After leaving the East Palace, Ding Anhe hurriedly took a detour to the Jade Phoenix Palace to intercept the Empress Dowager Xia Luoluo.
What a coincidence, the two of them bumped into each other on the way.
From a distance, Charlotte came on a chariot wrapped in a thick fox fur cloak and holding a baby in a yellow robe. Ding Anhe hurriedly went up to meet her.
"I have met the Queen Mother." Ding Anhe kowtowed in the snow beside Ding.
"Master Ding, please get back on your feet." Charlotte covered her mouth with her handkerchief and yawned. Seeing Ding Anhe looking like he had something to say, he casually asked, "Master Ding, why are you here if you don't go to court?"
She knew that Ding Xiaolian was Ding Anhe's daughter, so she didn't have a good attitude toward Ding Anhe.
Ding Anhe didn't care about the cold face, he stood up and chased a few steps forward.
"Empress Dowager, I have a few words that I would like to say to you."
Xia Luoluo got up early every night to sing and sing. She was very depressed and said absently: "I have something to say to the court later. Master Ding, please go to court quickly." After saying this, he covered his mouth and yawned again.
After yawning, he waved his hand and the handkerchief fell into the snow. Ding Anhe hurriedly bent down to pick up the handkerchief and chased after it.
"Empress Dowager, your veil has fallen off." She said and returned the veil to Charlotte.
"Thank you, Lord Ding." Xia Luoluo glanced at him and then left on the chariot.
She didn't go far when she noticed something was wrong with the veil. There was a small note wrapped in it, and she couldn't help but murmured in her heart: What on earth is this Ding Anhe trying to do?
But I have the note in my hand, can you not read it?
Charlotte opened the note, glanced at it casually, then her expression suddenly changed, and she hugged the baby in her arms tightly.
After some contemplation with a pale face and a frown, Charlotte quietly raised her right hand and bit off a finger, then wrote two words on the note with blood, and then wrapped the note in a handkerchief.
, and threw it under the chariot while no one was paying attention.
Ding Anhe saw all this from behind and hurriedly walked over and picked up the veil.
When he came to a deserted place, he unfolded the note and saw two words written on it, "Cooperation". Ding Anhe couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and raised his lips with a smile.
Let's talk about Zhou Qian and Wei Xuanyuan. After entering the palace as masters and servants, they went to the Jinluan Palace.
Outside the Jinluan Palace, most of the courtiers had arrived. After everyone greeted each other, they began to discuss the snowstorm and the war situation in the south.
Zhu Xiangyu only sent people to notify Zhou Qian and Wei Xuanyuan of the defeat, but did not send a letter to the court at all. Who knows the outcome? There was a lot of discussion.
"Why hasn't the news come back from General Zhu? I'm really anxious."
"Isn't that right? Logically, the good news should have been sent back a long time ago. How can it be that there is no news at all after so long?"
"That's right. Could it be that he was defeated? Captured by the Night King?"
They were talking about 'Prime Minister Zhou' coming over. He also heard these words and happily took out a "good news" with a smile on his face.
He said in a sonorous tone: "Comrades, please don't make blind guesses. Today, General Zhu has sent a good news to the Prime Minister's Mansion. General Zhu has won a great victory and the traitor Wei Chenyi has been defeated! Later, I will report this good news."
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Upon hearing the good news, the courtiers were overjoyed and all looked excited.
They don't care whether the Night King is a real rebel or a fake traitor, they just want to keep their glory and wealth, and hope that the war will end soon so that they can resume their glorious life of fine clothing and food.
Everyone was full of praise for Zhu Xiangyu.
"Well done to General Zhu, he actually won a great victory! This is great!'
"Yes, yes, the war is finally over, and our Dasheng country is now stable."
"This traitor, the Night King, doesn't know if General Zhu has taken his head. He dared to assassinate the late prince and commit rebellion. He deserves to have his head hung at the city gate for public display.
"Not only the Night King, but also the Queen of the Night, that beauty and troublemaker. If it weren't for her, how could our Dasheng Kingdom be in such chaos? She should be killed too."
Officials of justice resigned and were demoted. Now these officials in the court were all mediocre people who only knew how to flatter and flatter. Now that they heard that the Night King was defeated, they would not let go of insulting him.
Chance.
Listening to the Night King being insulted by the courtiers, Prime Minister Zhou twitched his lips with satisfaction.
The story about the Night King defeating Zhu Xiangyu was all made up by him.
Even the "good news" in my hand is fake~~These are all preparations for the master to "take the throne" later.
Thinking of this, 'Prime Minister Zhou' and Wei Xuanyuan exchanged a satisfied look. Wei Xuanyuan couldn't help but raise his chin slightly, with extremely complicated emotions in his eyes.
The plan he had been planning for many years was finally coming to fruition, and no one could understand his mood.
Just as he was getting a little excited, the shrill voice of the chamberlain’s father-in-law rose up: “Go to court~~”
So all the ministers filed in holding fluorene plates in their hands.
When they entered the court, they were divided into two rows according to their positions, and they knelt on the ground.
In the Jinluan Palace, Xia Luoluo was sitting upright with a baby in his arms. The attendant's father-in-law next to him shouted loudly, "If you have something to report, please leave the court if there is nothing."
So the courtiers began to give memorials one after another, and they were nothing more than insignificant matters such as offering sacrifices to heaven during the winter solstice. As for the snow disaster in the south, everyone just pretended not to know about it, and no one mentioned it at all.
However, Prime Minister Zhou did not report General Zhu's "good news" to the emperor, which surprised everyone.
After all the other courtiers had finished playing, Prime Minister Zhou suddenly came out.
But just as he was about to speak, Charlotte suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, something big happened in the palace last night and the Ai family urgently needs you to find out."
Zhou Qian was stunned for a moment, and all his words were blocked in his mouth.
"What's the matter?" he asked directly. He originally planned to change the emperor today, and he had no respect for the empress dowager.
And the moment Xia Luoluo saw Wei Xuanyuan in the gap in the palace, she understood. It seemed that what Ding Anhe wrote on the note was definitely not false. Wei Xuanyuan really wanted to pull out all the stops and oust her son from the throne. He planned to take that position.
Come and sit!
How is this possible? How could she become an outcast? It’s not like she hasn’t tasted the horror of being an outcast! So.
So she wanted to strike first.
As soon as Zhou Qian asked the word 'what's the matter', she immediately shivered and pretended to be scared.
"The thing is like this, last night someone in the palace saw a female ghost in the ruins in the northeast corner of the palace. It is said that the female ghost looked very much like the princess who was buried in the fire more than 20 years ago.
As soon as these words came out, it was like a pot exploding in the court.
"The Crown Princess more than twenty years ago? The woman who gave birth to the disaster star?"
"Isn't it her? The baby she gave birth to was born with smallpox, causing the entire palace to fall into disaster."
"Not only that, as soon as the disaster star was born, there were heavy rains, and after the floods, there was a plague! It's really terrible!" "Fortunately, it's a good thing that Emperor Sulong killed his relatives righteously. Otherwise, how could there be such a great world?"
Listening to the courtiers talking more and more fiercely, Charlotte's lips curved into a satisfied smile.
With just two words from her, the courtiers were filled with indignation. They were waiting to see how Wei Xuanyuan would reveal his identity.
