"I just heard," the passerby lowered his voice, carefully looked around, and then spoke, "I heard it's for the Great Qin Dynasty's Empress Dowager's birthday celebration."
"..."
Celestial Longevity Platform? Empress Dowager's birthday celebration?
Chu Ming kept walking without pausing.
As far as he knew, the Great Qin Dynasty had only one Empress Dowager, named Empress Dowager Duaan, the biological mother of the one on the Dragon Throne.
He continued walking for another three miles.
"Big brother, can you spare some food?"
A tender voice rang in his ears.
Chu Ming looked down and saw a little girl in tattered clothes, with tangled and dirty hair, appearing to be only six or seven years old.
Looking further, on both sides of the road, stood an endless array of thatched huts, with cold winds blowing, sending the thatch flying.
"Big brother, please, can you spare some food? My mother is dying of hunger." The little girl knelt at Chu Ming's feet.
