The night passed quickly. Others might be too excited to sleep because they would be going to court the next day and seeing the emperor on the high throne, but Zhou Bing, as a soldier from a later era and someone who had served in the special forces, was of exceptionally high quality and could sleep as well as usual.
The next day, before dawn, Zhou Bing got up early, washed up, and waited for Zhang Zhidong to arrive so they could go to court together.
Waiting outside the inn, a crucial point on the way to the Meridian Gate, Zhang Zhidong knew Zhou Bing was staying there. So, Zhou Bing only needed to wait. Sure enough, Zhang Zhidong's sedan chair arrived shortly after. It stopped at the inn's entrance, and Zhang Zhidong emerged, accompanied by several high-ranking officials. Although thei
