Wang Yunxiao got up for breakfast in the cafeteria when Youtiao sneaked up to him and whispered, "Big Brother, have you heard? The Emperor was assassinated!"
Sitting silently next to him and drinking soy milk, Li Mumu suddenly spat out her drink and began coughing violently, covering her mouth.
Wang Yunxiao was utterly confused. Have I time-traveled again? What's going on this time? he thought.
"The Emperor? Which Emperor?" he asked.
"The one who abdicated from the Former Dynasty!" came the reply.
To be fair, it had been less than two years since the event, so it was common for people to still refer to the new government as the Imperial Court and the police station as the Yamen.
"When did this happen?" he inquired.
"Last night."
"And how did you find out about it so quickly?"
"The security uncle at the gate said that around four or five o'clock in the morning, someone came to visit Principal Zhou by car..."
