Night fell, and the Xia Royal Palace was submerged in silence.
Ever since the palace maid uprising, the current Emperor, Li Yunlong, no longer resided in the Qianqing Palace. Instead, he had constructed the Yongshou Palace in the northwest corner of the palace grounds.
The dozens of palace maids and eunuchs in the Yongshou Palace were the cream of the crop, chosen through rigorous screening. Even as they walked, they made not the slightest sound, maintaining a state of high alertness at all times.
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