Bab 119: A game of smoke and Shadow 3

The Prime Minister's Mansion.

Prime Minister Shi was the most powerful court official in Northern Wei and like most officials had a diverse web of spies responsible for keeping him informed of everything that happened I'm the capital.

The Prime Minister's mansion was a newly constructed mansion at Junwang Ye's street, it was built on the repossessed land of a retired official from the previous Emperor's administration. 

The Emperor gifted the land to the Shi family after Imperial consort Shi gave birth to the sixth prince. The Shi family for the past few generations lived at the lower level residential areas of the capital, close to the business district. It was home to mostly merchant families and newly titled noble families.