The palace staff cowered; no one dared to utter another word. There were people who wanted to perform an assassination or stir up trouble, but after seeing Nan Ruohuai’s ruthlessness and Qianye’s overwhelming power, they knew that any reckless action would only be throwing away more lives.

Those with experience thought one level deeper. Qianye was the actual mastermind behind everything, so what was the point of killing Nan Ruohuai? The man would just drag another prince or princess onto the throne and solidify his influence once more. If he was too annoyed, he could simply kill off the entire royal family and drag some random person onto the throne, claiming that he was the late king’s illegitimate son. Who could say anything?

Besides, internal strife was normal for Zheng, and everyone in the palace had seen their fair share of it.

Someone wanted to clean up the corpses, but Nan Ruohuai stopped them. “Just leave it like that! I want everyone to see what happens to those who oppose this king!”

That attendant was half-buried in the hard limestone floor, his upper body perfectly intact. This went to show just how extraordinary the assailant’s technique was. This was the number one expert in the...