Security Measures?
Four days later, the palace was particularly quiet.
The place where the servants were always busily moving about as they cleaned and worked was particularly empty today.
In a rare move, if unwise move, the emperor and empress had allowed for all the servants to have a day off, and the servants gladly took the chance to flee from the palace for a day at least, free from the persistently tense atmosphere inside the palace.
Or rather, they were not allowed to re-join back with society, but were instead all keeping low in their dorms.
They had no idea why such orders had been relayed to them, but they gladly took the chance for a break, as well as to get away from the atmosphere in the palace.
Rumour had it that the royal family was acting strangely these past couple of days.
It was high noon, and a solitary figure slipped into palace through the unguarded walls.