Xu Tianran Awakens, the Little Bird is Ruined!

Several advance troops of the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Corps arrived in Mingdu at noon today, officially took over city defense alongside the Imperial Soul Engineer Corps, and launched a carpet search throughout Mingdu.

Major merchant associations, inns, and freight warehouses inside the city all fell within the empire's search scope.

Even the Black Dragon Merchant Association received the search order this morning, but Long Wushang did not care about it. The Black Dragon Merchant Association had operated normally all through last night, and no one could find any problems with them.

Furthermore, early this morning, he ordered the merchant association staff to provide material aid to the damaged streets in the city. They were an outstanding merchant association commended by the empire, so when trouble struck, they naturally had to set an example.

As for himself, while investigating where those assassins would ultimately gather and figuring out whose people they actually were, he was also waiting for Xu Tianran to wake up.

Xu Tianran's body and mind had suffered a tremendous blow at this moment, and hatred had completely blinded his eyes. Right now was precisely when he was at his most irrational and his emotions were most collapsed, making it time to make a move against him.

Ever since Crown Prince Xu Tianran was assassinated, the entire imperial court of the Sun Moon Empire felt like a bottomless cold spring; seemingly calm on the surface, yet already churning with towering waves beneath.

In just a few short days, visiting cards from all factions within the empire were continuously sent to the Eastern Palace like snowflakes.

Among them were imperial clan members, princes, important ministers of the imperial court, military generals, as well as leaders of major merchant associations and local noble factions.

Judging by appearances, the purpose of