Several generals nearby also spoke up to request orders, but this matter was always best handled sooner rather than later. Cheng He directly waved off the others, took Xiahou Yong and Jiang Yiqing to prepare, then ordered someone to keep watch outside before leaping into the water and diving towards the lake bottom.
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"Father once told me that the Panlong Palace was discovered only after he defeated Chi Yuan in the thirty-fifth year of Great Xia. Relying on the batch of gold in the palace, our Great Xia experienced a rapid development, the camp's strength surged, and as a result, we quickly widened the gap with the Four Vassals along the Moao River. I have now led him to find this place twenty years earlier, thus Great Xia's development trajectory will be completely altered..."
At the inn in Qinghe Town, a woman dressed in white sat by the window, holding a wine glass and watching the bustling street with a faint smile playing on her lips.
