Jin Zijin's meaning had become quite clear, and Gu Youyou nodded lightly.
"According to the strategy of sacrificing the chariot to save the chess piece, the Fifth Prince holds great military power; their strength remains. They have merely lost the Third Prince!"
"Exactly!" Jin Zijin said, "Perhaps things are far from being so simple. The rebellion of the Third Prince over a decade ago involved many, aside from the Fifth Prince and the wife of the Third Prince, who acted out of moral righteousness. The other royal relatives involved in the rebellion all died, including three of the Emperor's own brothers."
Every magnificent imperial throne is founded on a pile of stark white bones, and the blood that flows most is often that of the Imperial Family.
Jin Zijin stood up, walked under a plum tree to pick up a few withered branches, then slowly returned.
