The Assassination of Xu Jiawei Was Done by Tang San and Xuanzi!

Deep within Star Luo Palace, the scene inside the bedchamber was utterly gruesome.

Xu Jiawei's body was tightly wrapped in countless Blue Silver Emperor vines. Those vines, glowing with a faint blue light, were like greedy venomous snakes, draining the last trace of life force from his body.

The once majestic emperor had been reduced to a skin-and-bones husk. His eyes were wide open, fixed on the ceiling above, his pupils frozen with the disbelief, terror, and unwillingness from before his death. It was as if, even in death, he had not seen clearly who had struck against him.

Xu Jiujiu hurried into the bedchamber. The instant her gaze fell upon the scene, she seemed to have been struck by lightning. She froze where she stood, her mind going blank.

"What exactly happened?!" She suddenly came to her senses, grabbed a pale-faced physician beside her, and demanded in a voice trembling with extreme fury and fear.

The physician staggered from her grip, quickly steadying himself before replying in a trembling voice, "P-Princess, His Majesty... was killed after Blue Silver Grass that appeared from nowhere drained away his life force."

His tone was filled with uncertainty as he stared fixedly at the vines wrapped around the corpse.

He truly did not dare confirm that this was the legendary Blue Silver Grass, but he could think of no other possibility.

"Bring Wen Yu here!" Xu Jiujiu abruptly let go, her voice as cold as ice.

"Yes!" The physician did not dare delay in the slightest and scrambled out.

Xu Jiujiu took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the turmoil in her heart. She turned and sternly ordered the guards behind her, "Pass down my command: seal off all of Star Luo City! Guard the city gates, hidden passages, and every entrance and exit