In the end, Xie Jinbai relented and let them go. He didn't issue a gag order.
That afternoon, as the group of frightened young nobles returned to their homes, the news inevitably spread.
The news of Princess Consort Yu's assassination attempt at the Horse Racing Ground spread rapidly through the Capital City.
Countless suspicions emerged about the mastermind.
By the time the news reached the Changping Marquis Mansion, the gravely injured Xie Anning had not yet returned, but the incident had already caused a tremendous uproar.
The Changping Marquis had only one wife. His household was simple, with no concubines, and he and his wife had a son and a daughter.
His daughter, Cui Lingyao, had married into the Royal Family, and his son, Cui Mingrui, had also married a woman from the imperial family.
In short, in a Capital City teeming with the rich and powerful, his children's marriages were both exceptionally prestigious.
