Chapter 1079: Baseless

When the Great Liang Emperor was around, nothing in the Divine Capital could be hidden from His Majesty. Now that His Highness the Crown Prince was governing, many things were not learned of quite so quickly, but it was only a matter of being a little slower.

Over at the Imperial Study, Li Shou brought in the news. His Highness the Crown Prince frowned, his expression becoming somewhat unnatural. “What are these censors thinking about all day? They have a mouth that is supposed to be used for eating, yet all they do is keep talking.”

Li Shou remained silent and did not respond. He naturally knew what His Highness the Crown Prince meant, but since His Highness had not explicitly said it, as a palace attendant, he could only pretend not to understand. That was how things had always been when serving in the palace: one could not be unintelligent, but neither could one be too clever.

“Li Shou, if these fellows come to the palace gates to remonstrate unto death, how should...this imperial...deal with it?”

His Highness the Crown Prince looked toward Li Shou, who was serving beside him.

Li Shou lowered his head and said softly, “Your Highness, how could this servant know how to deal with such an important matter?”

His Highness the Crown Prince said with some dissatisfaction, “If your master were here, how could he be so cautious and afraid to speak? When he served Imperial Father back then, was he anything like you and me?”

Li Shou still kept his head lowered, only saying softly, “Your Highness, if His Majesty were here, he would not ask this question either.”

His Highness the Crown Prince was startled, then remembered how his father had faced the officials during those years when the Great Liang Emperor was in power. Back then, it seemed that his Imperial Father had never once been suppressed?

His Highness the Crown Prince frowned and finally shook his head. “Imperial Emperor... this imperial...”

Although they shared the same blood, they were ultimately different people. If he had been similar to the Great Liang Emperor in temperament from an earlier age, then the Great Liang Emperor would probably not have ultimately chosen to entrust Great Liang to Chen Chao.

Li Shou said softly, “Your Highness is benevolent. That is the blessing of the common people.”

His Highness the Crown Prince laughed and cursed jokingly, “Benevolent, benevolent, and this is what this imperial has been forced into. Truly...”

Before he could finish speaking, another young eunuch came to the door and slowly knelt down. Li Shou naturally took the item that was handed over and then passed it to His Highness the Crown Prince.

His Highness the Crown Prince glanced at it, and his brows immediately rose uncontrollably.

Li Shou took one look and hurriedly lowered his head.

His Highness the Crown Prince laughed heartily. “The common people still understands this imperial. They surrounded the Censorate, hahaha! This really is a first. Heard those censors even got quite a few rotten eggs thrown at them. Usually they’re the ones cursing at others, and now that others have cursed at them, they can’t do anything about it themselves. Satisfying, truly satisfying!”

Li Shou also laughed, though very quietly, without saying much.

However, the Crown Prince who was still holding the memorial frowned after a moment. But this time, he said nothing. After frowning, his brows soon relaxed.

“Come, let’s go tell Xinyue about this news!”

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A carriage left the border of Qingshan Prefecture and entered Changping Prefecture. After traveling for some time, it was already nearly at the Divine Capital, but before reaching the Divine Capital, the carriage received some news and chose to turn back, heading directly toward Xinliu Prefecture.

There were actually only two people in the carriage at this moment.

One man and one woman.

The man was dressed in black. It was Chen Chao.

As for the woman, it was Li You.

Li You asked curiously, “Why is Your Excellency not going to the Divine Capital anymore?”

As for the censors, Li You thought that Chen Chao would definitely have to go and deal with it personally. Otherwise, there was simply no way to suppress the matter. The bigger these things became, the greater the impact on the Northern Frontier - not in any other way, but in that they would leave quite a few soldiers feeling disappointed and hurt.

Sometimes, emotions were more important than anything else.

Chen Chao smiled and said, “Originally, this official was also thinking that I would have to make a trip to the Divine Capital no matter what, but this official didn’t expect this matter to have already been resolved. There are still capable people in the palace.”

As he spoke, Chen Chao’s smile was somewhat difficult to suppress, to the point that anyone who saw it would feel there was some other meaning behind it.

Li You asked curiously, “Why is Your Excellency so happy?”

It was simply her nature. She asked about many things whenever she wanted to, without caring in the slightest about anything else.

Chen Chao did not elaborate. He merely said, “Was just thinking about someone. Apart from being able to overwhelm people with his status, he’ll probably be suppressed by others in every other respect, and this official finds that rather amusing.”

Li You was completely bewildered. Chen Chao instead asked, “There’s not the slightest problem over at the Morning Dew Sect?”

Given the situation at present, everything had to be treated with caution, especially after Luoshui Mountain and Yin Mountain had successively been found to have colluded with the demon race. Chen Chao actually had to be even more cautious when it came to all the sects of the foreign lands.

Among these sects, the Morning Dew Sect was the one he was most concerned about.

The sect master, Feng Liu, was known as the foremost among itinerant cultivators. Not only was his cultivation realm profound, but he was also deep and calculating, and Chen Chao had never underestimated him.

Just from the previous occasion when they had sat down and discussed the sect’s affairs, Chen Chao had already been deeply impressed by Feng Liu. In truth, he felt that he could not quite see through the man.

Although none of the sects Feng Liu had implicated on Yin Mountain involved the Morning Dew Sect, Chen Chao still could not quite put his mind at ease.

Li You said softly, “At present, indeed, we haven’t been able to see any problems.”

Chen Chao thought for a moment and said, “If there really is a problem, then it must be hidden in the most subtle of places. This foremost itinerant cultivator is not shallow in his scheming. But I truly hope there is no problem.”

Li You smiled and said, “It’s always good to be a little more careful. Your Excellency holds a high position, so you have to consider everything, which is why you’re like this. If not for that, why bother with him?”

Chen Chao sighed with emotion. “Actually, in the early years, I really never thought I would have to do these things. Although I’m doing them now, I’ve always felt that they’re troublesome.”

Li You said nothing, merely smiling.

Some sounds suddenly arose outside the carriage. A moment later, a voice came back. “Your Excellency, Feng Liu has returned to Suining Mountain.”

Chen Chao raised his eyebrows. This was an ordinary thing that could not have been more normal, but for some reason, he always felt that Feng Liu’s return to the mountain at this time was going to cause some trouble.

He thought for a moment before raising his eyes to look at Li You and asking seriously, “Li You, what do you think...”

Before he could finish speaking.

Chen Chao shook his head, took a deep breath, and said calmly, “Go to Suining Mountain.”

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Suining Mountain, Morning Dew Sect.

Feng Liu, dressed in red, reclined in a chair and narrowed his eyes with a smile. “Fuchen, tell me, I didn’t make a move over there at the city wall before, and now I’ve come back. How do you think that Lord Warden Commander will see me?”

Xu Fuchen said bluntly, “He might even take you for a spy of the demon race. After all, he’s been killing people lately. If he happens to think about it and then kills you, Feng Liu, that would seem quite reasonable too.”

Feng Liu smiled and said, “Indeed. When people associate with one another, things are always complicated. Once someone becomes suspicious of you, then no matter what you do, it won’t be enough to win their trust. But from what I can see, he doesn’t seem like that kind of person.”

Xu Fuchen said irritably, “We haven’t done anything, have we? Kill people and destroy a sect for no reason? He really isn’t that kind of person.”

“Things are different now from what they were before. Besides, have you never read history books? Have you never heard of something being ‘basless’?”

‘Baseless’ means ‘it may exist.’

Many times, this word alone was enough to serve as a reason.