XI

Xisuthra moved swiftly to prepare a secret chariot that would move the dead princess to the secondary palace. On his way, he met with Inal Enlim.

Inal Enlim a concubine who was promoted to become the empress after the empress died. The reason she was promoted was that the crown prince Aranar Enlim was her son.

Xisuthra bowed upon sighting the empress with her entourage right behind her. She stopped when she also saw him. She wondered why he was in such a hurry and where he was going.

"Your royal Highness," he said greeting her.

"Xisuthra what is the hurry about?," Inal said when she saw the urgency in his steps.

"He Worship had ordered something urgent to which I must tend to Your royal highness" he responded carefully enough not to give away too much information. After all the emperor had ordered that he trust no one.

Xisuthra even suspected that the emperor was suspicious of him also. The only reason why he was still on the mission was because he was the only one close enough t