Transmigration: I, the Dragon Overlord, start by protecting my beautiful bride!

"You don't need to worry about this, Lord Shen," the old man, devoid of any yang energy, said coldly. "All you need to know is that my master wants you to find a medicinal herb."

"What...what kind of medicine is this?" Long Aotian didn't know the other party's background, so he could only ask first.

"Seven-Star Grass," the old man, devoid of any yang energy, said. "It is said that the Medicine King has emerged from the mountains, in a prefecture or county near Qianzhou. You just need to pay close attention and find this medicine before those people from the Huayi Mansion, and my master will guarantee you wealth and honor!"

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian also remembered some things.

I vaguely remember someone saying that Dong Fuguang, the Left Commander of the Huayi Prefecture, came to Qianzhou in search of medicine...

“This…” Long Aotian pondered for a moment and said, “Isn’t Lord Dong of Huayi Mansion already searching for it? He is very capable, and I believe he will be able to find the medicine soon.”

"You bastard, are you courting death?" The old man, devoid of any yang energy, turned around, his cloudy old eyes glaring at Long Aotian. "A mere Huayi Mansion, searching for medicine for the Emperor, what right do they have? My master, that's..."

At this point, the old man paused, perhaps realizing he had misspoke, or perhaps realizing that Long Aotian was bluffing him. In any case, he didn't continue, but turned his back again and said in a drawn-out tone, "Lord Shen, you don't really think that having the backing of the Huayi Mansion will guarantee you all the best, do you?"

Long Aotian thought to himself, "If you guys want to fight, then fight for it yourselves! Why are you trying to scheme against a working-class guy like me?!"

"Let me tell you the truth, the Huayi Mansion is nothing but a fart in front of my master." The old man, devoid of any masculine energy, turned his head and looked at Long Aotian. "Chief Inspector Shen, you have already made great contributions in Qianzhou City."

"If I could gain my master's favor, let alone joining the Huayi Palace as a minor sixth-rank official," the old man scoffed. "Even if I made you a general, what would that amount to?"

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian already knew perfectly well who the old man's master was.

Although Shen Congxin did not have many memories of Jingcheng.

However, I do have some basic understanding of the current Celestial Empire.

The Celestial Empire lasted 133 years.

At this time, the reigning emperor of the Celestial Empire was already in his twilight years. Handling the daily affairs of the empire was extremely difficult, and recently he had frequently delegated these tasks to the prime minister and the crown prince.

The crown prince was young, only fourteen or fifteen or sixteen years old, and did not yet understand much about state affairs. Therefore, when ministers in the imperial court had any political matters to handle, they would generally consult with the prime minister, and the only ones still staying by the crown prince's side were these eunuchs.

The founder of Huayi Mansion was the current prime minister and the crown prince's faction, so naturally they were hostile to Huayi Mansion.

Combined with Dong Fuguang's visit to Qianzhou in search of medicine, it is highly likely that he intended to present the medicine to the current emperor.

However, Dong Fuguang also said that he came to Qianzhou in secret, and his identity would not have been easily exposed if this had not happened.

Can……

Qianzhou and Jingcheng are nearly a thousand miles apart. How did this news get back to Jingcheng and to the Crown Prince's ears?

After much thought, Long Aotian could only come up with one possibility: there were still His Highness the Crown Prince's subordinates in Qianzhou City!

However, there was still one thing he didn't understand: if the Crown Prince had connections in Qianzhou, why would he ask him to do this?

"Well, Lord Shen, have you made up your mind?" Just as Long Aotian was still puzzled, the old man with no trace of masculinity asked impatiently, "Do you want to work for our master or not?"

"It is an honor to serve His Highness the Crown Prince." Long Aotian reacted quickly, adhering to the principle that a wise man doesn't suffer a loss in front of him. He immediately clasped his hands and said, "The unification of the world will surely belong to His Highness the Crown Prince. I, Shen, will do my utmost and spare no effort, even at the cost of my life!"

Upon hearing Long Aotian utter the words "Your Highness the Crown Prince," even the utterly lifeless old man chuckled. "Lord Shen, you truly are a clever man, shrewd and pragmatic. Remember, you must be faster than those people from the Huayi Manor, understand?"

"Yes, I will do my best!" Long Aotian said, clasping his hands in a fist salute.

"Alright, since that's the case, then Lord Shen should set off early and go back to rest." The old man, devoid of any masculine energy, said this, giving a wink to the two burly men beside him. They immediately reached out and took the money bag from Long Aotian's hand.

"Hey, this..."

Long Aotian panicked as he watched all his belongings being taken away.

"Don't worry, Lord Shen, once I take your money, I'll sing your praises to His Highness." The lifeless old man, having gained a shred of masculinity, said as he sat down in the carriage, "This opportunity isn't something everyone gets, understand?"

Watching the old man walk away, Long Aotian finally dared to curse aloud, "Damn it, you old sly fox, saying this kind of opportunity isn't something everyone gets. I feel disgusted just looking at you, ugh!"

But despite his complaints, he's still worried about finding the medicine.

Dong Fuguang had been kind to him and wanted to take him to Jingcheng to develop his career. If he really helped the Crown Prince, wouldn't he become a heartless and ungrateful bastard?

He thought to himself, "I might as well not look for it. If they ask me later, I'll just say I didn't find it."

No, no, if I do that, who knows what that old scheming man will do to me!

Long Aotian was in a state of utter confusion; he had no idea how he had gotten himself into such trouble.

However, he decided to stop thinking about it. Looking around at the pitch blackness, he decided to go home first, get a good night's sleep, and deal with it tomorrow.

Long Aotian ran all the way home from the mountains in the suburbs, covered in sweat. After knocking on his own door, he suddenly realized that the snacks he had brought home seemed to have disappeared as well.

That damned old sly fox!

"Why are you so late?" Seeing Long Aotian covered in sweat, Shen Juanxin asked with some concern, "Could it be that you went to catch thieves again?"

"No, I just ran into some trouble outside today," Long Aotian said casually as he entered the room.

He can fool others with a calm and collected heart, but he can't fool his own wife.

"what's up?"

"Nothing, it's been resolved."

"Okay, then I'll go heat up your food." Shen Juanxin said, and immediately got up.

A short while later, Shen Juanxin brought out the heated food. Just as Long Aotian was about to pick up his chopsticks to eat, she got up and said she was tired and wanted to go back to her room to rest.

Long Aotian noticed that she seemed a little down, so he asked, "Wife, what's wrong? You seem a bit unhappy."

"No, I'm not unhappy at all." After saying that, Shen Juanxin went straight back to her room without waiting for Long Aotian's reply.