In recent days, the largest vegetable market in Chang'an has seen lines of people waiting to be beheaded every day.
The individuals killed were all significant figures.
The nobles included various Commandery Princes and Dukes, officials ranging from the Minister of Zongzheng to the Scheeren of Secretariat..., second-rank and first-rank nobles, fourth-rank and third-rank senior officials, and numerous Marquises, Earls, and lower-ranking officials.
All these people were implicated in the past Eastern Palace incident, having participated in the plot against the Crown Prince.
That is what the Ministry of Justice claimed.
But whether it was true or not, people knew in their hearts.
Plotting against the Crown Prince was a grave crime of treason that typically started with the execution of three generations; surely, the fewer people knew, the better. How could so many be involved? It was clear that this case of treason was used to strike down rivals and purge dissenters.
