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After confirming that the Prince of Zhennan was not a wolf demon, He Dongqi began preparations to eliminate the wolf demon.

However, He Dongqi was still worried that the wolf demon might be a member of a powerful family, so he submitted a memorial explaining the dangers posed by the wolf demon.

If this wolf demon were just an ordinary, strange, and evil spirit, it would be easy to deal with. But if it were a strange and evil spirit transformed from a powerful Earth Realm expert, it wouldn't be so easy to deal with.

A family capable of cultivating a powerful Earth Realm expert must be a prominent clan. If the Zhen Gui Si (a powerful clan in the underworld) were to deal with the matter without even giving a heads-up, it would offend those prominent clans. Although those prominent clans could not interfere in the affairs of the Zhen Gui Si, they could still cause trouble for the Zhen Gui Si in the imperial court.

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The Great Zhou Dynasty, the Hall of State Affairs.

Pei Shuhua, dressed in a black robe, sat on the dragon throne, her gaze sweeping over the ministers in the hall, before speaking: "Last night, the newly appointed commander of the Zhengui Division submitted a memorial, in which he suspected that the Earth Realm Wolf Demon that recently infiltrated the capital was not an ordinary evil spirit, but rather an evil spirit transformed from a Spirit Warrior who suffered a backlash from a Spirit Fiend."

Pei Shuhua's tone was very calm, as if she were describing something insignificant.

Upon hearing Pei Shuhua's words, the ministers in the hall looked at each other in confusion.

The intrusion of evil spirits from the underworld into the capital is indeed a major event, but for the imperial court, such a matter can be considered either a big or small one.

Although the evil spirits of the Earth Realm are powerful, there are many powerful individuals in the capital. Even if the Bureau of Suppressing Demons cannot deal with these evil spirits, the powerful individuals of the Zhou royal family can handle them.

There's no need to bring this up in court. Since the Empress Dowager brought it up, it proves that she wants to make this a big deal.

Pei Shuhua then asked, "What do you all think?"

At this moment, a minister stepped forward and said, "The capital is protected by a great formation. It is indeed not an easy task for the strange and evil spirits in the area to sneak into the capital without the eyes of the city's defense soldiers. Therefore, this old minister believes that Commander He's guess is not without reason."

As officials of the Empress Dowager's faction, they understood that the Empress Dowager wanted to use this as an excuse to make a fuss when she mentioned it.

No sooner had that minister finished speaking than another minister from the Empress Dowager's faction stepped forward and said, "Although there are many Earth Realm experts in the capital, when an Earth Realm expert suffers a backlash from a spiritual evil, their family or the force they belong to will ask the Bureau of Demon Suppression for help. If it were an ordinary Earth Realm expert who suffered a backlash from a spiritual evil, the Bureau of Demon Suppression should have known long ago who that wolf demon was."

Although there are many Earth Realm experts in the capital, the number of Earth Realm experts is not large when divided among each force or family.

A family with a powerful Earth Realm expert in charge is considered a large family. Therefore, most Earth Realm experts, after suffering from the backlash of spiritual energy, will inform the Bureau of Demon Suppression and ask the Bureau to send an expert to keep an eye on them.

Because those families all know very well that if their Earth Realm experts suffer from the backlash of spiritual energy and turn into strange and evil spirits, then their entire family will be the first to be slaughtered.

The only ones with the confidence to deal with the strange and evil spirits in the area on their own are those few super families, or the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, or the royal family.

The moment the minister spoke, almost everyone thought of one person: the Prince of Zhennan. If a member of the royal family's Earth Realm expert suffered a backlash from spiritual energy and transformed into a strange and evil spirit, the royal family would definitely deal with it immediately; there was no way they would allow that Earth Realm evil spirit to escape.

As for those powerful families, there's no need for them to keep a local evil spirit around.

Only the Prince of Zhennan's mansion, in order to prevent people from realizing that something had happened to the Prince of Zhennan, would likely try to suppress him, turn him back into a human, and pretend that he is still alive.

More importantly, the Prince of Zhennan was being devoured by the evil spirits during this period, and his physical condition was deteriorating. He could turn into a strange and evil spirit at any time.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager's faction was shifting the focus of the conflict to the Prince of Zhennan's residence, the ministers present immediately understood what the Empress Dowager wanted to do.

After all, not long ago Emperor Zhou issued an imperial edict to lift Ji Yunmeng's confinement order. The reason Ji Yunmeng was confined was because of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion. Now the Zhennan Prince's Mansion is considered to be on the same side as Emperor Zhou, so the Empress Dowager will absolutely not allow the Zhennan Prince's Mansion to continue to exist.

If the Prince of Zhennan has truly become a strange and evil spirit, then destroying the Prince of Zhennan's mansion would be an easy task. All that's needed is to deal with Lu Chen, the only heir, and the Prince of Zhennan's mansion will naturally disband.

If the Prince of Zhennan had not turned into a strange and evil spirit, then the Empress Dowager's faction could spread rumors that the Prince of Zhennan's mansion was concealing the fact that the Prince of Zhennan had turned into an evil spirit. In any case, it was common knowledge that the Prince of Zhennan had suffered a backlash from the evil spirit, and people would definitely think that the Prince of Zhennan had already perished.

As long as the rumors spread, even if the Prince of Zhennan doesn't become a monster or evil spirit, he will be regarded as one by people. After all, the Prince of Zhennan has difficulty even getting out of bed and walking, so who knows if it's true or not.

Once the news of the Prince of Zhennan turning into a strange and evil spirit spreads, the entire Prince of Zhennan's mansion will soon fall into chaos, and all the affiliated forces and families of the Prince of Zhennan's mansion will stay away from the Prince of Zhennan's mansion.

Just then, a minister stepped forward and said directly, "It seems that the wolf demon was transformed from the Zhennan Prince after suffering a backlash from a spiritual evil. Your Majesty, the Zhennan Prince's mansion actually harbors such a terrifying evil spirit with malicious intent. It must be severely punished!"

No sooner had the minister finished speaking than one of Pei Shuhua's maids hurriedly came from the side hall to Pei Shuhua's side and whispered something in her ear.

Upon hearing the maid's words, Pei Shuhua's face instantly darkened. She was just planning to use this incident to make trouble for the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, but the Zhennan Prince actually took the initiative to enter the palace, and he did so to meet with Emperor Zhou.

It seems that the Prince of Zhennan has indeed sided with Emperor Zhou.

However, what puzzled Pei Shuhua was that it was said that the Prince of Zhennan had suffered a backlash from the evil spirits and was nearing the end of his life. She even thought that the wolf demon was the Prince of Zhennan. But now she was told that the Prince of Zhennan was not only fine, but had even entered the palace.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager remained silent for a long time with a gloomy face, the officials in the hall were at a loss for words. Logically speaking, they had already pointed the finger at the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, and the Empress Dowager should have continued their discussion and then sealed off and investigated the Zhennan Prince's Mansion. Why did she remain silent after listening to the maid's words?
After an unknown amount of time, Pei Shuhua finally spoke, "The matter of the wolf demon ends here. I believe the Zhengui Division will handle it well."

This……

Upon hearing the Empress Dowager's words, the ministers were stunned once again. The Empress Dowager's mention of this matter today clearly indicated that she wanted to make trouble for the Prince of Zhennan's mansion. The atmosphere had already been built up to this extent, so why was she backing down?

What did that maid say to the Empress Dowager that made her change her mind?
Just then, Pei Shuhua spoke up, "The Prince of Zhennan has entered the palace." (End of Chapter)