Konstantinos X & his family, following the custom established by Konstantinos IX, went to the shrine of Hagios Georgios at Mangana in order to present the usual offering, and spent the feastday there watching the ceremony. A plot against him was uncovered, the conspirators planning to drown him on his way back to the palace by boat. The conspirators calculated that, if a disturbance taking place in the Forum of the city were reported to him, he would at once depart by sea to the Great Palace. The participants were not only the common and anonymous but included the well-born and prominent. At a signal some would attack from the sea, others from the land