Then, the four ministers walked to Prime Minister Wu.

The Minister of War asked in a low voice: "Did you hear a girl's voice in the hall just now?"

The Minister of Revenue said excitedly: "I heard it, I heard it. I saw that you didn't react, so I thought I was hallucinating."

"I wanted to react, but the problem was that I couldn't move, couldn't speak, and couldn't even move my eyeballs." The Minister of Justice was still terrified when he thought of what had just happened: "I thought I had encountered a ghost, and I was so scared that I broke out in cold sweats."

The Left Censor-in-Chief patted his chest and said, "I thought I saw a ghost, and I was afraid that the other party would kill me."

The Minister of War asked Prime Minister Wu, "Did Prime Minister hear any sound?"

Prime Minister Wu asked him angrily, "What do you think?"

The Minister of War remembered what the girl said about Prime Minister Wu and shut his mouth obediently.

Zuo Du Yu Shi frowned: "So we heard it all? Then is what she said true or false?"

The other three officials all looked at Prime Minister Wu, who said with a dark face, "It's probably true."

"The Prime Minister really has a little baby that he takes good care of?"

Prime Minister Wu glanced at Zuo Du Yushi and said, "What you should care about is whether that girl is a human or a ghost."

Zuodu Yushi: “…”

The Minister of War said: "From what the girl said, she should be someone from the harem, or the recently favored Concubine Mu."

Others thought so too and nodded.

Prime Minister Wu said angrily: "It is not proper for the emperor to bring a concubine from the harem to court, and even allow her to speak in the hall, which breaks the ancestral rule that concubines from the harem are not allowed to interfere in government affairs."

The Minister of War narrowed his eyes and said, "That girl can make us unable to move or speak. She is definitely not an ordinary person. She might be a demon who can use magic. That's why the emperor is bewitched by her and comes to the harem to favor her every day."

Prime Minister Wu was slightly startled, and he muttered two words thoughtfully: "Monster..."

At this time, the Right Censor-in-Chief came running over and said, "My Lords, please wait for me."

The Minister of War and his men turned around and saw him panting, and asked, "Where have you been?"

The Right Censor-in-Chief exhaled and said, "Did you hear a woman's voice in the palace?"

The Left Censor-in-Chief said, "Of course I heard it. We were just discussing this matter."

"It's good that you can hear it." The Right Censor-in-Chief said mysteriously, "When I came out of Jiuhua Palace just now, I accidentally heard two eunuchs outside the palace discussing in a low voice that we should leave the court early today. Guess what?"

The Minister of War said unhappily, "Can you please speak frankly?"

The Right Censor-in-Chief did not dare to tease them any further: "They only heard the voices of the Emperor, Prime Minister Wu, the Minister of Personnel, and Eunuch Yu. They did not hear the voices of the other girls at all."

Prime Minister Wu and the others were stunned: "Didn't you hear the girl's voice?"

The Right Censor nodded and said, "Yes, I later asked the other eunuchs and guards who were guarding outside the palace, and they also said that they did not hear the woman's voice."

Prime Minister Wu and the others looked at each other.

The Right Censor-in-Chief said, "Also, don't you think the tone of that girl's speech is weird, as if she is a bystander speaking?"

The Minister of Justice thought for a moment and said, "It really sounds like she is a bystander. She doesn't seem to know that we can hear her voice. It's like when the Minister of Personnel said she was talking nonsense, she didn't know that he was talking about her. This is too strange."

"My Lords, please stay."

A eunuch walked over quickly and said, "The emperor summons all the gentlemen to the imperial study."

"As you wish."

The six adults followed the young eunuch to the imperial study.

At the same time, Mu Nanjin followed the eunuch to the Empress Dowager's Wanshou Palace.

He glanced at Mu Nanjin and walked past them.

The eunuch brought Mu Nanjin to the Wanshou Hall and bowed to the empress dowager: "Your Majesty, I have brought Concubine Mu here."

The Queen Mother said calmly, "You can go down."

"yes."

As the eunuch retreated behind Mu Nanjin, he shook his head slightly at the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother frowned.

"Your Highness has met the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother be blessed with good health and happiness."

Mu Nanjin bent his knees slightly and performed a simple salute towards the empress dowager, then stood up straight.

The Queen Mother's face suddenly darkened.

Nanny Lan beside her was furious: "How dare you! You didn't even kneel down to pay respect to the Queen Mother. Where did all the rules you learned when you entered the palace go? Come, arrest this person who doesn't know the rules and give him thirty lashes of the cane."

The four concubines sitting below the Queen Mother looked at Mu Nanjin with gloating eyes.

Mu Nanjin said calmly, "It was the Emperor who ordered me not to kneel down and kowtow. I cannot disobey his order."

The guard who was going forward to capture Mu Nanjin stopped and looked at the Queen Mother.

When the Queen Mother heard that she was using the Emperor to pressure her, she was immediately furious: "The Emperor is the Emperor, and I am I. The Emperor's edict is just a piece of waste paper to me. Even if the Emperor comes, he will have to kneel down with me."

Since she became the empress dowager, no one dared to use the emperor to pressure her, and 'Jiang Anzhi' was the first one.

Humph, she is just a small noble who dares to ride on her head. If she has the chance to be crowned as the queen in the future, won’t it be a big deal? Concubine Song mocked: "After Concubine Mu was favored by the emperor, she didn't know who was in power in the harem."

Mu Nanjin glanced at her and said, "You are the ones who don't understand the situation. The emperor is the master you should serve. If you want to be promoted to the position of concubine, you have to get the emperor's order. But you come to curry favor with the empress dowager. No wonder the emperor never visits you."

Four concubines: "..."

"How dare a mere noblewoman talk back." Nanny Lan sneered, "It seems that thirty lashes of the cane are still too little for Noblewoman Mu, otherwise the emperor wouldn't have used him to pressure the empress dowager. Empress dowager, I think it should be increased to eighty lashes, so that she will remember it and know who has the final say here."

Thirty lashes of the cane can take away half the life of an ordinary person, and eighty lashes of the cane can definitely kill a person.

The Queen Mother said sullenly, "Just do as Nanny Lan says."

"Yes." The guards went to hold Mu Nanjin down, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't move her at all.

Nanny Lan said angrily, "You can't even hold a woman down. Have you not eaten?"

Mu Nanjin ignored the guards and walked in front of the Queen Mother. "I only know that the Imperial Edict has to give way to the Imperial Decree. When did the Eastern Zhao Kingdom put the Imperial Edict before the Imperial Edict? Could it be that the Queen Mother wants to be in power? Want to become the empress who rules the Eastern Zhao Kingdom?"

The Queen Mother's pupils shrank slightly.

Having her thoughts seen through, she pointed at Mu Nanjin and said excitedly, "Madame Lan, smash her mouth for me and see if she dares to talk nonsense again."

"yes."

Nanny Lan took a step forward, raised her hand and slapped Mu Nanjin hard.

With a "pop" sound.

"ah--"

Then, screams were heard.

Thank you for the reward from Naihexi_, muah