Inconsistencies

Zhao Boqin wondered why Alex even asked the first question. Not only had he known more than him about the event, he had even revealed to him something he hadn't known before.

It was an entirely weird question to have asked.

'Does he perhaps want to know who died there?' he thought. 'About what they did?'

He would have to wait for this second question to see what Alex wanted to learn about, although he was taking a rather long time to come up with the answer.

Alex went through the questions in his mind multiple times, making sure to get as many answers as he could from it in return. Once ready, he asked.

"A short time after the Empress's death, a group of soldiers were ordered by the Emperor to go after a woman named Han Ahlin to retrieve something. What happened during and after their pursuit of her?"