Gaining control

The court was in silence as the royal shadow was about to read the report of his investigation. They were curios to know the one who had caused such havoc and one even wanted to tear them apart with their bare hands.

Royal shadow personal small group of elites who protected the emperor but also were his eye,ears and limbs. They only served the emperor and were under his direct command. Their status was special, mysterious and force to reckon.

The man unfurls the scroll and reads out loud "with respect to emperor..after thorough investigation we were able to find out the person behind...third elder of our sect was the person who had created this viscious poison and later had a person infiltrated to finish the job...

We also found existence of an underground where third elder have been experimenting and producing viscious poisons hidden from outside world...he not only had many men under his command to help him but also was responsible for all the missing prisoners and common people...his reason was to have these people experimented with their poisons..

We have confiscated many of unknown pills and poisonous herbs but also found the pills that have been used on the consorts and concubines..as for the person it seemed they had a dispute among themselves for unknown cause leading to massacre...the entire underground was filled with dead bodies including the third elders..

We also found several letters between third elder and the man who infiltrated your residence which mentions of their plan and success on poisoning the consorts and concubines..it has also come to light that he even had long poisoned the dethroned empress during her seclusion and buried her on the foot of the valley of Pu Shan Monastery..

He then bribed some nuns to lie to outside world that the empress is still under seclusion as decreed by the previous emperor..

There are also some of his personal notes which indicates that his mental stability had long strayed to of a deranged person.."

To say shocked would be under statement. Never had they imagined for such a prestigious person to be the one who not only made all the women infertile but also dare to murder the dethroned empress in secret. Though punished but she is still mother of the current emperor, they dare not raise their head to see his current reaction.

Shiyou slams the ink stone on the ground breaking it to pieces "what a good white eyed wolf he turned to be...have his body hacked into pieces and skewered for the entire capital to see...announce his good deeds to the entire huajin...

As for the dethroned empress have her moved to the Shi clans ancestoral grave..conduct a week long prayer to soothen her soul and leisure travel in afterlife...have the first and second elder provide Zhen explaination for they are the ones responsible for the sects people...

As for Zhen's consorts and concubines though they are infertile but were the victim of a mad man...hence they will still be allowed to remain as royal consorts and concubines in the palace...as they were with Zhen for a long time and even have served meticulously...Zhen will not abandon them and shall rank them according to their previous merits...

As we are in mourning period and seemed to have been cursed for to only receive such news...Zhen will not be taking any new consort or empress for the time being.. As for Zhen's brother and the people who entered the dangerous forest for holy cause until the body not found...shall be believed as alive and awaited for their return..."

The entire court praised the emperor for his wise judgements as well as his benevonce. Beside the neutral faction the rest were just giving their best act and going along with the flow. Shiyou had now truly managed to gain control of all the overall situation both expected or unexpected matters.

He not only managed to hide his abnormality but also made sure there won't be anyone raising the issue of heir or taking of new women's in his harem. He also managed to clean his hand off by making third elder the villain while informing and providing answer of his mother's death.

He was pleased that he didn't need to dirty his hands as his brothers and his followers were probably long dead. Though he still had people to look out but he was somehow convinced that they have long entered some beast stomach.