After surrounding the Zhou Mansion, they discovered that apart from slaves and women, no other blood relatives were present, regardless of legitimacy. It was clear that Zhou Yuancong had been planning for days and was well prepared.
What was more detestable was that those women had long since been lifeless, their bodies rigid. Even the personal servants, who served the masters closely, were all dead from poisoning, showing Zhou Yuancong's ruthlessness.
The Zhou Mansion, encircled by the Crown Prince's orders, was nothing but an empty shell. Zhou Yuancong's whereabouts were unknown, as were his potential alliances.
"These treacherous ministers and rebels should be executed!" If it weren't for Gu Chengyu and others' intervention that day, they might have succeeded.
Shen Shikang was extremely agitated, remembering how the Crown Prince almost fell into Zhou Yuancong's hands. The thought still sent a chill through him.
