Chapter 202: The Wedding Date is Approaching

The Minister of Justice's retaliation against King Rui was seen as normal by everyone within and outside the court.

The Li Family had a single lineage that had almost been broken, and no one could easily tolerate such a threat.

King Rui's actions had already violated the unspoken rules of the upper echelons.

Even someone as audacious as Li Xuanjing never engaged in assassination.

Since King Rui had broken the rules himself, he had to bear the consequences of his actions.

Many high-ranking officials in Chang'an still had guards, but their protective forces were far inferior to those of the Minister of Justice.

If today they had stopped Li Xuanjing and their political adversaries learned that assassinating a court official carried little to no cost, who could they blame if the same happened to them tomorrow?

On the other hand, the retaliation of the Minister of Justice had opened up quite a few vacancies in the official positions.