The royal court is in complete chaos.
The ministers in the Crown Prince's faction can't understand why the task that seemed so effortless—dealing with the Ninth Prince who returned alone to the Imperial Court—ended up in such a mess.
The Crown Prince is even more puzzled as to how he went from a position of assured victory to being completely on the defensive.
Was he playing a role with the Ninth Prince to lure out the petty thief, Xu Fan? But why was he unaware?
The Crown Prince wanted to question Xu Fan a few more times.
You, Ninth Prince, are merely a minor vanguard. With the True Emperor in seclusion, what right do you have to see the True Emperor? What right do you have to receive a royal edict?
In the end, the Crown Prince could not reconcile his dissatisfaction.
Clearly, it was a promising situation, yet he himself ruined it!
But seeing the unbearable state of the minister below, the Crown Prince shivered and forcibly suppressed his inner doubts.
