Chapter 73

The next morning, the entire court of Dayong was in an uproar.

The scandal involving two officials from the Ministry of Revenue and their families conspiring with the demonic Taoists from the Temple of Cloud's Origin to commit heinous crimes, abduct and murder children, and perform dark sorcery had been completely exposed.

Officials were stricken with fear, and to make the matters worse, corruption charges against Yun Houxing, involving embezzlement of a staggering over one million taels of silver, surfaced. The extent of the implicated officials was so vast it sent chills down everyone's spines.

The most shocking revelation was that half of the individuals involved had ties to the Eastern Palace.

The court descended into chaos. The Crown Prince's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. Recently, he had been driven to exhaustion trying to suppress these matters, but now it was all spiraling out of control.