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Chapter 394 This is interesting
The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Zhou Chen sat upright on the dragon throne, reviewing memorials.

With the year-end over, memorials from all over the country have piled up on the emperor's desk like mushrooms after rain.

Zhou Chen then devoted all his energy to national affairs.

at this time.

A palace eunuch entered and reported: "Your Majesty, news has just arrived at the palace gate that someone has delivered a New Year's gift to Your Majesty."

"But after leaving their gift, they left immediately."

"Oh!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chen raised his head.

"What gift?"

"Who sent it?"

Zhou Chen was somewhat puzzled that someone would send him a New Year's gift.

It should be noted that the Great Zhou currently has no good diplomatic relations, but rather quite a few enemies.

Who would send him, the emperor of the Great Zhou, a New Year's gift?
Say.

Even if someone really wanted to send him, the emperor of the Great Zhou, a New Year's gift, it should have been sent through a series of steps, not directly to the palace!
"Your Majesty, the other party did not leave any information about their identity or background; they simply left a gift and departed."

"Furthermore, the gift was sealed with a strong seal, which the palace guards could not open to inspect, and they did not know what kind of gift it was."

The eunuch and guards bowed and said.

Items sent into the palace generally required strict inspection.

Especially items intended for the emperor would undergo several layers of inspection before being presented to him, only after confirming that they posed no danger.

However, this congratulatory gift arrived suddenly and strangely, and the palace guards could not verify it.

Therefore, the palace guards dared not make a decision on their own and could only immediately report to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Uh!"

"This is interesting."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chen felt even more puzzled.

Not only did they not reveal their identity or background when sending New Year's gifts, but the gifts also had a strong seal on them, which is quite strange.

As for whether it was a gift from an official of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Chen had already ruled that out.

Officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty would not send New Year's gifts directly to the palace without revealing their identities or backgrounds.

Moreover, it's impossible for the officials of the Great Zhou to send any New Year's gifts to the emperor.

"Send it up."

Zhou Chen said something to the eunuchs and guards.

He wanted to see who was sending what kind of New Year's gifts to the Emperor of the Great Zhou!
"According to the order."

The eunuchs and guards bowed and withdrew.

It didn't take a while.

The eunuchs and guards then carried a gift box into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Upon closer inspection, Zhou Chen noticed a seal on the surface of the gift box, with a faint glowing film on it.

Cao Zhengchun, who was standing nearby, immediately stepped forward to take the gift box, placed his hand on the seal, and began to rapidly circulate the Heavenly Gang Boy Skill within his body.

hum...

Just as Cao Zhengchun's Heavenly Gang Qi reached out and touched the light membrane on the seal, the light membrane on the seal lit up, as if it had been activated. A surge of great power erupted, directly repelling Cao Zhengchun's outstretched hand.

Cao Zhengchun took three steps back, and the gift box fell to the ground.

"This is……"

"The power of law!"

Cao Zhengchun looked at the gift box that had fallen to the ground with a solemn expression.

Cao Zhengchun sensed the terrifying power surging from the seal; it was a power that surpassed even the power of a Reincarnation Realm Venerable, and seemed to have even surpassed the power of a Half-Saint.

Zhou Chen, who had been sitting upright on the dragon throne, also stood up.

Zhou Chen hadn't expected that even Cao Zhengchun couldn't break the seal on the gift box. Although the light membrane on the seal had only flashed for a moment, even though Zhou Chen was sitting on the dragon throne at a distance, he could still feel the terrifying power that the light membrane had unleashed in that instant.

"Xu Chu".

As soon as Zhou Chen finished speaking...

Xu Chu immediately appeared inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Go and remove the seal from it for me."

If Cao Zhengchun couldn't break the seal on the gift box, Zhou Chen didn't believe that Xu Chu, a semi-saint, couldn't either.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xu Chu nodded, stepped forward, and with a casual wave of his hand, the laws of the sword were instantly unleashed, slashing at the seal on the gift box.

The light membrane on the seal was activated again and began to shine.

This time, however, the light membrane on the seal only shone for a few seconds before completely dimming.

The seal on the gift box was broken, and Xu Chu opened it directly.

"This……"

The moment the gift box was opened, Xu Chu's expression changed drastically upon seeing what was inside.

Even Zhou Chen, who had stood up, had his pupils shrink slightly when he saw what was inside the gift box.

"The Third Prince of the Azure Dragon Dynasty?"

That's right.

The gift box contained a human head.

It was not someone else's head, but the head of the Third Prince of the Azure Dragon Dynasty who had left earlier.

Zhou Chen quickly stepped down from the dragon throne, walked to the gift box, and examined it carefully.

After confirming several times that the head in the gift box was indeed that of the Third Prince of the Azure Dragon Dynasty who had left earlier, Zhou Chen frowned deeply.

Zhou Chen never expected that the third prince of the Azure Dragon Dynasty would die.

This was something Zhou Chen had never expected.

The third prince of this dynasty was surrounded by four invincible half-saints and hundreds of reincarnation realm venerables as his guards, making his protective force formidable.

It remains to be seen whether there is any force protecting this third prince of the dynasty in the shadows, and what kind of trump card he has to save his life.

Who could possibly kill the third prince of this dynasty with such a strong guard?

Furthermore, given the status of this third prince of the dynasty, who would dare to defy the world and kill this third prince of the dynasty?
What puzzled Zhou Chen the most was that after killing the third prince of the dynasty, the other party actually sent him the prince's head.

What does this mean?
A simple congratulatory gift?
An alliance united against a common enemy?
Or was it a frame-up?

Various thoughts surfaced in Zhou Chen's mind.

Zhou Chen glanced at Cao Zhengchun beside him.

Cao Zhengchun immediately understood Zhou Chen's meaning, nodded, and his figure instantly disappeared from the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Someone has brought the head of the third prince of the dynasty. The Eastern Depot must immediately investigate to see who sent the head to the palace gate.

Xu Chu squatted down and examined the head of the third prince of the dynasty inside the box.

I wanted to find some clues from it.

Unfortunately, Xu Chu was disappointed.

Xu Chu stood up and respectfully said to Zhou Chen, "Your Majesty, there is no trace left."

"However, the seal outside the box was very strong. It took my full strength to break it."

Although Xu Chu only waved his hand casually, he used all his strength.

If it were an ordinary half-saint, they might not be able to break this seal.

Zhou Chen nodded and looked at the human head in the gift box again.

Who would have thought that the once arrogant and domineering Third Prince of the Dynasty would now be a corpse with his head in a box?

This really shows how unpredictable life can be.

Even Zhou Chen was extremely surprised.

(End of this chapter)