Outside Ziwei Palace, Yang Jian casually tossed the Great Heavenly Venerable's handwritten decree to Chen Wei.
Chen Wei scrambled to catch it and took a look. Just as he had expected, the Imperial Decree was completely blank.
Apparently, Yang Chan had had a model to follow when she forged the Great Heavenly Venerable's decree all those years ago.
Who had taught her?
Her own big brother!
Besides, could the Great Heavenly Venerable really punish Yang Jian?
He was his own nephew, after all.
"Second Brother, this is..." Chen Wei put the Imperial Decree away and lowered his voice. "A forged decree?"
"So what?" Yang Jian scoffed, not even bothering to give him another glance. He turned to Yang Chan and said gently, "Third Sister, you and Qingquan should stay alert. The winds have been fierce in the Heavenly Court lately. If things get too rough, hide out in Guanjiangkou."
"I knew Second Brother was the best!" Yang Chan promptly showered him with sweet words.
"I'm going to see Xiang'er and Xiao Chan." With that, Yang Jian turned into a streak of golden light and vanished. His getaway could not have been cleaner.
Chen Wei shook his head.
He was just about to ride a cloud home with Yang Chan when the Voice Transmission Jade Slip at his waist suddenly vibrated.
He took it out and checked. It was an urgent message from Xiao Yan: "My lord, something's gone wrong. Three Investigating Immortal Officials from the Lunar Mansions Government Office just came and took Lord Ma away. They said it was routine questioning. Lord Pang was worried, so he went along."
After reading it, Chen Wei raised an eyebrow slightly.
The Lunar Mansions Government Office was moving pretty fast, wasn't it?
Great Emperor Ziwei was applying pressure from above, and those