As dawn's first light descended once again, Yang Zhenshan was already standing within the main hall of Prince Qing's King City.
Every King City's main hall is known as Chengyun Hall, the place where the Prince holds celebrations and wields his power. Typically adorned with dovetailed eaves, intertwined dragon carvings, edged in gold, and painted with the eight auspicious flowers. The seats in the hall are made with red lacquered dragons, curtains hanging with gold-traced dragons, and the wall behind the throne is decorated with painted dragons amidst colorful clouds.
However, the Chengyun Hall of Prince Qing seemed rather stingy, lacking any golden splendor, giving instead an oppressive feeling.
The reason for this traces back to over thirty years ago when Prince Qing was granted his fief.
