The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu lowered his head and remained silent, not responding to Murong Si's words.

After all, no matter what, the King of Qi was a prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the elder brother of Murong Si.

Moreover, the King of Qi also had the Yang family of Hongnong behind him.

"Minister Chu, your Embroidered Uniform Guard must investigate this matter thoroughly!"

"Our Great Zhou Dynasty's royal family has ancestral precepts!"

"No descendant shall ever collude with the Heavenly Demon Sect, nor with the demon race or the barbarian race!"

"Anyone who dares to do such a thing will have their property confiscated and their entire family wiped out!"

Murong Si said coldly.

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu stood up and bowed respectfully, saying, "Your humble servant obeys the decree!"

"With Minister Chu's words, I am relieved!"

Murong Si let out a long breath, her pretty face showing a hint of fatigue as she said, "It's only because of a high-ranking official like Minister Chu that we have this opportunity. If it were anyone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to investigate further."

"Your Majesty flatters me!"

"Your humble servant has only done what is the duty of a subject."

"I am unworthy of Your Majesty's praise."

Chu Xiu shook his head and said with a serious expression, "Our Great Zhou Dynasty still has many loyal ministers and generals."

General Zhao Wuyang, the Grand General of the Garrison, and General Xie Xuan, the Deputy General of the Capital Garrison, were both loyal and capable ministers and generals.

Besides them, there are many others in our Great Zhou Dynasty who, like them, are utterly loyal to His Majesty and to our Great Zhou Dynasty.

Murong Si smiled gently, making the entire Taiji Palace hall radiant with a bright and dazzling feeling. The weariness in her expression had been hidden. She said with a light laugh, "Alright, Minister Chu, you don't need to be so modest in front of me."

I am well aware of their loyalty.

"You may proceed with today's task, my dear Chu!"

"No matter who's involved!"

"Even members of the imperial family can be taken down by the Embroidered Uniform Guard!"

"By imperial permission, we can execute first and report later!"

After a pause, Murong Si spoke with an air of supreme authority and self-importance.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Chu Xiu's expression turned serious, and he spoke in a firm and resolute voice.

"Minister Chu, this is my tiger tally!"

"If the Embroidered Uniform Guard is insufficient, Minister Chu can use my Tiger Tally to mobilize the capital garrison of my Great Zhou Dynasty to suppress the rebellion!"

Murong Si said in a deep voice.

With a flick of her sleeve, a golden tiger tally flew swiftly toward Chu Xiu.

Upon seeing Murong Si take out the tiger tally, both Jiang Wan'er and Pei Guanyin's expressions changed drastically, revealing shock.

This tiger tally is not as simple as mobilizing an ordinary army.

There are three armies in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

One force is the capital city guard, which is under the command of the Five City Garrison Command and is specifically responsible for guarding all the gates of the capital.

The city guard has 200,000 troops.

The remaining two forces were the 500,000-strong Beijing Garrison and the 300,000-strong Imperial Guard.

Of these three armies, the City Guard was the weakest, the Capital Garrison was in the middle, and the Imperial Guard was the strongest.

This golden tiger tally is the one used to mobilize troops for the Beijing Garrison!

Chu Xiu obtained the Tiger Tally for mobilizing troops in the capital, which means that he can directly use the Tiger Tally to order General Zhao Wuyang, the God of War, to mobilize the capital's army!

Although the main force of the Beijing Garrison has now marched to various prefectures and counties of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are not many soldiers left in the capital.

But even if not many remain, there must still be more than 100,000 troops of the Beijing Garrison stationed in the capital.

After all, unless it was to quell a rebellion, it was impossible for the Beijing garrison to mobilize 500,000 troops.

of course.

Jiang Wan'er and Pei Guanyin were not shocked that Murong Si had given Chu Xiu a tiger tally, granting him the power to mobilize troops.

Rather, it was the reason given for the tiger tally used to mobilize troops for the Beijing garrison.

If it's just mobilizing the city guards, then it's nothing.

After all, the city guards could be mobilized even by the Ministry of War of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

This is contingent on the Ministry of War obtaining the consent of the Five Military Commissions.

The Ministry of War would send the troop mobilization order to the Five Military Commissions, which could then decide whether or not troops needed to be mobilized.

However, the Ministry of War and the Five Military Commissions have always had a close relationship, so there is a high probability that they will agree.

The only difference is the tiger tally used to mobilize troops for the Beijing Garrison!

Within the Great Zhou Dynasty, whether it was the capital garrison or the imperial guards.

Only the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty can mobilize them!

Now Murong Si has actually given Chu Xiu the power to mobilize troops!

If this matter were to get out, one can imagine the enormous uproar it would cause throughout the entire Great Zhou Dynasty!

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will never let you down!"

Chu Xiu's eyes narrowed, and his expression became solemn. He grabbed the imperial garrison's troop deployment tally with his right hand and said in a resounding voice.

Murong Si nodded slightly, remaining silent.

Chu Xiu understood immediately, put away the tiger tally for mobilizing troops in the capital, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave."

"it is good."

Murong Si nodded, picked up the memorial she had just put down, and began to read it again.

"Wei Chen retire."

Chu Xiu bowed and then turned to leave.

With a flick of her sleeve, Jiang Wan'er slowly opened the closed gates of the Taiji Palace.

She personally escorted Chu Xiu out of the Taiji Palace before returning to the main hall.

"Jiang Wan'er, go to the Imperial Observatory."

"Tell the teacher what Chu Aiqing said."

"The teacher understood."

Murong Si pondered for a moment, then spoke without looking up.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Jiang Wan'er said with a respectful expression.

With a slight movement, she disappeared into the main hall of Taiji Palace.

In fact, it wasn't just Murong Si who was a disciple of Qi Tianchen, the Grand Preceptor of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Director of the Imperial Observatory.

Jiang Wan'er and Pei Guanyin were chosen by the former emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty to accompany Murong Si as she grew up, and were cultivated as her right-hand women and confidantes.

The two of them did more than just learn music, chess, calligraphy, and painting from Murong Si.

He also followed Murong Si to become a disciple of the Imperial Preceptor Qi Tianchen and practiced martial arts under Qi Tianchen's tutelage.

After Jiang Wan'er left, the entire Taiji Palace fell silent.

Prince Qi's Mansion.

Swish!

Yang Yun, the chief steward of the Qi Prince's mansion, appeared deep within the mansion, outside a pavilion.

Inside the pavilion, a handsome young man, dressed in fine clothes, exuding an air of nobility and radiating an elegant and composed demeanor, sat at the stone table, playing chess.

"Your Highness, something has happened to the Qitian Merchant Guild!"

Yang Yun lowered his head and spoke respectfully.

As the chief steward of the Prince of Qi's residence, his lineage was not simply limited to the Yang family of Hongnong.

He was also a cousin of Yang Yan, the head of the Hongnong Yang clan.

"Has the Qitian Chamber of Commerce's secrets been exposed?"

King Murong Yu of Qi said calmly.

"Indeed, His Majesty personally ordered the mobilization of the capital garrison to wipe out the Qitian Merchant Guild throughout the entire Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Xie Xuan, the deputy general of the Beijing garrison, personally led troops to surround the headquarters of the Qitian Chamber of Commerce and suppressed Qian Zhenbei, who had transformed into a demon!"

"Qian Zhenbei has now been sent by Xie Xuan to the Imperial Prison of the Northern Garrison of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

Yang Yun said respectfully.

"Is everything cleaned up, from beginning to end?"

Murong Yu picked up a chess piece carved from white jade, which resembled a beautiful work of art, and gently placed it on the chessboard, speaking calmly.