The Assassination of Xu Jiawei Was the Work of Tang San and Xuan Zi!

Deep within Star Luo Palace, the scene in the bedchamber was nothing short of horrific.

Xu Jiawei's body was tightly bound by countless Blue Silver Emperor vines. Those vines, glimmering with an eerie blue light, were like greedy venomous snakes, draining the last trace of life force from his body.

The once-majestic emperor was now nothing more than a skin-and-bones husk. His eyes were wide open, fixed rigidly on the ceiling above. Frozen in his pupils were the disbelief, terror, and resentment from his final moments, as though he had never seen who had struck against him before dying.

Xu Jiujiu hurried into the bedchamber. The instant her eyes fell upon the sight, she seemed to be struck by lightning, freezing in place as her mind went blank.

"What exactly happened?!" She abruptly snapped back to her senses, seized a pale-faced physician beside her, and spoke in a voice trembling with extreme fury and fear.

The physician staggered from her grip, quickly steadying himself before replying in a trembling voice, "Y-Your Highness the Princess, His Majesty... he... he was drained of his life force to death by Blue Silver Grass that appeared from nowhere."

His tone was filled with uncertainty, his eyes fixed firmly on the vines wrapped around the corpse.

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

"Bring Wen Yu here!" Xu Jiujiu abruptly released him, 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 and forcibly suppressed the turmoil in her heart. Turning to the guards behind her, she issued a stern order, "Pass down my command. Seal off all of Star Luo City! Guard the