Eunuch Gui had taken his own life in the prison of the Court of Judicial Review.
The news was delivered quietly to Duan Hongzhuo's desk.
"Eunuch Gui is dead? What did I tell you? Keep a close watch on him at all costs! And now look what has happened..."
Duan Hongzhuo had been seated when he heard the news. He sprang to his feet, kicked over the chair behind him, and swept his favorite Hui Inkstone off the desk.
The study was a wreck, but everyone remained kneeling stiffly on the floor, not daring to breathe too loudly.
Eunuch Gui had been an excellent pawn, one Duan Hongzhuo valued greatly.
Holding him was as good as holding the Young Emperor's greatest weakness in his grasp.
After all, the emperor was still only a boy in his teens.
Eunuch Gui meant a great deal to Duan Ziqian. For his sake, perhaps they could have obtained the outcome they wanted even sooner.
But now Eunuch Gui was dead.
He had been destined to die anyway, but his death had come at entirely the wrong time.
"Your Highness, this official will investigate who visited Eunuch Gui at once..."
Sensing the fury in Duan Hongzhuo's heart, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review beside him immediately sank to his knees.
"What use is an investigation now?" Duan Hongzhuo snapped, his words cold enough to freeze them to the core.
The man was already dead. What good would it do to discover why this pawn had died?
In the end, he had been a step too late.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review drew in his neck at those words and said no more.
Duan Hongzhuo swept his gaze over those around him before continuing, "Now that Eunuch Gui is gone, who