Inside Fengluan Palace, a woman in gold-thread embroidered inner garments received an urgent message from the Imperial Astronomy Bureau. Her brows furrowed as she called for the palace maid to dress her in everyday attire.
The nameless elderly maid walked briskly through the palace and directly entered the Empress Dowager's sleeping quarters. By then, the palace maids had already finished assisting the Empress Dowager in changing her clothes.
"Momo, have you heard the news?"
The Empress Dowager asked.
"Your Majesty, chaos has broken out in many places in the capital. Fortunately, the Imperial Astronomy Bureau detected it in time, and several Qi Refinement practitioners have already set out to cleanse the streets and alleyways,"
the elderly maid reported.
"How could Demon Extermination Day have arrived early... it's always on the thirtieth of August,"
The Empress Dowager murmured softly to herself:
"And it arrived so abruptly, without anyone noticing beforehand."
