A Sudden Turn for the Worse

Seeing Princess of Beijing limp up the steps, pause at the door to catch her breath, then barely manage to pretend nothing was wrong before pushing the door open and entering the Dragon King Temple.

Sun Shaozong could not help but chuckle.

But how could that barbarian girl, whether in figure, looks, or even status and background, possibly compare to Princess of Beijing?

Still, this was no time for reminiscing. After watching Princess of Beijing vanish behind the door, Sun Shaozong immediately poled the boat away.

He first headed straight for the middle of the lake, then circled around to the vicinity of Dali Temple.

Only after settling into the grand chair in the inner office did he finally feel at ease.

But as for actually doing official business...

How could he possibly be in the mood?

He picked up some documents and skimmed through them halfheartedly, but his thoughts had long since returned to that Black Awning Boat, stirring up trouble.

Just then, the clerk on duty hurriedly ushered someone in. Who else could it have been but Wang Zhen, the great eunuch destined to leave his name in history?

Seeing the agitation on his face, Sun Shaozong quickly dismissed the clerk and pressed, "What is it? Has Record Official Yang made some move?"

Besides having Chou Yunfei find a way to submit the cases of Wei Shougen and Chief Wang to Dali Temple, Sun Shaozong had naturally arranged for men to keep watch on Record Official Yang's every move.

And Chou Yunfei had already declared failure yesterday.

Now that Wang Zhen had rushed over in such a hurry, something must have changed on Record Official Yang's end.

"My lord!"

Who would have thought that upon hearing the question, Wang Zhen would suddenly drop stiffly to his knees and