Prince Vinoss was murdered in the underground chamber.
This soon became the most explosive news on Emperor Star.
Not only because Prince Vinoss held a lofty position, as the Emperor's own elder brother and the most eminent figure among the present-day nobility, but he had also entered the Elder Court and served as a supervisor, possessing his own faction within it;
it was more so because...
he had been wearing a dress when he died, and his male favorite had become one of the suspects in the case.
The news quickly became distorted, evolving in a direction that fed human curiosity.
By the time Yang Ming heard about it from Catherine, the version had turned into "The Prince met his tragic end at the hands of his companion amid his unique predilections."
The public opinion on Emperor Star was in uproar for a time, and the Elder Court forcibly suppressed the news, preventing it from spreading beyond Emperor Star.
An hour after the incident.
