C46 Wind and Cloud Rise

The eunuch took from his bosom a crumpled royal paper with a copy of his handwriting and his image, which said that it was Pan Chenan, the instigator.

"Do you know who did it?" the Empress Dowager asked.

"Mother clearly knew, yet she still wanted to ask me." The eunuch leaned over the Empress Dowager's knee.

"What are you going to do next?" Her Majesty asked again