Wudang: Legends Of Qi Earth 117 The Forbidden City Iii : Schemes

Alex was kept close to his friends this time, however the were also in an isolated part of the palace, so there was not much interaction with members of the royal family. Alex felt as if they were still being treated as Kids, but that's was also understandable, adulthood in this world was 16 years of age, and Alex still had a year and two months to go before he gets to sixteen.

Khan sniffed around the new room in a rather peculiar way, Alex had no idea what that sport was up to, but never the less he let him do what he wanted to do. It didn't take long for Louis and the others to find their way into the room, but Sabina did not come in empty handed as she was holding a huge sketch pad with a couple of pens. Alex furrowed his eyebrows in confusion and was about to ask when Louis placed a hand on his lips, stopping Alex from saying anything.

"Young master Alex! How're you feeling today? Much stronger I hope." Louis spoke out loud as he sat on the bed with the others, following to sit in a circle, up until now, none of them had noticed Khan who was sitting in one corner of the room, with his eyes on them.

"Ummm I'm doing okay I guess?" Alex answered them, all of a sudden Louis started talking about random things while Yun Fao raised the drawing pad up, and written on it were the words.

(We're being spied on)

Alex's eyes widened in shock, he didn't expect this to be honest but for it to have reached such a stage, he guessed the Zhang family was even more of a threat to the to the empire than he expected, but then again this was still confusing, it didn't make sense. Louis kept on talking about the architecture of the palace as he wrote on the sketch pad.

(There's more to the destruction of Macau city than it seems, I think the emperor is responsible for the demon invasion.)

Alex's already shocked expression got even more intense, he knew the emperor was nothing to write home about, basically he's ruled through fear, manipulation and control, but then again which Emperor in history hasn't ruled that way. What he doesn't understand however is why the Emperor will destroys city right at the heart of his empire, maybe he didn't have as much attachment to the land and the people due to the fact that he was from a higher plane, but this was still extremely ridiculous, how and why would he cause such a serious amount of death and destruction, especially to a fit that he's meant to protect. It was baffling to say the least and Alex honestly couldn't believe it, this was too much even for the Emperor.

(We found out that the Macau region is an autonomous region, it's not under empire rule, but rather under Management of a third power that could rival the origins of both the empire of heaven and the Albion empire.) Yun Fao wrote on the drawing pad with Sabine taking the pen from him and writing on it too.

(Apparently they were blackmailed into giving it up after they lost a war game with said power. Macau has been under the control of this third power for almost two hundred years give or take a few years.) It was Sabrina's turn as she wrote

(The emperor felt threatened by them, especially since there were secret rumors about the third power wanting to use Macau as a forward base to launch an invasion, it would not have been a smart move on the emperor's part to leave a threat in his own backyard.) Then Louis took the pen from her to write.

(This is all speculation though, these rumors are slowly being circulated amongst the servants and guards, probably to undermine the image of the emperor, after all with him being an alien foreigner, not many people are happy that he and his imperial family has taken control and have been filling half the world for the better part of eight hundred years. That man who killed himself when the secret guard went after him might have giving us some answers and clarity, but he killed himself and now there's also a rumor that the Wudang sect or more specifically the Zhang clan was in cahoots with the emperor, the pending betrothal between you and the youngest princess is not helping matters either. People are beginning to think the Zhang family are well outs, and our presence in Macau before s.h.i.+t went to h.e.l.l is also quite d.a.m.ning.

But with no real evidence against us and the emperor, this is all just propaganda and people looking for someone to blame for the loss of the city. However this is also a big problem for us, so far the Zhang clan has survived based on the public's favorable opinion of them, however should that change...….then things will not be as easy in the future.)

This was messed up, one attempt to be children and enjoy themselves by stealing a car, and they end up right in the middle of political conspiracy with the entire Zhang family being dragged in to. If such knowledge was cemented, sink or swim the Zhang family would have no other choice but to throw their lot in with the Emperor's camp, and that was not something they wanted. The Zhang family we're one of two cultivation family's that once served the original local Emperor of a unified China.

The way Alex saw it, there wasn't anything he could do at the moment that could change the way the public perceived the Zhang family, however he could at the very least find out the real truth behind the destruction of the city of Macau. And if that order came from this palace, then one way or another, Alex was going to get to the root of the matter before he has to leave.

But to do so he would have to go deep into the household of the emperor, if it was just him Alex knew he would be unable to truly and fully infiltrate the emperor's household, besides he was pretty sure they had eyes on him, but the others on the other hand, especially Louis who had a nose for detail. But before that there was one thing that Alex had to take care of, something that could actually help him get to the bottom of the matter concerning the destruction of Macau and the demon invasion. Alex picked up the pen and wrote.

(That dead body we came with, do you guys know where it is, and how can we get access to it?) The question written was so weird that Sabina had to break character of talking about random things to ask.

"what would you want to use a dead body for?..... it's not necessary to use a corpse for medical experiments!" Yun Fao slapped a hand to his face as he shook his head, her outburst even if she covered it up was still suspicious and if anybody was listening that was sure to raise red flags.

"We spoke about that a week ago and you're bringing it up now! Seriously? Look; it's hard to explain on my part, my foray into alchemy means I need medical knowledge, Alchemy is a mixture of pharmacy and medicine, I need to be able to understand the human body. But you're looking at it from one side, I need to also examine beasts too, basically any creature that exists to understand their biology." As Alex spoke, he wrote something on the drawing Pad.

(It's hard to explain, but I have a way to find out the last few memories of the dead man, it's a long shot since I'm not too sure about this skill, but it's the only shot we've got to get to the bottom of this, and I'll need help, all of your help.) Alex wrote down as he looked at them.

(This is to risky, it would be almost of not out rightly impossible for us to get past the guards, they're on high alert and places like that would have really tight security. We don't even know where the body is, they could have disposed of it already, and if so then how do you expect to find it." Sabine wrote down. She had a point and Alex knew that it wouldn't be easy, but there was no gain without risks.

(There's an Imperial coroner, I believe the body will be in his lab, they won't get rid of it immediately, the Emperor's birthday is in ten days, there are scores of reporters outside the palace, it would be hard to hide the fact that they're moving a body out, they could put it in a storage ring, but that's just too much of a ha.s.sle for a body that could just be kept in the coroner's mortuary until after the emperor's birthday and things have settled down, it's not bothering anyone there.

The best time to move will be on the Emperor's birthday itself, we should be able to find a way towards that part of the palace, I believe the security would not be as much. We should also use this time to find a way to keep us from being detected by arrays and alarms. Either way this plan is a work in progress, we should have something concrete by the time the birthday comes around.) Louis wrote as he got up from the bed and with just a shake of his hands, set the sketch pad on fire. Then he turned with a smile towards Alex and asked.

"Now where is that G.o.d forsaken weasel of yours, call him out so that we can have some fun!" Alex raised an eyebrow at that, but before he could save Louis's life, Khan had already jumped on him and place his very sharp scythe blades on his throat.

"I'm right here you idiotic flesh bag! Now tell me; how do you want to die!"