Watching the tigers fight from the mountain, entering the imperial palace

Watching the tigers fight from the mountain, entering the imperial palace

[Wang Shi'an was dead!]

[Yu Chen's thoughts twisted and turned a thousand times. He had imagined countless endings: Wang Shi'an stripped of office, or returning to the Wang Clan for good. Never had he imagined that, before all these witnesses, disaster would strike and his head would be taken.]

[A chill rose along his spine and pierced his heart, shaking Yu Chen to his very soul.]

[Understanding suddenly dawned on him. Was Lu Chen truly a fish on the chopping block, helpless before the butcher's knife, without the slightest power to resist?]

[Everyone knew of the emperor's wrath, but who had ever listened to the unresolved grievances in the Junior Guardian's heart?]

[Yu Chen sighed softly and slowly closed his eyes. The old man seemed to have aged considerably. The heavens were truly about to change.]

[Great Qing faced another upheaval unseen in a hundred years!]

[Wei Gao was held in the Court of Judicial Review, whose chief official had once served the Lu Clan. There was little cause to worry about his safety.]

[Lu Chen's father, Lu Jiaxuan, languished in the Ministry of Justice's iron prison. Behind that ministry, the influence of the Jiangnan Noble Clans spread in tangled roots and branches. If the two sides had already reached an understanding, Yu Chen dared not imagine what would follow...]

[Zhang Lin and Xie Linghao remained calm. After all, even the Nine-Thousand-Year Lord, whose power overshadowed court and country, had died at the hands of a Master Realm figure like Chen Sanzhong. What was a mere Wang Shi'an?]

[The sword-bearing guards from the Court of Judicial Review blanched. Their eyes met, filled with shock and apprehension.]

[There were seasoned martial fighters among them, yet even they could not fathom