To the west of Wang'an City, at the West Mountain Dominating Martial King's Tomb, the atmosphere was filled with a sense of impending doom.
From dawn, the twenty thousand imperial guards stationed here took turns patrolling near the Dominating Martial King's Tomb.
The area within a twenty-mile radius was so heavily guarded that not even a needle could penetrate nor water pass through.
Many soldiers stationed here, though diligent in their patrol and guard duties, couldn't help but harbor doubts.
They gossiped in places hidden from their superiors' view.
"What's happened? Why has the vigilance suddenly become so strict? The emperor has even transferred thirty thousand troops from here?"
"I've heard rumors that something major happened in the south. The Chu family's hot spring villa on West Mountain was massacred, and the princess mother and her child were abducted with their whereabouts unknown."
