Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

Therefore, under the operation of the spider web, the disappearance of people quickly became a big deal. There were rumors among the people that there was a man-eating monster who needed to use human blood to refine elixirs to make himself immortal. After the people in the surrounding villages were eaten up, it was the turn of the people in Tai'an City. For a time, people were in a panic. The more intensely the people discussed the matter, the greater the pressure they put on the court.

At first, in order to calm the people's anxiety, they issued a notice saying that the matter would be investigated as soon as possible. Later, they picked out an official at random and said that he planned all this in order to cause panic among the people and rebel against the current court.

The people thought that the incident had passed, but half a month later, similar incidents were reported again. The people therefore questioned whether the official previously pulled out by the court was a scapegoat.

Inside the palace, Concubine Yun was so angry about this that she kept throwing things around.

"The matter was clearly covered up well in the beginning, so why did the news suddenly leak out? A scapegoat was also found to suppress the matter, but why did public opinion suddenly reverse? Those ignorant people would not have discovered this matter. There must be someone behind the scenes fanning the flames!"

Mu Dai stood aside and dared not say a word. He could not guess what Concubine Yun was thinking, so he dared not speak carelessly. But the lower Mu Dai lowered his head, the more Concubine Yun wanted him to speak.

"Kido, tell me, who leaked this matter?"

Concubine Yun leaned back, resting her chin on her hand, waiting to see Mu Dai's performance. In addition to her and the Queen, Mu Dai and the twelve guards knew about this. The twelve guards and Yan Luo were personally selected by her and Mr. Ying, and they had chosen to follow her and give up Xiao Zuochen, which was enough to show their loyalty. As for Mu Dai, he was the one who aroused Concubine Yun's suspicion the most.

When Mu Dai heard Concubine Yun call out his name, his whole body trembled. The queen was doubting him! Then he fell to his knees with a plop, kowtowed twice, raised his head and smiled bitterly.

"Your Highness~ I am so stupid, how could I guess that. But I am absolutely loyal to Your Highness. I act under Your Highness's nose every day, so I don't have the time to do such a thing of betraying Your Highness. Besides, I am counting on Your Highness to reward me in the future~"

What Mu Dai said was true, and Concubine Yun also thought it made sense. Mu Dai had tasted the sweetness of the forbidden technique, so he should not betray her. Besides, Emperor Mingren was already insane, and he had no new backers, so who could have done this?

Just as Concubine Yun was thinking hard, a maid walked in from outside. However, she was different from the other maids because she was wearing what looked like an official uniform. This woman was Xue Wan, the maid whom Concubine Yun had personally visited that day. Now she was a third-rank female official trained by Concubine Yun herself - Xue Zhangshi.

"Miss."

When Concubine Yun saw that it was Xue Wan, she asked her opinion. Xue Wan bowed respectfully, and her every move was no longer as cautious as before.

"Your Majesty, from what I have seen, this person deliberately spread these rumors in order to make the people dissatisfied with the court. Dissatisfaction with the court is definitely to make Your Majesty hand over power. I believe this person is preparing to seize power in the future."

"To seize power in the future..."

Concubine Yun thought carefully about Xue Wan's words and immediately had a candidate in her mind.

"It's interesting that they're preparing to fight back so quickly. Xue Wan, take my token and go with Yun Feng to find out the source of the rumor. I want to see how many secret agents he has left in this city."

"Yes!"

After Xue Wan took the order and left, Concubine Yun picked up the brush beside her and wrote something on the paper, while Mu Dai was still kneeling on the ground, shivering.

......

Yun Feng frowned slightly when he received the order from Xue Wan. Ever since the twelve guards and Yan Luo accompanied Concubine Yun to occupy Tai'an City, they have been searching for criminals for Concubine Yun almost every day. But the strange thing is that many people have been reported missing in the city recently, and the places where the missing people live are basically the same as the criminals they secretly captured, and the court has not denied this matter, so are the criminals they captured really criminals?

Yun Feng thought about going to the palace to ask Concubine Yun in person what was going on, but Concubine Yun claimed to be ill and refused to see him, and only asked Xue Wan to pass on the news.

"Why do you want to investigate this? The court has not denied this, so is this true or false?"

Unable to ask Concubine Yun, Yun Feng directly questioned Xue Wan. Xue Wan nodded slightly at Yun Feng with a smile on her face.

"General Yun is an old man by the side of the queen, how could he not know the character of the queen? Since the queen sent the general to investigate this matter secretly, it must be because someone deliberately spread rumors about this matter. But most of the people are uneducated and ignorant, and it is impossible to reason with them. In order to quell the people's resentment, we have to deal with it this way first, and wait until the real culprit is found in the future before making the truth of this matter public."

"Is this true?"

Yun Feng still had some doubts.

Xue Wan nodded and continued to persuade.

"General Yun is a young talent. As long as he does good things for the queen, he will surely rise to a high position in the future."

Yun Feng waved his hands impatiently. All the people in the palace spoke in the same accent. Mu Dai had spoken the same way when he had seen him before.

Xue Wan saw that he didn't want to say anything more to her, so she had to leave. Yun Feng saw her leave, frowned and thought about something in the direction she left.

The news from Tai'an City was quickly passed back to Ying Mansion. Xiao Zuochen also ordered someone to prepare a letter to be delivered to Yun Feng.

As soon as this happened, Yun Feng must have doubts. Xiao Zuochen knew the nature of Yun Feng and others. If they knew about this, they would definitely not help Concubine Yun to do evil. At that time, even if Yun Feng and others did not lend a helping hand to him, they would not help Concubine Yun either.

"How are you doing here?"

Everyone urged Xiao Zuoming, saying that everything was ready in Tai'an City, except for the east wind in his hand.

Xiao Zuoming saw that everyone was anxious, but he still looked nonchalant. He slowly took out an exquisite box from the house. In the box was a roll of yellow brocade with gold edges. That was the imperial edict.

In front of everyone, Xiao Zuoming directly opened the imperial edict. Although the people present had seen the imperial edict before, they had not carefully memorized the handwriting of Emperor Mingren. Only Xiao Zuochen had seen it since childhood and could recognize the handwriting of Emperor Mingren.

He looked carefully and indeed found no clues, and the handwriting was exactly the same as that of Emperor Mingren. He looked up at Xiao Zuoming, who was also looking at Xiao Zuochen with a smug look on his face.

"How is it? Do you see anything wrong?"

Xiao Zuochen turned his eyes away and looked at the ground. He thought for just a second, then put away the forged edict and spoke.

"Pack your bags tonight and take a shortcut back to Tai'an City tomorrow!"

Everyone knew that they would be ready to leave after the edict was written, but they didn't expect it to be so urgent. Several people looked at each other, and finally hurried back to their rooms to pack their bags.