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An hour later.
Zhu Ban and Peng Guang halted before a temporary imperial lodge.
Peng Guang escorted Zhu Ban through winding corridors, heavy doors, up to a small pavilion.
“Master Zhu, His Majesty waits inside,” he said, pinning down the bird on his shoulder with one hand lest it followed.
Zhu Ban knocked on the door lightly.
“Enter.” A light voice drifted out.
Zhu Ban stepped in.
The Emperor sat in shadow on a large chair, not a dragon throne, hence the frown on his brow.
“Your Majesty,” Zhu Ban bowed.
The Emperor rubbed his temples. “Master Zhu, you’ve not heard that a villain abducted Huayin, have you?”
Zhu Ban jerked upright. “Huayin kidnapped? Impossible! The Lotus Cult swore never to touch her—”
“Easy,” the Emperor cut him off. “It wasn’t the Lotus Cult. Someone else. It happened near last year’s end. I kept silent so as not to disturb your forging, and because the facts were still murky.”
He recounted how Cui Huayin vanished early last spring; how Gu Xuejian,...
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