"What?!" The entire court was in an uproar.

The king of the realm asked, "What happened? How did he suddenly die? Why was there no news about this from the Wang clan?"

Right after the ninth prince claimed that the Wang clan's Wang Jian was the assassin, the Wang clan head announced that Wang Jian had died at home. Did he think everyone present was an idiot?

The Wang clan head sighed and clutched Wang Jian's blade tightly in his hands. Gritting his teeth, he called out, "Wang Jian was poisoned to death! I'm enraged and heartbroken at the death of my nephew—they'll fear the retribution of the Wang clan!"

The third prince sighed. "What a pity! I could hardly have expected the Wang bladewielder would die so suddenly..."

The ninth prince snorted. "This is farcical. With Wang Jian's strength, how could he have died in the Wang manor? Why was...