In the Imperial Study Room at the front, Fu Jian and Song Chongjin reported to the Emperor, in full detail, everything they had seen and heard on the grasslands.
Even their supper was delivered from the Imperial Kitchen to the Imperial Study Room; everyone merely filled their stomachs in haste and let it go at that.
They talked on until deep into the night. In the meantime, the Emperor also asked quite a few questions. There were many matters Fu Jian did not know, so he could only honestly admit he was unclear—for instance, how Wang Yongzhu and Bi Zhu had come to an agreement; he did not know, only that Wang Yongzhu and Bi Zhu had joined hands and that certain things needed to be done.
Fu Jian did not even know Bi Zhu's real name, only that she was Prince Muhal's Princess Consort, so when he reported, it all sounded somewhat vague.
The Emperor did have a conjecture, but it would not do to question Song Chongjin about it in front of Fu Jian, so he held it back.
