While naming Jing Yao Crown Prince, the Divine Emperor also issued another Imperial Edict.
Zhang Yiai, Commandant of the Pure Heaven Bureau, was ordered to investigate the attempt on Zhao Layue's life outside the capital years ago, and his investigation ultimately led to Prince Jing Xin's Residence.
-it turned out that Prince Jing Xin had sent the Never-Old Forest assassins to commit this utterly wicked deed.
In fact, everyone had known about this long ago. But this time, the Imperial Court finally brought the matter into the open and produced evidence, whether genuine or fabricated, so Prince Jing Xin could no longer remain in his residence. Even confinement would have to take place somewhere else.
Prince Jing Xin was to be sent to Fruitful Accomplishment Temple to have his head shaved and become a monk, praying for the Former Emperor's blessings.
The two successive Imperial Edicts sent an uproar through the world. Everyone knew that Jing Yao was a Green Mountain disciple, while Prince Jing Xin had the Zhongzhou Sect behind him. The two sides had been fighting in secret in Chaoge City for years. Weren't these two Imperial Edicts forcing the Zhongzhou Sect to turn hostile? Were the two great leaders of the orthodox path truly going to launch an all-out war over the Divine Emperor's throne?
At that moment, an Edict from True Person Tan suddenly emerged from Yunmeng Mountain—Yunmeng Mountain would enter Mountain-Sealing for three years.
When the No-Grace Gate announced it was entering Mountain-Sealing some years ago, it had been because Pei Baifa had died at the Western Sea Sword God's hands. Without a Heaven-Connecting Realm powerhouse to hold up the sky, the sect could only enter Mountain-Sealing to preserve itself.
The Zhongzhou Sect had suffered some setbacks over the years, but True Persons Tan and