Upon the command, the guards lit their torches one by one and tightly encircled the inner palace.
Ning Yuanzhou and Yu Shisan divided the forces into two groups, leading the men of Liudao Hall to search the eastern and western palaces one by one. Ning Yuanzhou's side quickly arrived at the Empress’s bedchamber.
The night-watching eunuch, having heard the commotion, was peering out from the doorway when Ning Yuanzhou walked straight up to him.
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