The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

The main hall of the Imperial Palace, Taiji Palace.

"Your humble servant Chu Xiu greets Your Majesty."

Chu Xiu clasped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Empress Murong Si and spoke with a look of deep gratitude.

"Minister Chu, there's no need for such formalities."

Murong Si put down the memorial in her hand and spoke to Chu Xiu.

"Thank you for your great kindness, Your Majesty."

Chu Xiu thanked the emperor.

"Minister Chu, unless there is something special, you should not leave the capital."

"If you really have to leave the capital, then send a shadow guard to inform me of this matter."

"I will send experts to protect your safety."

Murong Si looked at Chu Xiu with a serious expression and said, "You are a pillar of our Great Zhou Dynasty, and you must not take risks lightly."

"Your Majesty, I thank you for your divine grace."

Chu Xiu paused for a moment, feeling moved, and then spoke to Murong Si with a serious expression.

"Very well, with Minister Chu's words, I can rest assured."

A smile appeared on Murong Si's face as she looked at Chu Xiu with concern and asked, "Minister Chu, were you injured this time?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am unharmed."

Chu Xiu shook his head and said.

"It's good that Minister Chu is not injured."

"It's getting late. Minister Chu should also be having his meal. Why don't you dine with me in the palace and play a few games of chess with me?"

Murong Si smiled slightly and looked at Chu Xiu.

"...Ahem, Your Majesty, I thank you for your kindness, but I have other matters to attend to and I am afraid I will not be able to dine and play chess with Your Majesty in the palace."

Chu Xiu coughed and said to Murong Si.

"Shouldn't Minister Chu have left the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters and returned home?"

"Is there anything else that needs to be taken care of?"

Murong Si looked at Chu Xiu with a puzzled expression and asked.

"Your Majesty, I do not really intend to go home. I merely wish to see if anyone would attempt to harm me and to lure that person out."

Chu Xiu considered it for a moment and then spoke to Murong Si.

"I see."

"Since Minister Chu still has matters to attend to, then I will not keep Minister Chu any longer."

Murong Si said with a look of regret on her face.

"Wei Chen retire."

Chu Xiu wiped away a cold sweat, bowed to Murong Si, and then turned to leave.

He didn't make up an excuse on purpose; he genuinely intended to return to the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters to explain something.

Since his current strength is insufficient and he needs to continuously improve it, many of his plans can begin.

If the Embroidered Uniform Guards weren't limited in their ability to accomplish so much at once, Chu Xiu would have wanted to implement the entire plan at once to obtain the rewards from the Positive Energy System.

Watching Chu Xiu leave, Jiang Wan'er and Pei Guanyin exchanged a glance and smirked.

"Jiang Wan'er, Pei Guanyin, and Chu Aiqing are busy, so you two can play chess with me."

Murong Si glanced at Jiang Wan'er and Pei Guanyin and said indifferently.

"..."

The smiles on Jiang Wan'er and Pei Guanyin's pretty faces froze instantly.

After a while.

The headquarters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Chu Xiu strode towards the headquarters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, where he ran into Lin Huaiyu.

"Your subordinate greets Your Excellency."

When Lin Huaiyu saw Chu Xiu, his eyes lit up, and he quickly stepped forward, bowing to him.

"No need to be polite."

"But they've already gotten some information from the interrogation?"

Chu Xiu glanced at Lin Huaiyu and said calmly.

He had already guessed that Lin Huaiyu was likely to leave the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters to go to the Marquis of Champion's residence to find him.

"Reporting to the Marquis, I have not yet obtained any information from the interrogation."

"This person is very tight-lipped; it won't be easy to get information out of him."

"However, this person has already discovered this person's identity."

Whether he talks about it or not is no longer important!

A glint of light flashed in Lin Huaiyu's eyes as he spoke solemnly.

"Oh?"

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow and looked at Lin Huaiyu with great interest.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, this man is Yang Changfeng, one of the three outstanding members of the Yang family!"

"This person claimed to be dead two hundred years ago."

"I never expected that not only did he not die, but his cultivation level also reached the Xuanxian realm."

Lin Huaiyu said with a solemn expression.

"Yang Changfeng?"

"The Three Heroes of the Yang Family?"

Chu Xiu said thoughtfully, "So, besides Yang Changtian and Yang Changfeng, the Yang family has another expert?"

"Reporting to the Marquis, the three outstanding members of the Yang family are Yang Changtian, Yang Changfeng, and Yang Changyun."

"Two hundred years ago, it wasn't just Yang Changfeng who claimed to be dead, but also Yang Changyun."

"Now that Yang Changfeng is alive, I suspect that Yang Changyun is probably not dead either."

"But I don't know where this person is hiding."

Lin Huaiyu nodded and said solemnly.

"Don't worry about it."

"Families prefer to place bets separately."

"They don't easily put all their eggs in one basket."

"If I'm not mistaken, this Yang Changfeng should be from the branch of Yang Yun, the chief steward of the Qi Prince's Mansion."

Chu Xiu smiled lightly and waved his sleeve at Lin Huaiyu.

"Your Excellency is wise. I have indeed found the Yang family's household registration information. Yang Changfeng is indeed from Yang Yun's branch and is Yang Yun's great-uncle."

"With the household registration information, we can capture all the members of the Hongnong Yang clan, including Yang Yun!"

"The reason we didn't capture Yang Yun's group before was because Yang Yun was the chief steward of the Prince Qi's mansion."

Lin Huaiyu said with admiration, "Even if we don't have any evidence to prove that this matter is related to the Prince of Qi, we can still make an example of Yang Yun by capturing him and destroying his faction!"

"Has Yang Yun's branch been found out where they are hiding?"

Chu Xiu smiled calmly and said.

"Reporting to the Marquis, Yang Yun's branch is also extremely well hidden."

"Although there are hundreds of members of the Hongnong Yang clan in Yang Yun's family, they are not all of his branch of the clan."

"His branch of the clan has at least several thousand members."

Lin Huaiyu hesitated for a moment before saying, "However, I suspect that the Shadow Guards probably know."

"Shadow Taotie".

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu replied with a calm expression.

Swish!

"Reporting to the Marquis, our Shadow Guards do indeed know where Yang Yun's force is hiding."

"Because Yang Yun is under the command of the Prince of Qi, our Shadow Guards have always been monitoring Yang Yun's faction."

"Currently, Yang Yun's branch is located in Hongnong County."

"However, there are many people with the surname Yang in Hongnong County, and his branch has always kept a low profile, so few people know that his branch is also a direct descendant of the Hongnong Yang clan."

Ying Taotie appeared in front of Chu Xiu and bowed respectfully to him.

"Ying Taotie, report this matter to His Majesty, and His Majesty will send people to eliminate Yang Yun's branch."

"I will personally go to the Qi Prince's residence to arrest Yang Yun, cut off the Qi Prince's wings, and make an example of him!"

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment, then spoke to Ying Taotie.

Since the goal is to take action against Yang Yun, it's not enough to just kill Yang Yun alone; the entire branch of his army must be eliminated.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will obey your command."

Ying Taotie said without hesitation.

"Lin Huaiyu, go and tell Fang Heng, Pei Shiji, and Luo Tianxi."

"Let the three of them lead more than 15,000 elite guards from our Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters to follow me to the Prince of Qi's residence."

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and spoke to Lin Huaiyu in a deep and powerful voice.

"Yes!"

Lin Huaiyu said in a firm and powerful voice.

The two bowed to Chu Xiu and then disappeared from the spot.