The Good News Was That the Prince of Wu Didn't Dissolve in Water; the Bad News Was That He'd Gone Stupid

The good news was that no one had made a move to kill him last night. The bad news was that they seemed to have gone after the Prince of Wu instead.

The Prince of Wu had nearly drowned. When Lu Xingshi heard the news, he had dearly wanted to ask whether all the imperial princes and feudal lords of the Great Song Dynasty were so readily soluble in water. Prince of Liao had fallen into the water by accident, and now the Prince of Wu had done the same. Were they not taking the people of the realm far too lightly?

Fortunately, the guards had discovered it in time. The assassin then left and did not make another attempt.

Thus, the news split into two parts again. The good news was that the Prince of Wu had not died. The bad news was that his brain seemed to have developed a problem from being deprived of oxygen for too long.

What followed was a tangled mess, with every faction in complete disarray. Problems had also erupted within the Prince of Wu's Estate.

The assassin seemed to have achieved some objective and did not carry out a second assassination.

After that, the Imperial Court's army entered Jiangnan and effortlessly seized control of it once more.

The Prince of Wu's family was neither massacred nor imprisoned. Instead, they retained their former treatment, especially since the Prince of Wu posed no threat at all after becoming an idiot.

Next, the entire Prince of Wu's family would be sent back to the Capital.

No matter what, he was still the emperor's son. They truly could not go too far.

As for Lu Xingshi, he had been offered amnesty. Not only him—every senior figure under the Prince of Wu fell within the scope of