Chapter 1120 - 1065. Going To The Imperial Research & Workshop
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The heavy rustle of his Mianfu robes echoed through the silent hall as he walked down the central aisle, passing the groveling forms of the most powerful men in the continent. He did not look back as he crossed the threshold and left the Grand Court Hall.
The moment the heavy, golden lacquered doors closed behind him, sealing him away from the suffocating scrutiny of the bureaucracy, Lie Fan let out a long, heavy exhale that ruffled his mustache.
He stopped in the center of the private corridor, rolling his broad shoulders with a loud, satisfying crack. He stretched his arms high above his head, twisting his torso until his spine popped in protest.
Sitting perfectly rigid upon the Dragon Throne for hours on end, maintaining the flawless, intimidating posture of a living deity while wearing twenty pounds of embroidered silk and a heavy jade beaded crown, was a physical ordeal that rivaled a prolonged melee combat.
"Even absolute power comes with a stiff neck," Lie Fan muttered to himself with a wry chuckle, removing the heavy Mian’guan crown from his head and handing it to a waiting eunuch, who accepted it as if handling a fragile explosive.
At that precise moment, the Chief of the Imperial Maids, a highly organized and impeccably dressed older woman named Madam Xue, stepped forward from the shadows of the corridor. She bowed gracefully, her hands clasped at her waist.
"Your Imperial Majesty, if I may interrupt your rest," Madam Xue spoke softly, her voice soothing and deferential. "Your itinerary demands your attention. The Minister of Works, Lord Liu Ye, has sent a runner. He is currently heading and will be waiting for you at the Imperial Workshop and Research Compound, several kilometers northeast of the capital. He is accompanied by Master Huang Chengyan and his daughter, Lady Huang Yue Ying."
Lie Fan stopped stretching, his eyebrows raising in pleasant surprise. The heavy, morbid thoughts of Cao Cao’s impending execution were instantly swept away by the prospect of engineering and innovation.