Making a choice

    "There are a few things, that have been on my mind. The first being about where is everyone? I do not mean the guards but the servants and otherwise. I never see people wandering the halls except my own and sis. Is there some other way through the castle?" Yueliang asks.

    A smile forming on the emperors face, he answers. "It seems you finally noticed. I worried I would have to point it out to you eventually. It will shorten the time to most places by a third or more. They are the tunnels for the servants, that they can get to the kitchens and other places much faster. These stone tunnels are also used by our family, but the only others who know of them are the guards, but they are not allowed in them unless there is a credible threat there, or I say otherwise."