The Embroidered Envoy had not been pleased by Cheng Xiong targeting them. How could they let this chance go?

The Embroidered Envoy quickly arrested Cheng Gang. At first, Cheng Gang insisted that he knew nothing, but it was common knowledge that he was close to the courtesan queen Shuangyue, and spent almost every night at her side. Who would believe him when he said that he had nothing to do with her?

The Embroidered Envoy thus carried out torture, their specialty, to teach Cheng Gang a lesson.

Under torture, ‘confessions’ were quickly obtained from Cheng Gang. He admitted to leaking out information to the assassins, which helped them to invade the palace with such ease.

Zhuxie Chixin did not let him go, but continued his investigation. Soon afterwards, he ‘found out’ that Cheng Xiong was the one who had incited all of this, and that he had been bought by the assassins.

Zu An clicked his tongue in wonder when he heard of all of this. This fellow is really quite vicious! Cheng Xiong had targeted the Embroidered...