"Something big happened? What happened?"
Qin An froze for a moment, then hurried to the door and opened it.
The elderly eunuch stood outside, looking anxiously from side to side. Something serious had clearly thrown him into a panic.
When the eunuch saw Qin An, he breathed a sigh of relief and said,
"Lord Qin, you're finally here. His Majesty sent me to fetch you at once. He said something has happened that could shake the entire Great Qian Kingdom. He needs you there to discuss what to do. Without you, he can't settle on a course of action."
Qin An's frown deepened.
He had sensed nothing amiss. Why had Emperor Xuanwu summoned him?
It puzzled him.
But puzzled or not, Qin An wasted no time. He told the eunuch to go ahead, made a few quick preparations, and hurried to Emperor Xuanwu.
The Imperial Study was silent when he arrived. Emperor Xuanwu sat alone inside, tapping anxiously on the desk.
As the ruler of the Great Qian Kingdom and master of all under heaven, Emperor Xuanwu rarely let his emotions show. Yet that small gesture betrayed him.
Hearing the door open, Emperor Xuanwu looked up at once. He saw Qin An, pointed to the seat opposite him, and said,
"Sit. Something serious has happened. We'll discuss it once you're seated."
Qin An nodded and sat down without a word, waiting for Emperor Xuanwu to continue.
After a brief pause, Emperor Xuanwu took a sheet of paper from a nearby drawer and slid it across the desk to Qin An.
Qin An blinked. When he unfolded it, he found a line of writing he could not understand.
The writing certainly did not belong to the world of the Great Qian Kingdom. Qin An guessed it had come from another world.