I didn't want to see that aweful sight, so I continued down the road. After a couple of hours of traveling, I finally found a small settlement. One of the people there invited my into their hut. I started talking to them, explaining why I was here, and they suddenly got up in excitement. They dragged me out and showed me a stange looking hut.
I couldn't understand what the man was trying to tell me. Apparently, it was a hut that the Empress Wu was currently in at the moment. I ran over to the place to go check it out. It was quite bare inside, but at the far corner of the room sat the empress. I snapped a quick picture of her before I left. It was neat seeing her because she was the one I was doing research on.

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