was meant to force the Empress to take a stand, leaving her no room to maneuver!
Then Yun He produced more evidence, dragging a large number of officials into the case. With both moves at once, they had turned the Six Ministries into a sieve!
The Ministry of Revenue, which had always been as impregnable as an iron bucket, was about to face a massive reshuffle!
So many officials had fallen, leaving a raft of vacant posts. The Consort Faction was bound to take a hefty bite out of this prize!
This was a brazen, open plot!
And it had all started with one lowly centurion—
He had solved the Barbarian Slave Case, discovered the Red Sand mine, and killed the Demon Race...
The Consort Faction's move had struck like a sword through the throat. Chen Mo was the blade!
After a long while.
The Empress's voice came from behind the bamboo curtain. "Where is the criminal now?"
Chen Zhuo replied, "The case was only solved last night. The criminal is Zhou Li, the Zhou Family's guard commander. He has already been taken to the Imperial Prison and can be interrogated at any time."
"What about the Red Sand mine?"
"The Heavenly Qilin Guard has already set