"Your Highness, you are finally awake. If you get up now, you can still have dinner with the Queen Mother."

Minglang woke up instantly, took a shower and changed his clothes, then stood up and walked towards the main hall of Cining Palace.

As soon as I opened the door, I heard the laughter of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.

"What are the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager talking about? If you're so happy, tell me about it and let me have some fun too."

The voice arose before the person arrived. Minglang walked around the screen and into the hall. He bowed to his mother and grandmother, and was then helped up.

"Minglang is willing to come back? Have you been having a great time in the military camp these days? It's been so hard to keep it a secret from Grandma Huang."

Minglang sat down next to the Empress Dowager and told her everything she had seen and heard in the military camp in the past few days. She remembered that the Empress Dowager grew up in the border area and should be interested in the things in the military camp.

"Is this how soldiers compete with each other nowadays?" Xiang Huayue couldn't help but think back to her life at the border. Although it had been a long time, she could still vaguely remember some of it.

"After all, the border isn't as lively as it used to be."

Minglang's brows twitched slightly when she heard that. She was just too picky.

"Come, come closer to Grandma Huang, and she will tell you stories from the border in the past."

Liang Chongyue was watching from the side. The Queen Mother, who had just said that she would interrogate Minglang thoroughly, forgot about the interrogation and lost her sternness when she saw Minglang.

The grandfather and grandson sat so close together that all the food on the table became decorations.

"Okay, okay, let's eat first. It's not too late to talk after we finish eating."

After the meal, Liang Chongyue looked at the grandparents and grandchildren sticking together, and left silently without disturbing them.

The Queen Mother has been talking about Minglang these days. Now that Minglang is back, he naturally wants to reminisce with the Queen Mother.

"Your Majesty, Fei Zhang ordered someone to be kidnapped at Wangjiang Tower."

As soon as Liang Chongyue walked out of the main hall, Ping An quickly came up to him and whispered briefly about what happened last night.

Liang Chongyue didn't even frown when he heard this: "Since Fei He thinks there's a problem, let's deal with it."

"But Your Majesty, the man Fei Zhang ordered to kidnap was Princess Duan Ning's eldest son. I think Princess Duan Ning must have known about this and is on her way to plead for mercy."

Liang Chongyue did not slow down at all and got on the dragon chariot, silently wondering which sister Princess Duanning was.

Ping An has been with His Majesty for many years. When he saw His Majesty sitting on the dragon chariot with his head propped up in deep thought, he knew that His Majesty had simply forgotten something.

"Princess Duanning was the late emperor's twelfth princess and married to Prince Shou's nephew."

Liang Chongyue was still in deep thought, still couldn't remember who it was.

During that time, she was busy dealing with ignorant people, and the princes and princesses were mostly married off to people chosen by them.

Even the title was chosen by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and given to her to choose.

"Let Feihe come to see me later."

Liang Chongyue didn't think Fei He was the kind of person who would arrest people just because of a disagreement. If he could ask him to go to Wangjiang Tower to arrest people at night, he must have found out something.

Qingyu Pavilion does have this ability.

"Yes, I will summon Fei Zhangling right away."

The dragon sedan chair wobbled to the Yangxin Palace. Liang Chongyue just opened her eyes and saw Fei He walking towards her.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

"Let's talk inside." When Liang Chongyue left, he noticed that Fei He's finger gloves had been taken off. It seemed that he had been tortured just now.

Liang Chongyue leaned lazily on the Arhat couch, waiting to hear what happened last night.

"Your Majesty, last night when I was escorting Your Highness back to the palace, I was passing through Chang'an Street and passed by Wangjiang Tower. Princess Duanning's eldest son looked at Your Highness with an unfriendly look. I sent someone to investigate.

I didn’t expect that a murder case would be uncovered.”

Liang Chongyue originally thought that Princess Duanning's son had developed feelings for Minglang, but she didn't expect the complexity here to be so deep.

"Really? It's normal for a large family to cover up the deaths or injuries of one or two people."

After all, power is paramount in this era, and the masters have the final say on whether to beat or punish servants who have signed indentures.

Although she had already issued an order prohibiting the use of caning on servants, no family in the capital would abide by such a policy.

"The deceased was the second daughter of the Jingzhou Governor's family. She was deceived and defrauded by Princess Duanning's eldest son, who happened to be passing by. Feeling she had no words to say goodbye to her parents and family, she threw herself into the river and hanged herself."

Since ancient times, there have always been a few unruly beasts among the royal family. Such things are not uncommon in their circle. For Fei He to find out, they must have caused some trouble at the time.

"Why haven't I received the impeachment memorial from the Jingzhou Governor?"

Liang Chongyue looked displeased. Although she had never met the governor of Jingzhou, she remembered his beautiful handwriting. Whenever he talked about the people's conditions in Jingzhou in his memorials, he always spoke eloquently and hit the key points.

She didn't think such a person would allow his daughter to be killed without saying anything.

"I'm still investigating this matter, but Princess Duanning's eldest son might have been responsible for more than just one murder. After the incident, Princess Duanning sent him to Quzhou. He was only brought back two days ago for Your Highness's coming-of-age ceremony."

Liang Chongyue sneered when she heard this. It turned out that he had never seen her daughter, but he was targeting her daughter again.

"You are responsible for handling this evil. As for Duan Ning, if she wants to plead for her son, then she should dig deeper. Such a wicked person is still alive in this world. I wonder how much Duan Ning has covered up."

Liang Chongyue did not hide the disgust in her eyes. It turned out that the royal family could not produce many good things.

She doesn't belong to this world originally, Minglang is considered to have been genetically modified.

"Yes, my subordinate will do it now."

Fei He turned to leave, and Liang Chongyue added, "If Duan Ning comes to see me these days, just tell her I'm busy. If she keeps pestering me, she won't have to come to the coming-of-age ceremony tomorrow."

As they were all mothers, Liang Chongyue knew how far a mother could go for her child. It was not impossible for her to plead with her even at the coming-of-age ceremony.

She had been preparing for Minglang for so long, and she couldn't let it be ruined by this mother and son.

"Yes, I understand."

After Fei He left, Liang Chongyue played with the jade wick in his hand, turning the beads from time to time, and many things suddenly came to his mind.

The court has not been rectified for a long time. If she were to give this task to Minglang.

Thinking of this, Liang Chongyue raised a barely perceptible smile at the corner of his mouth, and the hand fiddling with the jade twist gradually slowed down. He leaned his head on the couch, smelling the faint scent of sandalwood, and the image of Minglang governing the court emerged in his mind.

She wondered if he would be even more decisive than she was back then. She was looking forward to Minglang replacing her and becoming the next nightmare in the hearts of all officials.

"Yun Ling."

Liang Chongyue leaned on the couch with his eyes closed and shouted outside. Yun Ling immediately walked in quickly from the outer hall.

"The servant is here."

"Go and tell Fei He that we've found someone who's not understanding, and don't rush into action."

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