"Report to the Empress Dowager, the Left Prime Minister Zhou Xing asked for a visit."

Wu was holding a book in his hand and was reading a book. Next to him, Princess Taiping, with a big belly, sat beside him, and the mother and daughter each held a book in his hand, reading while talking.

Upon hearing this, Wu put down the manual and said to Princess Taiping: "Is Taiping tired? Do you want to rest for a while or go out for a walk?"

Princess Taiping knew that her mother didn't like herself when she was dealing with political affairs, and said, "My daughter is inconvenient. She sat for a while and felt sore in her back. She went out for a walk."

Wu nodded, and when she saw Princess Taiping go out, she turned around and ordered calmly: "Let him come in."

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Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly walked towards the empress dowager's bedroom, took two steps, and suddenly stopped. Mingxiang, who was following behind, was caught off guard and almost hit her. Fortunately, she kept staring at her footsteps, and stopped quickly when she saw that she stopped, otherwise she would really hit her.

Mingxiang is the most capable palace maid in front of Shangguan Wan'er. She was carried up by Shangguan Wan'er. Naturally, she knew that Shangguan Wan'er liked Zhang Changzong. Zhang Changzong was always sweet and lovable, so Mingxiang loved him very much. Now she heard something happened to him, so she was naturally anxious.

"Talented?"

Shangguan Wan'er continued to walk out, but when she arrived at the door, she did not go to the empress dowager's bedroom, but went straight to the palace gate. Mingxiang was stunned. Didn't she hurry to save Liulang? Why... But she was just a palace maid and didn't want to say much, just followed Shangguan Wan'er and went out.

After a while, I arrived at the palace gate, which was very close to the Daming Palace and had few ways to walk. Except for the ministers who attended the court meeting, most of the people who entered the palace were walking through this palace gate.

"Meet Shangguan Cairen."

Shangguan Wan'er sat on her shoulder chariot and accepted the visit of the guards. She asked, "Xiong Piano General, can you see my disciple Liulang enter the palace today? I have been waiting for him in the palace for most of the day, but I haven't seen him come. I feel relieved and want to let someone out to see it. This is the token."

As he said that, he glanced at Xiaobai who was following him. Xiaobai was the little eunuch she ordered in the palace. The palace maid, the concubines should not leave the palace at will. The little eunuch could still go out as long as he had a token.

Xiaobai was clever and took the token and immediately said, "I will go to Liulang now, so I can rest assured."

Shangguan Wan'er didn't have to pretend to be sad and said, "How can you rest assured? Such a slutty boy, I don't know where he went? I didn't know how to send someone to the palace to say it."

Then, he ordered someone to turn around. As soon as he left without a stick of incense, Xiaobai hurriedly ran and chased after him: "Talented man, talented man, just outside the palace gate, I met the chief of the princess's mansion, and said that our Liulang and Prince Xue, the eldest son of Prince Xue's mansion, the eldest son of Prince Xue's mansion, were all captured by Jinwu Guards!"

Shangguan Wan'er exclaimed and immediately asked: "How could he be arrested? Why was he arrested? Liulang is just a child, how could he be involved with him? Xiaobai, do you understand?"

Xiaobai hurriedly said, "I asked about it, and said that Mr. Xue was involved in rebellion and the prince-consort was implicated. Liulang happened to be in the prince-consort's mansion and was arrested together!"

Shangguan Wan'er's face changed and she immediately ordered: "Hurry up, go to the Empress Dowager!"

The group rushed to the Empress Dowager's bedroom and met Princess Taiping who had just come out of the Empress Dowager's bedroom. Princess Taiping looked surprised: "Where did the talented man come from so hurry and where did he go? What about Liulang? Shouldn't that boy go to the palace to study today? What about people? If you have something to do, you can let him come to me and not see him for a few days, so it's better to let him come and talk to his adopted mother."

Shangguan Wan'er said anxiously: "Princess Lao asked, "Young Princess Lao did not come to the palace as promised today. You know his temperament. He is never careless when studying and studying. I wondered when I went down to the palace gate to ask, and then I realized that Liu Lang was actually taken away by the Jinwu Guard at the Prince Consort's Mansion! It was not a trivial matter, and he was about to go to the Empress Dowager's Palace!"

Princess Taiping was shocked and asked quickly: "The Prince Consort's Mansion?! Which Prince Consort's Mansion?"

Shangguan Wan'er looked at her meaningfully without saying it clearly, but Princess Taiping didn't understand anything. She narrowed her face and asked again: "When did she capture it?"

Shangguan Wan'er only said one sentence: "Four days ago!"

Princess Taiping's face turned pale, her body shook, and she almost fell down. However, her hand touched her bulging abdomen, quickly calmed down, cheered up, and immediately said, "I'll go with you!"

The Empress Dowager's bedroom, the Empress Dowager is meeting Zhou Xing—

Zhou Xing bowed his waist and lowered his head, looking very respectful: "My minister Zhou Xing met with the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager will be blessed."

Wu put down the book and said directly: "Don't give me a gift, I'll give you a seat. Zhou Qing entered the palace today, but has the case progressed?"

Zhou Xing said respectfully: "When returning to the Empress Dowager, Xue Yan was involved in the case of Li Chong's rebellion. The evidence was conclusive. When I led someone to search the house, I found evidence that Xue Yan responded to Li Chong's rebellion and recruited troops. Please check it out."

Mo Chengan took it and presented it to Wu. Wu quickly flipped it over with a cold face: "Since the evidence is conclusive, what should I do."

Zhou Xing carefully looked at the empress dowager's expression: "Here, just, Princess Taiping..."

Wu said: "At that time, the late emperor was graceful, and he was in love with Chengyang and surrendered to Xue Shao. Xue was not grateful and even rebelled. Such a traitor deserved even more damn!"

"Here!"

Zhou Xing responded, and a loyal guarantee said: "Please rest assured by the Empress Dowager. I will handle this case strictly. Anyone involved will not let go. Those who do not know how to be polite and do not know how to be kind and be good-looking, so as to demonstrate the empress dowager's power and the strict national law. It's just..."

Wu glanced at him indifferently: "Say!"

"Here."

Zhou Xing quickly responded respectfully and pretended to be hesitant: "But, my power is limited, and I must cooperate with the arrest of people when handling cases. However, General Qiu, the Jinwu Guard, seemed unwilling to cooperate with the Wei Minister."

"Qiu Shenjie?"

Wu asked in confusion, then turned around and ordered Mo Chengan: "Come on the god of Qiu to come."

"Here."

Mo Chengan took the order and left. Wu said to Zhou Xing: "You and Qiu Shenyi are both loyal to this palace, and they are both loyal to me. They are all for the help of my own arms. Don't have any misunderstandings from your own people. Qiu Shenyi is a righteous person. I tell him to come and give him a face-to-face reminder and order him to help you with all his strength in the future."

"Here, the Queen Mother is wise."

Although Zhou Xing's tone was respectful, he couldn't help but feel proud. No matter how proud Qiu Shenjie was, he would not have to listen to the empress dowager in the end. Outside, it was not Qiu Shenjie who came in a hurry, but Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping.

"Report to the Empress Dowager, Shangguan Cairen and Princess Taiping asked for a meeting."

Wu raised his eyebrows, nodded without any surprise, and said, "Let them come in."

The two of them came in together, with anxiety on their faces. As soon as Shangguan Wan'er came in, she knelt down without saying a word: "Wan'er's disciples are incompetent, please ask the Empress Dowager to punish him!"

Princess Taiping also knelt down directly, regardless of her big belly, without saying a word, and looked at Wu with red eyes: "Am Immortal, Dalang, Erlang, and Xiu'er..."

Tears fell, but she refused to cry, her eyes were red, and she kowtowed silently, not mentioning Xue Shao, but only felt sorry for the child. Five days! No one informed her for five days. If there was no mother's intention, Princess Taiping would not believe it even if she killed her.
Chapter completed!