People around him: "Sir, he is clearly..."

Liu Chu: "I can't tell the difference, do I need you to remind me?"

Liu Chu was always cold and didn't talk much. Because he didn't talk much, every word he said was weighty, and he wouldn't tolerate any rebuttal or argument. The subordinates had no choice but to make way and watch His Royal Highness Prince Chen ride by. They knew that the old man should be arrested, but they had no choice but to let him go.

Liu Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

As Liu Chu rode past, he heard the young man say in a low voice, "Thank you."

Liu Chu's face was stiff with rage, and he looked extremely embarrassed - after doing such a wicked thing, he was only thanked by someone. How shameful!

…

The emperor returned to the palace safely, but he fell seriously ill after returning. The old emperor aged instantly, trembled all day long, was terrified and suspicious, and dared not leave his bedroom.

The missing princess of Beiguo was said to have been killed on the road. Lu Sanlang found a female corpse, but the old emperor was disgusted and frightened and refused to even look at it. The old emperor hid in his bedroom and cursed Beiguo for being shameless.

Sometimes his eyes looked strange, and he anxiously asked if the King of Hengyang was still alive and why he hadn't been killed yet. He walked back and forth in the magnificent gold-plated dragon hall, waving his arms like a lunatic, with strange eyes, and muttered to himself: "I am still the emperor! I have not been rude! It's all Liu Mu's fault!"

King Chen was often questioned by him, and he looked at his son with a very strange look.

The attitude towards King Zhao was the same - someone reported that King Zhao cooperated with the spies of the Northern Kingdom to cause the chaos in Jianye. King Zhao was eager to clear himself and angrily accused the spies of the Northern Kingdom of making random accusations and wanting to cause chaos in the Southern Kingdom. King Zhao knelt before the emperor crying and asked his father not to believe the rumors of those with ulterior motives. The old emperor was half-believing and half-doubting.

The old emperor: "I hope you are really innocent."

Prince Zhao: "Those northern spies are talking nonsense. I definitely did not sell out the country. Prince Chen... yes, he has always disliked me. Your Majesty has given him the opportunity to eliminate dissidents by entrusting him with the task of investigating Xi Zuo. Father, I am innocent! You cannot listen to Prince Chen's one-sided words..."

He was anxious and took advantage of the old emperor's suspicion of Chen Wang Liu Chu to fight against his fate of being dragged into the quagmire by the Northern Kingdom's spies.

The old emperor was indeed suspicious of Prince Chen. When he mentioned Prince Chen, he remembered that Liu Mu was still imprisoned and under investigation... What was there to investigate? Liu Mu was staying at the border, how much could he know about the chaos in Jianye? Prince Chen wanted to investigate Liu Mu, which was clearly a delay!

The old emperor said disappointedly: "Prince Chen, you are becoming more and more disobedient."

He couldn't figure out where the Liu Chu who used to do whatever he said, never asked for reasons or made excuses, and whose ability to do things was so reassuring, had gone. Why in the past year, Liu Chu had either forged imperial edicts or protected traitors and villains...

The old emperor fell to his knees, covering his face, and muttered to himself like a madman: "It has changed, everything has changed... I am still the emperor!"

Prince Zhao Liu Huai, who was standing below, responded: "..."

His eyes narrowed as he realized that his father was frightened and his mind was beginning to become confused. If he wanted to escape, he had to find a way on his own. Prince Zhao's eyes turned cold. The things Prince Chen used to suppress him were the spies from the Northern Kingdom. As long as the entire court forced those spies to death, no one would be able to blame him.

Therefore, when Prince Chen was trying the case, Prince Zhao was jumping up and down actively, trying to persuade the literati in the court. The literati were ambiguous because they had received favors from the Lu family that night and did not want to offend Lu Yun at this time. Prince Zhao became even more angry and in despair, he became more active in saving himself.

Even he himself probably knew that this was just the last struggle of the grasshoppers in autumn. But so what? He was not having a good time, and King Chen was not much better off.

…

On rainy days, the rain floods the sky and the earth like a flood coming from the sky, filling the air with a mighty and thunderous sound.

Without servants to keep him company, Chen Wang Liu Chu sat quietly in a corner of the study by a window. In front of him were writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone. On the rice paper was the word "kill" written, but he had not moved for a long time.

Because he saw his own wolfishness, he wanted to kill Liu Mu. If he killed Liu Mu, he would probably be the next one to be dealt with. My father never cared about who lived or died. He had too many sons. If one failed, he would just replace him with another. How chilling.

Is it possible to expect such a king to be the future of the Southern Kingdom?

Lu Sanlang made him witness with his own eyes the cruel and heartless side of his father. If he didn't resist, he would be the next to die... Lu Yun was forcing him...

Liu Chu closed his eyes and murmured, "Lu Xuechen...you bastard!"

He suddenly stood up, holding an umbrella and went out. When the servant asked him, King Chen had already got on the carriage and said, "Go find Sanlang."

…

There was a steady stream of rain, and a thick fog filled the space between heaven and earth.

Just coming out of her brother-in-law and sister's courtyard, Luo Yunhuan was humming a little tune while jumping and playing in the rain while holding an umbrella. While dancing with the umbrella in her hand, she accidentally bumped into a beautiful maid who was walking towards her.

Jinyue: "Oh my little lady!"

The maid beside her held an umbrella, and Jinyue held a file half a person's height in her arms. She walked carefully, but when she turned a corner, she was bumped into by the jumping Miss Luo, and the file in her arms fell to the ground.

Jin Yue was panicking: "Quick, quick, check if the file is wet? This is sent to my husband by a retainer, we can't let it go."

Luo Yunhuan apologized quickly and squatted down to help pick up the files. Her brother-in-law, Lu Sanlang Lu Yun, was a man with a sharp tongue. If she was careless and caused Sister Jinyue to be punished, she would feel so guilty. Fortunately, the files fell to the ground, and the maids had been following Lu Sanlang for many years, so they had strong emergency response capabilities. They quickly picked up the files and carefully checked them. They found that they only needed to wipe the outer cover clean, and the words inside were not wet.

When Jin Yue heaved a sigh of relief, she saw Luo Yunhuan holding a file. The young lady had already stood up, but was still reading it... Jin Yue smiled and snatched it away, jokingly: "Young lady, these are all government secrets, you can't look at them carelessly."

Luo Yunhuan was stunned, bit her lip, and said "oh" softly after a while. She was not as lively as before, and she did not chase Jinyue to ask questions like before. She left with an umbrella in a daze. The little girl grew up gradually, and her back looked a bit like a beautiful lady... Jinyue was puzzled: "What's wrong with this little Huan'er?"