Blood spattered out, drenching him from head to toe.
With an expressionless face, he sheathed his knife and turned to bow towards the carriage.
"Reporting to Your Highness, the traitor has been executed."
Li Sangruo, who had almost tumbled out of the carriage in anger just moments ago, relaxed after seeing the person dead, and slowly steadied herself to sit back down.
"Leave such traitors to the care of Director Wei," she said.
Wei Zheng acknowledged, then turned to look back.
The man was staring at him with eyes wide in terror, not quite dead yet.
But he couldn't speak any longer, nor would he let anyone know that the instigator was the very person who had taken his life.
Wei Zheng's eyes narrowed slightly, signaling to his attendants.
"Take him away! Clean the ground, do not sully the Empress Dowager's sight."
Outside Cuiyu, there was an awkward silence.
