Noon.
The winter sun shone brilliantly in a cloudless sky.
Yet every civil and military official felt the terror of black clouds bearing down on a city about to crumble. Heavy shadows shrouded the entire Divine Capital.
When a civil official at court committed a crime, the Embroidered Uniform Guard arrested him. With conclusive evidence, he went straight into the Imperial Prison.
When a military officer committed a crime and fought on like a cornered beast, the Embroidered Uniform Guard took an Imperial Edict and led troops to encircle and crush him!
But when the Commanding Commissioner of the Embroidered Uniform Guard bore the burden of crimes, how would events unfold?
Having sat atop the Thirty Hanging Mountains for so many years, he had spread a vast web from within the Embroidered Uniform Guard across the entire world. Countless alliances of vested interests clung to it, and Lord Jiang was the enormous spider entrenched at its center.
Once the spider fell, chaos was inevitable!
The officials gathered in their government offices, while ordinary people shut their doors upon hearing the news. For a time, the Capital was unusually quiet.
At Desheng Gate, military camps stretched on without end.
The august Imperial Carriage arrived.
Nine Gates Commander Wang Ziteng led the Capital Camp generals in a respectful welcome:
"May Your Majesty enjoy good health!"
The Retired Emperor's face was taut as he said sternly:
"Deploy eighty thousand elite troops from the Capital Camp to guard the outskirts of the Divine Capital and await orders!"
Wang Ziteng struggled to contain his emotions and answered with ringing conviction:
"I obey Your Majesty's command!"
The Retired Emperor glanced at him and immediately rejected him:
"You will not go!"
"Eshan, Guo Zhaode, Zhang Chengqing, assemble your troops and stand ready for my orders at any