Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

As Pei Shuhua finished speaking, Emperor Zhou said sarcastically, "Mother, now that you hold great power, can't you even control the Prince of Zhennan?"

"If you want the Prince of Zhennan's mansion to do something, why don't you just issue an imperial edict?"

Seeing that the Zhou Emperor was still making sarcastic remarks about her, Pei Shuhua said coldly, "If Your Majesty is unwilling, then I will not say anything more. I can go anywhere after I leave the Great Zhou, but if Your Majesty leaves the Great Zhou, I don't know if you will have the face to meet your ancestors after you die."

At this point, Pei Shuhua was about to turn and leave the Wanshou Hall. Hearing Pei Shuhua's cold tone, Emperor Zhou's expression remained unchanged. He then said, "Mother, have you forgotten what you did to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion?"

"I'm afraid the one who most wants the Great Zhou to perish right now is the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion."

After Pei Shuhua reached the door, she stopped again upon hearing Zhou Huang's words. Then she turned to look at Zhou Huang on the prayer mat and said, "There are no eternal enemies in this world. As long as the benefits are sufficient, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion will naturally agree."

Emperor Zhou said, "Isn't Your Majesty afraid that the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion will take this opportunity to rise again?"

Pei Shuhua said nonchalantly, "Then let's see if they have the ability."

Pei Shuhua knew, of course, that the Zhennan Prince's Mansion might make exorbitant demands, taking advantage of this opportunity to reap huge profits and then try to rise again. However, she didn't care. In her opinion, dealing with those strange creatures would require a huge price. Let alone rising again, the entire Zhennan Prince's Mansion might be destroyed by those strange creatures.

At this moment, Emperor Zhou said, "I will personally go to the Prince of Zhennan's residence tomorrow."

Upon hearing Emperor Zhou's words, Pei Shuhua turned her head away without saying anything more and left the Wanshou Palace. Since Emperor Zhou had agreed, things would be easier. Now it would depend on whether the Zhennan Prince's Mansion would agree.

In fact, when Pei Shuhua mentioned that Zhou Huang should go to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, Zhou Huang had already agreed in his heart, because Pei Shuhua's request for him to leave the palace was equivalent to allowing him to freely enter and leave the palace.

Moreover, he is now a nominal ally of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion. Now that the Empress Dowager needs the help of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, it is impossible for her to imprison him, a nominal ally of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, at this time.

Of course, Emperor Zhou also understood that the Empress Dowager would definitely arrange for people to secretly follow and monitor him, and place people around him.

But none of that matters. As long as he can leave the palace and make contact with other people outside the palace and with the royal faction, he may be able to seize this opportunity to regain power.

After the Empress Dowager left the Wanshou Hall, the wooden door of the Wanshou Hall was closed again. At this moment, a breeze blew in, and the candlelight in the Wanshou Hall flickered continuously, making the light in the entire Wanshou Hall even dimmer.

Just then, a figure appeared beside a pillar in the Hall of Longevity. Sensing Mu Yunxi's arrival, Emperor Zhou asked, "What do you think of the matter of the Bureau of Suppressing Ghosts?"

Mu Yunxi is the Holy Maiden of Tianxuan Palace. She should be very knowledgeable about the supernatural. Moreover, Tianxuan Palace wants the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so they would never stand by and watch the Great Zhou Dynasty be destroyed by the supernatural. Therefore, they will most likely lend a helping hand when the time comes.

Upon hearing Zhou Huang's question, Mu Yunxi chuckled and said, "If a strange entity from the Earth Realm were to force its way into the Town of Strange Things, the commotion would not be so small."

Emperor Zhou asked, "What does this mean?"

Mu Yunxi continued, "If what the eunuch said is true, there should be at least ten Earth Realm Mysteries in the Great Zhou now. When the founding emperor first established the Great Zhou, five Earth Realm Mysteries almost wiped out the entire Great Zhou. Now, ten Earth Realm Mysteries have appeared in the capital, yet they haven't attacked your royal family, only causing this little commotion. Does Your Majesty think that's possible?" Hearing Mu Yunxi's words, the Zhou Emperor realized that if those five Earth Realm Mysteries had truly broken through the seal, and the Great Zhou already had ten Earth Realm Mysteries, then they wouldn't need to flee tonight. They could have directly wreaked havoc in the capital. Not to mention wiping out everyone in the capital, at least most of the people in the capital would have suffered.

Just then, the Zhou Emperor thought of something and said, "Perhaps it is because of the suppression of the Great Zhou's fortune that those strange places in the land have to take a long time to plan?"

When Emperor Taizu founded the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Great Zhou's fortune was not prosperous. Most importantly, there were not as many Earth Realm experts at that time as there are now.

Although the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty has declined, it is still stronger than when it was first established. The Great Zhou Dynasty has been developing continuously. After several generations of emperors worked hard to govern, its fortune reached an unprecedented peak. In particular, after the Zhou royal family suppressed the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty became even more prosperous.

The more prosperous the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the more powerful its suppression of strange and evil spirits. Therefore, in the eyes of the Zhou Emperor, the reason why those strange spirits did not go on a killing spree was simply because this was the capital city, the place where the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty converged. They were suffering greatly from the suppression of the fortune. So, after helping the five Earth Realm strange spirits escape, they immediately left the capital city.

Hearing Zhou Huang's guess, Mu Yunxi said, "Your Majesty's guess is not without reason. However, has Your Majesty forgotten that for the strange creatures to recover, they need a large amount of blood food? If those five Earth Realm strange creatures were to break free, how could they possibly not cause any killing?"

This……

Emperor Zhou frowned deeply.

What Mu Yunxi said is indeed a big point of doubt.

Mu Yunxi continued, "Moreover, with so many strange phenomena appearing at the Earth Realm level, not a single Earth Realm expert from the Suppression of Strange Phenomena Division has died. Doesn't Your Majesty find this strange? When did these strange phenomena become so merciful?"

The intelligence of the strange beings in the Earth Realm is comparable to, or even far surpasses, that of humans. Whether it was out of venting their anger or to weaken the strength of humans, when those strange beings in the Earth Realm attacked the Town Ghost Division, they should have killed a few of the Town Ghost Division's Earth Realm experts, right? In the end, those Earth Realm experts were at most injured, but no one died.

Emperor Zhou asked, "Then, in your opinion, what is going on? Could it be that those five strange beings of the Earth Realm are still inside the Tower of Suppression?"

Mu Yunxi said calmly, "In fact, when I came to the capital, I already noticed that the five Earth Realm experts had mysteriously disappeared."

Emperor Zhou's expression froze instantly. Mu Yunxi actually knew all along that the five Earth Realm experts had mysteriously disappeared. Why didn't she tell him?

At this moment, Emperor Zhou asked with a cold face, "Since you knew, why didn't you tell me?"

Mu Yunxi said, "What's the use of telling you? You're just a prisoner."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhou's face turned even uglier, and his fingers clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

Mu Yunxi ignored Zhou Huang's expression and continued, "Clearly, what happened today was just a performance by the Zhengui Division. They probably discovered that the five Earth Realm monsters were missing, and in order to shirk responsibility, they deliberately created such a commotion to make people think that the five Earth Realm monsters had only recently broken through their seals. You..." (End of Chapter)