After the nobles and officials involved in the "cleanse the court" movement were seized and brought into the Ministry of Justice, news started to trickle out.
Your Majesty had formally decreed that King Han and King You are to be demoted to commoners, and they will spend the latter half of their lives deep within the palace.
King Xin, King Xuan, and King Ji, despite not being related to the events of the past, were implicated and stripped of their Regent titles. Barring any unforeseen incidents, they could only be idle Princes from now on.
At the same time, news that the Capital Governor had committed suicide in fear of punishment quickly spread outside.
Being one of the masterminds behind the case involving the Eastern Palace, it wouldn't have been excessive even if his entire clan were implicated.
Taking poison to end his life was the most comfortable way to die for him.
Given the crimes he had committed, he was very likely to be sentenced to death by dismemberment.
