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

The headquarters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Swish!

A figure appeared outside the study of the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

This figure was none other than Li Jingtian, the Vice Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!

"Your Excellency, I have important news to report!"

Li Jingtian bowed solemnly.

Squeak!

The door suddenly opened.

Chu Xiu came out of the study and looked at Li Jingtian, saying, "What is it?"

"Reporting to Your Excellency, Yang Yun, the chief steward of the Qi Prince's Mansion, has delivered the head of Liu Shouren, a retainer at the peak of the seventh level of the Immortal Realm of the Qi Prince's Mansion, to our Jinyiwei headquarters."

"They claim to be Liu Shouren, a retainer of the Qi Prince's Mansion, and are colluding with the Qitian Chamber of Commerce in the name of the Qi Prince's Mansion to tarnish its reputation!"

"Everything about the Qitian Chamber of Commerce has nothing to do with the Qi Prince's Mansion."

Li Jingtian took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said to Chu Xiu with a solemn expression.

As the Vice Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he naturally couldn't possibly be unaware of everything that happened today.

Because he knew this, he understood why the Qi Prince's Mansion had pushed everything onto a mere retainer. Instead of handing this retainer over to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, they had directly sent over a head. Just how arrogant they were!

"A mere retainer, colluding with the Qitian Chamber of Commerce, has tarnished the reputation of the Qi Prince's Mansion?"

A cold glint flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes, and he said with a look of disdain, "Do you think I'm a fool, or do you think everyone in the world is a fool?"

"How dare a mere retainer of the Prince of Qi's household have such audacity?"

"My lord, I suspect that Liu Shouren is in charge of all matters between the Qi Prince's Mansion and the Qi Tian Chamber of Commerce."

"The King of Qi has never actually shown his face."

"Even when King Qi colluded with the Qitian Chamber of Commerce, he already foresaw that the problems of the Qitian Chamber of Commerce would be exposed sooner or later."

"Therefore, we had the countermeasures we have today long ago."

“As long as Liu Shouren is dead, we will have no evidence to prove that the Qitian Chamber of Commerce is related to the King of Qi.”

After considering for a moment, Li Jingtian spoke to Chu Xiu.

"It's inevitable."

"No matter what, it's impossible for this person to actually collude with the Qitian Chamber of Commerce."

"It is even less likely that we will leave any future troubles for ourselves."

"Otherwise, His Majesty would have sufficient reason to completely raze the entire Qi Prince's mansion, capture the Qi Prince, and imprison him in the Heavenly Prison."

Chu Xiu smiled slightly and said, "I had already guessed it from the very beginning."

Even if we manage to get Qian Zhenbei to talk, we still won't be able to obtain any evidence regarding the relationship between King Qi and the Qitian Chamber of Commerce.

"What does Your Excellency mean?"

Li Jingtian seemed to be thinking about something, and tentatively asked.

"All we need to know is that King Qi has a problem."

"As long as we keep an eye on King Qi and investigate secretly, we'll eventually find something to use against him!"

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment and said, "Tell Lin Huaiyu to keep a close eye on the Qi Prince's residence."

Moreover, we cannot just focus on the Qi Prince's residence.

Every servant in the Prince Qi's mansion, including the chief steward and other officials, must be kept under close surveillance.

Even their families.

It will also be included in the investigation by our Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Since the King of Qi had the intention to rebel.

So naturally, he couldn't just do nothing.

Even if he doesn't personally handle it, he'll have the stewards or managers of the Prince Qi's residence do it for him.

"By the way, the generals of the guards of Prince Qi's mansion should not be overlooked either."

After a pause, Chu Xiu gave Li Jingtian some instructions.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the royal guards of a prince's palace consist of three guards!

One guard consists of 5,600 men.

The three guards have a total of 16,800 men!

This is an enormous army!

Moreover, this guard of the Prince's mansion is the personal army of the Prince's mansion, the elite of the elite.

The strength cannot be underestimated!

Each guard has one commander, two deputy commanders, and two assistant commanders.

These are people who truly wield real power.

King Murong Yu of Qi would certainly need these people to accomplish anything.

"Yes, sir!"

Li Jingtian said firmly.

Chu Xiu nodded slightly, about to speak.

Suddenly!

Rumble!

A deafening roar echoed throughout the entire capital city.

An incredibly terrifying aura erupted from this direction, causing the entire capital city to seem to change color.

"Which direction is that?"

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow, revealing a look of surprise as he spoke.

"My lord, this direction leads to the Yang family residence in the capital of Hongnong."

Li Jingtian's heart stirred, and he said to Chu Xiu.

"Where is the Yang residence located?"

Chu Xiu said with a look of interest, "It seems His Majesty has made his move!"

He naturally understood what Li Jingtian meant.

The location of the Yang family residence in the capital of Hongnong.

This Yang Mansion was the residence of Yang Yan, the head of the Hongnong Yang Clan and the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

There must be many masters from the Yang clan of Hongnong here.

However, this is not the ancestral home of the Yang clan of Hongnong.

The ancestral home of the Yang family of Hongnong was in Hongnong County.

However, most of the experts and members of the Yang clan of Hongnong are already in the capital.

In the ancestral homeland of the Yang clan in Hongnong, there are probably only some old immortals who have secluded themselves for cultivation.

Li Jingtian nodded slightly. He naturally knew that Empress Murong Si of the Great Zhou Dynasty also controlled an extremely powerful force.

This was entrusted to her by the late emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

A power unique to each emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which could only be controlled by them.

Without this force, how could the officials of the court, and even those from all over the Great Zhou Dynasty, possibly work honestly for the Great Zhou Dynasty?

Even the five noble families and seven prominent clans had to outwardly obey Murong Si.

On the surface, no one dared to actually disobey the imperial decree!

At this point, it certainly wouldn't be this one force that makes the move.

Such a force can only truly be effective when it remains hidden in the shadows.

Therefore, it must be the Imperial Observatory!

It's just unknown whether the one who made the move this time was the Imperial Observatory's Grand Preceptor of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

"Come on, let's go over and take a look."

Chu Xiu said something to Li Jingtian and then disappeared from the spot.

"Yes."

A look of surprise appeared on Li Jingtian's face. He moved swiftly and chased after Chu Xiu.

It is certainly wonderful to witness such a great battle.

It wasn't just Chu Xiu and Li Jingtian!

The entire capital city was shaken in that instant.

One after another, figures headed towards the Yang residence.

Many eyes turned towards the Yang residence.

Inside the imperial palace, in the Wenyuan Pavilion.

Grand Secretary Yang Yan stared expressionlessly in the direction of the Yang residence, his eyes filled with utter indifference.

Zhao Duo, Minister of Personnel; Zheng Yun, Minister of Works; and Dugu Tai, Minister of Justice, remained outwardly composed, but a hint of schadenfreude flickered in their eyes.

There were already many contradictions and conflicts of interest among the five surnames and seven clans.

It's just that everyone is on the surface and getting along well.

Under Yang Yan's leadership, who had been the Grand Secretary of Hongnong for many years, the Yang family had indeed grown stronger and stronger, and they were starting to feel uneasy.

After all, the stronger the Yang family of Hongnong becomes, the less benefit they may receive.

Now that they have the opportunity to see the Yang family of Hongnong suffer misfortune, they are naturally delighted.

Tai Chi Palace.

Inside the main hall, Empress Murong Si also looked towards the Yang residence, a hint of anticipation on her pretty face.