Shi Hong traveled to the capital in haste. He was instructed by Wang Feng to find a way not to be seen as the culprit behind the investigative robberies that had been happening all over the capital. Shi Hong was a smart man; he bribed ministers and eunuchs extensively to block any unsavory rumors about him reaching the emperor. With that one move, he drove all the suspicion away from himself and Wang Feng. Since he bribed ministers, it was widely acknowledged that he was also one of the people who had been robbed.
He requested an audience with the emperor in private and was accepted. As a venerable level cultivator, if he wanted to kill the emperor, who is in the upper golden core realm, at the distance they normally speak, nobody would be able to stop his attack.
Shi Hong was allowed to have an audience privately due to the emperor's discretion. The Emperor trusted Shi Hong because he believed in him.
