“The jade seal is not here,” Han Mingze said.

“Then where is it? Tell us, and I will send someone to retrieve it,” the Empress Dowager said, her voice tinged with urgency. It was apparent that she was eager to seal the edict with the jade seal and end things.

“Would you believe this Emperor’s words?” Han Mingze sneered at the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager paused. She indeed wouldn’t believe him. Wouldn’t this be precisely his stalling tactic– giving a false location?