No matter how they discussed it, the assassin appeared in Huizhou, and the Prefect of Huizhou had to investigate the assassin's origins to redeem his mistakes; it was an unfortunate situation for him.
After the morning court session, all the ministers in the court knew about the disappearance of the two young masters from the Shangguan and Zhou families. It was inconvenient to relay messages, and locating Ming Rui and Shangguan Liu might allow for the news to reach the capital by tomorrow at the earliest.
Now, everyone looked at Sir Shangguan and Zhou Shuren with sympathy, but there were also those who gloated over the misfortune, especially those who were envious of the Shangguan family for providing the Crown Princess Consort, and jealous of the smooth sailing of the Zhou family.
