The ministers on the main dais were flexing their muscles, ready to teach that monkey a good lesson the moment it arrived. However, the eunuch dispatched to the side hall with the imperial decree had not returned after a full quarter of an hour.
Everyone had been quite patient at first, but a quarter-hour without a report from the side hall clearly signaled trouble. Even the Daxia Emperor and the Empress on the throne grew grave. They fixed their gazes upon the side hall, only to see that while it looked identical from the outside, in their eyes, the passage of time within had curdled into a chaotic vortex of water; even light could not penetrate it.
Fortunately, this vortex had only been stirred up by someone temporarily, and it could only be maintained for a very short time. The Empress emanated streams of cold moonlight, using immense power to pierce the vortex from the outside, reuniting the timelines of the two locations and bringing the trapped individuals to their senses.
Chapter 648