Immediately afterwards, Minister Pei Ming, Right Vice Minister Bi Qi, and Attendant Pei Zheng, among others, also entered the palace.
With these bigwigs taking the lead, the various families in the capital breathed a sigh of relief, as the overall situation seemed to be under control.
So they all followed suit and entered the palace.
Before leaving, Sang Hong instructed Aunt Mu, "If I don't return by noon, take Qian'er and the others to the academy to avoid them. Now that Sang Qian and Zheng Dan are both disciples of the academy's back mountain, and Zu An is also the academy's chief priest, I don't think anyone will dare to force their way in there."
Aunt Mu looked worried and said, "Why don't I go with you?"
As Sang Hong's confidante for so many years, she naturally knew about Sang Qian and Zheng Dan's sheltering of the Empress Dowager yesterday. Once this matter became known, the entire Sang family would probably be finished.
Sang Hong shook his head: "If something really is going to happen, your going won't do any good. It will just be another person going to their death."
At this moment, Sang Qian spoke up: "Aunt Mu, you don't need to worry so much. The capital was in such chaos last night, no one knows where the Empress Dowager is, and Father may not be in danger. On the contrary, it is his failure to enter the palace today that will arouse suspicion."
“But last night, although your father and I cleaned up the traces near our house, we couldn’t find any traces further away. Those people can pinpoint the area where the Empress Dowager disappeared. This morning, when I went out to investigate, I found that soldiers were already searching house to house. Sooner or later, they will find our way here, and then I’m afraid…”
Zheng Dan smiled and said, "There's no need to worry about that. In the past two years, I've built up some connections in the capital for fun, and I have a way to secretly move the Empress Dowager out."
Sang Hong and Aunt Mu looked a little strange. In fact, they knew a little about her actions over the years. She seemed to be secretly winning over and subduing the underworld forces in Beijing.
They were aware of the gang she had previously established in Mingyue City, and they actually disapproved of her repeating the same tactics in the capital.
After all, the official forces in the capital are extremely powerful, and those underground gangs are just small fry. Moreover, if word gets out that the Sang family's daughter-in-law is actually a gangster boss, it would be an insult to their reputation.
Unexpectedly, her identity played an unexpected role at this crucial moment.
No matter how powerful the official forces are, they cannot reach some of the most grassroots levels. Using these channels to cover the Empress Dowager's relocation is indeed the most appropriate course of action.
Seeing how capable his daughter and daughter-in-law were, Sang Hong nodded with some relief before entering the palace.
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