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After Pei Shuhua finished speaking, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence, and not a single minister stood up to speak.

No one was willing to stand up against the strange entity in the Earth Realm, which was an immortal being.

Every Earth Realm expert is a pillar for the forces and families behind them.

Moreover, what they are most worried about is that if they seal away the strange phenomena of the Earth Realm and the Earth Realm experts behind them die, while the Earth Realm experts of other forces are still alive, then the forces or families behind them will definitely be divided up.

Seeing that no one was willing to step forward, Pei Shuhua's beautiful face instantly darkened, and her cold gaze swept over the ministers in the hall.

Feeling Pei Shuhua's gaze, the ministers quickly lowered their heads.

Just then, a minister stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the ability to seal those five strange beings in the Earth Realm was entirely due to the First Prince of Zhennan and the Emperor Taizu. Perhaps the First Prince of Zhennan left behind some methods to deal with those strange beings. I believe that if this matter is entrusted to the Prince of Zhennan's Palace, we will surely be able to suppress those five strange beings in the Earth Realm again soon."

Upon hearing this, the ministers in the hall were all stunned, for everyone knew the current situation of the Prince of Zhennan's mansion.

Moreover, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion had long been aware that the royal family wanted to eliminate it. Now, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion is probably the one that most wants to see the Great Zhou Dynasty perish. How could they possibly help the Great Zhou Dynasty suppress and seal those strange and mysterious places?

It's likely that the people from the Zhennan Prince's Mansion are gloating over the strange breakthrough of the seal in the underground realm.

Upon hearing the minister's words, Pei Shuhua did not respond immediately. Her slender fingers tapped repeatedly on the armrest of the dragon throne, as if she were considering the feasibility of the proposal.

Now that we want to seek help from the Zhennan Prince's Mansion to combat the strange phenomena in the land, it is indeed unlikely that the Zhennan Prince's Mansion will agree.

Even issuing an imperial edict was useless. Not long ago, she even considered getting rid of the only son of the Prince of Zhennan, so that the Prince of Zhennan would have no descendants.

If we ask the Zhennan Prince's Mansion for help now, those powerful figures there would never easily agree unless they were out of their minds.

However, it's not entirely impossible.

After all, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion is still in the Great Zhou Dynasty. If the Great Zhou Dynasty is really destroyed by the strange forces, then the Zhennan Prince's Mansion will not be able to escape either.

There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies in this world, only permanent interests. As long as the royal family offers enough benefits, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion might agree to stand up against the strange entity.

However, if one wants to ask the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion for help, one certainly cannot do so in the name of the Empress Dowager. The Prince of Zhennan's Mansion has now sided with Emperor Zhou, so they must know that it is she, the Empress Dowager, who wants the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion to disappear.

After a moment of contemplation, Pei Shuhua said, "That's all for today. I will discuss this matter with His Majesty later."

Pei Shuhua also realized that these people had no intention of standing up to fight against the strange phenomenon. To get them to stand up, she would have to use some tough measures, but for the time being, they were not needed.

If the Zhennan Prince's Mansion is willing to take the initiative to deal with those strange beings, then perhaps there will be no need for the Earth Realm experts behind these people. If the Zhennan Prince's Mansion does not agree, then she has plenty of ways to force those Earth Realm experts from those aristocratic families to take the initiative to step forward.

If it were an invasion by the armies of other dynasties, these noble families could surrender. But in a war with the supernatural, even if these noble families wanted to surrender, the supernatural would not allow it. The supernatural doesn't care whether you surrender or not. In the eyes of the supernatural, humans are just food.

at the same time.

Wanshou Hall.

Emperor Zhou sat upright on the prayer mat, listening to the eunuchs' report in the main hall, his face showing an expression of disbelief.

"Have the five Earth Realm monsters suppressed by the Suppression Bureau broken through the seal?" Emperor Zhou asked in disbelief.

The eunuch kneeling in the main hall hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. The Empress Dowager has summoned the ministers to discuss this matter. It is said that all the strongmen of the Zhengui Division have been seriously injured, and the Zhengui Division in the capital is now almost paralyzed. The Imperial Guards have taken over all the affairs of the Zhengui Division."

Emperor Zhou fell silent, his expression constantly shifting, sometimes furrowed, sometimes relaxed.

This gave him an opportunity, a chance to break free from the Empress Dowager's control. However, he had no intention of fighting the Empress Dowager anymore. If the eunuch's report was true, it meant that the number of strange beings in the Earth Realm of the Great Zhou Dynasty had likely reached ten.

The first Zhennan King and the Taizu Emperor sacrificed half of the Great Zhou Dynasty to suppress those five strange beings in the Earth Realm. They were even severely injured. With their talent, they had the opportunity to reach a higher realm.

Five Earth Realm Oddities were already so difficult to deal with, but now that ten Earth Realm Oddities have appeared, the Great Zhou Dynasty is now even more difficult to cope with. The Great Zhou Dynasty has now reached a critical moment of life and death.

Although Emperor Zhou wanted to seize power and regain control of the court, if the Great Zhou Dynasty was gone, what was the point of him being emperor?

Just as Emperor Zhou was pondering what to do next, a maid entered the main hall and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress has arrived."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhou did not rise, but simply said expressionlessly, "Come in."

The next moment, Pei Shuhua stepped into the Wanshou Hall.

Pei Shuhua glanced at the dimly lit Wanshou Hall, then her gaze fell on Emperor Zhou, who was sitting upright on a futon. She then said with a smile, "Your Majesty is indeed obsessed with cultivation. Even when I came, you didn't stop cultivating."

Emperor Zhou asked indifferently, "What important matter brings the Empress Dowager to the Hall of Longevity today?"

At this moment, the eunuch who was kneeling on the ground immediately stood up and slowly withdrew from the hall. Then the hall door closed, leaving only Pei Shuhua, her maid, and Emperor Zhou in the entire hall.

Pei Shuhua stopped wasting time and said directly, "Your Majesty must have heard about the incident at the Zhengui Division, right?"

Seeing that Pei Shuhua had brought up the matter, Emperor Zhou calmly said, "I have heard about it. I believe that with the Empress Dowager's abilities, she can quickly suppress those strange phenomena in the land and restore peace to the Great Zhou."

Hearing Emperor Zhou's sarcastic words, Pei Shuhua was not angry. She walked to the window, looked up at the red moon in the sky, and said with her back to Emperor Zhou, "Your Majesty, Great Zhou will always be your Great Zhou. I am just helping you manage it."

Emperor Zhou sneered, "Help me manage it?"

Emperor Zhou did not continue this topic. He asked directly, "Now that the Empress Dowager holds great power, do you still need to consult me ​​on how to deal with those strange and mysterious places?"

"Could it be that the Empress Dowager believes the Great Zhou Dynasty cannot survive this crisis and wants to leave, thus intending to return power to me?"

Pei Shuhua calmly said, "I am the Empress Dowager of the Great Zhou Dynasty. How could I abandon the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty and run away alone?"

"As for why I'm looking for you, it's because you're getting closer to the Prince of Zhennan's mansion these days, so I want you to go there."

Upon hearing Pei Shuhua's words, Emperor Zhou immediately understood her meaning. Pei Shuhua wanted the Zhennan Prince's Mansion to take the initiative to confront the strange entity.

The Empress Dowager had just offended the Prince of Zhennan's mansion, so they certainly wouldn't listen to her. Therefore, they wanted her to act as their intermediary. (End of Chapter)