After the court meeting ended, Hudson returned directly to his territory. The purge within the Imperial Capital had also begun.
The unlucky aristocrats who followed Alpha the First were thrown into prison one after another. Even some royal family members were summoned to assist with the investigation.
Realizing that the Conservative Faction was making an example of them, Duke Aefero and Duke Newfoundland, who had hopes of competing for the position of Deputy Prime Minister, decisively chose to feign illness and stay away.
As the investigation deepened, more and more people were implicated, and many emerging major nobles were passively involved in the case.
Although there was no direct evidence, being involved in such a deadly matter was a disaster.
To protect themselves, many of the nobles involved chose to pledge allegiance to the Conservative Faction.
The Conservative Faction, which was already dominant, grew even stronger after this round of political reshuffling.
