The emperor laughed heartily: "I never expected that the second son, who is usually so resourceful, would be completely outmaneuvered by you today."
Zu An looked strange. He knew the two were brothers, the emperor was the eldest son and the Prince of Qi was the second son, but why did the name "second son" sound so odd?
Not wanting to arouse suspicion, he hurriedly said, "I was just being clever. King Qi was caught off guard and fell for it. An investigation later will reveal that I was lying."
At this point, he appropriately revealed a worried expression.
Sigh, after fighting with these cunning old foxes in the palace for so long, I'm almost becoming one myself.
The emperor waved his hand casually: "You don't need to worry about that, I will arrange it properly."
Zu An breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Prince Qi would investigate Liu Chenyu's whereabouts, but now that the emperor had said so, there must be no problem.
The emperor pondered for a moment before speaking, "Now that you have offended Prince Qi, how can you complete the first task I have assigned you?"
Zu An explained, "King Qi is suspicious and extremely cunning. If I directly show him goodwill and give him the fake manual, he will become suspicious. So now I'm doing the opposite, making him believe that he obtained the real manual through his own efforts, which will make it easier for him to practice."
"Hmm, not bad, that makes sense." The emperor nodded. Based on his understanding of his younger brother, it was indeed as he described.
Zu An suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I was just slapped three times by Prince Qi. I am worried that he may have some kind of vicious technique similar to the Bone-Melting Palm, leaving some hidden force in my body, causing me to die suddenly and mysteriously after a period of time. Your Majesty, could you please take a look for me? My personal life is a small matter, but I am afraid that I will delay Your Majesty's mission."
The emperor was taken aback. After listening to his description, he realized what the Bone-Melting Palm was. His expression became somewhat solemn: "Come here and let me take a look."
"Yes!" Zu An was overjoyed. With the help of the strongest person in the world, even if King Qi really placed some kind of restriction, it could be easily lifted.
The emperor observed him for a while, then suddenly struck out, lightly patting him three times: "Alright."
Zu'an was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The emperor sneered, "Don't be too happy yet. Prince Qi doesn't know the kind of restrictive methods you described. On the contrary, I do. Your words just now reminded me, so I specially placed a restriction on you so that you would pay more attention to the tasks I assigned."
Zuan: "???"
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Happy May Day everyone! I wonder where you all went to have some fun.
I've been running back and forth between home and the hospital, I'm exhausted. This will probably be the only update today; I'll resume normal updates tomorrow.
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