Chapter 103: A Dead End, A Blood Debt Paid in Blood!

The King's fury, once unleashed, was a tempest that swept through the capital. The revelations from the Xuanwu City banquet had provided the perfect casus belli, a righteous cause for a purge that was long overdue. The faction led by Jinjun and supported by the Zhang family found itself besieged, its members dragged from their opulent mansions in the dead of night, their cries for mercy swallowed by the indifferent city walls. The political earthquake Scott had triggered was reshaping the very...