Not long after the news came out from the Wuwen Marquis' Mansion, Zhou An received the news that he was angry.

Wu Xukuan's trick can be said to be very shameless, he is in his sixties, and accepting a fourteen-year-old girl as a righteous daughter is an extremely brazen move, at his age, it is more than enough to be Zhou Ying's grandfather.

He completely ignored the gossip and completely pulled his face down, so that he could do this kind of thing of collecting dust from a woman as a righteous woman.

And the effect of this trick can also be called vicious.

Because Wu Xukuan's move is tantamount to pushing Zhou Ying to the front of the stage, anyone who has some ways must investigate who Zhou Ying is sacred, and can let the powerful Wu Ge Lao accept her as a righteous daughter...... This investigation will definitely be able to find Zhou An.

Ordinary people can't find it, but powerful people can't find it.

If you check Zhou Ying's family background, you can know her relationship with Zhou An.

Zhou An will soon become speechless, and he is not a person inside and out.

Because his blood relationship with Zhou Ying is indelible, Wu Xukuan accepted Zhou An's own sister as a righteous daughter, which can be said to be a conspiracy, which is enough to directly provoke the empress's trust in Zhou An, even if the empress still trusts Zhou An, doubts are inevitable, if Wu Xukuan releases any more gossip in secret, it will be difficult for Zhou An to prove his innocence.

Unless he went and cut Zhou Ying directly.

Otherwise, this stain on his body will not be washed away, even if everyone knows that it is impossible for Zhou An and Wu Xukuan to collude, but it will also make people wonder if Zhou An will think about him because of Zhou Ying?

This can be said to be a signal deliberately released by Wu Xukuan.

He knows very well that his acceptance of a dusty woman as a righteous daughter will inevitably attract many people to investigate, and those people will definitely be able to investigate the relationship between Zhou Ying and Zhou An, so it can be said that he is announcing to the outside world and telling everyone that he accepted Zhou An's sister as a righteous daughter.

Very straightforward way.

Even, everyone knows Wu Xukuan's intentions.

But there's no way to crack it.

This is still a plan to kill a few birds with one stone, one is to provoke the empress's trust in Zhou An, and the other is that it will indeed affect Zhou An's mentality, he doesn't know that Zhou An is a traverser now, and the third is ...... He can take advantage of this opportunity to convene the ministers for a secret discussion.

This last point is actually the most important.

He was able to use this as an excuse to gather his confidants and ministers together, and it was called a feast, which in fact must have been to discuss something.

However, these are not reasons to make Zhou An angry.

Wu Xukuan made this kind of shameless move, if it was other means, Zhou An would not care, just see the move.

What he cares about now is that Wu Xukuan takes advantage of him!!

His sister became Wu Xukuan's daughter, what is she? This directly became Wu Xukuan's son's.

Zhou An was having lunch when he heard the little pavilion come over to report the news, he dropped his chopsticks directly, got up and went to Qianwu Palace to see the empress, Wu Xukuan really provoked him this time, but then again, isn't this Zhou An's chance?

Wu Xukuan would never have imagined what kind of opportunity his actions today would create for Zhou An.

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Qianwu Palace, Qianyuan Palace.

When Zhou An came, the empress was having lunch, and Princess Yunjing was also there, accompanying her sister to eat together. Because Zhou An still has the identity of a permanent attendant of the Qianwu Palace, he directly entered the Qianyuan Palace without being communicated.

There was a lot of laughter and laughter in the Qianyuan Palace, Princess Yunjing was chattering, and the red apricot was still helping on the side, and Zhou An heard it from a long distance.

He entered the Qianwu Palace and walked lightly until he went inside.

"Yikes! Xiao Anzi, you're here. When Princess Yunjing saw Zhou An, she was a little excited, and she got up from the chair all of a sudden, but pinched her waist and said, "Okay, you dead little Anzi, how many days have you not played with this princess?" Is it that if you are promoted, you won't take this princess seriously? ”

"Your Highness, where do you say, how dare the minions, this is not ...... Busy. Zhou An replied to Princess Yunjing.

"Yunjing, Xiao Anzi is taking care of big things for me, how can I have time to mess around with you every day, sit down, and eat well." The empress looked at Princess Yunjing sideways and said.

Princess Yunjing suddenly stuck out her tongue and sat down obediently, but tilted her head and squeezed her eyes at Zhou An, smiling a little.

Of course she won't really be angry with Zhou An, Zhou An is the person she cherishes when she goes out of the Spring Palace, and now she is doing big things for the empress, every time Princess Yunjing hears about it, her heart is beautiful.

She just wanted to talk to Zhou An, but in fact, the two of them were good.

"Slave to the Holy One, Your Highness, please be safe." Zhou An took a few steps forward before saying.

"Excuse me." The empress said casually, there were no outsiders present at lunch, but the empress looked casual, she held the dishes and chopsticks in her hand, glanced at Zhou An again, and then said, "Have you eaten?" ”

"The minion just ate it."

"Hmm...... Have you heard? Your little sister's business. ”

"I just heard that."

What the empress said was also direct, Wu Xukuan's acceptance of Zhou Ying as a righteous daughter, since Zhou An had gotten the news, the empress would naturally have gotten it.

"Xiao Anzi, you can be relieved." The empress actually comforted Zhou An first, "Wu Xukuan's intentions, everyone understands, I will not be estranged from you because of this, you put your heart in your stomach, I know that you are loyal, and I don't need you to explain." ”

What the empress said was quite moving.

However, she said so.

Even if she really thought so in her heart, Zhou An would not let go of this opportunity.

"Minions understand." Zhou An hung his head and said.

"Come and eat this ......" The empress put vegetables in Princess Yunjing's bowl, and it seemed that she didn't want to continue talking to Zhou An.

Zhou An was originally a regular attendant of the Qianwu Palace, he could come and go here at will, and when he came here, he didn't necessarily want to say anything to the empress, just wait on the side, and wait for the empress's orders.

At this time, in the main hall, there were some palace maids and eunuchs waiting around, those eunuchs, either regular servants or long attendants, Kang Longji was also there, standing not far behind the empress, holding the dust with his hands, his eyes closed, looking like an old monk in a settled position.

Zhou An saw that the empress didn't speak again, so he took a few steps to the side.

He pondered for a while, but suddenly stepped forward, bowed down and said, "Holy Lord, the slave is actually here to ask for your life!" ”

"Huh?" The empress tilted her head and glanced at Zhou An, and said casually: "What kind of life, please." ”

"The slave wants to join the Yamen of the Suppression Division that will be established soon, and cooperate with the Suppression Division Jinyiwei to handle the case! The minions want to eradicate the corrupt officials who follow Wu Xukuan for the saint! That Wu Xukuan used the young sister of the slave as a threat, trying to shake the slave's loyalty to the king, and the slave wanted him to see what it was to eat the king's Lu and be loyal to the king! ”

"The slave is willing to become the pawn and the vanguard of the Holy Lord's extermination of the traitorous party! Moreover, the methods created by the minions to check memories and hypnotize sanity can be convenient for handling cases and finding evidence, and the minions must do their best to kill those traitors for the Holy Lord with real evidence, and will not let the Holy Master bear the stigma of the faint king, please allow the Holy Lord! ”

Zhou An said that at the end, he lifted the python robe and knelt down to kowtow to the empress.

He is exempt from kneeling, but he has to force the empress to agree to his request at this moment, and the act of kneeling and bowing can show that he is earnest.

Unabashedly heartfelt!

There really is no need to hide it!

He was eager to show his loyalty.

This is the opportunity that Wu Xukuan created for him.

Zhou An made a statement to the empress before to set up the Jinyi Guard in the Zhenfu Division, but there were some mistakes, because the commander of the Jinyi Guard will be Yuan Shengshi, one of the eight emperors in the Ouchi, Zhou An was worried that he would not be able to suppress him, Yuan Shengshi was born in the rivers and lakes, and he was good at partial means, so he naturally had the ability, just because he was too capable, all Zhou An was worried that he would not be able to intervene in the future.

These days, he has not found a suitable opportunity to involve himself in the subsequent Jinyiwei case.

There are no good reasons or opportunities.

He is not very good at taking the initiative to ask for his life, because the Zhenfu Division will have the right to inspect and arrest, such a heavy power, which is not easily touched by eunuchs, Kang Longji has never touched such a heavy power, Zhou Anruo took the initiative to ask for life, it is light, it is greedy for power, it is serious, and it can even be said that he harbors evil intentions.

But now it's different.

Wu Xukuan created an unimaginable opportunity for Zhou An.

He took the initiative to expose the fact that Zhou An's younger sister was in his hands and accepted Zhou Ying as a righteous daughter, which shook many people's minds. Zhou An therefore asked the empress for his life, and the attitude he showed, or the feeling he gave the empress, was to prove his loyalty, eager to prove his loyalty, and very earnest.

Didn't you Wu Xukuan arrest my sister? Well, I'm still going to slap you! Kill you! More ruthless than before! I'm just going to be more loyal to the Empress than I was before!

The attitude he is showing now, the feeling he gives people, is just that!

This made Zhou An's sudden request for his life reasonable, and everyone would think that Zhou An was panicked because of this incident, and he was afraid of being questioned, so he wanted to prove his loyalty in this way.

But actually.

What Zhou An is trying is the eunuch's right to inspect and arrest that cannot be easily touched!

Once this matter is precedent, it will pave the way for Zhou An to seek greater power in the future.

Just wait for the empress's words.

The Qianyuan Hall was quiet.

Smack.

The empress put down the dishes and chopsticks, turned her head to look at Zhou An who was kneeling on the ground, and looked at it.

At the same time, Kang Longji, who had been standing behind him and had been closing his eyes, opened his eyes.