Bang!!
Inside the main hall of the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Xue Ye hurled the jade slip at his side to the floor, shattering it to pieces.
"What did you say?!"
"Say that again!!!!!"
The messenger kneeling below trembled in silence, not daring to so much as breathe loudly.
"His Highness Prince Xue Beng... is dead..."
"Investigate!"
Xue Ye flew into a royal rage, pointing at the ministers awaiting orders below as he roared, "Get to the bottom of this!"
"Who was bold enough to assassinate a prince of my Heaven Dou Empire?!"
The ministers below exchanged glances, none daring to answer.
"What, have you all gone mute?"
Xue Ye glared furiously, thinking these ministers were truly a bunch of useless fools. Such a major incident as the murder of a prince, and they had no reaction at all.
"Where were Xue Beng's guards at the time? Where did they run off to? Are they all dead?!"
In Xue Ye's view, this had to be related to the guards' failure in their duties, allowing Xue Beng to be left alone and giving someone an opening.
Yet the ministers below answered with ugly expressions, "That's right. They're all dead..."
Xue Ye froze.
He had merely said it casually.
They were really all dead?
"Then... do you know who did it?" Xue Ye asked.
The sight of the ministers lowering their heads and exchanging sidelong glances made Xue Ye suddenly feel that he was the only one being kept in the dark.
"Since you all know, why aren't you saying anything?!" Xue Ye abruptly rose to his feet, his expression twisted with rage.
"You should have immediately brought the murderer who killed Prince Xue Beng before me!"
"Then I could sentence him to death by a thousand cuts and console my son's