Black Fairy, the master is a female ghost

Early the next morning, Zixia accepted the task assigned to her by Lu Xunhuan and left the Prime Minister's Mansion.

After Prime Minister Zhou got up, he had breakfast but did not go to court.

By the time the morning court session was over, the king sent a eunuch to inquire.

"Prime Minister, His Majesty asked why you didn't go to court. I asked you if you were feeling unwell. If you are not feeling unwell, you should go to court immediately."

Prime Minister Zhou said, "Look at me like this. Do you dare to go out? I might have thousands of soldiers stationed in the palace to chop me into pieces."

The eunuch asked, "Prime Minister, you can't possibly never go to court, right?"

Prime Minister Zhou said, "Tell His Majesty that I am allowed to bring guards, and I will go."

The eunuch replied, "Okay, I will report this to Your Majesty right away."

In the court, Prime Minister Zhou did not come, so everyone waited.

When the eunuch returned, His Majesty the King asked, "Is the Prime Minister ill?"

The eunuch replied, "Your Majesty, he said he dared not go out. If you allow him to enter the palace with guards, he will come to court."

The emperor was annoyed again when he heard this: "Oh, it's been a commotion every day. If he doesn't come, what will we do with all these things? Go and tell him that I allow him to bring guards."

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Prime Minister Zhou waited for about half an hour before the eunuch came again: "Prime Minister, His Majesty has shown mercy and allowed you to bring guards with you. Let's go."

Prime Minister Zhou stood up and said, "Let's go."

In the court, when everyone was waiting impatiently, Prime Minister Zhou finally arrived.

Beside him, Lu Xunhuan was holding the magic sword.

He stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, I have no choice but to do this. Please forgive me."

His Majesty the King looked at Lu Xunhuan and said, "It happened for a reason. It's okay."

He then said to his ministers, "What matters need to be handled by the Prime Minister? Hurry up."

Lu Xunhuan stood in the court, listening to everyone speaking and discussing matters.

After listening for a while, he probably understood.

The intrigues in the court of Western Chu were even more intense than those in the previous Southern Liang and Eastern Yan.

How can such a Western Chu be called powerful?

Oh, by the way, Western Chu has several capable generals.

For example, Zixia’s father, Lin Yun, is one of them.

Everyone was discussing matters in the court when the queen suddenly arrived.

Everyone was worried that something might happen again.

The prince did not dare to come today, naturally because he felt guilty after failing to assassinate the prime minister yesterday.

Now that the queen is here, what trouble will she cause?

Sure enough, as soon as the queen arrived, she directly questioned Prime Minister Zhou.

"Prime Minister, the two guards I hired were killed by your guard, Supreme Jade, last night. How do you explain this?"

Prime Minister Zhou pretended to be bewildered: "Is that true?"

He asked Lu Xunhuan: "Supreme Jade, did you go out last night?"

Lu Xun Huan replied, "I want to protect you, so naturally I won't take a single step forward."

Prime Minister Zhou asked the queen, "Queen, why are you accusing me of this unjust act without any evidence?"

The queen snorted, "Tell the truth, those two people who died were the ones I arranged to monitor you. They were the ones who were monitoring you, but they died. If it wasn't your guards who killed them, could it be someone else?"

Prime Minister Zhou asked again, "Queen, why are you spying on me for no reason?"

The Queen said, "The Crown Prince had an argument with the Prime Minister in the court yesterday. After returning, he acted rashly and sent someone to kill the Prime Minister. I was worried that the Prime Minister would be angry and want to kill the Crown Prince, so I arranged for someone to keep him under surveillance. Isn't that right?"

Prime Minister Zhou bowed to the King and said, "Your Majesty, how dare I harbor any resentment towards the Crown Prince? Since returning home yesterday, I have not left the house since, nor have I sent any guards to kill the Queen. Your Majesty, please investigate."

The king was already annoyed to the point of complaining: "Ah, you guys, why are you still attending court and talking about business? It's all for a broken dragon bone. Now the dragon bone is missing. What are you still arguing about? Can you please get back to your business?"

Prime Minister Zhou said, "Your Majesty, I have been doing my best to do the right thing and do not want to cause trouble. Some people will not let me go."

The Queen said, "You were in cahoots with the Fifth Prince before. How dare you say you don't have any ideas? Are you just hoping for the Crown Prince to die so you can push someone else up?"

His Majesty the King stood up and said angrily, "What are you talking about? You've done it in secret, and now you want to do it openly? Come, bring the imperial edict."

Cheng Zhubu immediately stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, calm down."

The queen scolded him, "Mr. Cheng, please step aside. Your son married the daughter of the fifth brother. You are birds of a feather. You have no right to speak out."

The king sat down and said, "Okay, I'll calm down."

He turned to the queen and said, "Why are you scolding Master Cheng? I was furious just now and wanted to issue an imperial decree to remove that useless person. If Master Cheng hadn't asked me to calm down, my words would have been spilled."

He waved his hand towards the queen and said, "You step aside, or I will depose you first, not the crown prince."

The queen dared not say another word and retreated angrily.

After leaving the court, Lu Xunhuan returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion and said to Prime Minister Zhou, "The situation is serious, beyond my imagination."

Prime Minister Zhou sighed, "Yes, I'm afraid they'll mobilize the Imperial Guards and come and destroy my Prime Minister's Mansion."

Lu Xun Huan asked, "Why didn't you and the Fifth Prince win over the commanders of the Imperial Guard and the Cavalry Battalion before?"

Prime Minister Zhou said, "The commander of the Cavalry Battalion is the Seventh Prince. Their relationship is very delicate and difficult to manage."

He stroked his beard and said, "The Queen has long since assigned the Commander of the Royal Guard to one of her own. He has served loyally over the years, and it would be difficult to kick him out."

Lu Xun Huan said, "Don't worry about yourself first. The Queen doesn't dare to send troops to kill you openly for the time being. I am worried about His Majesty."

Prime Minister Zhou was surprised: "What?"

Lu Xun Huan shook his head and said, "The court was tense today. The Queen wanted to have sex with you, but His Majesty stopped her. Now, it's not you who is hindering the Queen and the Crown Prince, but His Majesty."

"As long as the Crown Prince is in power, the Imperial Guards can be mobilized at any time to surround your Prime Minister's Mansion, and the masters in the palace will also obey the Crown Prince's orders."

"As long as His Majesty is here, you're fine for now. If His Majesty dies, you'll be in immediate danger."

Prime Minister Zhou stood up and paced back and forth: "Why don't you stop protecting me and go protect His Majesty."

Lu Xun Huan shook his head again: "If I go there rashly, His Majesty will think I'm an assassin. Let it go."

Prime Minister Zhou said, "If we wait for the crown prince to take the throne as you say, won't we just be waiting for death?"

Lu Xun Huan touched his chin and said, "Just be patient. I hope Zi Xia can run fast enough."

"Besides, for such a major event, it will take some time for the other party to plan, mobilize, and make all the preparations."

Prime Minister Zhou asked, "Where did Zixia go?"

Lu Xun Huan smiled and said, "I sensed danger and sent her to get some experts. I think I can get ten people at the ninth level of the Qian Yuan Realm to help you."

Prime Minister Zhou's worry turned into joy: "Oh, how can you predict the future, Supreme Jade, besides being Zhou Fenqing's nephew, what other background do you have?"

Lu Xun Huan said, "He doesn't have a big background. He's just a cultivator who wants to save the immortal world. Although the mission is difficult, it's also simple. However, mundane matters are mixed in, so it's hard to keep it simple."