Silent.

The Empress was speechless for a long time.

The empress seemed to have difficulty making a decision about Zhou An's request for a while, because she had made other arrangements for Zhou An. After the matter of the new yamen was finalized, the empress never thought that it would be enough to ask Zhou An to intervene.

Zhou An disrupted her plan to discuss with Kanglongi.

Moreover, the empress seems to be hard to refuse.

Although she is an emperor, she also has to consider how to control her. This is the imperial power technique. Now that this is the case, Zhou An's inner uneasiness has been written on his face. If the empress does not give him this opportunity, it will only make him even more uneasy.

It is undeniable that Zhou An is a talent that is hard to come by.

In Donggan Danei, a Kanglongji was released in a hundred years, but Zhou An might be the next one.

"Kang Gong..." The empress finally spoke. At this time, she had to seek Kanglongi's opinions.

"Master, you decide." Kanglongi kicked the ball to the Empress again.

Although he did not get a clear answer from Kang Longji, the empress understood the meaning of Kang Longji, that is, the empress could decide whether Zhou An would join the ranks of the tutoring office. Even if he entered, he would set a precedent for the eunuchs to hold the right to punish, Kang Longji had no objection.

He has no objection, it is his attitude.

"It's done." The queen who pondered and looked at Zhou An, "Xiao Anzi, I'm sure."

"Thank you, Master." Zhou An kowtowed.

It's done!!

*******

At dusk, the Wuwen Hou Mansion was crowded with traffic.

As the chief minister of the cabinet, Wu Xukuan welcomed the guests in front of the door, and all those who came to the door were important ministers. Today, Wu Xukuan was "happy to have his adopted daughter", so he wanted to entertain guests. In terms of the specifications of the banquet, it was comparable to the banquet for his own son's birth.

This time, Wu Xukuan posted invitations widely. Not only did he send invitations to his close followers, but he also sent invitations to some frivolous fence-branded officials who had little official position and average power.

Many people understand that Wu Xukuan's move today must be a major attempt.

It's not just about exploring the tone of those who haven't followed him yet.

At night, the lights in the Marquis of Wu Wen’s mansion were clear and noisy and lively.

There were hundreds of people coming to have a banquet, and the hall could not sit down, and the yard was almost full, and the cups and cups were exchanged inside and outside the house, which was a harmonious and joyful scene.

Wu Xukuan's direct confidant naturally had the same deskmate as him. The closer he had, the closer he would sit.

The feast lasted until late at night.

Xiao Fengxian, who was adopted as his adopted daughter by Wu Xukuan, was also introduced in public by Wu Xukuan and named Wu Xian'er. Wu Xukuan also asked Xiao Fengxian to dance in public, winning a lot of lottery.

The imperial palace is located in Ganwu Palace.

It was already time for the empress to sleep, but it was brightly lit.

Every once in a while, someone would report to the Empress about the situation in the Wu Wenhou Mansion. Because Wu Xukuan invited too many people to the banquet, not all of them were confidants. Therefore, there were naturally people from the Empress, so it would be okay to know the general situation in the Wu Wenhou Mansion.

It's already the third day.

East Warm Pavilion.

The empress lay on her side on the warm-collapse, and Zhou An was also there, and she was always with her, except for a few little palace maids and eunuchs around.

"Report!" A sound suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Say." The empress who was reading a book was holding and replied.

"Wu Xukuan, the Minister of Personnel, Minister of Revenue, Grand Secretary of Yingwu Palace, Duke Li and more than ten people took advantage of the banquet and went to the secret room to discuss secretly, but the details were not known."

"Try again." The empress replied.

"Yes." The person outside the door hurriedly left.

Everything was expected. If they didn't plot against something today, it would be strange. Although they couldn't hear what they planned, they could guess that it must be aimed at overthrowing the empress's power.

At present, the empress can only take one step at a time and counterattack accordingly.

After half an hour of kung fu.

The sound of hurried footsteps suddenly came outside the door.

"Report!" The sound of the report rang outside the door again. This time, before the empress asked, the man outside hurriedly told the situation: "Sir, Wu Xukuan was assassinated, and Wu Wenhou's mansion was in chaos!"

The empress suddenly dropped the book in her hand and stood up suddenly from the warm couch.

“How is the situation?”

"There is no detailed news yet."

"Try again, hurry!"

"yes!"

...

On the night of October 23, Wu Xukuan, who was having a great banquet for guests, encountered his first assassination in his life. When Wu Xukuan was in the army in his early years, he sat at the position of the Grand Marshal, but no one dared to assassinate him. This was the first time!

It is rumored that the assassination of Wu Xukuan this time was a group of women, the leader of the Tiangang Realm master, the palace master of the hidden sect Jueyin Palace, and one of the seven charlatans in the world, the "Yinjue" Fan Jiuli!

However, the assassination was not successful.

Wu Xukuan is extremely strong and has many masters around him.

Fan Jiuli led his men to assassinate him, but he was defeated and fled later.

That night, Qianjing City was blocked by the soldiers of four cities, and a carpet-style search was launched, but nothing was found.

Early in the morning of October 24th, things spread completely and caused a sensation in Qianjing City!

Although Wu Xukuan did not die in the assassination last night, many masters died around him. In addition, more than a dozen important officials in the court were affected, all of whom were Wu Xukuan's followers, those who died, those who were injured, and even Wu Xukuan's important supporters and his direct supporter, Duke Li, were killed by the assassin yesterday.

He was also the most important person who died yesterday.

Another point worth mentioning is that Wu Xukuan's newly adopted daughter, Xiao Fengxian, who has been named Wu Xian'er, was also captured by an assassin last night.

On this day, the first snowfall of this year fell in Qianjing City.

The first snow fell.

The cold winter is coming.

*******

In Qianwu Palace, Zhou An stood outside the door of the East Warehouse Pavilion, holding the railings, looking at the snowflakes falling outside, and wondering what he was thinking.

"Your young sister has been rescued." Kanglongi walked over from behind and said.

"Thank you, Grandpa." Zhou An turned around and bowed.

"No need... It's a pity that Wu Xukuan has already reached the level of Tiangang Realm, so he can't kill him easily." Kang Longji seemed to be talking to himself, sighing a little regretful.

Zhou An understands it.

But I don’t know what it means to reveal this to myself.

Wu Xukuan is already a mid-level Tiangang Realm, which is surprising. He only entered Tiangang Realm ten years ago and entered Tiangang in his fifties. Generally speaking, it is difficult to make any progress.

The comparison between the Tiangang Realm and the Earth Evil Realm is a difference between heaven and earth. Even if you first enter the Tiangang Realm, you can easily kill the so-called half-step Tiangang. That half-step Tiangang is actually the ultimate perfection of the Earth Evil and has nothing to do with Tiangang.

The middle-grade Tiangang Realm is another big gap between the lower-grade Tiangang Realm.

"Xiao Anzi, please keep this for our family first." Kanglongji said as he reached out and a purple jade pendant tied with a red rope was hanging down his hand.

"This..." Zhou An didn't know what Kanglongji meant, but he also reached out to take it first.

"If you have the chance in the future, when you see your young sister, you will hand over this to the person who saved your young sister for our family." Kanglongi said.

Zhou An looked at the purple jade pendant, blinked his eyes, and hesitated: "Grandmaster, why don't you give it to her personally?" Zhou An knew who saved Zhou Ying, and of course he knew that Fan Jiuli was a woman.

"Our family has not had much time, so I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on that day." Kanglongi said.

He said this very calmly, but Zhou An was shocked.
Chapter completed!