I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Seeing Chen Liu about to leave, Duanmu Yuanchen quickly stood up and said, "Old Wei, wait for me. I'll go with you."

After all, I have been away from home for a month or two. Although my father always beats me, I still miss him.

Chen Liu nodded: "Okay, let's go together."

"Go quickly and come back soon." Jiang Yuan said lightly.

Chen Liu responded and left the courtyard with Duanmu Yuanchen. After leaving the East Factory, the two of them headed straight for the palace.

"Old Wei, you said you've been away for so long. If I take the opportunity to ask my father for some benefits later, he shouldn't beat me, right?" Duanmu Yuanchen said excitedly, rubbing his hands.

Chen Liu looked at him with complicated eyes. You kid has lost your status as the only child, and you still want gifts.

But what Chen Liu didn't understand was that even if Duanmu Xiongtu had a second son, there was no need to allow the empress in the palace to do this to Duanmu Yuanchen.

No matter what, they are his own children. Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. It is unlikely that Duanmu Xiongtu would do that.

One of them was the chief of the East Factory, and the other was the crown prince of the Eastern Palace. Especially after Chen Liu showed his token, no one dared to stop them along the way, and the two of them easily reached the imperial study.

"Eunuch Wang, is the emperor in there?" Chen Liu grabbed an old eunuch who was passing by.

Eunuch Wang looked around cautiously and quickly shook his head, "He's not here."

"Why is Consul Chen here today? I haven't seen you in a while. And Your Highness, why are you here too?"

"It's okay, I miss my father." Duanmu Yuanchen said softly.

Snapped!

Eunuch Wang slapped his thigh and said, "That's unfortunate. The Emperor's old injury relapsed a few days ago. He has been staying at Qingguan Temple these days and hasn't been back for quite some time."

"What?! My father's old injury has relapsed? What's the situation?" Duanmu Yuanchen asked anxiously.

Eunuch Wang looked at the two of them with complicated eyes and said, "I don't know about this either. The uterus has been very restless these days. If you two want to go, go quickly."

Chen Liu frowned slightly. Eunuch Wang has followed Duanmu Xiongtu for many years. Is he so cautious in his words and deeds now?

What did the palace look like?

"Your Highness, let's go to Qingguan Temple."

"Yes, yes, yes! Let's go and see how father is doing." Duanmu Yuanchen said quickly.

As the two arrived at Qingguan Temple, a figure in black standard armor was already guarding the door.

"You guys are finally back, but you're a few days later than I expected."

When Chen Liu heard this voice, he immediately became furious.

Damn it! You were the one who told me the news. We narrowly escaped death outside, but you ran so fast.

"Old Black! You clearly knew the situation, why didn't you send anyone to support us? Your Highness, Your Highness almost got into trouble!"

The Black Guard, who was called Lao Hei by Chen Liu, glanced at Duanmu Yuanchen indifferently.

"Do you think I didn't want to? His Majesty was in a coma for two days. No one could mobilize the Black Guards without His Majesty's order."

"Is it that serious?" Chen Liu was a little dumbfounded.

He was the one who followed Duanmu Xiongtu to conquer the world, so he naturally knew that Duanmu Yuanchen's journey was not easy.

Not to mention that he narrowly escaped death, he also fought his way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. At the beginning of the uprising, because he had few people under his command, he often went to the battlefield with a knife in hand. The scars on his body were no less than those of any veteran who had fought many battles.

Because of this, Duanmu Xiongtu's physical condition was not very good, but Chen Liu never expected it to be so serious.

"Okay, His Majesty has woken up, you guys should go in quickly." Lao Hei urged.

Chen Liu did not suspect anything and turned around and took Duanmu Yuanchen into Qingguan Temple.

Although Qingguan Temple is called a temple, there are actually no monks living here. It got its name because its construction style is quite elegant and it was previously built on the site of a dilapidated temple.

Chen Liu and his companion were led by palace maids to a courtyard.

In the courtyard, a majestic figure was sitting there, looking at the bamboo slips in his hand with a gloomy expression.

Since they were not in the palace, there was naturally no eunuch to report, so Duanmu Yuanchen started jogging from a distance.

"Father! Father! I'm back!"

The moment he heard the sound, Duanmu Xiongtu's body shook and the bamboo slips in his hand fell directly to the ground. He quickly looked up at the figure running towards him.

"Yuanchen! Come here quickly, let your father take a good look at you." The wrinkles on Duanmu Xiongtu's face suddenly smoothed out.

"Father, how is your health?" Duanmu Yuanchen asked with concern.

Duanmu Xiongtu smiled and shook his head. As expected! His son was not a good-for-nothing at all. He was just a little naughty, but he still cared about him sincerely.

"It's no longer serious. You can return to the palace after a few days of rest."

Duanmu Yuanchen immediately breathed a sigh of relief. I knew it, Dad hit me so hard, how could anything serious happen?

"Well, Father, you can rest assured. Leave the official duties to me these days!"

"Oh? Seriously?" Duanmu Xiongtu became interested.

It's not like the Crown Prince hasn't been allowed to govern the country before. For example, the last time he went out for inspection, this rebellious son stayed in the East Palace all day practicing Taoism, and he never forgot to go to the court.

I didn't expect that traveling for a while would change me so much.

"Of course, don't worry, if it really doesn't work, I can always ask Lao Jiang!" Duanmu Yuanchen said, patting his chest.

I heard from Chen Liu that Jiang Yuan governed his Taiping County quite well, everyone had food to eat and everyone could go to school, but this was extremely difficult and definitely required some real skill.

At worst, I can give him a promotion, or bring him directly into the palace to be the prince's tutor. It's just a matter of a word.

The smile on Duanmu Xiongtu's face faded a little, and he nodded, "Well, that's right. You must be tired from traveling these days, and you've become thinner and hungry. Go eat something first."

Duanmu Yuanchen swallowed his saliva. He was hungry all the way. If he hadn't run into bandit leaders like Qin Tianzhu, he would have starved to death.

"Okay, I'll be back soon. Father, please wait for me."

After saying that, Duanmu Yuanchen ran away.

Chen Liu, who had been standing aside for a while, finally bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty."

"No thanks, get up and talk." Duanmu Xiongtu said calmly.

"Yes." Chen Liu took a deep breath and slowly straightened up.

Damn! Harem girl, aren’t you awesome?

Didn’t you send people to hunt us down?

I really want to see who has the final say in this world!

After a while, Chen Liu became more and more excited, and Duanmu Xiongtu's face became more and more gloomy.

By the time Chen Liu finally finished telling his story, Duanmu Xiongtu's eyes were already filled with murderous intent.

"This bitch! She didn't even let Yuan Chen go. Does she want me to have no choice?"

"Your Majesty, this journey is extremely dangerous. If we hadn't gone through the countryside, I'm afraid we would never be able to come back." Chen Liu said gritting his teeth.

Duanmu Xiongtu nodded slowly: "Don't say anything, I have already made up my mind."

The two of them were silent for a while, and Chen Liu couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, won't you let me go get him?"

"Even if we can't capture the queen, at least we can capture those assassins, right?"

Duanmu Xiongtu took a deep breath, a strong unwillingness emerging on his face: "No, we can't touch them now."

"The border is not stable yet, and Ning Fei still holds military power outside. If we touch her sister now, do you think it will cause a big chaos?"

"Besides, the queen is a woman who lives in the palace. Who do you think sent those assassins?"

Chen Liu shuddered all over and his body became colder.

"So, what does your majesty mean?"

Duanmu Xiongtu picked up the teacup and moistened his throat: "Investigate, investigate for me, no matter who it is, they must die!"