Although it is similar to what he imagined, the step of Zhao Qinglan negotiating with Su Jinpa is necessary, and it must be done immediately after Zhao Xuanji leaves the palace.

People are separated from each other, and Zhao Qinglan does not want to be suspected by Su Jinpa and Su Zhenting because of any details. Once there are seeds of suspicion, it will directly radiate to Li Chen in the future.

At the moment, the only person Zhao Qinglan can catch is Li Chen.

However, at this moment, someone walked over from outside with an eager face.

Zhao Qinglan raised his eyes and saw that he was from Dongchang.

"For a humble position, please refer to the Queen and the Crown Princess."

Zhao Qinglan raised his hand and said: "I'm free of charge, why are you so panicked?"

The man did not dare to raise his head, but bowed and said in an extremely urgent tone: "The news just came that the government offices of eight counties in the Gyeonggi region, including Tianjin Wei, Tongzhou and other places, were suddenly attacked by mobs. Among them, Tianjin Wei and Tongzhou counties

The prefect was killed and his body was hung on the city gate, the government offices of three other counties were burned down, and eight counties suffered varying degrees of damage."

"Currently, Lord Chen Tong has urgently dispatched manpower to support!"

These two sentences shocked Zhao Qinglan and Su Jinpa to stand up almost at the same time.

"What's the situation now? Are there any casualties among the people in the eight counties?" Su Jinpa asked anxiously.

The man shook his head and said: "When the news came, there were no reports of civilian casualties, but the specific situation will not be known until the people sent to send information come back."

Zhao Qinglan and Su Jinpa looked at each other, and Su Jinpa said decisively: "Madam, you have such a clear purpose of attacking the county government office, in order to disturb people's hearts and stir up chaos in the world. At this time, Dongchang's power alone is not enough."

Not enough.”

Zhao Qinglan immediately understood what Su Jinpa meant and made a decisive decision: "I have passed down the imperial edict and granted General Su Zhenting full authority to take charge of this matter. When necessary, he can directly mobilize soldiers and horses from the Gyeonggi Region Military Guard to enter the city to assist in defense. Everything must be done to stabilize the situation."

It’s important.”

No one mentioned the matter of catching the murderer. It’s not that chasing the murderer is unimportant, but everyone with a discerning eye understands that this was obviously a deliberate arrangement by someone with scheming intentions to disrupt the situation. They attacked eight county government offices at the same time and killed two county magistrates.

Burning several government offices, this kind of efficiency and cooperation is definitely not what a so-called mob can achieve.

Since the other party is well prepared, it is impossible to catch the murderer for a while. Even if he is found, the so-called murderer is just a pawn being used. The real murderer behind it is not that easy to catch.

The real priority is to stabilize the situation before it gets worse.

"Also, summon Chen Tong and Zhou Ping'an to the palace immediately!"

Half an hour later, the impatient Chen Tong and the confused Zhou Ping'an entered the palace one after another and arrived at the Shangshu room. Here, Zhao Qinglan and Su Jinpa were already waiting in advance.

Zhou Ping'an, who was the last to arrive, entered the minister's study. Before he could say hello, he saw Chen Tong, who was sweating profusely in the middle of winter, kneeling on the ground and shouting urgently: "You are incompetent in your humble position. Your crime of humble duty deserves death. Why don't you please empress?"

Punishment!"

Zhou Pingan was happy when he saw this. He was about to make a joke, but when Chen Tong explained what happened, Zhou Pingan couldn't laugh anymore.

In general, Zhao Qinglan and Su Jinpa already knew that Chen Tong's introduction was actually for Zhou Ping'an.
Chapter completed!