Chapter 206: There Should Be No Way Forward

Snow fell relentlessly, one storm after another, as the winter frost pressed in like swords and daggers. Liu Ziyue's brutality peaked during that season. Like a wounded beast, he would lash out in insane fury the moment anything went awry, eventually decreeing death for Shen Qingzhi, who could no longer refrain from advising him as his actions increasingly became intolerable. After Shen Qingzhi resigned his official post, Liu Ziyue had sent him a cup of poisoned wine through Shen Qingzhi's nephew, Shen Youzhi.

Upon hearing this, Chu Yu was slightly taken aback but decided not to intervene. Liu Ziyue was destroying his own great wall. Although Shen Qingzhi's integrity heavily constrained him, that man would never betray him. With him around, he would have been a safe barrier for Liu Ziyue. Regrettably, Liu Ziyue had destroyed that very barrier himself.