Outside the Council Hall.
Xunyin had actually been there for a long time, but he had been unable to find the right moment to slip inside. Just as he was racking his brain for a way to lure the dragon out of its lair, Nanny Qin came rushing over like a gust of wind.
She threw herself onto her knees outside the hall, wailing with tears and snot streaming down her face, "Your Majesty... please, go and see the Empress... Her old illness has flared up again... she is unconscious... Your Majesty..."
Chapter 20