Imperial Tomb Rebirth Day

"I am leaving. I called you two here today to let you know in advance." In the small courtyard, Wei Wuqi suddenly spoke.

Li Qing froze, then asked anxiously, "Why? Where are you going, Elder Wei?"

Li Shun, however, seemed to have anticipated Wei Wuqi's decision long ago and remained calm.

"I am used to peaceful days. Now that Imperial Tomb Commandery is about to vanish, more and more outsiders will soon come here—" Wei Wuqi shook his head.

"Who knows what madness has seized Emperor Gan? The Imperial Tomb has been built for thousands of years; how can he simply decide he no longer wants it? What are the rest of us supposed to do?" Li Qing found the reality difficult to accept.

And it was not just Li Qing.

In truth, Emperor Gan's imperial decree had come as a surprise to almost everyone in the world.

No one knew what Emperor Gan was truly thinking.

The Imperial Tomb, built at the cost of untold manpower and resources, had actually been cast aside by him so lightly.

"The Imperial Tomb was built because of death and collapse. I have no imminent day of death; why should I bury my bones—"

"He does not even need his own mausoleum. Could it be that Emperor Gan truly has no fear of falling?"

The upheaval at the Imperial Tomb had begun with the court officials' probing intentions.

Yet it had abruptly ended with Emperor Gan's response, so crude and forceful.

What exactly had happened in Sacred Capital, Li Shun did not yet know.

But a tremendous change in Imperial Tomb Commandery was destined to arrive.

"Abolish Imperial Tomb Commandery and return it to Great Qian's ordinary commandery-and-county system."

"I read in East Mountain Town's records that Imperial Tomb Commandery was originally called