No one knows what was said inside the Imperial Study, only that suddenly the capital was under martial law. Entering or leaving the city now required passes or personal identification documents, with extremely strict checks. At any moment, the Military Department personnel might grab a passing citizen to verify their identity, which was common knowledge.
Behind the scenes, some households changed their servants, some concubines died suddenly, and even some drivers were replaced.
Late at night, your home might be broken into by people interrogating you, leaving no corner unchecked.
Even the Prime Minister's Mansion found a few spies, and one was even posing as a brawny maid in Song Ci's Courtyard, scaring Song Ci pale.
That fire-stoking girl looked so honest and simple-minded, yet she was a spy.
Song Ci began to see suspicion in everyone and even conspiratorially thought that the old lady's death wasn't just from ecstatic joy, but that she was poisoned.
