Climbing into the horse carriage waiting outside the side gate, the chief eunuch urged the coachman, "Quick, to the Prime Minister's Mansion!"
As soon as the door's curtain fell, the coachman leaped onto the driver's seat and flicked the reins.
Under the faint moonlight, the carriage sped away from the imperial palace toward the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Half an hour later, the coachman pulled the horses' reins and stopped the horse carriage in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Jumping down from the driver's seat, he took out the stepping stool hung under the carriage and placed it on the ground.
When he was done, he called out for the chief eunuch. "Gong Gong, we have arrived."
The chief eunuch stood up, lifted the curtain, and stepped down from the carriage with the coachman's help. Without wasting any time, he walked toward the closed double doors.
Grabbing the lion head door handles, the chief eunuch hit the heavy metal ring against the door a few times.
