Chương 1272: Chapter 732: The Majesty of the Qin Emperor! Zhou Dao Returns to the Capital_2

That year, he had dealings with Marquis Liu—who, as a pillar of the current dynasty, harbored dangerously ambitious thoughts.

At that time, that mediocre Crown Prince seemed to be his best candidate for a covert usurpation.

As a Three Dynasties Veteran with the glory of the dragon, topped with a weak and incompetent Emperor... Heaven knows what kind of potentate would arise from such a combination of factors.

In terms of a heart-piercing statement, even if dynasties changed and the rivers and mountains of Taizu were replaced, it was not impossible.

However, who could have predicted that, in the second year of Emperor Qin's reign...

A single imperial edict led to the extermination of an entire clan.

It was the Second Year of Yuanlu, and the Liu Family was accused of plotting a rebellion, with thirty-seven charges brought against them, leading to the annihilation of their whole family—more than three thousand people, none spared, and implicating as many as fifty thousand.