Unable to find the culprit for so long, the atmosphere throughout Canglan City grew tense. The garrison defending the Royal Capital had all been mobilized to hunt down suspicious individuals everywhere, and the prisons were packed to bursting.
Unfortunately, no matter how many people they arrested, they still found no clues related to the Crown Prince's assassination. Instead, they uncovered a whole pile of other messes.
Spies from every major faction, underground criminal syndicates, illegitimate children kept in nobles' secret residences, bureaucrats' white gloves... all sorts of chaotic nonsense suddenly surfaced at once.
In the past, anyone who dared stir up such trouble would have had Caesar IV's palace gates trampled flat.
Now that so many had been arrested, some were executed and some exiled, yet no one dared pull strings to save anyone.
For a time, public order in the Royal Capital was completely transformed. The spoiled young heirs vanished outright, and even entertainment venues became desolate.
The deeper the investigation went, the worse things became. It was not that they had found no suspects, but that there were simply too many suspects.
Every major force, both domestic and foreign, was a suspect. Even some core members of the royal family had become targets of suspicion.
Anyone capable of planting operatives within the royal family could now be regarded as a suspect. The motives were simply too compelling.
The Queen's enormous dowry was the fuse. If Caesar IV and the Queen remained childless, the ownership of the six provinces would become the Kingdom's greatest minefield.
The interests involved were too vast, leaving everyone afraid to jump to conclusions. If they got it wrong, the consequences would be disastrous!
With so many suspects, Caesar IV was also helpless. Even if evidence was not required for this sort of matter, he