Atop a high platform on the east side of Jinque Palace, a woman in palace attire stared grimly at the beastskin parchment in front of her. Behind her, the expression of a young man wielding a sword was equally grim.
The statements, 'In the 13th year of Jingtai, on the 12th day of the first month, Earl Chengyi, Li Chengji was grievously injured at the second moment of the Hour of Wu and died suddenly', and 'In the 13th year of Jingtai, on the 13th day of the first month, Immortal Master Shuide, Ao Shuying was sealed and suppressed within Poyang Lake', were still beautifully written on the paper. However, they were in stark contrast to what the two knew to be the truth.
The one who died was simply Earl Chengyi, Li Chengji's substitute, and Ao Shuying was only sealed at the bottom of Poyang Lake for a month.
In the meantime, they also knew that Crown Prince Yu Jianji might still be alive, albeit in a state of living death.
