"Your Majesty is a bad woman."

Zhao Cuo chuckled.

He chose to repay the other person in the same way.

He lowered his hand to the place where she hit him and kneaded it hard.

"You haven't said yet how you knew what I wanted to do?"

The Queen Mother leaned lazily in the boy's arms, letting him be frivolous.

"Didn't I tell you before about the execution hall of the previous dynasty that you gave me?"

Young Master Zhao is unwilling to hide anything from the female devil. As long as he needs to tell her and what she wants to know, he will be honest.

He explained in concise sentences the almost prophetic power of the Hall of Punishment.

Even if the empress wants the artifact back, he won't refuse.

"The thing I gave you when I didn't want it actually has such magical power?"

The Queen Mother was startled for a moment, then she smiled and took a sip on his face, and said with satisfaction:

"You are willing to confess everything to me. You are such a good boy. I will reward you well tonight~"

"There are more important things to talk about now, right?"

Zhao Cuo did not forget the crisis in the capital.

He still knows little about Prince Guang.

Who opened the Demon Locking City? Is it Chu Guang that the empress wants to kill? Why?

"Did the Empress open the Demon Locking City in order to use the demon clan to kill Prince Guang?"

He hesitated for a moment and then asked directly.

"No."

Empress Dowager Zhao suddenly raised her hand and gently pinched his chin with a faint smile.

"If you had asked me from the beginning, I would have told you anything, but now you can check it out yourself."

Zhao Cuo: "..."

He realized that what he just said still angered the bad woman.

"If you want to know anything in the future, just ask me directly. Don't worry about it alone. This time I will treat it as a small punishment but a big warning for you."

"But why didn't the empress take the initiative to let me do this for you in the first place?"

Young Master Zhao could not help but ask.

"Well..."

The young queen mother paused for a moment and then spoke softly.

"One of the things I was worried about would make you unhappy, but you have reassured me now that I will definitely understand my sister, right?"

"I am satisfied that the queen cares about my thoughts."

Zhao Cuo said sincerely.

What a willful and willful woman the devil is?

Always self-centered, she might have only cared about Mr. Zhao's mood.

"So good."

The Queen Mother touched his head with a smile.

"Don't worry, you will understand everything after Prince Ning ascends the throne, and I will not do anything to make you sad."

"I like the Queen Mother the most."

Zhao Cuo lowered his head and said.

He didn't have any clue about what the female devil said. How could he be sad if the empress wanted to kill the king? Unless the person she wanted to kill was the late emperor.

Emperor Xuan of Yu, who had been dead for three years, was the nominal husband of a bad woman. Murdering one's own husband was a heinous crime in Yu. Every man would be afraid that the person next to him would be someone who had killed his husband.

'But it is Prince Guang who is rebelling now...'

Young Master Zhao didn't care at all that his wife wanted to kill the late Emperor.

He didn't think that his Queen Mother was a married woman, and that the bad woman belonged to him only, and that he had monopolized her body and mind.

If the female devil really wanted to kill Emperor Yu Xuan, he would be the first to draw his sword and do it for her. Only by achieving all her goals would he be worthy of the favor and trust he has now.

"Empress."

Feiwu suddenly walked in. She glanced at the two people hugging each other as usual, lowered her eyes and said:

"The secret guard commander of the East Palace is asking for an audience outside the palace."

"Let him in."

Empress Dowager Zhao said immediately.

The Secret Guard of the East Palace is not an army but a law enforcement agency similar to the Execution Department.

They take orders directly from the Queen Mother and have the privilege of secretly arresting and interrogating officials. They do all the dirty work.

"Report to the Queen Mother."

Zhao Cuo and the bad woman were holding hands and listening to the rich male voice coming from outside the screen.

"The rebellion at Xizhimen seemed to be just a sheep attack. The closed Dongzi Gate was blown open, and the Imperial City Forbidden Army fought fiercely with the rebels there."

"Have you ever met my traitorous son?"

The Empress Dowager spoke in a down-to-earth manner.

"The deposed prince Chu Guang did not show up."

"Um……"

The Queen Mother Zhao thought for a while and then looked at Zhao Cuo.

"How can the champion of this palace do this without military power?"

Zhao Cuo was startled when he heard what she said.

"You careless one!"

She suddenly cursed again.

"Just now I wanted to go to the battlefield while riding alone. I might as well lead the troops for you. That would make me feel at ease."

"Does the empress want me to quell the rebellion?"

Zhao Cuo's eyes lit up.

"You can act as the eight commanders of the Imperial City Division for the time being."

The Queen Mother said quickly without thinking.

Young Master Zhao was suddenly startled.

Eight leaders?

‘Am I combining the important positions of Deputy Minister of Public Security, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Commander of the Capital Military Region into one body?’

Although the eight commanders of the Imperial City Division only hold the position of third-rank official, they would not change it even if they were ministers! This position is too dangerous.

Xiang Jing City has a total of eight city gates, all of which are managed by the Imperial City Secretary, and the Eight Gate Commanders are the important positions in charge of the eight city gates.

Although he cannot directly mobilize the 20,000 Imperial Guards in the capital, he does have command authority at critical times. This is military power.

"You should immediately take my order to unite the army to put down the rebellion."

"I should do my best!"

Zhao Cuo hugged the bad woman and took a bite before running out of the East Palace.

He knew he had to capture Prince Guang today.

Otherwise, I'm afraid the consequences will be endless.

"The prince has raised his arms for thirty years and I don't know how many royalists will follow him to the death..."

The Imperial City Imperial Guard, which has always been directly managed by the Queen Mother, is extremely efficient. He quickly grasped the details under the report of the adjutant who came to hand over the situation, and was able to make appropriate decisions with complete information.

"Reporting to Commander Zhao, the rebels at Xizhimen have been routed, and the imperial army is fighting hand to hand with the rebels at East Purple Gate."

[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]

"Immediately deploy half of the troops from the North Gate to support the East Purple Gate."

Zhao Cuo gave the order.

The Queen Mother had already anticipated the current situation, so she stationed soldiers and horses at the Eight Gates.

It is difficult to determine Guang Taizi's current goal. He may break through from any door, so he cannot relax the defense at any door.
To be continued...