"Mountain Master."
The Emperor dared not wait for the other to approach, so he quickly walked dozens of paces to meet Academic Palace Master Lian Xuanxiao and Tantai Leshan.
"Your Majesty."
In front of the other ministers, Lian Xuanxiao casually lifted his hand in a crossed-arm salute. He then took a wide, illustrated sheet of paper from Tantai Leshan and handed it to the Emperor.
Emperor Yu accepted the drawing. It was a beautifully exquisite map of Chang'an, meticulously depicting the city's workshops, fields, bridges, canals, rivers, and the bustle of carriages and pedestrians, all rendered with lifelike, minute detail. The only disconcerting aspect was the dense scattering of numerous black dots across it, which were distasteful to behold.
Emperor Yu frowned. "What is this…"
