Early in the morning around 4, Leon Empie's imperial palace;
Emperor Shi was peacefully sleeping after a long time, knowing powerful allies were residing in the palace to protect him. For the first time in four months, he didn't have any worries about assassination or something.
He isn't even worried about the temporary alliance's plan to assassinate King Qi, and neither does he have his guard up in front of his own soldiers, who plan to guard him all over the night as usual. He just wanted to have a night of quality sleep. That is indeed more precious for any Emperor than anything when their Empire is not stable.
However, his peaceful sleep was disturbed by the sudden bang of the door, which burst open and alerted the soldiers guarding by, pointing their weapons at the intruder. It turned out to be Shi En, yet, loyal as they are, they haven't put down their weapons in wariness.
"Uncle…" "Uncle.."
