Silence fell over the room for a moment. Lǚ Huìqīng thought for a time before slowly beginning, "Han Zhi, my guess is that there is some faction within the Court of Imperial Entertainments that has suppressed the rumors regarding the Ritual Artifact issue ahead of time."
"Suppressed?" Han Zhi asked, slightly startled.
Lǚ Huìqīng nodded slowly and said, "As you know, Han Zhi, my father is the Chief Minister of the Court of Imperial Entertainments. While investigating within the court, I discovered that several veteran officials there were acting quite differently than usual."
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