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Early the next morning, Zhou Chang brought the skinny monkey into the palace.

But he had to worry outside the imperial study.

Just now outside Donghua Gate, Yuan Qi delivered some evidence.

Zhou Chang took a quick glance and felt that the evidence was not strong enough. There was no other way. The strong evidence was in the hands of Pei Li, the Minister of Justice. Even if Pei Li looked at the evidence, he would still impose a severe sentence. In that case, she could not count on the few letters in her hand.

With a creaky sound, the door of the imperial study opened again.

An eunuch bowed and reported: "Your Highness Prince Yi, His Majesty is exhausted and cannot see you."

"Please go and report again, sir. I have something important to report, and it won't take up much of Your Majesty's time." Zhou Chang spoke in a very humble tone.

My father's case has been sentenced, and it is less than three months away from his execution.

The eunuch bent his waist even lower: "Your Majesty was already feeling tired after the morning court today. He said he didn't see anyone and went back to the harem."

Zhou Chang didn't believe it. If the emperor had already gone to the harem, why didn't he mention it in the first notification?

"Go and report it again." Zhou Chang had also been in the imperial palace.

He touched his body again, wanting to give the eunuch some benefits, but then he remembered that even if he changed his clothes today, Prince Yi was still penniless.

The eunuch just lowered his head, looked submissive, and stood still.

In desperation, Zhou Chang looked at the skinny monkey again.

The skinny monkey was also looking at her with strange eyes.

“???” Zhou Chang had a face full of question marks, staring at everyone.

The skinny monkey looked at him and moved aside.

Zhou Chang followed.

The thin monkey stared at Zhou Chang's face and asked in a low voice, "Is the prince possessed by evil spirits?"

Zhou Chang felt guilty for holding Prince Yi's face, but he had to keep it together: "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm perfectly normal."

The thin monkey didn't believe it and looked him up and down: "Why were you so polite just now, Your Majesty? You have been acting strangely these past two days? Do you need money for such a thing?"

He was an eunuch who had grown up serving Prince Yi in the palace. On paper, they were master and servant, but in reality, they were like brothers. Later, when Prince Yi came of age and left the palace to build his own residence, he followed him out.

"No, why would I hit my head for no reason?" Zhou Chang couldn't keep up with his train of thought.

"Why does Your Majesty insist on seeing His Majesty, and why does he have to care about the Yuan family's affairs?" The skinny monkey has been holding it in for two days and now has to ask.

Zhou Chang remained silent, mainly because he really had no answer.

The skinny monkey curled his lips and said, "This dish from the Yuan family is obviously for His Royal Highness Prince Duan. Even if our Prince Yi's Mansion is short of money, it is not worth it."

"I want to see His Majesty. Do you have any other ideas?" Zhou Chang didn't have the energy to pay attention to the petty grudges between Prince Duan and Prince Yi.

The thin monkey couldn't stop him, so he said something sarcastic: "If Your Majesty insists on seeing me, who can stop you? It's not like you haven't done this before, and you've wasted money? This is not your usual style, Your Majesty."

“???” Some distant memories of Prince Yi vaguely emerged in Zhou Chang’s mind.

If you look into it carefully, Prince Yi is not a completely honest man.

Zhou Chang suddenly understood, walked back to the eunuch and asked, "You just said that His Majesty has returned to the harem?"

"This..." The eunuch was startled and avoided the main point, "Your Majesty wants to return to the harem."

"Are you presumptuous of the emperor's will?" Zhou Chang's tone suddenly became sharp.

The eunuch shuddered and said, "How dare I? It is indeed your majesty's will."

A mere eunuch did not have the courage to falsely convey the imperial edict.

The so-called "return to the harem" should be what Emperor Lin asked the eunuch to say.

Zhou Chang had put in a lot of effort in front of Emperor Lin for Prince Yi a few days ago, but he didn't expect that the old man would still be so ruthless.

But she didn't pursue the matter. She raised her lips and asked quietly, "Which palace? I'd better go to the harem to pay my respects to my father."

The eunuch wanted to shrink back behind the door, but he still tried to stop him: "Your Highness Prince Yi, His Majesty is tired and has already said that he will not see anyone. If you want to enter the harem, you should at least hand in a card and explain your reason first."

Zhou Chang smiled and turned Prince Yi's phoenix eyes into crescent moons: "It's okay, I'll go first, and I'll make up the sign later."

The eunuch hesitated, not knowing what else to say to get out of the question.

"This is your first day on duty, don't you know me? Why don't you go and report? What are you waiting for?" Zhou Chang's tone was cold, and he looked up at the sun. "If your Majesty is not feeling well, I can go straight to the harem to see you. If your father is still not feeling well, I can wait until he allows me to see you. However, it's almost noon, and the lunch in the imperial kitchen should be ready. Besides, there is no shortage of food and places to sleep in the palace, so I can wait in the palace."

After the eunuch finished listening, he said nothing, and slipped back into the imperial study through the crack in the door.

Zhou Chang let out a long breath, a prince should have the aura of a prince.

What's more, although Emperor Lin is not a good father, he will not do anything to his son easily.

After a while, the eunuch came out again and reported: "Your Highness Prince Yi, His Majesty summons you in."

In the empty imperial study, behind the imperial desk, on the magnificent throne, sat an old man with a white beard and a yellow robe with a golden top. Two eunuchs in red robes stood on either side of him. However, neither the chief eunuch Fang She nor the donkey-faced deputy eunuch Liu Dexia was seen.

Emperor Lin Fengxun was sixty-six years old, with white hair and beard, of medium build, neither fat nor thin. He was wearing a black dragon robe embroidered with golden dragons, which highlighted his imperial majesty, very different from what he had seen in the harem before.

Zhou Chang bowed and saluted, then stood up and bowed his hands upwards: "Father, I have something to report to you."

"Go ahead." Emperor Feng Xun leaned back in his chair without even raising his eyelids.

"Father, you should hear this..." Zhou Chang spoke carefully.

"Report, urgent news from Vietnam."

"Come in." Emperor Feng Xun's eyes suddenly widened, he sat up abruptly, and raised his hand to stop Zhou Chang from speaking further.

Before Zhou Chang could finish his sentence, he could only tuck his sleeves in and step aside.

A man dressed in imperial guard uniform bowed in, knelt on one knee, and presented a document with both hands. The words "Immediate Delivery" were written on the cover: "Your Majesty, this is an urgent delivery from 800 miles north of Yue. It has just arrived."

"Present it." Emperor Lin was extremely anxious.

The oldest eunuch hurried down to take it and presented it to Emperor Lin.

Emperor Lin opened it and took a look.

Then, I scanned it again, and again...

Every time I look at it, my eyebrows become more focused.

Zhou Chang glanced up and saw that there was only a simple piece of paper inside when the clerk was opened. There seemed to be only a few numbers on the paper and it shouldn't take so long to read it.

But when he saw Emperor Lin's face turn pale, he knew something was wrong.

"Your Majesty?" The eunuch beside Emperor Lin woke him up softly.

Emperor Lin came back to his senses and said to the imperial guard who was still kneeling on one knee: "You go down first."

Then he turned around and told the eunuch beside him, "Send the message to the Minister of War."

"Yes." The eunuch responded and retreated.

The Emperor saw Zhou Chang again and dismissed him directly: "Prince Yi, please leave first. I have something important to do."

"???" What's going on? She was being kicked out before she even said a word? "May everyone have a smooth journey and all their wishes come true."