That night, within the heavily guarded Great Zhou Imperial Palace, two persons in black, carrying a sack between them, swaggered down the palace path, their footsteps in unison, striking the ground with force.
By some coincidence, the Imperial Inner Guards on duty that day were the very same ones who had encountered Thirteenth Lady Du and her party.
"Boss, are these men from His Highness Prince Mu again?" A Rookie Guard knelt by the side of the road, waiting until the figures had walked off into the distance before timidly glancing up at his superior.
The guard leader, keeping his head held high while watching the retreating figures, patted his chest with a lingering fear, "Who else would be so bold if not the Secret Guards from His Highness Prince Mu's retinue? To break into the palace at dead of night, moving as if on level ground and looking down on the world as if there's nothing to fear?"
