She'd had a feeling something was wrong. The little honeyeater she sent to investigate yesterday still hadn't returned. While things were quiet at the General's estate, she worried her master would grow anxious if he found out what was happening in the city.
"Right now, no news can get into or out of the Capital City," Qian Fanji said. "Dean Chen sent his message through the Qian family's secret network."
"The Qian family's secret network? You mean underground tunnels?"
"Something like that."
Ye Qianning couldn't help but give him a second look. No wonder the Qian family was so well-informed. They had dirt on countless officials, both in the imperial court and in their private lives.
'Don't tell me the Qian family has dug tunnels under the entire Capital City?'
