As soon as the court session ended, Jun Chenbi headed towards the Dragon Palace.
His steps were slightly light and quick.
For the first time in my life, I felt a sense of anticipation.
However, upon returning to the Dragon Palace and seeing the empty chambers, the faint smile that had appeared on Jun Chenbi's face vanished instantly, as if some storm had passed, and a hint of fierce red appeared in his beautiful phoenix eyes. "Where is he?"
Eunuch Xia heard the emperor ask, word by word.
Those three words seemed to be bitten out slowly from between the lips and teeth.
Eunuch Xia had never seen His Majesty lose his temper like this before.
Even when His Majesty encountered assassins who wanted to kill him, he would simply kill them with a look of disgust and weariness, without caring at all that the assassins' blood would stain and soil the floor of the Dragon Palace.
His current behavior made Eunuch Xia vaguely feel...
His Majesty values the top scholar more than his own life.
Eunuch Xia quickly said, "Your Majesty, please don't worry, the top scholar has simply left the palace to return home."
"..."
Jun Chenbi initially thought the person had run away again, but upon hearing that they had simply left the palace to return to their residence, he calmed down somewhat.
However, in Eunuch Xia's eyes, this calmness wasn't exactly calm at all...
Because His Majesty was actually chasing after the top scholar—
They've left the palace!
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The residence of the top scholar.
As soon as Qin Ge returned to the mansion, Lan Ye greeted him with concern, saying, "Young Master, where have you been? Why haven't you returned for two days? If you hadn't come back soon, I would have sent people to look for you."
"I've been staying in the palace these past two nights." Qin Ge paused. "By the way, His Majesty... has already seen through my identity."
Qingzhu entered the palace with Qin Ge in the past, but that doesn't mean Lan Ye was unaware of certain things.
Lan Ye was shocked upon hearing this, "Then, young master... are you alright?"
His hidden identity was exposed, but the tyrant didn't kill him, so he was fine.
However, it cannot be said that nothing is happening at all.
They were skinned and ate.
Qin Ge rubbed his temples. "For now, let's just say everything's alright."
He acted impulsively last night, but after calming down and thinking about it today, he realized that his and Jun Chenbi's identities are not as simple as dating in modern times, so... it's very troublesome.
However, Qin Ge has always been quite adept at facing challenges head-on.
Since we've been honest with each other, there's no reason for us to back down.
Lan Ye wanted to ask something more, but Qin Ge had already instructed, "Lan Ye, go prepare some food."
He barely ate anything during his two days at the Dragon Palace.
…
Jun Chenbi changed out of the golden dragon robe that symbolized nobility and into a purple casual dress with silver trim, then left the palace discreetly.
When he arrived at the top scholar's residence, Qin Ge had just started serving the meal.
The Zhuangyuan Mansion had few servants, and the gatekeepers had never had the chance to see the emperor. Seeing that Jun Chenbi and his party had not presented their visiting cards and seemed to be coming in a rather aggressive manner, they naturally did their duty to stop them.
It was Eunuch Xia who was the first to pull out a token representing his identity, display it in front of the gatekeeper, and said in a shrill voice, "How dare you! You dare to stop His Majesty?"
This prompted the latter to immediately kneel down, allowing him to enter the top scholar's residence without hindrance.
As a quick transmigration executor, Qin Ge has traveled to all sorts of harsh worlds, such as apocalyptic destruction, interstellar wastelands, or prison slavery, and he can adapt to them all. However, given the opportunity, Qin Ge never mistreats himself.
His two maids, Qingzhu and Lanye, were both skilled cooks. Lanye prepared a few dishes and a cup of wine, and set the meal out in the Fenghe Pavilion.
Outside the waterside pavilion, the lake ripples gently, and the light gauze curtains flutter softly, creating a scene of poetic beauty.
Dining here is already a pleasure.
Qin Ge ate his meal leisurely, not at all surprised to see Jun Chenbi barge into his residence, the residence of the top scholar. Instead, he calmly raised his cup to him and said, "Has Your Majesty finished eating? Would you like to sit down and have some with me?"
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