In the Imperial Study of Chengguang Hall, Grandmaster Liu and Song Dekang were reporting the matters of Yangzhou in detail to the Emperor.
Yesterday afternoon, Grandmaster Liu and Song Dekang returned to the capital from Yangzhou. The Emperor asked them to rest at home for a few days, and after they were well-rested, to enter the palace for a briefing.
It was impossible for Grandmaster Liu and Song Dekang to rest at home for several days. After resting for most of the day, they entered the palace to attend the morning court on the following day.
Earlier at the morning court, Grandmaster Liu and Song Dekang gave a brief report of the affairs in Yangzhou to the Emperor. As the other ministers listened to their report, they all gasped in shock. They hadn't anticipated that the issues in Yangzhou were even more astonishing than they knew. No, they were shocking.
