"Lord Gan Senior has served as an official for many years, and the Gan Family has been prospering like the midday sun. How could it all disappear so suddenly?"
Liu Sisi found it somewhat hard to believe.
"The Imperial Decree was issued after noontime. I made it a point to ask—His Majesty was perfectly fine during the early morning session, but strangely enough, during his midday rest, Doctor Lord Cui entered the palace to request an audience, and exactly what they discussed is unknown. After Lord Cui left the Palace, His Majesty made a trip to the cold palace. When he emerged, he ordered the drafting of a decree to arrest Lord Gan Senior and his son, and everyone from the top down was taken into custody and thrown into the sky prison."
