Despite Wu Qi's seclusion in the spirit cave, the information of the outside world was steadily fed back to him through Princess Zhang Le.
The emperor of New Yu had passed away, and all its imperial clan members and important courtiers were killed by Wu Qi. Led by the black-clad daoist who called herself Mingsha, the dynasty somehow managed to find a boy who was said to be the emperor's b*stard son, and made him the new emperor.
Since almost all the courtiers were dead, at Mingsha's behest, a group of barely usable people was chosen from their clans to fill the empty court. It was the same for the generals protecting the borders—taller men were chosen from among dwarfs and urgently sent to various fortresses and cities.
