Inside the grand hall, Emperor Zhaoning maintained a composed expression, sitting before his desk as he perused the array map drawn by the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Rites. His gaze was on the array map, but he hadn't absorbed much of its content.
Every time he heard footsteps outside, he would glance out, only to find they were just passing by, causing him to frown slightly before returning his attention to the array map.
This repeated countless times until he finally saw the figure of Peace at the door.
Emperor Zhaoning exhaled deeply, placing the array map aside, and said to Wu Chang:
"Sir has finally returned. The auspicious phenomenon during the day, I had guessed, would be a sign of celestial beings arriving in the world, yet I did not expect there to be so many of them."
