When Empress Wu heard Gao Hongyuan call her, she came to her senses, grabbed Gao Hongyuan's arm, and her voice trembled slightly.
“Cousin, I know who Jiang Qi’an is! He is Xiao Yanchu, the regent of the Great Chu!”
Gao Hongyuan was stunned, unable to process what Empress Wu had said.
"What did you say?!!!"
"I said Jiang Qi'an is Xiao Yanchu, the regent of the Great Chu!" Empress Dowager Wu was so nervous that she stopped referring to herself as "I, the Empress Dowager."
"How did you know?" Gao Hongyuan asked hurriedly.
"Today, Zhuo'er was learning to paint in the Imperial Study. When he got bored, he threw a tantrum and took out all the paintings in the Imperial Study, either tearing them up or scribbling on them."
When I arrived, I saw portraits scattered all over the ground, one of which was a portrait of Xiao Yanchu, the Regent of the Great Chu.
When Empress Wu saw the portrait by chance, she felt that it looked familiar. She picked it up and looked at it, and then she remembered that she had seen the person in the painting before. It was Jiang Qi'an!
After discovering this problem, Empress Dowager Wu no longer cared about Ji Yanzhuo and hurriedly ordered people to find all of Xiao Yanchu's portraits and information.
The Xiaoyue Imperial Palace naturally has portraits of the emperors of the various countries of the Nine Provinces. The fact that the God of War Xiao Yanchu quelled the rebellion in the Great Chu Palace Incident and became the regent of the Great Chu was something that all the royal families of the various countries knew.
Empress Wu glanced at Xiao Yanchu's portrait and tossed it aside, since Xiaoyue and Da Chu generally wouldn't have much interaction anyway.
But unexpectedly, the Regent of Great Chu came to Xiaoyue!
If Empress Wu had known about this beforehand, she would have simply greeted Xiao Yanchu with the highest honors.
But now...
After Empress Wu discovered that Jiang Qi'an was Xiao Yanchu, she kept wondering why he had come to Xiaoyue in secret. Did the Great Chu have some kind of idea about Xiaoyue?
Zhuo'er is still young and his position is not yet secure, so it is not suitable for him to start a war with the Great Chu.
Moreover, the Great Chu has always been much stronger than Xiaoyue. If the Great Chu were to attack Xiaoyue now, Empress Dowager Wu would have no confidence in being able to resist.
Moreover, she knew very well that under her iron-fisted suppression, although the court officials appeared to be obedient on the surface, many of them were actually dissatisfied in their hearts.
If the Great Chu were to invade, Xiaoyue would surely be thrown into chaos.
Gao Hongyuan seemed to suddenly remember something and roared, "Someone, bring me the information on the Regent's Consort of Great Chu!"
Gao Hongyuan's words were a wake-up call for Empress Dowager Wu.
The Regent's Wife...
Regent's Wife!
Zhao Ruojin!!
Empress Wu felt a chill run down her spine.
Yes, Jiang Qi'an is the Regent, so his queen must be...
At this moment, a palace eunuch brought over the information about the Regent's Consort of Great Chu.
The Regent's Consort of the Great Chu, named Su Ruojin, is the eldest daughter of General Su of the Great Chu. She was once lost but was found and was given the title of Princess Chang Le. She is skilled in medicine.
Su Ruojin... Zhao Ruojin...
Skilled in medicine!
Gao Hongyuan slowly turned to the second page, which contained a portrait of a woman dressed in white, smiling charmingly. Who else could it be but Madam Jiang, Zhao Ruojin!
This Zhao Ruojin is actually the Regent's Consort of the Great Chu.
Thinking about everything Yuening had done to her, and then about what had happened recently, Empress Dowager Wu became even more nervous.
"Cousin, do you think Xiao Yanchu might be thinking of taking advantage of Zhuo'er's young age and using this opportunity to do something to her by concealing his identity during his visit to Da Chu?"
Empress Wu was most skilled at palace intrigues, but when it came to conflicts between countries, or even wars between two nations, she was somewhat apprehensive and could only rely on Gao Hongyuan.
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