Chang Geng was silent for a while, his expression quite gloomy. He rubbed Gu Yun's finger joints back and forth absentmindedly, then sighed, "In this matter, there is nothing I can do. A person cannot prove their own origin."

      Let alone he had never recognized his identity since he was young, even after he already became Yan Wang who had the power to overwhelm the world.

      Chang Geng thought he could support the world, but he could not tell who his father and mother were — and now, as he already had Gu Yun, he no longer wished to find out his origins and backgrounds.

      Unfortunately, even if he did not want to pursue it, it did not mean that the others would let him go.

      Chen Qing Xu stopped his bleeding, wrapped Chang Geng's wound carefully and prescribed a tranquilizing medicine for him. She did not interrupt, nor expressed any emotion. Suddenly, an unspeakable grief and indignation sprang up in her heart.

      Because of the Bone of Impurity, Chen Qing Xu was against handing the Lin Yuan wooden emblem to Yan Wang. Unfortunately, it was useless for her to oppose it alone. So for a long time, she had done her best to look after Chang Geng, and at the same time, take all his actions into account. 

      From the restoration of the capital to now, Yan Wang had slowly gathered the court with a thousand holes step by step. He travelled all four sides, even fell into the rebellion mobs, almost losing his life there. He did not hesitate to touch the interests that no one else dared to touch. For this reason, he alone endured the whole court's open measures and covert tricks.

      All these merits that could last for a thousand years, could they all be erased with just a few sentences about his unknown origins?

      Even if he truly was not the son of the former emperor, then the Feng Huo ticket, the Canal Office, and even the one hundred thousand refugees living and working in peace and contentment in Jiangbei — were they all non-existent?

      Chen Qing Xu had spent years running around the pugilist world, she was not naive. She knew the truth well, but occasionally there would still be such a moment in which she would shiver by how cold human hearts could be.

      "By the way, Miss Chen." Chang Geng's voice drew her attention back.

      Chen Qing Xu blinked: "What is it?"

      Chang Geng: "If the Emperor asks, I'm afraid I'll have to bother you to cover it up for me."

      Chen Qing Xu busily restrained her mind and nodded.

      Gu Yun pinched his nose and stood up: "Alright, you two discuss it - just now you angered me to the point of being delirious. I really can't stay here for a long time, I should go and have a look at that side."

      Chang Geng let go of his hand reluctantly and looked back at Gu Yun. As soon as he caught Gu Yun's eyes, he seized the opportunity and gave him a brilliant and pleasant smile without hesitation.

Gu Yun did not buy it at first. He said expressionlessly, "What are you smiling about?"

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      Chang Geng did not retract his smile, but continued to cast it on him. If he had a tail, it would probably have become bald from his wagging. After a while, Gu Yun finally could not keep a straight face and helplessly reached out and patted his forehead, laughing and scolding, "Shameless."

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      Only then did he depart, leaving behind Yan Wang with his face full of spring aura and Miss Chen with her face pale green.

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      The Barbarians captured by the Northern Camp were temporarily distributed to the capital, separated and detained in prisons and awaited trial separately. In the midst of everything, a servant wanted to sneak out of the palace during the chaos and was captured by the patrolling Imperial Army. Chen Qing Xu's medicine disciple easily identified him as the man who deceived Yan Wang into the palace feast by falsely delivering the Imperial Decree.

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      The servant was only a minor character running errands. Not waiting to be questioned, he was already frightened by the scene in front of him and collapsed. He shouted, "Your...Your Majesty be my witness, the Masters be my witness, this servant did not falsely deliver the Imperial Decree, I did pass on Your Majesty's oral decree exactly word for word, it is Yan Wang who wished to enter the palace to see you..."

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      Before the words were finished, Jiang Chong waved his hand to let Doctor Chen's medicine disciple in. Although he was young, the little medicine disciple already bore the characteristics of Chen's family. Even when seeing all these grand characters, he was not in a panic at all. He also had the ability of remembering what he had heard, he repeated the conversation between the servant and Yan Wang without fail.

      Everyone standing here were elites, how could they not understand?

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      Before Li Feng had time to get angry, Fang Qin had taken the lead in questioning the servant with an irrepressible rage. "Who had directed you to say it?"

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      The servant, who was a little quick-witted, immediately evaded the crucial point and replied: "It's Imperial Uncle Wang! Imperial Uncle Wang often instructs us servants on how to serve the ruler, Imperial Uncle said...said that at times like this, His Majesty had inquired about Yan Wang, he should be intending to summon him into the palace, that I should be smart and change the words..."

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      Li Feng turned the ring on his finger and sneered, "I really don't know what I mean anymore."

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      Wang Guo knelt down with a thump. The moment he couldn't find the old doctor, he knew that he was probably already tossed out by Fang Qin. Fang Qin's face was merciful but his heart was cruel. Feelings and morality generally did not mean anything to him. He should have known better — at first, that Fang and Lu Chang were also incredibly close, didn't he directly sell him out, stabbing him in the back?

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      The servant shouted out his grievances and was dragged aside and had his mouth blocked after a few shouts. Fang Qin said, "Your Majesty, Lord Wang is the Imperial Uncle of our court. Your subject doesn't believe that he can do such a thing as communicating with foreign countries. I also ask Your Majesty to make a clear observation and must return the uncle's innocence."

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      Wang Guo: "..."

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      Uncle Wang's words of grievance were blocked by Fang Qin's words. He originally intended to shout for discrimination of injustice. He wanted to gamble that the Emperor still had affection for his uncle, or did not want to kill an old minister from the last dynasty and open his net to let him go.

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