The Grand Empress Dowager's Guidance

Zhang Xuezhou indeed had not slept.

From the summons that brought him into the Palace of Peace and Happiness before dawn until the first watch that night, the fellow's eyes remained wide open.

Outside the Palace of Peace and Happiness was one scene, while inside it was another.

The palace maids and eunuchs inside the Palace of Peace and Happiness had already changed shifts three times, and the Grand Empress Dowager had slept twice, yet the fellow was still full of vigor.

A lack of vigor was bad, but being too full of it was obviously abnormal as well.

During the first watch, everyone could still assume that Zhang Xuezhou was merely excited for a while, but after the second day, even the eunuchs and palace maids sensed that something was wrong.

Under everyone's watch, the fellow had gone two days and two nights without sleep.

Even someone with profound cultivation would show at least a trace of fatigue after two days and two nights without sleep and would need a short nap to recover.

Yet Zhang Xuezhou had held out for two days and two nights with his level of cultivation, and even now his complexion had not changed.

"I'm terribly sorry. I pulled your beard two days ago!"

"I seem to remember pulling your skirt. I was presumptuous, Dongfang apologizes!"

"I think I roared at you. I'm sorry, I really couldn't control myself at the time!"

Listening to Zhang Xuezhou's gentle apologies, everyone finally realized that the fellow was much more clearheaded.

Of course, no matter how Zhang Xuezhou apologized, the fellow was still exceedingly bold. After all, this was the Palace of Peace and Happiness, not some marketplace.

Zhang Xuezhou dared to apologize, but the eunuchs and palace maids who had rotated back into the Palace