The palace examination only had one session of policy-making, and the paper had to be submitted on the same day. With their thoughts resolved, the Wu brothers seemed to write with divine assistance.
Meanwhile, two hundred miles away from the Capital City, within the Fu Yong Mausoleum.
In the depth of the tomb, where no sunlight could reach, the surface of the coffin made of nanmu wood unexpectedly sprouted numerous green branches at some point, as if the lifeless tomb chamber suddenly gained vitality.
By midday, at the hour when the sun was strongest on Zhao Mountain, countless black water suddenly overflowed from the green oil-like chamber of Empress Duran inside, emerging from the cracks of the coffin. Instantly, the thick Yin Evil Qi isolated the penetrating solar energy.