In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

The next day.

Once everything was settled, Li Yuanchang led his army to set off again from outside Tongguan, aiming his sword at Tuyuhun!

Three days later, he arrived in Luoyang with lightning speed.

At the same time, Li Zhi's carriage returned to Chang'an.

No sooner had he entered the palace than the matter of the travel permit was exposed under Li Yuanchang's arrangement.

"What did you say?"

Li Zhi, who was somewhat tired from the journey and was preparing to rest, suddenly changed color.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true."

"The King of the Far East has sent word that someone is secretly monitoring him, and requests Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly!"

"He's said to be a eunuch from the palace."

"This is the clearance document submitted by the Far East King."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi was completely stunned. A palace eunuch?

He had never given such an order.

However, he quickly realized the seriousness of the problem. Such an incident had occurred so soon after the army set off. If the Far East King misunderstood, the problem would be huge.

He snatched the travel document, and judging from the format and seal, it was undoubtedly from the Inner Palace Secretariat.

"Your Majesty, the Court of Judicial Review has already examined this item; it is genuine and not a fake." The Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review had an extremely serious and solemn expression.

Because he saw the impossible in Li Zhi's eyes.

This matter was probably not ordered by His Majesty.

"You bastard!!" Li Zhi roared, his voice booming.

Eunuchs and palace maids within a radius of 100 meters all prostrated themselves on the ground.

"Where are Guo and Tian?!" Li Zhi shouted. He would naturally look for them where the travel permit came from.

Moreover, eunuchs were originally under the jurisdiction of the Inner Palace Attendants Bureau.

"Bring those two scoundrels to me immediately!"

"yes!"

The Imperial Guards dared not delay and rushed to deliver the message.

In no time at all, the two eunuchs from the Inner Palace arrived in a flustered manner, seemingly having heard of the Emperor's anger and thinking that the reception had not been handled properly.

"We pay our respects to Your Majesty!"

"What's going on here?" Li Zhi held the travel permit, almost poking it in their faces.

Guo and Tian were both dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty, what has happened? We have no idea."

"There were eunuchs in the palace using the travel permits you issued to spy on the Prince of the Far East. The Prince of the Far East caught them red-handed, and you don't know that?!" Li Zhi's face was red with anger, and he was furious. This was practically poisoning his mind.

The two were shocked upon hearing this.

"Your Majesty, we don't know!"

"How could we possibly dare to spy on the Far East King..."

"That's right!"

"You don't know what this travel permit is all about?!" Li Zhi shouted angrily.

The eunuch, steeling himself, examined it carefully, then immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly distanced himself, saying, "Your Majesty, this is the seal of the Left Palace."

The Inner Palace Department is divided into two halls, which correspond to Guo and Tian respectively. Although they are in the same department, the seals and area divisions are different.

Li Zhi glared angrily at Eunuch Guo.

Guo, the eunuch, was about to cry. He had already seen it; it was indeed the seal in his possession. However, he had secretly made so many that he didn't know when this one was made or from whose hands it had been leaked.

Looking at Li Zhi's murderous gaze, he couldn't utter a single word to defend himself.

"Speak!" Li Zhi approached step by step. After all, he was the emperor, and when he got angry, even a eunuch like him couldn't withstand it.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, your subject, your subject..." Eunuch Guo was sweating profusely.

boom!

Li Zhi kicked the man to the ground and roared, "Who gave you the audacity to do this?!"

"Your Majesty, it's not me!" the eunuch Guo cried out in despair.

"I don't know what happened either..."

"You issued the travel permit, you are a palace attendant, why don't you know?" Li Zhi pointed at his nose and cursed angrily.

"Your Majesty, perhaps one of the eunuchs left the palace without permission..."

boom!

Li Zhi kicked again, sending Guo, the eunuch, tumbling and crawling, his forehead pressed to the ground, too afraid to even lift his head.

"Do you take me for a fool?"

"What ability does a eunuch have to obtain such a travel document, and what gives him the audacity to spy on the King of the Far East!"

Guo, the eunuch, was on the verge of tears, thinking to himself, "I don't have the guts either." But he had a guess in his heart, though he dared not say who it was.

Just as he was stubbornly denying it, Wei Ping, the Palace Attendant, suddenly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

"It's not appropriate to rely solely on the Far East King's account now."

Li Zhi was about to get angry, but the man immediately said, "Your Majesty should first investigate the missing persons and those who have gone out of the palace to determine whether someone is indeed carrying a travel pass to go out and spy."

"If there's no one else around, it's possible they're trying to sow discord between us."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi was suddenly taken aback!

He gritted his teeth and said, "Minister Wei is right. I almost went astray in my anger."

"Guards! Immediately close the palace gates and thoroughly investigate the number of eunuchs in each palace and those who have left!"

"Yes!!" the Imperial Guards shouted, and immediately took action.

The palace staff had strict registration and rosters, so it was extremely easy to identify a person.

Soon, the palace was plunged into a massive inventory, alarming not only the imperial harem but also the eunuchs of the previous dynasty.

Almost all the eunuchs were gathered together, and then their names were called.

All eunuchs who registered to enter and exit for various special matters are also being counted.

Once the emperor issues a command, the efficiency is extremely high, and the entire Imperial Guard system is in operation.

The palace was heavily guarded, and only a few people were allowed to leave. Moreover, they could only go out to do something on the same day, read out an imperial edict, and return to report before curfew.

So whether this happened or not can be easily found out by checking.

Of the original sixty-odd eunuchs who went out, more and more returned as the sun slowly set. After ruling out the possibility that they were sent to monitor the Tongguan area, only one "missing person" remained.

This eunuch, who was not in the palace, was found to have no transfer orders, and by following the clues, he was directly traced to the Taiji Palace!

During the Yonghui reign, Taiji Palace was the main palace of the imperial palace, the residence of the empress.

When the results came out, everyone was stunned.

Li Zhi was furious and ordered the news to be blocked. Then, enraged, he led his men to Taiji Palace.

Before he arrived, the Imperial Guards had already arrived and found a large number of travel documents.

At that moment, the sound of hurried footsteps crushed the fallen leaves inside the palace, and Li Zhi's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Empress Wang seemed to have gotten wind of the situation. As soon as she arrived, she rushed forward, knelt down, and grabbed Li Zhi's legs, crying, "Your Majesty, I'm innocent! I'm innocent!"

Li Zhi's face turned ashen. He flicked his sleeve, and everyone withdrew, closing the palace gates.

"Injustice?"

"I haven't even spoken yet, and you already know I'm innocent?"

"Your Majesty, I learned of this from the Imperial Guards," Empress Wang said, weeping.

Li Zhi's face darkened: "And what explanation do you have for the missing eunuch San Shun?"

Empress Wang's delicate and noble face was pale. She raised her head and stubbornly denied it: "Your Majesty, I really don't know. The disappearance of San Shun was not ordered by me."

"He must have left the palace without permission. I am in charge of the entire harem and failed to notice in time. I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness!"