they had freedom to move before even if they are enemies by their former friend but now they basically give themselves in a platter to the right hand and not to their enemy-king that they also is trying to protect. sometimes the head and the hands doesn't understand or go against each other even if they have the same goals. they tied their hands at the mercy of the right hand and the king doesn't even care what happens to them. after all he got what his 10 yr plan revenge is and their friendship doesn't mean a thing as long as his hands doesn't kill them personally. he has a lot of followers who can do it without his knowledge.
thank you for updating. and all i can say to them. traitors basically let their feelings/assumptions/envy get in the way of their jobs and made sure to destroy themselves. one of the hated asian/corporate 'cliches' that the higher management must be older/tenured/their type.