That night.
White-Browed Daoist reluctantly withdrew with Zhao Xizhen and the others. They had failed to obtain either the [Qin King Bone-Illuminating Mirror] or the [Nine-Dragon Pendant]; how they would explain that to Qilin was a question for later. Cao Jinxing also returned to the Post Station with Li Jinsheng and He Qianqiu, where they jointly drafted a report on the incident.
The Invisible Falcon flew like the wind.
In less than four hours, the report reached the Pacification Commission.
After reading it, Liu Zhenyuan knew the matter was of grave importance. He immediately contacted Commander Lu Bing, and together they went to the Cabinet Duty Room in the West Garden to request an audience with Jiajing.
It was late at night.
Jiajing was meditating in seclusion. Sensing their arrival, he ordered Lü Fu to bring them before him, and Liu Zhenyuan and Lu Bing presented the report.
Silence filled Yuxi Palace.
Seated on the Eight Trigrams Platform, Jiajing read at an unhurried pace, but his expression grew increasingly grave.
"Tell me, what was Qiongqi trying to achieve... with all this?"
Jiajing looked at the report and asked as though speaking to himself.
The three men below the platform exchanged glances.
Lu Bing cupped his hands. "Your Majesty, Second Brother and Old Thirteen's conjecture is not without merit. Qilin and Fire Phoenix cooperating with Qiongqi already proves that their allegiance has shifted... If revenge truly is their aim, perhaps the mausoleum contains powerful weapons or extraordinarily potent pills. After all... it is the Ancestral Dragon's tomb!"
Ying Zheng, an emperor without equal through the ages!
The Qin Dynasty, the first unified dynasty in the history of Huaxia!
For a man of his stature, with such resources at his disposal, even a tomb containing all the treasures under heaven would be