The Empress #empress

Something is stirring in the forbidden city. There’s a rumbling beneath its grounds. The government is arguing that it’s the development of the metro system to join two lines underneath the city and restoration work is in place to repair the damage. There’s even new towers being built, and more of the public areas are being sealed off. But the quakes are felt all over the city. And what’s more, there’s reports of people disappearing. No-one knows who are taking them. At first, it was a few people at a time but people are becoming increasingly worried; especially with the rolling blackouts across the metro system. And in a county where communism overlaps with a dictatorship, you have to be in the know to find out. But with a population of over one billion, there’s a lot of people to spare and in some respects it’s a relief to the government rather than a worry.