"How long has the emperor been in there?" she asked again.
"After coming out of the Queen Mother's palace, the emperor summoned several ministers. They never came out of the imperial study. Even the dinner was brought in by the servants. The emperor gave the order, no matter who it was. You are not allowed to go in and disturb me, so I have been keeping watch here." Xiao Si replied respectfully.
The Queen Mother Zhou was stunned and repeated: "After the emperor came out of the Aijia Palace, he stayed in the imperial study and did not come out?"
"Yes, Queen Mother, Xiaosi did not dare to deceive the Queen Mother. Not only did the emperor not come out, but also several ministers inside." Xiaosi lowered his head and replied.
Empress Dowager Zhou said "Oh", thinking that the emperor probably didn't know about it yet. In this case, she would hide it for the time being and let the emperor deal with political matters first.
She glanced at Chu Shaoyang and said slowly: "Shaoyang, I think this matter has nothing to do with the emperor. Let's go back to Shoukang Palace and wait for news about Sujin."
Chu Shaoyang was unwilling to leave. He wholeheartedly believed that the emperor had done this. Although Xiaosi proved that the emperor had never left the imperial study, he would not believe that the person in the study was the emperor unless he saw it with his own eyes!
What's more, he had deep inner strength and listened carefully. He did hear several people talking in the imperial study, but the voices of those people were definitely not the emperor's.
"Emperor Grandma, the Emperor is still busy with political affairs so late at night. As the King of Dingyuan, Shaoyang should share the Emperor's worries and solve his problems. Shaoyang would like to go in to pay his respects to the Emperor and greet some ministers by the way."
After he finished speaking, he strode straight to the Imperial Study Room and said loudly outside the door: "Your Majesty Chu Shaoyang, come to see the Emperor."
"King Dingyuan, you are so brave! You dare to break into the imperial study without being summoned!" Xiao Si was stunned with shock and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, but it was already too late.
As soon as Chu Shaoyang finished speaking, he reached out and pushed open the door of the imperial study room with a bang.
He looked straight into the room from the corner of his mouth, but he was stunned when he saw it.
In the royal study room, Mo Chuan was sitting in the middle in front of the royal desk, with several memorials spread out in front of him, his expression solemn.
Around him sat several important ministers of the court, all sitting upright, and another minister stood up with an excited expression and was talking about something.
Everyone was startled by Chu Shaoyang's sudden appearance, and looked at him with strange eyes.
"..." Chu Shaoyang opened his mouth, looking extremely embarrassed. He didn't know what to say for a moment.
He originally believed that the emperor was not in the study, but he didn't know that the emperor was sitting there.
"King Dingyuan, you broke into the study without permission and disturbed the Holy Master. Do you know your crime?" Xiaosi rushed forward, stood in front of Chu Shaoyang, and shouted harshly.
Mo Chuan slowly raised his eyes and looked at Chu Shaoyang with a cold and threatening gaze. The expression on his face was neither happy nor angry, but there was a chill in his eyes.
"King Dingyuan, you claimed to be ill this morning but why are you here now?" His voice was cold and calm, but with a touch of anger and sarcasm.
Several ministers looked at Chu Shaoyang with a hint of contempt in their eyes, and they turned their heads away and no longer looked at him.
Chu Shaoyang's face turned red involuntarily.
How could he have the mind to go to court now? All he could think about was Shen Ning, and he only wanted to bring Shen Ning back from the palace. At this time, after hearing the emperor's accusation, he was speechless for a moment.