At the tender age of eight, he was hastily dragged out and made emperor!

A light drizzle fell, and dark clouds covered the sky.

A sudden rainstorm caught many people off guard.

This rain is making me irritable and restless.

……

Imperial City, Imperial Clan Court.

Liu Chen leaned back in his chair, listening to the light rain falling outside. His teacup had been replaced, but his attention remained fixed on Chu Hui the entire time.

Chu Hui, dressed in a prince's robe, was sitting in a chair, but his body was leaning on the table, his hand constantly drawing circles on the table, staring intently.

Apart from the sound of rain outside the hall, there was nothing else to hear.

However, precisely because of this, Liu Chen was filled with vigilance.

Liu Chen had many dealings with Chu Hui.

Outsiders may not know what kind of person Chu Hui is, but he knows him very well.

Age doesn't always mean anything.

"Cough cough~"

At some point, a coughing sound began to emanate from the area.

"Uncle, are you unwell?"

Chu Hui, who was lying down, suddenly looked up and looked at Liu Chen with concern.

"Perhaps it was last night~"

Liu Chen smiled and met Chu Hui's concerned gaze, but as he spoke, his voice carried urgency, "Your Highness, please speak freely, please don't be like this."

Liu Chen has been under immense pressure lately.

Since the emperor issued the edict postponing the imperial examinations and officially confirmed the leak of the examination questions, Liu Chen was well aware of the situation both inside and outside Yudu.

The once deserted residence of Princess Wu'an has become bustling with visitors, which alone puts immense pressure on Liu Chen.

This isn't how you praise someone to death.

We cannot say that the delay in the imperial examinations was caused by the aforementioned reasons simply because he went to Taiji Gate to remonstrate to the death and spoke passionately in the Three Departments Deliberation, which led to some turmoil.

Liu Chen is becoming increasingly cautious these days.

Where are those former romantic escapades now?

People's circumstances change depending on their position and the importance they receive. Even if they still have their own ideas, reality forces them to change.

In life, especially for those with ideas, regardless of gender, it is difficult to gain understanding if one does things that go beyond conventional understanding.

Even those who gave birth to you, your spouse, or even those you raised may not be able to understand you.

As for the rest, there's no need to mention them.

No matter how strong-willed or domineering you are, their behavior is merely a result of their habit of your assertiveness and domineering nature. As for anything else, only they themselves truly know the truth.

"Is that what you mean, Uncle? Are you complaining that your nephew invited you for tea?"

Chu Hui blinked, a look of disappointment on his face. "I know my uncle has been under a lot of pressure lately. After all, he is trusted and relied upon by the Emperor, and he is in charge of the Imperial Guard, the Military Command, and is also in charge of the imperial examination leak case..."

Chu Hui kept talking.

Liu Chen: "..."

Liu Chen was truly unable to find amusement in the various behaviors displayed by his nephew. This little bastard could be genuinely touching when he was moved, but he could also be genuinely infuriating when he was angry.

But being moved is never as common as being angry.

It's good to show concern.

Couldn't we have chosen a different time?

When it came to the case of the leak of examination questions, Xiao Jing, who was the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and concurrently the Minister of Revenue, was to be invited to the Court of Imperial Clan Affairs for the first pre-trial meeting.

If you say nothing's wrong, Liu Chen would never believe it!

"Alas, Your Highness, you are wronging me by saying that."

With a thousand thoughts swirling in his mind, Liu Chen sighed softly and said, "I have too many worries lately. I won't go into details, but let's talk about those students who were arrested by the Military Command."

"Some of them, from the day they were arrested, cried out that they were innocent and that they were framed by villains. They claimed that they were of good character in their hometown and would never do anything against the law."

“If this were any other time, I wouldn’t say anything else and would just let it sit for a few days.”

"But things are different now. Because of the leak of examination questions in Yudu, His Majesty is furious and has even issued an edict to officially recognize the case. He dislikes violating ancestral rules and, regardless of the opinions of the court and the public, he still wants to..."

That old fox is always trying to climb up the pole.

As Liu Chen continued to complain, Chu Hui remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was sneering.

Liu Chen understood Chu Hui, and Chu Hui understood Liu Chen just as well.

How could Chu Hui, as the Minister of the Imperial Clan Court, not know what has been happening in and around Yudu these past few days?

To call it extraordinary is an understatement.

"The sorrow between people can never be shared."

Thinking of all this, Chu Hui sighed and interrupted Liu Chen, saying with a disappointed look, "I've been feeling wronged these past few days. I don't know what's wrong with Huang Long. He just suddenly decided to take a break. Even though I said I had important matters to investigate, he didn't care about my difficulties at all."

Liu Chen frowned slightly.

At this moment, Liu Chen understood what Chu Hui meant.

"Never mind, my nephew is still young, he hasn't even come of age yet."

Under Liu Chen's gaze, Chu Hui's disappointment deepened as he said, "I was thinking of confiding my grievances to my uncle, since my brother is in a bad mood today. He originally valued the imperial examinations so much and wanted to follow the ancestral system to hold the examinations in order to select talents for the Great Yu state and make Great Yu better. This would be to live up to the expectations of our ancestors."

"But what happened in the end? That kind of thing happened."

“I dare not go to the Daxing Palace, for fear of making my brother even angrier. Since you have other matters on your mind, I will not keep you here.”

"Your Highness!! I had absolutely no such intention!!"

At Liu Chen's call, Chu Hui stood up dejectedly, lowered his head, and walked towards the back of the hall. No matter how Liu Chen called out, Chu Hui did not turn around.

This is a reminder to me.

Seeing Chu Hui's reaction, Liu Chen, who had stood up and called out, frowned. If Liu Chen still couldn't figure out what Chu Hui meant at this point, then he would have wasted all those years of his life.

So what shocking things will the emperor's brother-in-law do?

But how am I supposed to mediate this?

Liu Chen was overwhelmed with thoughts.

In contrast, Chu Hui, the moment he walked to the back of the hall, lay down on the wooden couch with a radiant expression, his crossed legs swinging back and forth on the edge of the couch.

His joy was completely undisguised.

'Huanglong, oh Huanglong, I'll make sure you don't suffer any loss by taking a few more meals from you.' Chu Hui, lying on the couch, thought to herself with a slight smile.

For Chu Hui, there weren't many people he could respect.

Huanglong, that definitely counts.

This was by no means because of his own elder brother, but because he had come to fully understand Huang Long's temperament through his interactions with Huang Long. It was precisely because of this that Chu Hui was unwilling to let Huang Long suffer a loss. After all, a few days ago, he went home with Huang Long and learned some things from what the Imperial Uncle Huang Kun had said.

However, he was unable to participate in the case of the imperial examination leak. Because of this, after leaving the Huang residence, Chu Hui could only think of Liu Chen as a suitable candidate to help the "upright" imperial brother-in-law.