Shen Nanxun's eyelashes trembled slightly, and the man's thin lips curled up slightly.
"Huo Chenyi, are you now relying solely on wishful thinking to serve His Majesty?"
"Ha, I'm the Imperial Advisor? What's my relationship with the Imperial Advisor? Why do you have to drag him into this?"
"Yes, I admit I am the Imperial Advisor, so what?"
Shen Nanxun chuckled softly.
It seemed as if it was mocking Huo Chenyi's assumptions.
Huo Chenyi sat there quietly, watching Shen Nanxun talk to himself, without saying a word.
So young, yet possessing such composure.
This made Shen Nanxun look at him with new respect!
but……
That's all.
"I'm a little hungry and want to eat," Shen Nanxun said.
Huo Chen waved his hand, and someone immediately went to do it.
This left Shen Nanxun somewhat confused: "Huo Chenyi, what exactly do you want to do?"
They imprisoned him, yet treated him so kindly.
What exactly do they want to do?
Huo Chenyi told everyone to leave.
Then I asked, "Let me ask you another question: What is your relationship with Prince Anping? Why do you follow his orders?"
Shen Nanxun's lips moved slightly, and he blinked rapidly.
"You don't need to rush to deny it. Since I asked this question, I naturally have evidence."
Huo Chenyi took out two pieces of paper from his pocket and handed them to Shen Nanxun.
Shen Nanxun hesitated before taking it, and when he saw what was written on it, he was utterly shocked.
"you……"
"Shen Nanxun, I don't understand. You have no relation to Prince Anping, and everything you're doing so far is not in your best interest. So why are you doing this?"
Huo Chenyi couldn't understand it.
Everyone's actions are inevitably in their own best interest.
Even those who follow orders!
"What relationship could I possibly have with the Prince of Anping? It's nothing more than a partnership."
Shen Nanxun casually tossed the few sheets of paper aside.
But my heart was far from at peace.
He never expected that Huo Chenyi would actually trace his investigation back to Prince Anping.
“Shen Nanxun, I understand your relationship better than you do. I’ve been investigating Prince Anping for quite some time now.”
Huo Chenyi said calmly.
It was as if everything was under his control.
Shen Nanxun, however, did not believe it: "If you really found out, why didn't you report it to His Majesty sooner? What are you dawdling about here?"
"I have my reasons."
"Oh, then according to you, why are you telling me all this?"
Faced with Shen Nanxun's complete lack of cooperation, Huo Chenyi remained calm and said, "You agreed to cooperate with Prince Anping and were willing to be his pawn! That makes me very suspicious."
"You crave power? No. Over the years, you could have overthrown your father and directly inherited the Earl's position, but you didn't."
"So, do you have some leverage over Prince Anping? It doesn't seem so. You're not someone who's afraid of death."
"So I boldly guessed that the most likely reason was feelings! Therefore, I sent someone to investigate your mother."
Hearing this, Shen Nanxun narrowed his eyes: "You actually investigated my mother? What a meticulous mind!"
His biological mother passed away when he was ten years old.
Moreover, he was disliked by the Earl of Yongchang, so he had no presence in the capital.
For so many years, it was as if he had never existed in the capital; no one remembered him except for him.
That's why he was so shocked when Huo Chenyi said he would investigate his mother.
"I never imagined that your mother was once a concubine of the Prince of Anping! So... Shen Nanxun, your biological father is actually the Prince of Anping, isn't he?"
Huo Chenyi was also taken aback by the results of his investigation.
He had actually been wary of his uncle, Prince Anping, for a long time.
But it wasn't something I guessed!
He's only ten years old; he's not that much of a prodigy.
It is the mother.
His mother had once told him to be wary of his uncle, Prince Anping.
Although his mother never gave a reason, she did not stop him when he secretly investigated Prince Anping later.
He had been secretly investigating for three whole years.
Thanks to the secret guards given to him by his mother and his uncle, the Emperor, as well as those he trained himself.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible to find these things.
After all, what can a seven-year-old child do?
"Huo Chenyi, have you ever considered that too much intelligence can be harmful?"
A murderous intent surged in Shen Nanxun's eyes!
He never expected that the child in front of him would discover the secret he had kept for more than ten years!
"But you and Prince Anping have no feelings for each other, and you don't seem like the kind of person who would disregard everything for him just because of that bloodline. So..."
"Your mother didn't die; she's in the hands of Prince Anping, isn't she?"
Huo Chenyi then revealed all his guesses.
Only in this way can it be explained.
Why was Shen Nanxun indifferent to the death of Old Madam Shen, and why did he repeatedly do things for Prince Anping?
Shen Nanxun suddenly clenched his fists, his face contorted with rage: "Yes! You guessed right! But so what? I won't say a word."
He would be a lackey for his mother.
For his mother's sake, he could keep his mouth shut!
If he were to reveal it now, wouldn't his previous sacrifices become a joke?
"Are you really unwilling to say anything?"
"nature."
Huo Chen sighed and said, "Have you seen your mother? I mean, after your mother was arrested by Prince Anping, have you seen her?"
"Nonsense, of course I've seen it before."
“But the people I sent to investigate found out that your mother died long ago. She was carelessly thrown into a mass grave by Prince Anping.”
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