Behind the underground passage stood a massive, sturdy stone door. It was so perfectly fitted to the surrounding rock that not even a needle could have been inserted into the seams; it was what one might call a Dragon-Closing Stone.
Without knowledge of the mechanism or a key, one would need tens of thousands of pounds of force to even think about shifting it.
Standing before the gate, Yu Xian initially considered asking the Princess Consort if Prince Fu had left behind any keys or tokens. But then he reconsidered. He had just debauched the Princess Consort; to go to her now might make her feel he was taking further liberties, which would hardly be elegant.
Chapter 44