Chapter 483 Reach an agreement Ⅳ

　　Zhou Ge and the others bid farewell to Ruan Dong and set off immediately. They galloped for four days, and by noon on the fifth day, they entered the imperial palace.　　Xu Fei went into the palace to report the news. After waiting for two hours, a royal decree was sent from within, summoning Zhou Ge to the study to meet the Empress.　　Zhou Ge entered the garden, where all the guards had been withdrawn. Only two palace maids stood at the entrance of the study.　　One of the palace maids lowered her head, walked up to him, and whispered, "Master Zhou, you may enter by yourself. There's no need to announce yourself." With that, she and the other palace maid left.　　Zhou Ge nodded in acknowledgment and entered the study.　　He walked past the entrance hall and into the inner room. Behind a table piled with memorials and petitions sat a jade couch, and on it sat Empress Zhan Ling, dignified and proper. Upon hearing someone enter, she put down her brush and looked up at the visi