The ministers were aghast. From within the hall, they heard the panicked clamor of officials losing their composure outside. Many realized the situation had taken a turn for the worse, yet they had no idea what was actually happening.
Filled with confusion, they arrived at the Great Flame Dragon Wall. There, they saw a strikingly handsome man in a Python Robe who had fought his way to Saint Ming Hall, saber in hand. Behind him, the ground was covered with the bodies of the palace's Forbidden Guard.
The ministers' hearts pounded in their chests, and a feeling of surreal disbelief washed over them.
In the 369 years since Great Yan was founded, had anyone other than the founding Grand Ancestor Emperor—a man whose might rivaled the Human Emperors of old—ever fought their way into the Imperial Palace to challenge the reigning Emperor?
Not a single one!
