Chapter 101: A Single Stone to Shake the Capital

The opulent air of the grand hall, once thick with forced laughter and the clinking of wine glasses, solidified into a block of ice. Scott Shen’s words, delivered with the calm precision of a master executioner, hung in the dead silence, echoing in the minds of every noble, official, and dignitary present. “...conspiring with the rebel Jinjun to usurp the throne.” The accusation was not a whisper; it was a thunderclap that shattered the fragile facade of peace in Xuanwu City. For a heartbeat,...