Just as Zhou Tieyi had looked upon Mei Qingchen's Petition of Guilt, Gao Wencan learned from Eunuch Lü of the events inside Peace-Management Palace and instantly realized that while this was a game of strategy between the Empress and Zhou Tieyi, he, as a mere chess piece, was bearing the brunt of it!
Yet, unlike Zhou Tieyi, who could calmly ponder three or four different solutions before the rain had even stopped, Gao Wencan's mind was an absolute mess, and he could not come up with a single way out.
After whispering with Eunuch Lü, he stood frozen in place for a long time. The storyteller-artisans who had been dragged here were naturally silver-tongued and skilled at reading expressions; they immediately understood that Gao Wencan had been checked by this palace eunuch. As for who would step in to save them, who else could it be besides venerable Marquis Zhou?
Chapter 560