Hua Yan utilized the list left by Prime Minister Zhao to swiftly eliminate a wave of hidden chess pieces the Marquis of Wuwei had embedded within the court, sending the deputy head of the Ministry of Justice and the chief of the Hanlin Academy to the Eastern Palace's prison.
Additionally, in Prime Minister Zhao's list, there was one deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army, two centurions of the Imperial Guards, and one deputy commander of the Military Army Office.
These people, Hua Yan instructed Yun Yi, accompanied by twelve Hidden Guards, to handle, given that unlike civil officials, they possessed martial arts skills, controlled troops, and could easily alarm others, making them difficult to deal with.
At nightfall, just as Hua Yan had predicted, the Marquis of Wuwei escaped from the Ministry of Justice's prison.
