The Great Huan Celestial Dynasty, Nine Dragons Forbidden City, Forbidden Palace.
"Great Wei and the Shu State have enthroned new rulers so soon? Do they no longer intend to rescue the Wei Emperor and the King of Shu?"
Reading the intelligence sent by the Great Huan Office as he handled affairs of state, Xiao Ying looked with some surprise at Heavenly Charm Marquis Eunuch Qiu, who served as both head of the Great Huan Office and chief steward of the Forbidden Palace.
"Your Majesty! The Great Wei Dynasty has sent three groups to infiltrate the Heavenly Prison and seven groups to slip into the Forbidden Palace. They have also repeatedly approached the Forbidden Guard, the Imperial Guard, and the palace experts, hoping to bribe them or obtain information about the Wei Emperor. The Shu State has done much the same. However, since Your Majesty returned to Nine Dragons Forbidden City, all word of the Wei Emperor and the King of Shu has vanished. There are now widespread rumors..."
Heavenly Charm Marquis Eunuch Qiu answered with a bow. After all, as head of the Great Huan Office, he was the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty's intelligence chief.
"What rumors?" Xiao Ying asked casually.
Since returning to Nine Dragons Forbidden City after the Battle of Jianye, Xiao Ying had indeed learned of more than a dozen groups of assassins, immortals, and gods secretly entering the Forbidden Palace. He simply could not be bothered with them and had not even shown himself.
With numerous Immortal Guards and Tianzhi Baize stationed there, Xiao Ying had no fear of assassination or lurking spies. Those assassins and infiltrators had all been killed or captured, without exception!
Eunuch Qiu stole a glance at Xiao Ying, then hesitantly answered in a low voice, "The rumors say... Your Majesty has