"What, he's really dead???" Zhang Lin's voice immediately rose by an octave.
The high-ranking individuals present—members of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, the Imperial Guards, the Frontier Army, among others—were startled by Zhang Lin's words.
"What happened?" Li Zheng stood up decisively, a grim look on his face.
"His Majesty lured King Heaven Equivalent into the palace, intending to frame him for treason. To prove his innocence, King Heaven Equivalent took his own life. If not for an intervention earlier this morning, he would have died at the hands of the executioners," Zhang Lin briefly summarized, then passed the intelligence report to everyone present.
Li Zheng was the first to finish reading, and as the report circulated, silence fell upon the room for a time.
"Gentlemen, what do we do next?" inquired Zhang Lin.
Now, there was a major problem. Wang Linchi's death was certain to throw the realm into chaos.
