"Indeed." King Yan looked at her, "During that time, I was learning horseback riding with my Martial Arts Master. On that day, while riding along the city moat embankment, someone handed me a letter, saying that my uncle was coming to the capital! If I wanted to know about my true identity, I should go to the City God Temple in the south of the city on Qixi night!"
"I originally thought this was utterly ridiculous, because my father is the Emperor of Great Zhou, my mother is the current Empress, and I have no uncle. Even if I had one, he would have long been lost in battle, so how could there be any uncle specifically coming to find me?
"However, he mentioned in the letter a concubine who had passed away many years ago from the imperial harem. If he were just talking nonsense, he wouldn't possibly know about matters in the harem.
"I couldn't resist my curiosity and, relying on the fact that my health had improved over the years, I begged the Empress to let me go out.
