Seed of doubt!

"Does anyone have a clue about what this might mean?" the emperor asked with his arm placed on the hand board and his eyebrows furrowed as though he was searching for the slightest bit of reaction from the ministers that would help him know if they are keeping something from him.

Once again, the ministers started discussing amongst themselves, they were all asking one another for each other's thoughts regarding the clue so they could gain information and then present it to the emperor to curry favour for themselves seeing how the emperor seemed aggravated by the case.

"Your majesty, the surname Huo is very popular so it is nearly impossible for the murderer to be identified based on that word and we are not still sure if it is a name or it has another meaning" the prime minister answered.