News within the palace walls is never a secret in some people's eyes.
The four corpses hanging on Chengtian Gate were ordered by His Majesty to be beaten to death in court and exposed for three days.
Among them were an Emperor's Supervising Army officer and two heirs of noble families of the court's Three Families.
The Forbidden Army Camp at Xuankong Mountain had those soldiers from the sparring ordered to be detained, and their Lang Colonel was reprimanded.
The Emperor was furious!
All the advisors knelt before the Taiji Palace gates, petitioning His Majesty to issue a decree to investigate Chen Yuan, but His Majesty did not meet them.
Later, it was heard in the palace that His Majesty summoned the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Liang, for a private audience, and they conversed behind closed doors for the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.
