Zhao Country, Anxi County, Cui Clan's ancestral Fengqi Palace.
A majestic elder, accompanied by Old Madam Cui, stepped out of Fengqi Palace, followed by a dozen young men and women softly chatting with one another.
The elder clasped his hands in farewell and then led the young people away. Old Madam Cui watched them until they boarded the carriage before turning back. A middle-aged scholar hurried over and handed her a letter.
Old Madam Cui went to the side hall and sat down before she opened the letter and read it carefully, after which she said, "Go to the Heavenly Mechanism Palace."
The Heavenly Mechanism Palace of the Cui family was not tall but expansive, consisting of one main palace and nine sub-palaces. In the center of the main palace was a huge sand table map that displayed the entire Human Domain and the surrounding terrain. Around the main sand table was a ring of smaller sand tables, which, though called smaller, each had a diameter of several meters.
