Early the next morning.

Cloud Palace.

"Let's all go down!"

The empress, who had just returned to the main hall from the early dynasty, suddenly stopped, turned her head and said in a deep voice to the attendants behind her.

The attendants were stunned for a moment, although they didn't know what was happening, they didn't dare to slack off, saluted, hurriedly exited the main hall, and closed the temple door.

"Come out."

The empress glanced at the corner not far away, and as she spoke, she walked straight to the couch and sat down, and poured herself a cup of tea and drank it.

As the words fell, a dark shadow slowly walked out of the corner, walked quickly to the empress, and saluted respectfully.

It was none other than the Blood-Blazing Leader, the Black-robed Man.

"What?"

The empress raised her eyebrows and asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, Xiong Guanghe may be dead."

The black-robed man arched his hand and said in a somewhat solemn voice.

"When?!"

When the empress heard this, she couldn't help but look stunned, and asked with a frown.

"According to the blood blazing report, Xiong Guanghe led people to sneak into the capital last night and went to North Street, and Li Anhou was also on North Street at that time, Xiong Guanghe should have gone to find Li Anhou to take revenge."

"Originally, the lowly people were secretly following, but when they went outside North Street, they found that there were lurkers everywhere around North Street, and they should be people who left Anhou, so they had to give up tracking."

After leaving Anhou and leaving North Street, Xiong Guanghe and others suddenly disappeared, and their lives and deaths were unknown. He suspected that he had died at the hands of Li'anhou. ”

The black-robed man paused for a moment and replied slowly, with a hint of self-reproach between his words.

"According to your meaning, Li Anhou has already set a trap, just waiting for Xiong Guanghe to appear?!"

The empress pondered and asked with some solemnity.

"So far, that's true."

The black-robed man nodded affirmatively.

"With his cultivation, he can really easily kill Xiong Guanghe, one of the four elders of the Lingyao Sword Sect, without leaving any trace?!"

The empress asked in disbelief.

"What happened at that time, I'm afraid no one knows."

"However, according to the time when Anhou entered the palace to meet His Majesty that day, the humble official had secretly observed, and this person was indeed unfathomable."

The black-robed man said seriously.

"Even you can't see his depth?!"

When the empress heard this, she was shocked again.

"I beg your pardon for my incompetence, I really couldn't find out at the time."

The black-robed man bowed and said with some self-reproach.

"Looks like we all underestimated him!"

"I have obviously hinted to him that he should not make too much trouble in everything, but he still took it as a deaf ear and actually killed Xiong Guanghe directly in the capital, in this way, I am afraid that it will not be long before Yue Lingshan will appear in the capital in person!"

The empress frowned and said in a deep voice.

"Yue Lingshan is in retreat, counting the time, it shouldn't be too long before the day of leaving the customs, once she comes to the capital in person, I'm afraid it will inevitably cause a turmoil."

"At that time, there will be a battle between Yue Lingshan and Li'anhou, and the outcome is unpredictable."

The black-robed man hesitated for a moment and said slowly.

"When two tigers fight, one will be injured, they are all talents that I value, no matter who loses, it is not what I want to see."

The empress sighed and said thoughtfully.

In the battle of masters, defeat is death.

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter who wins or loses between the two of them, if it really happens at that time, His Royal Highness Taiqing..."

The black-robed man hesitated and reminded in a low voice, although he was halfway through his words, the meaning was already self-evident.

With the relationship between Li Jingyao and Li Wuji, if Yue Lingshan was angry and wanted to kill Li Wuji, Li Jingyao would definitely come forward to protect him.

"This matter will be discussed later, the most important thing at the moment is to find out whether Xiong Guanghe has really been killed by Li'anhou."

"In addition, find a way to find out the true strength of Li'anhou, so as to arrange future countermeasures."

The empress waved her hand and said with a solemn face.

Now what she cares about most is not her daughter's mind, but Li'anhou's true strength, if Li'anhou is really unfathomable, and even Xuebla is not an opponent, maybe she will consider getting rid of Li'anhou with the hands of the Lingyao Sword Sect!

After all, on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore?!

The black-robed man agreed, saluted respectfully, and turned to leave quickly.

...

The other side.

Li Wuji, who had just gotten up, was sitting at the table tasting the soup made by the little junior sister herself, looking like she was enjoying it.

Waking up every day and being able to eat such delicious food is a luxury for many people.

But for Li Wuji, he suddenly felt a trace of loss in his heart, because the person who did all this for him was not Ling Yuyan.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Li Wuji suddenly fell into deep thought, his face was also a little gloomy, and Pang Xiaoxiao, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but ask.

"It's fine."

Li Wuji came back to his senses, smiled, shook his head and said.

At this moment, he didn't know that he had invisibly caused a lot of trouble, let alone that the empress had killed him again.

"Then brother, eat slowly, Xiaoxiao has to go out."

Pang Xiaoxiao responded casually, got up and said.

Every morning, Pang Xiaoxiao will go to various shops to take a turn, including the Nine Nether Realm, so it will take half a day to go down, so he will go out early every day.

For this kind of life, although it is hard, she feels very fulfilled and satisfied.

And all this was given to her by the brother in front of her.

"Okay, be careful on the road, I'll give you a gift at night."

Li Wuji nodded and said with a smile.

"What gift?"

Pang Xiaoxiao heard this and asked curiously.

"Let's not talk about it yet, we'll find out in the evening."

Li Wuji smiled and sold Guanzi.

Pang Xiaoxiao pouted helplessly, did not continue to ask, turned around and left the room.

After Pang Xiaoxiao left, Li Wuji finished the soup, went back to bed and slept for a while, until noon, then took Lu Yuan out of Anhou Mansion and went straight to Hubu Shangshu Mansion.

...

Hubu Shangshu Mansion.

When Li Wuji's carriage stopped in front of the mansion, Zhu Hexuan, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, hurriedly greeted him, and stood happily on the side of the wheel, waiting for Li Wuji to come out.

"I've seen Master Hou!"

As Li Wuji walked out of the carriage, Zhu Hexuan hurriedly made a big salute and said respectfully.

"Zhu Gongzi has been waiting for a long time."

Li Wuji responded with a smile, slowly got out of the carriage, and slowly walked towards the mansion accompanied by Zhu Hexuan.

From afar, Zhu Wenqing, the head of the household department who received the news, walked towards the door with an arched hand and a smile on his face.

"I've heard about the name of the departed for a long time, and I finally saw it today, and I'm glad to meet it."

Zhu Wenqing arched his hands and greeted him with a smile.

He is over fifty years old, and although his hair is a little gray, his face is full of redness, full of energy, and his face is loyal.

"Zhu Shangshu, fortunately."

Li Wuji also arched his hand and returned the salute with a smile.

"The wine and food have been prepared, just wait for the Hou Ye to drive, please hurry up."

Zhu Wenqing said respectfully while stepping aside.

Immediately, accompanied by Zhu's father and son, Li Wuji stepped forward and came to the main hall of the front yard.

On the table, a sumptuous meal of wine and food had already been prepared, and a group of maids and maids were waiting on the side, ready to serve the distinguished guests of the famous capital city of Liwuji.

Li Wuji was not polite, and the Zhu father and son were chatting with each other, tasting all kinds of delicacies, and slept all morning, just a little hungry.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Wuji took out a document from his arms with a smile and slowly handed it to the table in front of Zhu Wenqing.

"Master Hou, what is this?"

Zhu Wenqing was stunned for a moment, looked at Li Wuji with some puzzlement and asked.

Zhu Hexuan on the side was also curious, and he didn't know what kind of meeting gift Anhou had prepared for his father.

"Master Zhu can see it at a glance."

Li Wuji replied casually, and drank a glass of wine as he spoke.

Zhu Wenqing smiled, no longer hesitated, picked up the paperwork, and slowly opened it.

But when he saw the contents of the document, he couldn't help but change his face suddenly, and there was a trace of solemnity between his eyebrows.

The document in his hand is nothing else, it is Pang Xiaoxiao's lowly document!

Speaking of which, Zhu Wenqing is also an old man of the previous dynasty, since before the empress ascended the throne, he was already an official of the household department, but it was only after the empress ascended the throne that he was appreciated by the empress and promoted to the post of Shangshu.

For Zhu Wenqing, who is the head of the household, he has been sitting in this seat for many years, how can he not know the name Pang Xiaoxiao...