The coffin had long been sealed, and unless burial day arrived, no one could enter the ancestral temple, including Shen Feng.
Thus, when Shen Feng pushed Wu Shang to the front of the ancestral temple, the gatekeeper stopped them.
Shen Feng dared not provoke this man, for, during Shen Shao's lifetime, he had to bow every time he encountered this guard.
"Crown Prince? Wu Shang?"
The gatekeeper was so old he could barely open his eyes; merely scanning the visitors through a narrow slit before closing his eyes again, his aged voice echoing, "Stop there."
Shen Feng bowed with clasped fists, "Elder of the temple, Sir Feng and Lord Wu Shang wish to see the emperor."
"The coffin is sealed shut; there is no seeing him now." The elder of the temple shook his head in refusal.
Unwilling to give up, Shen Feng attempted to speak again, when, to his surprise, the temple elder started to snore loudly, showing not an ounce of courtesy.
