「In the Imperial Study of the Qin Kingdom Royal Palace.」
The Sovereign of Qin sat at his desk, focused on the government affairs that had piled up for days.
For days, his thoughts had been a tangled mess. His mind was consumed by the battlefield at Huai Mountain Pass, thousands of miles away. He could hardly find peace day or night, waiting only for a report from the front lines.
Just as he lifted his vermilion brush to approve a memorial, a soft SNAP echoed in the room—the brush he held tightly in his hand had inexplicably broken in two.
Before he could even process what had happened, a flurry of panicked footsteps sounded from outside the Imperial Study.
Immediately after, Eunuch Li, his face deathly pale, scrambled into the hall, tumbling as he went. His voice trembled uncontrollably. "Your Majesty... It's terrible... Something awful has happened..."
"What has you in such a panic?"
