Indeed, now that the Third Prince hasn't ascended to the position of Crown Prince, it won't be long before he is sent back to his fief. What will happen to his advisers then? Will the Third Prince take them with him?
The throne is out of reach for the Third Prince; perhaps he won't need them anymore.
Furthermore, the Third Prince has often been displeased with them, believing that they have no strategies and merely eat and drink idly at the Prince Mansion.
And since they know so many of the Third Prince's secrets, would the Third Prince let them go? It might be that the final outcome for them is death.
You Guangzong had long harbored the thought of withdrawing, but he knows that is an impossible matter.
Escape is even more unlikely. No matter where he flees, the Third Prince's men will find a way to catch him.
