I traveled through time with my best friend.

Half an hour later, Suyun brought Jiang Jian to Yixiang Palace.

"General, please wait a moment. I will report to the Queen Mother."

"Okay." Jiang Jian nodded.

A moment later, Su Yun came out and said, "General, the Queen Mother wants to see you."

Jiang Jian flicked his sleeves and walked in with a serious face.

"Your servant Jiang Jian pays his respects to the Empress Dowager!" Jiang Jian saluted.

The queen mother sat in the main seat and said calmly, "General, there is no need to be polite. Stand up."

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother looked at the maid beside her and said, "Bring tea to General Jiang."

The maid hurried over with the tea. Jiang Jian looked flattered and said, "I am very apprehensive. I wonder why the Empress Dowager wants to see me?"

"Since the general asked, I will tell you."

Jiang Jian lowered his head slightly.

The Queen Mother slowly put down the teacup in her hand and looked at Jiang Jian with a graceful expression, "The General really gave birth to a good daughter."

Jiang Jian frowned after hearing this, "What the Queen Mother means is..."

"Humph, I was just about to ask you, are you going to stand on King Cheng's side?"

Jiang Jian raised his head and looked at the Queen Mother, and said in panic, "Your Majesty, I am loyal to Your Majesty, so how could I side with King Cheng?"

The Queen Mother said with a serious face, "Just because you can't do it doesn't mean your daughter can't do it. I heard that she has a complicated relationship with King Cheng."

Jiang Jianli immediately knelt down and said, "This old minister's daughter grew up on Baishan Mountain. How could she know King Cheng?"

"Jiang Jian, it seems you still underestimate your daughter." The Queen Mother reminded with narrowed eyes.

Jiang Jian lowered his eyes and understood the Queen Mother's purpose in summoning him to the palace today. She wanted him to make a decision right now as to which side he should stand on.

Jiang Jian was not someone who could be manipulated at will. He was only loyal to His Majesty. Before the Queen Mother could speak again, Jiang Jian interrupted her and said, "My Queen Mother, your loyalty to Your Majesty is evident to all. If my daughter had any relationship with King Cheng, I would apologize to Your Majesty."

After hearing this, the Queen Mother clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves, a hint of murderous intent flashed in her eyes, and then she gritted her teeth and said, "Good, very good. Your Majesty is very lucky to have a loyal minister and general like you."

"I am doing my duty, and everything is for the sake of the Chili Kingdom."

"Go down." The Queen Mother's face was already showing anger.

"Old minister, please retire."

After Jiang Jian left, Su Yun looked at the Queen Mother sitting there quietly without saying a word, so she stepped forward and whispered, "Queen Mother, do you think we should take action against the Jiang family?"

The Queen Mother came back to her senses and shook her head, saying: "Let him be happy for a few days first." Her most important thing now was to overthrow the stumbling block that was King Cheng.

Anren County.

After Mu Qi got the news the next day, he knocked on Li Lingxuan's door with a bad look on his face, "Prince?"

"Come in." Li Lingxuan's hoarse voice came from the room.

The door was pushed open from the outside and Mu Qi walked in quickly. Li Lingxuan was wearing a black robe with his long hair loose. He was leaning on the bed with his head supported by one hand and his eyes closed.

"Your Highness, there's news from the capital that the Queen Mother has sent someone to Prince Cheng's mansion, saying that tomorrow is the anniversary of Concubine Rou's death and she wants to hold a ritual. She wants you to invite the abbot of Fahua Temple to preside over the ritual."

Li Lingxuan slowly opened his eyes, his eyes showed fatigue and the corners of his eyes were even slightly red, but it did not affect his beauty at all. He actually had a morbid beauty.

"Heh." Li Lingxuan's lips curled up slowly, "The Queen Mother already knew that the prince was not in the capital, and she did this on purpose."

"Then, my lord, should we accept this?"

"Yes." Li Lingxuan sat up from the bed and said lazily, "The Queen Mother wants to punish me so much, how can I not give her a chance?"

Mu Qi looked at Li Lingxuan's still weak body and said worriedly: "But your health, Your Majesty..."

"No problem." Then he stood up and said, "Return to Beijing immediately."

"Yes."

After Wang Ziyan knew that Lin Yiyi and Jiang Xue had left, he ran to Pei Zhijin's room in a hurry.

With a bang, the door was kicked open. Before anyone came in, Wang Ziyan's voice came in first.

"Master Pei, where did Miss Yiyi go?"

Pei Zhijin was sitting at the table drinking tea. Looking at the anxious Prince Yan, he said calmly, "The Marquis' Mansion sent someone to deliver a message, asking you to return to Beijing immediately."

"I'm not going back." Wang Ziyan said, putting his hands on his hips, "I didn't plan to go back this time."

"It's up to you." Pei Zhijin stood up and said lightly, then prepared to leave.

"Hey, where are you going?" Wang Ziyan asked hurriedly when he saw Pei Zhijin was about to leave.

Pei Zhijin obviously didn't want to pay attention and walked straight out.

Wang Ziyan said anxiously: "I know you came out this time not only to find the relief money, but also the treasure map..."

However, before he could finish his words, a sword was already on Wang Ziyan's neck. Pei Zhijin stared at Wang Ziyan with a stern expression, "Where did you get the treasure map from?"

Wang Ziyan looked at Pei Zhijin's frightening eyes, swallowed nervously, and said, "I...I heard it from my father."

"My Lord?" Pei Zhijin said, pressing the sword in his hand against the skin on Wang Ziyan's neck. "No one knows that the treasure map is lost."

Prince Yan closed his eyes in fear and said quickly, "My father also learned about it from His Majesty. He received a secret decree from His Majesty asking my father to secretly give you the other half of the treasure map in his hand. I happened to see this, so I took the treasure map out and prepared to give it to you."

"Give it here." Pei Zhijin stretched out his hand.

Wang Ziyan quickly took out the painting from his arms and handed it to Pei Zhijin.

Pei Zhijin then put down the sword in his hand and opened the treasure map to look at it. There was only a simple landscape painting in it and he couldn't see anything at all.

Prince Yan patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Pei Zhijin and said with a smile: "His Majesty's secret decree said that after you find the other half of the treasure map, you should directly find the location of the treasure and then count the number."

Pei Zhijin silently closed the painting in his hand. What Wang Ziyan said was true. He also had a copy of the secret decree from His Majesty.

"you can go now."

When Wang Ziyan heard Pei Zhijin was going to leave, he quickly said, "Don't do that. If I leave, you won't be able to find the treasure map. Only I can understand the pictures on it."

"So...what do you want?" Pei Zhijin asked with a raised eyebrow.

Wang Ziyan smiled and put his hand on Pei Zhijin's shoulder, saying, "Of course you should take me with you. I promise not to cause any trouble for you."

"You should know that it's dangerous to stay with me. Are you sure?"

"Oh, that's nothing. I also know martial arts and can protect myself."

Pei Zhijin lowered his eyes and thought seriously. Looking at the painting in his hand, it seemed that Wang Ziyan really needed to follow him. After a moment, he looked up at Wang Ziyan and said, "In that case, you should protect the painting."

As he said this, he threw the painting in his hand back to Wang Ziyan.

Wang Ziyan took it with both hands and said with a smile: "I understand. This painting is much more important than my life."

Pei Zhijin glanced at Wang Ziyan and walked out.

When Wang Ziyan saw this, he quickly put away the painting and chased after him, "Master Pei, you still haven't told me where Miss Yiyi and the others went."