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This martyrdom shatters the last vestiges of political neutrality, igniting an open and unavoidable war between the King’s faction and the Chancellor’s, with Sei Kyou’s death serving as the catalyst for the final, bloody struggle for Qin’s soul. The conflict pivots from the battlefield to the capital, where all of Qin holds its breath for the King’s fast-approaching “Coming of Age Ceremony”—the constitutional event that will grant him absolute authority. This ceremony becomes the ultimate deadline for Ryo Fui’s grand ambition, which is revealed to be far more audacious than a simple coup. He plans to use the King’s own mother, the Queen Dowager, and her illicit lover, Rou Ai, to establish a new, independent state of Ai, fracturing Qin from within and seizing power through a full-scale civil war. As the ceremony looms, the Queen Dowager’s rebellion erupts. 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