The Empress Order

She abruptly stood up, "Where is the person who delivered the letter? Capture him immediately!"

"Yes!" Hui Xiang immediately went out, put her fingers in her mouth, and whistled. A group of black-clad, masked individuals swiftly jumped into the courtyard.

It was only then that Hui Xiang said, "The Empress Dowager has commanded that the person who just delivered the letter be captured immediately!"

"Yes!" The black-clad individuals immediately leaped over the wall and went to capture the person who had delivered the letter.

After about the time it takes to burn an incense stick, one of those men in black came back and whispered something in Hui Xiang's ear, and only then did Hui Xiang enter the meditation room again.

In the inner chamber of the meditation room, the Empress Dowager had already opened the letter and was now looking at it, laid open, next to her on the dark red tabletop.

The Empress Dowager's old eyes were sharp, yet her expression was impassive.