บท 41: Chapter 41: The Three Kings Are All Dead

A prophecy fulfilled.

At the end of July, we had barely seen off the family of the King of Chu when, in early August, news exploded of an assassination attempt by the King of Han.

Emperor Yongxing, furious and in a rush, had the forbidden army surround the King of Han's mansion.

Royalty from the Imperial Clan—a cousin of Emperor Yongxing—couldn't even see the Emperor's face, as the Jinyiwei tightly guarded Shangyang Palace.

Had the King of Han surrendered quietly, that would have been the end of it, but instead, he led his followers in resistance, ultimately dying at the hands of the encircling forbidden army.

The officials of the Imperial Court, along with the nobles of noble birth, linked this incident to the case of the King of Chu, finding it hard not to suspect that Emperor Yongxing had orchestrated the whole affair to eradicate the three royal houses.

But such suspicions were quickly dispelled when Emperor Yongxing severed two of his own fingers.