In Qianyuan Hall, fruit plates, teapots and other items were spread all over the floor.

All the eunuchs and palace maids knelt on the ground, looking trembling and frightened. Zhou An lowered his head and entered the hall, glanced at the situation in the hall, and his heart sank.

How big a thing happened?!

Empress Shen Zhao has a very good temper, and she is only seventeen years old and is not yet at the age of being irritable and arbitrary. She may not necessarily become such a person. Now she can listen to opinions and be patient. Zhou An has never seen the empress have such a big temper.

From the situation in the hall, Zhou An could see that it must have been a short agreement. Gao Hong and the others did not come up with any good solutions and did not solve the problem for the empress, so the empress got angry.

Behind the pearl curtain, the empress was walking back and forth anxiously.

Kanglongi stood silently.

Zhou An walked outside the pearl curtain and said respectfully: "Master, I am late for the slave. Please forgive me."

The empress suddenly turned around and looked out of the bead curtain. She was glaring, glaring without saying a word. After a while, she pressed down on the fire and said, "Get over and talk!"

"Yes!" Zhou An responded and walked behind the bead curtain.

"What did you go? What did you go? Just come back? Just come back? Ah?! You dare not come even if I look for you? You are so brave! You are so brave!" The empress exploded and picked up the peaches left in the fruit plate, took them one by one, smashed them one by one, smashing them one by one, smashing them one by one, and smashing them. While asking a lot of fire, she finally picked up the fruit plate and pressed them directly on Zhou An.

Zhou An didn't hide either.

Zhou An didn't think it was a big deal that he came over one hour later.

This matter is very serious for others, but it is nothing to do with Zhou An. With Zhou An’s current status today, the empress will definitely not criticize him for this. Zhou An is still very confident about the weight in the empress’s heart.

But Zhou An was still smashed.

He knew that the empress was just angry and was venting his anger! He just happened to catch up with the empress and was angry. He didn't know how Gao Hong and the others just told the empress just now, and they didn't say anything useful? What happened?!

Zhou An decided to make a quiet punching bag first so that the empress can relieve her breath first.

The empress smashed him with something, but he didn't say anything, and stood there with his head down.

"You are talking? Are you mute? Are you mute?! Ah?!" The empress was really unwise. She asked and looked around, as if she was looking for something else to smash.

She had already smashed everything she could pick up and smashed it.

So she picked up the small sandalwood table next to the dragon chaise with one hand.

Before the teapot fruit plates were smashed out, they were placed on the small table.

The empress actually wanted to move a table and smash Zhou An!

This punching bag is not easy to be a good one!

"Ah, lord, lord, don't... lord, calm down, calm down..." Zhou An hurried forward and stopped the empress. This behavior was extremely bold. Zhou An spoke quickly, stopped him and said quickly: "What's wrong? lord, if something happens, you say, I will definitely help you solve it. Don't smash it... It's nothing to hurt the slave, I'm afraid you will do it again and hurt yourself."

Zhou An said while winking at Kanglongi.

At this time, Kanglongi could suppress the empress.

But Kang Longji seemed to have not seen Zhou An's eyes, and he did not move or blink, like an old monk entering into meditation.

Slap!

The sandalwood short table was thrown to the ground by the empress and smashed it.

"Okay! You said! You solve it for me, go see it yourself, go see it..." The empress was still very angry and pointed to the pearl curtain outside and shouted, "If you can't solve it for me, don't blame me for beating you harshly..."

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhou Anlian responded and turned around and came out of the bead curtain.

His eyes swept quickly and he knew what the Empress was referring to... They were two pieces of paper, which should be letters, and two letters, because the colors and textures of the paper were different, so it could not be one.

The ground was full of fruits, peaches, and teapots and tea cups. The two letters were also on the ground, probably thrown out by the angry empress before.

Zhou An walked over and picked up the two letters.

The first letter comes from Yourongzhou. A piece of paper is full of words, but the content is not much. This is the second secret letter written by Prince Rong to the empress. The last secret letter was received three days ago, at the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Prince Rong secretly reported to the empress that Prince Ning had secretly entered the capital. This secret letter was naturally received today, and it should have been this afternoon.

The letter said one thing: Prince Rong sent people to pursue Prince Ning and caught up with Prince Ning, but there were heavy casualties and injuries. He had already alerted the enemy. Prince Ning disappeared!

Prince Rong failed!

The first letter from Prince Rong was sent on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, but in fact, the letter was sent from Yourongzhou on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month. After walking on the road for five days, it was delivered to the capital. Prince Rong had already sent people to hunt down Prince Ning while sending the letter.

The second letter was sent on the morning of the 11th day of the 11th day of the 12th lunar month. After walking on the road for two and a half days, it was delivered to the capital. The second time was much faster than the first time. Because the importance and priority were different, the second letter sent by Prince Rong was 800 miles to speed up!

Anyway, Prince Ning knew that someone was chasing him. I think Wu Xukuan would know soon. Prince Rong was not afraid of leaking the news, so he dared to go 800 miles to speed up.

Zhou An quickly finished reading the first letter.

It was indeed a big deal! Prince Rong was not doing anything well. The sent people chased him for five or six days, but he was caught up, but he didn't win. Not only did he suffer heavy casualties, but he also let Prince Ning run away. This is even more serious than killing Prince Ning on the spot.

Prince Ning was already alert that his subsequent route to Beijing would inevitably be difficult to pursue, and would be more secretive and more difficult to find.

If Prince Ning really comes to Beijing, it will be a lot of fun!

However, Zhou An did not think that the empress would get so angry because of this kind of thing. Prince Ning's incident has not yet been completed. If it fails once, it will be possible to send people to pursue him. Even if you can issue a pursuit order, it is fine... After all, there is a chance to solve the problem, why bother?

Zhou An immediately looked at the second letter.

He knew that the main reason for the empress's temper was probably in the second letter!

The second letter is also urgent!

However, it does not come from Yourong Prefecture, but from Baijiang, the southernmost part of Zhongzhou... Baijiang is not an official place name, but a combination of Baihu Mountain and Cangjiang. Baihu Mountain is the most famous mountain on the southern edge of Zhongzhou, while Cangjiang is the second largest river in Dongqian. Its main river road is in Jiangzhou, and its tributaries connect to eight prefectures.

Jiangzhou is just south, next to Zhongzhou.

At the southern foot of Baihu Mountain, a tributary of Cangjiang River flows by.

And that tributary of Cangjiang happens to be the "division line" of Zhongzhou and Jiangzhou.

Therefore, the southernmost part of Zhongzhou, Baihu Mountain and its surrounding areas are called Baijiang.

The most famous thing about Baijiang is not someone or city, but an army, which is part of the Zhongzhou Army and is the army guarding the southern end of Zhongzhou, called Baijiang Army!

The content of the letter is simple, with few words, and only one thing is said.
Chapter completed!