Chapter 657 The disciple of Guigu is fake!

Shen Lanxi's sudden and sharp attack caught Zhou Xinrou off guard.

How dare she speak to her in such a tone?

She was the Empress Dowager.

"Mother, I have never forgotten the great hatred of my father. Every day I think of how my father was killed by Zhou Chengqian and had nowhere to be buried. I cannot sleep at night and cannot eat or sleep in peace."

Seeing her like this, Zhou Xinrou pursed her lips and suppressed her resentment.

"I feel the same way, but this concerns the late Crown Prince and my husband. Couldn't you have told me beforehand?"

A hint of mockery flashed across Shen Lanxi's eyes. It was just a contest between them. Would your opponent tell you before stabbing you?

Isn't it perfectly appropriate for them to have a back-and-forth relationship?

"I was startled awake from a dream again last night, and today in court I was unable to suppress my emotions, which is why I couldn't help myself."

"It was wrong of me not to wait until after court to tell the Empress Dowager!"

Zhou Xinrou really didn't want to back down.

"I understand Your Majesty's respect for my father. However, shouldn't we make some preparations beforehand to posthumously confer titles and move his remains to the imperial mausoleum?"

Shen Lanxi said with a face full of grief: "Father was hastily buried on the Western Mountain, where weeds grow wild and people rarely live. I feel uneasy if Father stays there for even one more day."

"If this drags on any longer, I will be an unfilial son!"

Zhou Xinrou's face was already stiff. Shen Lanxi absolutely could not grant the late Crown Prince a posthumous title.

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Watching the angry figure leave, a chill slowly crept onto Shen Lanxi's face.

"Have you found Song Daoxi?"

The guard knelt on the ground: "Not yet."

They never expected that Song Daoxi would be taken away using the "golden cicada shedding its shell" technique; the exquisite human skin mask was so realistic it could almost fool anyone.

Creating such a mask must have taken a long time, so the person who made the move must have already set their sights on Song Daoxi and was planning to harm him.

"Your Majesty, we have failed in our duties and beg for your punishment." The guards felt like they wanted to die.

Shen Lanxi: "Get up. I trust you all. Things are unpredictable. All the arrangements can change due to the slightest oversight."

"Remember this lesson, and don't repeat it next time!"

"Your Majesty, could Song Daoxi jeopardize the overall situation?"

Shen Lanxi chuckled dismissively: "Even if the former Crown Prince were to come back to life, it wouldn't affect the overall situation!"

While feeling guilty, the guards secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Don't let them catch Song Daoxi, or they'll tear him to pieces!

...

"Haven't you decided yet?" Zhou Xinrou asked impatiently.

The bloodied man on the ground shuddered violently upon hearing her voice.

"Your Majesty, spare me! I dare not, I really dare not! If I dare to testify, Shen Lanxi will definitely kill me!" Song Daoxi begged for mercy with tears streaming down her face.

Zhou Xinrou directly stepped on his hand and crushed it.

"Useless trash! I thought you were a true disciple of Guiguzi, but you're just a fake made by Shen Lanxi!"

"She's incredibly cunning; she even used information about the disciple of Guiguzi to help herself rise to power."

Why didn't she think of that?

"Aren't you afraid she won't forgive you, but aren't you afraid I won't forgive you either?"

Song Daoxi regretted it!

He wished he could smash his head open and see what was inside.

Who would have thought that the closest mother and son could be like enemies behind the scenes?

He was scammed!

Your Majesty, I was wrong. I shouldn't have disobeyed your arrangements and contacted outsiders at will.

The intricacies of the royal court are far too complex for him to navigate.

Your Majesty, please save my life!

...

The news that the Grand Preceptor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was a fake successor of Guiguzi spread like wildfire in all directions.

Shen Lanxi simply arranged for the Court of Judicial Review and the Ministry of Personnel to conduct a thorough investigation, and then she stopped paying attention to the matter.

Letters from Tianjin arrive the fastest.

Yuan Lang reacted the most, his letter filled with questions.

What happened to the competition we were promised?

What happened to letting him meet the person?

So it was all a lie from the beginning?

He was completely fooled by a fake successor of Guiguzi, a person created by His Majesty.

After reading the letter, Shen Lanxi chuckled in annoyance, then slowly crumpled it into a ball, let go of it, and kicked the paper ball into the vase in the corner.

"Your Majesty's martial arts are truly unparalleled; your aim is flawless!" the pale-faced eunuch immediately began to flatter.

Shen Lanxi was in a good mood and immediately wrote back to Yuan Lang.

In short: Who do you think you lost to?

"Use the strongest carrier hawk to deliver it to Tianjin."

The thought of Yuan Lang getting so angry made her feel happy.

...

Guigu

"Master, something seems to have happened in the capital."

"The fake successor of Guigu has been exposed."

"Master?"

"Master?"

"Ouch, Master, why did you hit me?"

"Your favorite Xiao Jiu is in trouble, are you really not going to do anything about it?"

The person resting on the couch impatiently turned his back to his disciple.

"Master?"

"Master?"

Perhaps truly fed up, the person on the bed blurted out a sentence.

Has she written to me?

"Uh, no, not at all."

"So what if she's a fake successor of Guiguzi? Does that mean she can't sit securely on the throne?"

"Weren't the people sitting on the dragon throne before all fake?"

Tch, none of them can hold their tempers, they're not even half as good as Xiao Jiu!

Turn over and go back to sleep!

...

Seeing that the news of being a successor of Guigu was false and could not shake Shen Lanxi, Zhou Xinrou had to change her approach.

Shen Lanxi has a disciple of Guiguzi by her side, and she can have one too.

Even though Song Daoxi is a fake, she was able to help Shen Lanxi sit on the dragon throne, so she must have been of great help to her.

Three days later, the officials from the Court of Judicial Review and the Ministry of Justice reported back to the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, it is true that Song Daoxi is a disciple of Guiguzi. I have found out that this is a rumor deliberately spread by remnants of the previous dynasty."

"The remnants of the regime tried to seize the throne with rumors, but they never expected that His Majesty could not be shaken by mere rumors."

"When we investigated the past, the remnants of the previous dynasty had already committed suicide by poison, and the Grand Preceptor's whereabouts are unknown!"

"It must be the remnants of the previous dynasty who, after failing to spread rumors, coerced the Imperial Advisor, hoping to use him for their purposes!"

Shen Lanxi: "The Grand Preceptor has done a great deal for our Great Zhou, and I will not ignore it."

"Pass down the order: command the entire Great Zhou to conduct a full-scale search and rescue operation!"

"yes!"

Just as the missing person notices were plastered all over the capital, the three Shen brothers returned to the capital one after another.

"Your subject is Shen Yuanjing!"

"Your Majesty, Shen Yuanjun!"

"Your subject, Shen Yuanqing, pays respects to Your Majesty. Long live the Emperor!"

Shen Lanxi happily stood up from the dragon throne and walked to the three brothers' side.

She patted Shen Yuanqing on the shoulder: "You've gotten taller, thinner, and a bit darker!"

Shen Yuanqing had not returned to the capital for a long time and had not seen his relatives, so he was immediately moved to tears.

She patted Shen Yuanjun on the shoulder again.

"He's gotten stronger and much darker."

Shen Yuanjun chuckled and said, "It's from daily training in the sun."

She walked over to Shen Yuanjing and patted him on the shoulder.

"You haven't neglected your martial arts skills; your shoulders have broadened. You've grown up."

"You've all grown up!"