Dual Transmigration: Starting from being captured and brought to the Hehuan Sect!

Inside the general's residence.

General Duan wiped each piece of armor clean, folded them neatly, and put them into his storage ring. He also instructed his maid to put away all his personal weapons.

She was waiting for her to return to the border, and the light screen was being consumed faster every day. She couldn't stay in Beijing for too long.

The aide strode over, his face serious.

"General, the imperial treasury has been robbed."

General Duan paused for a moment:

"What?"

"Yesterday afternoon, Lord Zhou discovered that several items were missing from the inner treasury: strange insects, magical artifacts, and rare and precious materials, in considerable quantities."

The Empress immediately declared martial law, and the Imperial Guards turned the palace upside down. Finally, a soul search was performed on the palace maids on duty at the national treasury, and they discovered Su Meiniang's figure among them!

General Duan was slightly taken aback, and his expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

She put down the armor she was holding, sat down in the chair, and tapped her fingers twice on the armrest.

This is troublesome. I just saw her not long ago, and when I went to her residence, quite a few people probably saw me. Now that the national treasury has been robbed, if I can't explain myself clearly, I'm afraid I'll get myself into trouble!

Just as she was pondering how to distance herself from this matter, a flurry of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the mansion.

The footsteps were orderly and rapid, and the sound of armor plates clashing echoed outside the courtyard wall, clearly indicating a large army!

Immediately afterwards, a female official's voice came from outside the door, clear and cold:

"General Duan, His Majesty requests your immediate audience."

General Duan and his advisor Lu exchanged a glance.

Lu's advisor's face paled, and he lowered his voice:

"General, they're suspecting you."

"I know, this time I'm probably in deep trouble!"

General Duan sighed, stood up, put the freshly polished armor back on, and fastened the belt.

"We'll meet force with force and water with earth. Let's take it one step at a time."

She pushed open the door and strode out.

A troop of imperial guards stood at the entrance of the mansion. The female official in charge wore a dark blue official robe and had a thin and stern face. She was the head palace maid by the Empress's side.

Seeing General Duan emerge, she spoke without changing her expression:

"General Duan, please."

General Duan nodded and followed the Imperial Guards toward the palace.

Along the way, she quickly went through recent events in her mind.

He had visited Su Meiniang's residence, tested her, and even told her a story about a man disguised as a woman.

If the Empress investigates her, how will she answer when she is questioned?

To say that Su Meiniang was a man?

But I didn't report it myself!

The crime of failing to report something is tantamount to deceiving the emperor!

Upon entering the Phoenix Palace, the Empress was sitting behind her desk, with Lord Zhou's memorial spread out in front of her.

Her expression was unreadable, but the atmosphere in the hall was more somber than usual.

General Duan bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"Get up!" The Empress showed no sign of calming down.

"General Duan, I heard you went to Su Meiniang's residence yesterday?"

"Your Majesty, that's right! I went to the Su residence yesterday to thank her for curing the poison."

"You've heard about what happened to the national treasury, haven't you?"

"Yes. I just heard!"

Yesterday, I chatted with Lord Su for an afternoon and discovered something, but I'm not sure if I should mention it.

The Empress tapped her finger on the imperial desk: "What is it?"

General Duan paused for a moment, then raised his head to meet the Empress's gaze:

"Your Majesty, Lord Su seems to be a man!"

"Huh? What did you say?"

The Empress was slightly taken aback, her face full of astonishment.

She stared at General Duan for a couple of moments, her brows slowly furrowing.

That expression didn't seem faked; it was genuine surprise and astonishment.

When General Duan saw the expression on the Empress's face, his last bit of hesitation disappeared. He realized that the Empress really didn't know that Lord Su was actually a man.

She took a deep breath and recounted what had happened yesterday.

Yesterday, I went to the Su residence to express my gratitude and chatted with Lord Su for an afternoon.

Later in the conversation, Chen inadvertently scanned her with his Heavenly Eye and discovered that her true form was not a woman, but a man.

I did not make a fuss at the time, but after returning home I thought about it repeatedly and felt that the matter was strange.

"Su Meiniang has served Your Majesty for so many years, and I am unsure whether Your Majesty is aware of this. Therefore, I have dared to report this to Your Majesty today."

Of course, she changed the date she discovered that Lord Su was a man to yesterday.

If she had already figured it out while chatting at the Su residence, but only reported it now, then the charge of withholding information would be confirmed.

After hearing General Duan's account, the Empress's snow-white neck instantly turned crimson, whether from anger or embarrassment, it was hard to tell.

"General Duan, are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

"You're not mistaken. My divine eye can see through all illusions and has never been wrong."

"hateful!"

The empress slammed her hand on the table.

The teacup on the imperial desk jumped up, smashed on the ground and shattered into several pieces, spilling tea all over the floor.

She stood up and paced back and forth in the hall, her chest heaving violently.

Lin Mo disappears at the border; Su Meiniang's unusual actions during her nightly service after her return; Wanqiu disappears after stealing from her post.

She hadn't paid attention to these things before, but now that she put them together, she instantly understood the reason behind them.

They also guessed Su Meiniang's true identity.

"OK!

Someone dares to mock me like this.

Lin Mo, you're so kind, so incredibly kind!

"Don't let me catch you, or I'll rip your tongue out!"

The Empress gritted her teeth and took several deep breaths to calm herself down before asking General Duan for some details.

General Duan repeated himself, but seeing that it was of no use, she waved her hand and sent her away.

General Duan left the Phoenix Cry Palace, let out a long sigh of relief, and muttered to himself:

"It shouldn't concern me anymore, right?"

Then a gentle breeze blew, and she realized that her clothes were soaked with sweat.

Not long after General Duan left, the Empress got up and walked towards her palace.

Upon returning to her palace, she dismissed the maids and changed into a new set of clothes.

For some reason, her clothes got dirty after she heard that Su Meiniang was actually Lin Mo.

She stood behind the screen in her bedchamber, looking down at the phoenix robe she had changed out of, her expression shifting between light and shadow.

She has lived for countless eons, rising step by step from a minor cultivator to the position of a god. What storms hasn't she weathered?

She had been deceived, betrayed, and schemed against before, but never before had she felt so humiliated.

I was so angry I peed myself!

A man, with a woman's face, has been by her side for so many days.

I massaged her, used purification techniques to dispel her fatigue, and then...

Thinking of this, her face flushed red and then turned pale.

"Lin Mo".

She stood behind the screen and whispered the name, her voice carrying an emotion she couldn't quite explain.

After a long while, she regained her composure and immediately gave the order:

"Martial law is in effect at the palace; no one is allowed to leave."

Everyone scrutinizes the people around them, noting whether their habits, appearance, or way of speaking are different from usual.

Anyone who discovers this, please report it immediately!

The order spread throughout the palace, and everyone became extremely nervous.

The female officials and palace maids in each hall and room began to look at each other, checking who walked differently, whose tone of voice was off, and whose eating habits were different from usual.

Someone stared at their colleague's face for a long time before asking, "Why didn't you put on any face cream today?" The other person was stunned for a moment before realizing that they had indeed forgotten to do so.

Someone noticed that the palace maid in the next room hadn't attended her morning class today, and immediately reported it to the Imperial Guards. It turned out that she had overslept while on night duty the previous night.

An atmosphere of fear permeated the entire palace.

Lin Mo, who was in the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs, frowned slightly upon hearing the order.

He knew that the Empress had probably already guessed something.

General Duan spent an afternoon at his residence yesterday, and today the Empress ordered the entire palace to conduct a thorough investigation. With these two events combined, the answer is already quite clear.

General Duan told the Empress everything.

Just as Lin Mo was pondering, a female official walked towards him.

The female official's surname was Liu. She was the deputy head of the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs. She didn't have much of a relationship with Xiaozhu; they were just acquaintances who would nod to each other when they met.

She walked to Lin Mo's table and sat down with a smile on her face:

"Xiaozhu, everyone's resting at noon, why didn't you leave!"