Intent and Accident

"What exactly was this person after?"

Using a casting medium she had prepared in advance, the grand empress dowager cast the Water Mirror Technique, and the situation inside the imperial mausoleum appeared on the water's surface.

The grand empress dowager had never seen a tomb raider like this before.

The intruder seemed to have entered the imperial mausoleum just to wander around. He had taken nothing at all and had not triggered a single mechanism.

The first time she had discovered him, he had been in Emperor Jing's coffin chamber; the second time, he had been in the coffin chamber built in advance for the empress dowager.

The grand empress dowager kept casting the technique and checking on him.

She had made some contingency preparations in the Palace of Peace and Happiness within the imperial mausoleum, but although the intruder had lingered for a long time, he had not stepped within the range where she could trigger her spell.

The grand empress dowager found it hard to guess what a person like this was trying to do.

He had shown no signs whatsoever of seeking riches, venting resentment, or slaughtering anyone. He seemed to have found a place simply to walk around and take a look.

But coming to an imperial tomb for a stroll in the middle of the night made no sense either.

It was not something a normal person would do, yet he had not done anything a tomb raider would do, either.

"If I'd known, I would have had someone put the Heaven-Shaking Arrow in the Palace of Peace and Happiness!"

This time, the figure in the Water Mirror Technique had not chosen the Weiyang Palace within the imperial mausoleum. He had not even gone to take a single look at Emperor Jing, instead wandering over