Chapter 1958

Outside the Chengtian Gate.

Zhang Ping and Zhang Shou heard the news as if struck by a heavy blow.

"It's over, big brother, Her Majesty... Her Majesty is suspicious!"

Zhang Shou's legs went weak, and he was quite panicked.

Zhang Ping's face also turned deathly pale, and an extremely ominous premonition surged into his heart: "You idiot! Your brain is stuffed with dung; did you really think that when I, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, arrest someone, I don't need evidence and can just bite anyone I want?"

"Now I only hope... I only hope that what's on that bamboo paper is really..."

Zhang Ping dared not think further, only feeling a huge sense of fear enveloping his entire body.

"Giddyap!"

"Giddyap! Giddyap!"

Li Long and Xiao Yuan moved extremely fast, with astonishing efficiency.

In less than half an hour, more than ten sheets of bamboo paper were presented on Wu Zhao's imperial desk.

Wu Zhao dismissed everyone, leaving only Xiao Yuan.

She took a deep breath, with a feeling akin to judgment, picked up the bamboo paper on the dragon desk, and swept her phoenix eyes across it.

She saw, entering her eyes—"The Legend of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit," Chapter One: Winds and Clouds in the Jade Toad Palace!

"Divine Weapon Little General," Episode One: Awakening of the Divine Weapon Beast!

The characters were crooked and slanted, ugly with a high degree of recognizability; one look and it was clear they were written by Gao Yang, but how was this content any kind of inciting slogan or coordination instruction?

This was clearly a picture book draft for children!

Wu Zhao's slender palms were shaking, and her delicate body was trembling.

She raised her phoenix eyes, looked at Xiao Yuan, her red lips trembling, and said almost word for word, "Xiao Yuan, what is the truth?"

Xiao Yuan knew what Wu Zhao was feeling in her heart, and she said with a complex expression.

"Your Majesty, these past few days, Chancellor Gao has been idle in his residence, and since the quality of the storybooks in Changancheng is uneven, Chancellor Gao wrote two stories to enlighten the children in his residence."

"His younger brother, Gao Changwen, felt they would definitely be a hit and wanted to make a fortune, so he took the storybooks in the middle of the night to find this Wang Sheng; although this Wang Sheng is a Han Lin scholar, his family is poor, and not only can he write storybooks, but he can also draw, and he had previously collaborated with Gao Changwen on storybooks."

"Gao Changwen went in the middle of the night because he couldn't wait to have Wang Sheng draw for this first picture, so as not to delay making money!"

Boom!

The truth exploded in Wu Zhao's mind like a thunderclap!

For a moment, all the anger, suspicion, and grievance were completely shattered by a huge sense of absurdity and endless regret!

"It, it was actually like this?!"

"This was just a storybook!"

Wu Zhao slammed the bamboo paper onto the desk, trembling with rage.

"I actually issued that edict because of a few children's storybooks, because of the accusations of two idiots, and... and pushed him... completely away!"

Wu Zhao sat on the chair, looking dejected, as if all her strength had been drained in an instant.