A major event had recently taken place in Heaven Capital City: the Zhou Family had fallen!
Vice Minister of Revenue Zhou Chuanbing had been stripped of his official hat by the court and thrown into the Imperial Prison!
The Heavenly Qilin Guard had raided the Zhou Mansion, taking the entire household into custody. The confiscated property had filled five carriages!
The capital was shaken to its core!
In recent years, factional strife had grown fierce, and officials had often fallen from grace.
But for a Principal Third Rank official, the second-in-command of the Ministry of Revenue, to fall without warning had truly sent a chill through everyone!
However, this was only the beginning.
The next day, thirteen Censorate officials jointly submitted a memorial, impeaching several high-ranking officials of the Six Ministries. Even the Vice Minister of Justice was implicated!
Officials from the Six Ministries began to strike back as well, constantly dredging up all sorts of dirt. The court became a battlefield where the two sides fought to the death.
The Eastern Palace had made an exception and convened court for three days straight. Impeachment memorials had poured in like snowflakes filling the sky.
This grand factional struggle had already spread from officialdom into the streets. Tea houses and taverns were full of scholars from noble families discoursing at length and debating state affairs.
Osmanthus Ward.
A group of Imperial Academy students in blue robes were drinking and chatting.
"Who could have imagined that Vice Minister Zhou, whose star was rising so high, would fall just like that?"
"I heard he secretly mined Red Sand and committed the grave crime of treason!"
A student who had removed his scholar's cap and looked wild and unrestrained shook his head. "Heh, Vice Minister Zhou was a powerful minister. As someone who stood