Eunuch Ma took the decree and left.
The Ghost Emperor left the Prince Palace, where the five commanders were already waiting for him in the Imperial Study Room. They all knew very well that something significant must have happened, or else the five of them wouldn't have been summoned together.
"I heard the Crown Prince is dead."
The Commander of the Dragon Army said, "This news has already spread throughout the palace, and it won't be long before it spreads like a plague throughout the Imperial City."
"The current Emperor only has this one son. With the Crown Prince dead, the next in line..."
The Commander of the Tiger Army hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted by the Commander of the Leopard Army.
"Tiger, what do you want to say? We, the Five Armies, are the Forbidden Army, the Emperor's Personal Troops, and can only pledge our loyalty to the Emperor. Don't even think about anything else!"
