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The palace was quiet. The Buddhist fragrance wafted up and around, causing people to feel at ease as they watched from afar.

Just as Mu Junhan arrived at the entrance of the Tzu Ning Palace, a small eunuch immediately laughed and welcomed him in. Someone else ran over to report to the empress dowager.

"Junhan is here. It's been a long time since I've seen you."

The Empress Dowager was in her sixties, almost seventy years old. In this Great Zhou Dynasty, she could be considered to have lived a long life.

When she saw Mu Junhan, a happy smile surfaced on her face. Even though her hair was white now, one could still see the elegance in her eyes when she was young.

From afar, that pair of phoenix eyes actually somewhat similar to Mu Junhan's.

Mu Junhan's gaze also turned gentle as he walked to the empress dowager's side with a smile, and held onto her arm.

"Grandaunt, please wait a bit."

He helped the Empress into the room and sat down on the chair.

The palace maid had already offered a cup of tea to Mu Junhan. She inadvertently raised her eyes and caught sight of Mu Junhan's unruly face, causing a layer of red to quietly float on top of her face. She immediately lowered her head, hiding her thoughts and quietly retreated.

"Child, if this one didn't send you to the palace, you wouldn't have thought of this one at all. Today, this one was out of the ordinary and took the initiative to come here."

The empress dowager's mouth was filled with complaints, but her eyes were filled with laughter. It could be seen that she liked Mu Junhan.

"The empress dowager wishes to see Junhan again. Although I don't have a market to enter the palace, I've always been thinking about you."

"You don't have a straight tongue." Her Majesty glared at him, but she wasn't really angry.

She took a sip of the tea, put down the teacup, and said bitterly, "You are no longer young, and it's time for you to get married and start a family. A few days ago, the Emperor already gave you an imperial decree to marry. You should learn how to restrain your temper and not be so sloppy like this. "

The empress dowager truly loved Mu Junhan. Perhaps it was because Mu Junhan was half her mother's family, or perhaps it was because Mu Junhan was somewhat similar to her little sister, but no matter what, she was truly thinking for Mu Junhan's sake.

Mu Junhan cupped his hands and pleaded, "Grandmother, please spare me. If I don't go out at such a good age, what would be the point of it?"

"You …"

The empress dowager was so angry that her breath caught in her throat. She wanted to curse at Mu Junhan, but was unable to do so no matter what.

"Aunt, don't worry. I was just joking with you." Mu Junhan straightened his expression, his face carrying a hint of happiness. "Just now, the emperor has already promised me that he'll let me come to the Mo Bei to be a vice general in a few days, and guard the borders with the warriors of the Mo Bei."

"Is that true?"

The empress dowager's expression changed. Her gentle and leisurely expression was replaced with a trace of shock as her eyes rolled with inexplicable emotions.

Mu Junhan nodded his head, "This is something that I've gone through great difficulty to ask the Emperor for. Of course it's true."

"You can't do this." The empress dowager's voice sank as she spoke with absolute determination.

The emperor crawled out from her stomach. She watched as the emperor grew up day by day. She watched as he defeated his fellow brothers. She watched as he ascended to the position of Jiu Wu Zun. How could she not know what the emperor was thinking?

Initially, she thought that she was begging the emperor to bestow the marriage to Mu Junhan, and the emperor would temporarily not care about the power of the two Duke Palaces, so he didn't dare to rashly touch her Prince Mu’s Palace. But she never would have thought that the emperor would actually want Mu Junhan to go onto the battlefield!

All year round, he would have to fight against the ferocious Northern Dwellers. Junhan had never been to the battlefield, wouldn't the Emperor give such an order, as he would definitely send Junhan to her death?

"Aunt, Junhan knows that you have always been thinking for my sake, but the Emperor suspects that the other princes has already existed for more than a day or two. If we were to be tied together with Prince Mu’s Palace, the Emperor not only wouldn't be afraid of us, he would also become even more impatient, and want to get rid of us day and night. It would be better to follow the emperor's instructions, and have him send me far, far away from the Mo Bei so that he can relax his guard against the Prince Mu’s Palace. "

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

The empress dowager gave a shout, but unconsciously lowered her voice.

She was still a little nervous. She looked around to see that there was no one around before she heaved a sigh of relief.

Even if she was in the Palace of Tzu Ning, it was inevitable that someone else would place a stake in her.

If anyone else heard Mu Junhan's words, it would definitely be a disaster.

But Mu Junhan's expression did not change, "Other than the two uncles in front of the door, there is no one else in the house.

The two eunuchs at her side were the empress dowager's trusted aides, and even the emperor could not coax them out of his mouth.

But that wasn't what the empress dowager was thinking at the moment. If she wanted to determine the number of people outside the house, she would need an extremely deep internal force to do so.

After she understood all of this, her heart was unexpectedly somewhat complicated.

She had always known that Mu Junhan was extremely intelligent, but she had never thought that he would actually have such a powerful martial arts.

By saying these words, Mu Junhan was hinting to the empress dowager that he had sufficient ability to protect himself while at the Mo Bei, so the empress dowager wouldn't have to worry.

For a moment, the empress dowager didn't know whether to rejoice or to be shocked. After a while, she let out a long sigh. But if we go to the Mo Bei, what about the young miss? "

"Junhan came to find aunt precisely to talk about this matter."

Her Majesty had a bad feeling when she saw him like this.

The premonition had just started to rise when Mu Junhan said, "Two days ago, Seventh Prince brought some people to the Prince An's Palace and found a large amount of medicinal ingredients in the courtyard of Miss An. They wanted to use this as evidence to incriminate the Miss An for betraying their country."

"Ridiculous!" Her Majesty slapped the table, her face full of anger.

Just because An Lingge had a large amount of medicinal ingredients in her courtyard, Zhao Lanyu wanted to charge them with being traitors to the enemy. According to this explanation, half of the people in the Great Zhou Dynasty were traitors who colluded against their enemies!

"That's right. Seventh Prince has acted so absurdly, yet he still dared to raise this matter in the imperial court. This is because he clearly understood the Emperor's intentions. If he wanted to use this opportunity to attack his Prince An's Palace, he might even drag it into the water as well."

On the way to the Palace of Tzu Ning, the people he had planted in the palace had told him of this matter, and now they were using it to persuade the Empress Dowager.

The corners of the empress dowager's eyes twitched. Could the emperor no longer tolerate Prince Mu’s Palace?

Her heart felt a tinge of desolation. Anyone who saw it would understand that Mu Wang did not have any thoughts of conspiring against her.