No matter how the guards threatened or cajoled, Bian Ziming refused to stand aside.
The soldiers of the Tiger Roar Camp outnumbered the Crown Prince's guards dozens of times over. The disparity in their strength was immense.
The guards didn't dare to force their way through and ultimately had to return empty-handed.
Li Cheng's failure to tear Hua Manman to shreds as he had wished only fueled his resentment, and he grew even more paranoid.
Under Prince Zhao's protection, Hua Manman could survive for a while longer.
But a worry was nagging at her heart.
She remembered that in *Palace Intrigue*, the Crown Prince died by hanging himself in utter despair after a failed rebellion.
That rebellion not only led to the entire Crown Prince Mansion being wiped out, but even the Empress's clan was implicated. The casualties were innumerable, a true river of blood.
But the plot hadn't progressed to the rebellion stage yet.
