By this time, the Empress Dowager had arrived.
Seeing that pit almost scared me to death.
Suppressing her emotions, she said in a deep voice, "Now that Your Highness has found your fox, leave as soon as possible, and I will no longer hold it against you."
Mo Yunhan looked down at the panting little fox in his arms and asked in a cold voice, "What kind of trap is hidden in the backyard of Kunning Palace that could have injured my beloved pet?"
To cooperate with him, Little Red tilted her head and stuck out her tongue, looking like she was seriously injured and about to die.
However, his acting skills were really terrible.
Mo Yunhan pretended not to see it.
"Go and dig it up for me. I want to see what it is."
The Empress Dowager's eyes were practically spitting fire.
"Have you forgotten that this is my Kunning Palace?"
Mo Yunhan gave a nonchalant "Oh," and said, "That's right. The Empress Dowager's guards naturally cannot obey my orders. In that case, I will do it myself."
He said this and stepped forward, actually preparing to attack again.
The Empress Dowager was so frightened that she almost breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from outside.
"Who is this woman? How did she suddenly appear here?"
"Could it be haunted?"
Mo Yunhan's heart stirred.
"It seems that the Empress Dowager's Kunning Palace is hiding many secrets, with demons and monsters appearing. I wonder if the formations used on me back then have trapped these evil spirits."
The Empress Dowager stood in front of the pit with a tense expression.
"If you dare to cause trouble again, I will summon Madam Song and ask her how she has raised you all these years."
Mo Yunhan glanced at the pit behind her, said nothing, turned around, and carried the little fox away.
He was about to go and see if the woman in front of him was Mrs. He.
The Empress Dowager breathed a sigh of relief after he left.
He immediately turned around and looked at the pit.
Fortunately, the entrance to the dark room was not revealed.
But she felt that Mo Yunhan was acting strangely today.
It seems like they deliberately broke into the palace; perhaps the fox was just a decoy.
Could it be that Bai Shuo's secret practice of consuming live people in a hidden room has been discovered?
A ruthless glint flashed in her eyes.
If that's the case, she needs to hurry and get the magical artifact inside Bai Shuo's body this morning, as well as the method for refining pills.
Just as he was deep in thought, a young eunuch rushed over.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has arrived."
The Empress Dowager couldn't help but scold, "The Emperor is here, so what's the panic?"
She composed herself and led her people back to the main hall.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw He Nian kneeling in front of Mo Yunzhao, holding the unconscious Liu Shi.
"Your Majesty, why is my wife here? Who brought her in? What about the paper figure that appeared when my wife disappeared last night? Moreover, curfew was imposed shortly after my wife disappeared. How could someone dare to transport her to the palace during curfew, and even into the Empress Dowager's Kunning Palace? It's terrifying to think about, Your Majesty."
He was already grief-stricken, and now his eyes were red, and his voice was like a hammer blow.
Mo Yunzhao was unable to answer a single question.
Mo Yunhan, holding Xiao Hong, innocently agreed.
"Is this Lord He's wife? I remember she's not a titled lady; she couldn't possibly have run into the palace on her own. Could it be..."
He deliberately looked at the Empress Dowager.
"Could it be that the Empress Dowager summoned me in the middle of the night?"
The Empress Dowager was so angry she felt like her lungs were about to explode. Who would summon a minister's wife in the middle of the night?
This is clearly a trap set for her to fall into.
But she could only purse her lips and pretend not to know.
"You ask me? How would I know? It was so noisy this morning, it gave me a headache. Your Majesty, take them away, I need to rest."
Mo Yunzhao knew, of course, that this matter was definitely related to the Empress Dowager.
But this matter is top secret.
It is absolutely impossible for anyone else to know.
Upon hearing this, he immediately said, "Lord He, you should take your wife back first. Once she wakes up, you can find out what happened with a simple question."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Empress Dowager's bedroom suddenly exploded like gunpowder, or like a thunderclap from a clear sky.
Everyone turned to look, and saw a naked man wearing a mask rushing out of the bedchamber.
Extremely fast, with unique footwork, he disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.
A naked man suddenly appeared in the Empress Dowager's bedroom!
The palace maids and eunuchs were so frightened they didn't dare to breathe.
They all hurriedly knelt down on the ground.
Mo Yunhan clicked his tongue.
He deliberately inquired, "Your Majesty, should I go after them?"
Mo Yunzhao's face had turned ashen.
"Yan Yunqing, I want to see him alive or dead."
Yan Yunqing, who was waiting outside the hall, immediately bowed in agreement and quickly left.
Mo Yunhan kindly advised, "Your Majesty, please take care of your health. This matter cannot be entirely blamed on the Empress Dowager. I've heard that Father hasn't visited Kunning Palace for many years; the deep palace must be lonely..."
He hesitated, as if he wanted to speak but couldn't, as if he found it difficult to say.
"I just didn't expect that the Empress Dowager, who is fifty years old, would still have such a refined interest. But with the Emperor still alive, such behavior is a breach of chastity. If this happened in the common people's world, she would be drowned in a pig cage."
A wave of heat washed over Mo Yunzhao's face.
Although that person escaped quickly.
But he could still tell at a glance that it was Master Bai Shuo.
He had long known that the Empress Dowager and Bai Shuo had a close relationship, but he never expected that the two would dare to have an affair in the palace.
He was filled with hatred, gritting his teeth.
He stared intently at the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager had no intention of compromising with him and was on a completely different mindset at this moment.
Her mind was filled with questions: What happened to Bai Shuo? Why was there a sound of lightning? How could she obtain the mysterious magical artifact and the alchemy recipe from Bai Shuo's body?
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