Inside the palace.
The Emperor placed the memorial on the imperial desk, while the eunuch handed him a tea bowl.
After moistening his throat, the Emperor asked, "Where have they gone?"
The eunuch replied, "Commander Song and Military Governor Du are wandering the streets, they first went to the needlework shop, and then to the teahouse, ink shop, medicine shop, and blacksmith shop.
Before dark, they hurried to the Official Medicine Bureau in the Capital."
The Emperor raised his head: "Those places?"
The eunuch responded.
The Emperor frowned slightly: "Did they notice anyone following them?"
The eunuch said, "All the places the two lords visited sell goods from Zhenzhou, as for the teahouse... someone was telling stories, coincidentally about the spring epidemic."
The Emperor thought carefully, then suddenly smiled: "Are there really that many goods from Zhenzhou?"
