In Great Qin, Sacred King Ying stood supreme!
Beneath the Sacred King were the Left Prime Minister and Right Prime Minister, whose power held sway over all under heaven.
These two stood high above the masses. Even many officials of Great Qin had never been fortunate enough to see them in person, having only seen their images in various official documents.
Yet over the past few months, neither prime minister had ever appeared before the public or personally received a single distinguished guest. After all, even distinguished guests were not worthy of either of them coming in person to receive them.
Because of the emperor's political maneuvering, although the two prime ministers held power over the entire court, they were far from being united in harmony and had no deep friendship with each other. On one hand, this was caused by Ying's political tactics; on the other, the two clearly understood that the Imperial Court could stand united against outsiders, but internally, the ministers absolutely had to restrain one another.
Thus, the chance of both prime ministers appearing at the same time was vanishingly rare. Yet what was this before their eyes?
After learning about the Black Gold Invitation, the master of the Distinguished Guests Pavilion was struck as if by a bolt from the blue. No distinguished guest had come for more than ten days, causing him to grow lax and sneak off to another distinguished guests' pavilion. Yet that brief absence had made him miss this enormous achievement—or even a catastrophe.
Still shaken, Pavilion Master Wang hurried toward the plaza with the Right and Left Vice Ministers to find Zhong Shan's group.
When they reached the outskirts of the Rites Pavilion, they happened to see everyone bowing down in worship.
The three of them saw the two prime