The eunuch laughed grimly, extending his hand to gather all the silver coins from the boxes behind the two men.
Your Majesty's whereabouts must not be revealed to mere mortals.
Now is the perfect time to feign a robbery and murder.
...
Inside the Da Xi Imperial Palace.
Taiqing Palace.
Originally serving as a temple for worshipping the Blood God, this place has now become the residence of the Saintess.
Numerous palace maids dressed in red clothes and skirts, adorned with silver ornaments, wandered through the halls, each cradling an infant less than three months old.
Incense burners emitting an exotic fragrance burned everywhere within the palace, enveloping the halls in a pale purple mist.
The haze lulled the infants into a drowsy state.
According to the High Priest's instructions, these infants, as pure as white paper, must be chosen to serve the Saintess, ensuring no one develops disloyalty, and they must be girls to preserve the Saintess's purity.
