Ferocious Princess

Returning from the border, Zhuo Lei wanted to know where the other party had led him to. What was their goal? He should ask Fei Yan what he knew back then, and that was why the other party wanted Fei Yan to die so badly.

"Mistress, you're back?" "What's the situation like?" When Han saw Zhuo Lei's return, he actually did not see his follower. This made him unavoidably worry about the situation, and even his expression showed his current mood.

Zhuo Lei laughed, "It's alright, I will call them to rest, what's the situation?"

Han lowered his head and said to Zhuo Lei: "This subordinate saw that the other party intentionally wanted to lure us into the palace, and the target of the attack was actually the emperor!"

Your majesty? Shangguan Minghao? Zhuo Lei did not believe it, but it seemed like there was no direction for him to go, "What leads?"

Although the opponent had pointed the finger at Shangguan Minghao, it did not mean that Shangguan Minghao had no questions at all.

Indeed, when Zhuo Lei saw the cold expression on Han's face, he finally revealed a bit of a smile.

"I followed that person into the rear flower garden and instructed the maidservant what she wanted to say. He said that when the Emperor was sick, he was pretending to be sick, and those so-called searching was actually because Shangguan Minghao was protecting another person, and that person was actually the Concubine Ping. Although it seems likhee has been arrested recently by the Queen, the Emperor intentionally or unintentionally reminded the empress dowager that he had to prepare a good set of things for the Concubine Ping, and that she wanted to treat the Concubine Ping well!" After explaining the situation on the other side in one breath, Han felt somewhat worried for himself.

Regarding Han's words, Zhuo Lei tried his best to differentiate between the truth and the falsehood.

Although the words were wrong, Zhuo Lei understood. The man had only targeted Shangguan Minghao, but what was the purpose of the man? It was clear that Shangguan Minghao had met an enemy, and perhaps the other party knew that he had received Shangguan Minghao's royal decree, which was why they went to investigate the events of that year. This would give rise to a misconception in him, so if a question was raised about the Emperor, it would naturally not leak the information that he had obtained to the Emperor so easily.

Zhuo Lei laughed, his eyes unexpectedly floating up, showing that he was not worried at all.

"Then did you find any leads on that person?" Since Yellow Bird had already said so earlier, Zhuo Lei would naturally look to the cold.

Han nodded his head, "That person turned out to be a woman. Although she was wearing coarse clothes, it seems like the master she served wasn't low. Moreover, this subordinate was following that person. That person seemed to be in a hurry. A shadow seemed to have disappeared from the empress dowager's palace."

When these words came out, Zhuo Lei fell into deep thought. The empress dowager was the emperor's birth mother, why did she have to block the emperor's path at all times, and not let the emperor find out the truth?

"Keep paying attention and don't get caught. It looks like I need to go see the emperor first. Tell him about my situation here and see what the emperor is thinking!"

"Reporting to the Emperor, Zhuo Lei seeks an audience!" Just as he left the imperial court, Zhuo Lei could no longer hold back, and wanted to report back to Shangguan Minghao as soon as possible.

Hearing Eunuch Li's words, Shangguan Minghao looked up and glanced at him, "We are very busy, let him wait outside!"

Shangguan Minghao was actually still avenging a personal grudge, and the reason why Fei Yan cared for him as her husband was because she felt terrible in his heart. Even if something happened to him now, he wouldn't let him off so easily.

The wind of early spring brought with it the coldness of winter. It was as if it was summoning the last of his passion, leaving behind the last of the cold.

stood outside the Imperial study like a statue, waiting for Shangguan Minghao's summons. Time flowed by between his fingers, but he did not have the intention to come out. Although Zhuo Lei did not know why Shangguan Minghao did not come out, he knew that Shangguan Minghao had some deep grudges against him, and he did not know if it was because he had stopped Fei Yan from recognizing him and making him reject him like that time.

"Brother, why are you here?" After the time had passed, Feng Shun, however, still could not obstruct the footsteps of people who were working things out. Zhuo Lei was like this, Fei Yan was the same, thinking about her matters in the morning, but unexpectedly, she came to Imperial study very early, and only saw a familiar figure from afar. When she walked in, she realised that it was Zhuo Lei, and saw that his face was actually a little purple.

"This commoner pays his respects to the empress!" In the palace, one naturally had to follow the rules of the palace. Zhuo Lei was a smart person, in order to not cause others to retort, he very regularly bowed to Fei Yan.

But Fei Yan obviously did not expect Zhuo Lei to be so polite, and was stunned there, until Zhuo Lei kneeled in front of his, she slowly reacted.

Looking at the people around him, Fei Yan understood Zhuo Lei's intentions. Coughing casually, she covered up her awkwardness and said, "Get up!"

"Brother, what are you doing here? Why haven't you entered for so long?" Fei Yan used her mental cultivation to communicate with Zhuo Lei. This way, she would not need to worry about the sound transmission that the two of them did not want to be heard by others.

"Fei Yan, Shangguan Minghao told me to investigate the past. Now, I have a general idea of the situation, but I need to ask the Emperor about the current situation!" Zhuo Lei laughed. There was a certain distance between him and Fei Yan, and people would think that he was being courteous from the outside. However, only they knew each other.

Fei Yan nodded, she still wanted to say something, but was cut off by the appearance of Eunuch Li. In that moment, she felt that this Eunuch Li was not simple, this fleeting feeling made her lose track of him in the trash can, she felt that she was too sensitive.

"Zhuo Gongzi, please come in. The Emperor was too busy reviewing the memorial just now!" When Eunuch Li said this, he was assaulted by Fei Yan's undisguised health ball. However, oh, Eunuch Li looked like he was wearing protective clothing, and was not affected at all. He turned around and bowed towards Fei Yan, "Empress, the Emperor wants you to return first.

After Eunuch Li finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to Fei Yan and turned around. He made a gesture of invitation for Zhuo Lei to enter.

Zhuo Lei knew that Fei Yan was feeling a little stifled at the moment, but in the current situation, it was probably because Shangguan Minghao heard of Fei Yan's arrival, which was why he was able to release himself so quickly. He nodded to Fei Yan and followed Eunuch Li into Imperial study.

Fei Yan stomped her feet, and quickly left Shangguan Minghao's Imperial study, but she did not expect to see someone already waiting there.

"This commoner pays his respects to the Emperor." It was only when Zhuo Lei entered the Imperial study that he realized how big the difference in temperature was. No wonder Shangguan Minghao didn't have any consciousness and felt that he was cold.

"Stand up, why are you in such a hurry to find me today?" Shangguan Minghao finally stopped what he was doing, and looked at Zhuo Lei.

Zhuo Lei boldly looked straight into Shangguan Minghao's eyes, and said without a trace of fear: "This humble one found the clue of what happened back then, but …" Zhuo Lei paused here for a while, and started to put on airs.

It was obvious that Shangguan Minghao was getting anxious, "If there's anything you want to say, just say it, no need to drag things out with us, we don't like to delay!" Shangguan Minghao's face changed as he tried his best to control his emotions.

Zhuo Lei thought, he did not like procrastination, so what did he do to him just now? But he did not care about that anymore, smiling as he said, with a harmless look, "This, however, is because the other party is targeting the Emperor, this subject can only come to the Emperor to verify, see if you have obtained any other information!" After speaking up to here, Zhuo Lei paused for a moment. Seeing that Shangguan Minghao's emotions were still relatively stable, he smiled and passed down the words of those people from back then to Shangguan Minghao.

Shangguan Minghao flared up again, "Ridiculous, if we really were to do that, how would we let you go and investigate what happened that year?!" Shangguan Minghao erupted with anger, causing Imperial study to immediately sink into a tense atmosphere.

She still carried a gentle smile on her face, as sshe was already used to the warm atmosphere inside. Looking at Shangguan Minghao, he said, "Perhaps the other party thinks that the Emperor will not tell us, but I will still continue to investigate what happened back then. Rather than that, it would be better to let the Emperor speak, and perhaps they might even use us!"

Shangguan Minghao was in agreement with Zhuo Lei's words, he nodded his head, and finally acknowledged Zhuo Lei. After hearing his words just now, if his own subordinates were to be able to find out about the palace and not be discovered, they were definitely not simple people.

"I know that you and Fei Yan call each other siblings, but you two are siblings, and even if this Fei Yan is my concubine, you should understand the distance that is between the two of you!"

Zhuo Lei was startled, he did not expect Shangguan Minghao to ask this question, but immediately nodded his head, he naturally understood, the distance between him and Fei Yan was actually very suitable, and Shangguan Minghao would probably never be able to understand the relationship between the two of them, "This subject understands, your majesty, please be at ease!" Zhuo Lei laughed and replied seriously, but it was only for a short while, as if Zhuo Lei had thought of something, he looked at Shangguan Minghao and said, "Your majesty, Fei Yan's intelligent subject feels that there is no one that is clearer to this subject than you, so this subject requires Fei Yan to explain a lot of things to this subject. I don't know how to meet and talk to her about this matter, so the emperor won't think that there is anything between the two of us!" Zhuo Lei didn't call her Empress Fei Yan because he thought of her as his younger sister. Saying this to Shangguan Minghao was naturally to express his attitude towards her.

Shangguan Minghao frowned, "If you have something to say, you can tell it to us directly. Don't tell me you suspect that we're not as smart as she is!" Shangguan Minghao was enraged, he did not expect that not only was Zhuo Lei not afraid, he even seemed to be pushing it further.

Seeing Shangguan Minghao's reaction, Zhuo Lei did not say anything further. After all, Shangguan Minghao needed him now, and he thought that he did not know the reason behind it, but going to investigate what had happened all those years ago was to see how strong his power was. Obviously, Shangguan Minghao was very suspicious of him, and thought that he wanted to rebel against the National Lord Wei.

"Right, I want to know, have you found out who the other party is?" Shangguan Minghao seemed to think that it was natural for this identity to be known, and that Zhuo Lei had the ability to do so.

Zhuo Lei laughed, not knowing how Shangguan Minghao would react to such an answer!

"Your Majesty, the other party seems to be the empress dowager's man!" Zhuo Lei said as he tried his best to see Shangguan Minghao's reaction, but he didn't know whether Shangguan Minghao had already learned how to hide his emotions or if he really didn't care. Or perhaps he already knew of this result at this moment, but in short, Zhuo Lei couldn't see any expression on Shangguan Minghao's face.