The court session was over.
In light of such events, ordinary court affairs naturally could not proceed, and regarding the tax reform proposal, there was temporarily no opposition in the court following the death of the Imperial Censor who mentioned the ancestral laws.
Blood was spilled in the Golden Throne Hall, not for the first time, but in the past, these were usually unsolved cases with unknown assailants. Xu Yuan's blatant murder today was the first in decades.
Such violence is the lowest means, yet it's most efficient, especially suitable when the Emperor is away, and the senior members of the Imperial Faction could see that for Xu Yuan, murder was not the goal; it was to make a statement.
Even if one could argue him into silence, Xu Changtian would still forcibly announce this tax reform to the entire nation today.
