"Yes." Master Zhuang bowed and said, "After the Empress Dowager fled from Mafeng Mountain, she ended up in a small village in the countryside. She was found by the emperor's people, who temporarily kept her under house arrest."
Empress Dowager Zhuang impatience queried: "Whom do you mean by 'they'?"
Master Zhuang declared solemnly, "The newly crowned top scholar, Xiao Liulang."
"Xiao, Liulang?" Empress Dowager Zhuang furrowed her brows; she found the name strangely familiar, but couldn't recall where she had heard it. However, it did seem plausible if she had stayed with his family.
