Shortly after the news came out of the Marquis of Wu Wen's Mansion, Zhou An received the news, and he was angry.

Wu Xukuan's trick can be said to be very shameless. He was in his sixties and taking a 14-year-old girl as his adopted daughter was an extremely shameless act. At that age, he was more than enough to be Grandpa Zhou Ying.

He completely ignored rumors and completely pulled his face down, so that he could do such a thing as a woman who was adopted.

And the effect of this move can be called vicious.

Because Wu Xukuan's move was equivalent to pushing Zhou Ying to the front stage. Anyone with some tricks must have to investigate who Zhou Ying is, so that the powerful Wu Ge Lao accepted him as his adopted daughter... This investigation will definitely lead to Zhou An.

Ordinary people cannot find it, but powerful people cannot find it.

Just check Zhou Ying’s family background and you will know her relationship with Zhou An.

Zhou An will soon become unreasonable, and is not a human inside or outside.

Because his blood relationship with Zhou Ying is indelible, Wu Xukuan accepted Zhou An's own sister as his adopted daughter. This can be said to be an open conspiracy and is enough to directly sow the empress's trust in Zhou An. Even if the empress still trusts Zhou An, doubts are inevitable. If Wu Xukuan secretly makes any rumors, it will be difficult for Zhou An to prove his innocence.

Unless he goes, he will directly chop Zhou Ying.

Otherwise, the stain on his body would not be washed away. Even if everyone knows that Zhou An and Wu Xukuan could not collude, it would also lead people to wonder if Zhou An would have thoughts because of Zhou Ying?

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

He knew very well that taking a woman as his adopted daughter would inevitably lead to many people's investigations, and those people would definitely investigate the relationship between Zhou Ying and Zhou An. Therefore, it can be said that he was just announcing to everyone that he took Zhou An's sister as his adopted daughter.

Very direct way.

Even everyone knows Wu Xukuan’s intention.

But there is no way to crack it.

This is a trick of killing a few birds with one stone. One is torture the empress's trust in Zhou An, and the other is that it will indeed affect Zhou An's mentality. He didn't know that Zhou An is a time traveler now, and the third is... He could take this opportunity to summon ministers to discuss secretly.

This last point is actually the most critical.

He could use this as a reason to gather his confidant officials together, called banquets, and in fact, he must have discussed something.

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

Wu Xukuan used such shameless moves. If it were other methods, Zhou An would not care about them, and he would just deal with them when he saw them.

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

His sister became Wu Xukuan's daughter. What is he? This directly became Wu Xukuan's son.

Zhou An was having lunch and heard the little pavilion come to report the news, he threw his chopsticks and got up to see the empress in Qianwu Palace. Wu Xukuan really messed with him this time, but then again, isn’t this a chance for Zhou An?

Wu Xukuan would never have thought about what kind of opportunity his actions today created for Zhou An.

...

Qianwu Palace, Qianyuan Palace.

When Zhou An came, the empress was having lunch, and Princess Yunjing was there, and she was having dinner with her sister. Because Zhou An also had the identity of the attendant of Qianwu Palace, he went directly to Qianyuan Palace without being published.

There was constant laughter and joy in Qianyuan Hall, Princess Yunjing was chattering, and Hongxing was still helping her, and Zhou An heard it from a distance.

He entered the Ganwu Palace and walked lightly into it.

"Ah! Xiao Anzi, you are here." Princess Yun Jing was a little excited when she saw Zhou An. She stood up from the chair, but then pinched her waist and said, "Okay, you little Anzi, how many days have you not been playing with this princess? Are you promoted and don't take this princess seriously?"

"Your Highness, where do you say, I dare not? Isn't this... busy?" Zhou An replied to Princess Yunjing.

"Yun Jing, Xiao Anzi is taking care of major events for me. How can I have time to mess around with you every day? Sit down and have a good meal." The empress looked at Princess Yun Jing and said.

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

Of course she wouldn't be really angry with Zhou An. Zhou An was the one who went out of Xichun Palace. Now she is doing big things for the empress. Every time Princess Yunjing hears about it, she feels so beautiful.

She just asked for an excuse to quarrel with Zhou An, but the two of them were actually doing well.

"I am going to pay tribute to the Lord, Your Highness." Zhou An stepped forward a few more steps before saying.

"No gifts." The empress said casually, no outsiders were present at lunch, but the empress seemed casual. She held the bowls and chopsticks in her hand and glanced at Zhou An again before saying, "Have you eaten?"

"I just ate it."

"Well... have you heard about your young girl."

"Just heard it."

The Empress said it directly. Since Zhou An has received the news, the Empress will definitely get it too.

"Xiao Anzi, just be relieved." The empress actually comforted Zhou An first, "Wu Xukuan's idea of ​​this plan, everyone understands that I will not be separated from you because of this. If you keep your heart in your stomach, I know that you are loyal, and you don't need your explanation."

What the Empress said was quite touching.

However, she said so.

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

"I understand." Zhou An lowered his head and said.

"Come and eat this..." The empress picked up food from Princess Yunjing's bowl, and seemed to not want to continue talking to Zhou An.

Zhou An was originally the attendant of Ganwu Palace. He could enter and exit here at will. When he came here, he might not necessarily say anything to the empress. He would wait aside and wait for the empress to give orders.

At this time, there were some palace maids and eunuchs waiting around the hall. Those eunuchs, either the attendant or the Changsui, were also there, standing not far behind the empress, holding a whisk with her hands and closing her eyes, looking like an old monk entering meditation.

Seeing that the empress did not speak anymore, Zhou An walked a few steps aside.

He pondered for a while, but suddenly turned forward and bowed, "Master, I am actually trying to ask you for your mission!"

"Hmm?" The empress tilted her head and glanced at Zhou An, and said casually: "What are you asking for? Say."

"The slave wants to join the soon-to-be-established yamen of the Pacification Office and work with the Jinyiwei of the Pacification Office to handle the case together! The slave wants to eliminate corrupt officials who follow Wu Xukuan as the emperor! Since Wu Xukuan threatened his young sister and tried to shake his loyalty to the emperor, the slave insisted on letting him see what it means to eat the king's fortune and be loyal to the emperor!"

"I am willing to become the saint to kill the traitor party and be a pioneer! Furthermore, the methods of checking memories and hypnosis of the sages created by the sect can facilitate the handling of cases and find evidence. I must do my best to kill those traitors with real evidence. I will not let the sages be stigmatized by the sect. Please allow the sages!"

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

He was not allowed to kneel, but he had to force the empress to agree to his plea, and only by kneeling and knocking would he be eager to make him feel anxious.

Unconcealed desire!

There is really no need to hide it!

He was very eager to show his loyalty.

This is the opportunity Wu Xukuan created for him.

Zhou An had previously advised the empress to establish the Jinyiwei in the Fufu Division, but made some mistakes because the Jinyiwei commander was Yuan Shengshi, one of the eight great inner kings. Zhou An was worried that he could not suppress him. Yuan Shengshi was born in the martial arts world and was good at odds and had his own abilities. Because he was too capable, Zhou An was worried that he would not be able to interfere in the future.

These days, he has never found a suitable opportunity to participate in the subsequent Jinyiwei case handling.

There are no good reasons or opportunities.

He was not very good at pleading for office, because the tutoring department had the right to patrol and arrest, so he was so powerful that eunuchs could not easily get involved. Kang Longji had never encountered such a valor of power. Zhou Anruo took the initiative to plead and said it was light, because he was greedy for power and serious, and he could even say that he had 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 Anyoumei was in his hands and accepted Zhou Ying as his adopted daughter, which shook many people's ideas. Zhou An asked the empress for his order, and his attitude, or the feeling that the empress felt, was to prove his loyalty, and was eager to prove his loyalty, and was very eager to.

Didn’t you, Wu Xukuan, catch my sister? Well, I still want to fight you! I will fight you to death! It’s even more ruthless than before! I just want to show more loyalty to the empress than before!

The attitude he shows now gives people the feeling that this is the case!

This made Zhou An suddenly ask for his appointment, which made it reasonable. Everyone would think that Zhou An was panicked because of this incident and was afraid of being questioned, so he wanted to prove his loyalty in this way.

But in fact.

What Zhou An intended was the right to patrol and arrest that the eunuch should not be easily involved in!

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

Just wait for the empress to say something.

The Qianyuan Hall is quiet.

Pick.

The empress put down her bowls and chopsticks, turned her head to look at Zhou An who was kneeling on the ground, and looked at her.
Chapter completed!