Mystery at Lanting Chapter 19

The news that Victoria Wu was unable to attend court due to illness spread quickly, causing great chaos in the court.

The old ministers of the Li Tang Dynasty, led by Zhang Jianzhi, hoped that Victoria Wu would return the country to the Li Tang Dynasty in advance, and strongly advocated that the crown prince should be regent;

However, the Wu nobles, led by Matthew Wu, strongly opposed it and demanded that Matthew Wu take control of all power.
 
As expected, the Wu nobles used the assassination of Matthew Wu as an excuse to attack the old ministers of Li Tang, believing that the old ministers of Li Tang assassinated Matthew Wu in order to oppose Wu and establish Tang, thus clearing the way for the prince to take power.

The old ministers of Li Tang also used the murder of the prince's palace maids to attack the Wu nobles, saying that they wanted to cut off the bloodline of the Li family and murder the prince with evil intentions.

Inside Shangyang Palace, Matthew Wu angrily said, "I was assassinated in my residence last night and nearly lost my life. Even Lord Wang, who was a guest at my residence yesterday, was murdered by the villain!