Immediately, a courtier advised that no matter what, the Fifth Prince should be placed under house arrest and ordered to strip him of his command over the military forces of the Border County, and to dispatch someone else to replace him in that position.
The Emperor consented, but the envoy sent to relieve the Prince of his military command was assassinated en route before even reaching the Border County, and alarms of war were raised on the frontier as the enemy nation invaded.
At first, rumors spread that the Raised Death Warriors intended to join forces with a great general in rebellion. Before these rumors could be cleared, news arrived of the general assembling troops, casting deeper suspicion upon themselves.
