Half an hour later, Handan Palace City.

Zhao Kuo walked off the carriage calmly.

Coincidentally, today Zhao Kuo happened to meet Wenxinjun Lin Xiangru, whose title was just one word short of his.

"Wu Xinjun."

"Wen Xinjun."

The two of them are not from the same sect, but they are colleagues at least, and their grudges are not as good as those of Zhao Kuo and Han Xuwei. In addition, the snowy outside is indeed not a place for people to stay.

So Zhao Kuo and Lin Xiangru went side by side and headed towards the palace above along the long steps.

While walking, we were still chatting.

Lin Xiangru glanced at Zhao Kuo and smiled and said, "Wu Xinjun looks in a good mood today. Could it be that he already has the confidence to win?"

Zhao Kuo looked at Lin Xiangru and said, "Is Wen Xinjun testing this marquis?"

Lin Xiangru smiled and said, "Is Wu Xinjun still afraid that my husband's temptation will be successful?"

This may be a provocation, but Zhao Kuo didn't care and said with a smile: "To be honest with Wen Xinjun, this marquis is really sure to win."

Lin Xiangru sighed and said, "I knew things would not be that simple. It seems that I really want to advise the Grand Master that I should think twice before doing it next time when I go against you."

Zhao Kuo looked at Lin Xiangru and said lightly: "I don't know how smart Wen Xinjun is than the Grand Master. Don't let Wu Xinjun come in person next time, how about?"

The two of them looked at each other for a while and suddenly laughed at each other.

Until they walked into the hall, neither of them said even a word.

In the hall, Pingyuan Jun, Pingyang Jun and Zhou Shaofen were all sitting down. With the arrival of Zhao Kuo and Lin Xiangru, Han Xu was the only one left.

After waiting for a while, I still didn't see Han Xuwei coming.

Everyone couldn't help but feel a little strange. Lin Xiangru's expression was slightly moved and was about to speak when suddenly the voice of the eunuch order of Zhao State sounded: "The Empress Dowager is here!"

With this sentence, the Empress Dowager walked into the hall. Without any time to think about it, everyone stood up and saluted the Empress Dowager: "I have met the Empress Dowager!"

The Queen Mother nodded and said as usual: "You all don't have to be too polite, just sit down."

After sitting down, the Queen Mother immediately discovered the problem: "Where is the Grand Master, why not here?"

No one can answer this question because no one knows where Han Xuwei ran away.

Lin Xiangru coughed and said, "Empress Dowager, maybe the Grand Master has delayed the road on the road because he has something to do, and the road is not that easy to walk in this season."

Lin Xiangru's explanation did not satisfy the Empress Dowager because she felt that this was a manifestation of Han Xuwei's ignoring the empress dowager's majesty.

The Empress Dowager said coldly: "I didn't expect that our Grand Master would still..." The Empress Dowager's words suddenly stopped.

Everyone felt something and followed the queen mother's gaze and saw Han Xuwei slowly walking into the hall.

Looking at Han Xuwei, everyone showed unexpected expressions on their faces.

Today, Han Xuwei looked very haggard and unsightly, with obvious stains from ice and snow on his robe, which looked particularly embarrassed.

Many people couldn't help but have a question mark in their hearts, wondering what happened to Han Xuwei.

Lin Xiangru was the person who reacted the fastest. He did not go to see other places, but looked directly at Zhao Kuo.

Lin Xiangruoran saw a flash of expression that seemed to be a smile on Zhao Kuo's face.

This made Lin Xiangru's heart jump: "Is it the Grand Tutor..." Han Xuwei walked into the hall and bowed deeply to the Empress Dowager: "Empress Dowager, the old minister is late, please ask the Empress Dowager to punish him."

The Empress Dowager looked at Han Xuwei, her face changed again and again, and finally sighed and said, "It's okay, sit down."

As long as it is not a blind man, he can see that something happened to Han Xuwei, so the empress dowager's original intention to blame him disappeared without a trace.

After Han Xuwei sat down, the court discussion officially began.

The Empress Dowager looked around and said, "Two months ago, Wu Xinjun said that Qin was secretly colluding with Han, Wei and other countries wanted to launch a surprise attack on Zhao, and some arguments had occurred with the Grand Master.

Today is the time to solve this problem. Wu Xinjun, Grand Master, bring all your evidence and information."

Zhao Kuo was prepared and confidently took out a thick stack of paper from his sleeves and presented it to the empress dowager's desk.

Everyone subconsciously turned their attention to Han Xuwei.

Han Xuwei stood up and did not take out the information, but knelt down with a thud.

"The Queen Mother, the old minister is wrong."

This sudden change made everyone in the hall look shocked.

Except for Zhao Kuo.

It was not until this time that Zhao Kuo's initially worried mood finally came to an end.

Fortunately, it seems that the "intelligence leak" plan carefully planned by the nightingales in Daliang City finally made Han Xuwei's idiots' subordinates famous.

Looking at Han Xuwei kneeling on the ground, the Empress Dowager was stunned for a while before saying, "Master, why are you?"

Han Xuwei leaned his forehead tightly on the floor and said, "The old minister just received the news that Qin State has indeed reached an alliance with Wei State and Han State. Wei State is now ready to attack Da Zhao quietly behind his back!"

Han Xuwei did not choose to conceal it because although Han Xuwei had the final say in the entire intelligence system, it was Zhao's intelligence system after all. It would be impossible for such a five-hundred-mile emergency military information to be hidden from the Queen Mother.

If you admit it now, it is nothing more than a crime of dereliction of duty.

But if you are discovered after concealing and debunking, it is the crime of deceiving the monarch and you want to behead your head and kill the whole family.

Han Xuwei naturally knew very well which one was more important, so he decisively chose to admit the crime of dereliction of duty.

Listening to Han Xuwei's words, everyone except Zhao Kuo fell into a very unexpected mood.

I originally thought that Zhao Kuo and Han Xuwei would have at least a fierce battle today, but I didn’t expect that the good show had just begun, and Han Xuwei actually gave up directly?

The Empress Dowager was also shocked for a long time and couldn't speak. She finally came to her senses and said, "So, what Wu Xinjun said is true?"

This is actually a nonsense, but Han Xuwei still nodded respectfully and said, "Yes, what Wu Xinjun said is true."

The Queen Mother: "..." At this moment, the anger in the Queen Mother suddenly accumulated wildly and suddenly reached the critical point of the outbreak.

Over the years, the Empress Dowager has supported Han Xuwei so much that she has been fighting against Zhao Kuo. She often acts as she protects Han Xuwei, and even goes to confront the old ministers of the three dynasties such as Pingyuan Jun in order to save Han Xuwei's life.

As a result, Han Xuwei gave the Empress Dowager this way.

He was dereliction of duty and incompetence. Not only did his diplomacy be crushed by Zhao Kuo, but his military was crushed by Zhao Kuo, but even Han Xuwei's essential work information was also crushed by Zhao Kuo.
Chapter completed!