How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

The prince is now recuperating in the Wude Hall. The inside and outside of the Wude Hall are guarded by Cao Que's men to ensure that no suspicious fly is allowed in before the prince recovers.

"You can go back." When they reached the door of Wude Hall, Xie Chengze waved his hand, indicating that Shen Yuan could leave the palace and go home.

Shen Yuan looked up at the plaque of the Wude Hall, then raised his eyebrows, "Now that the real murderer has been caught, can't I go in?"

"Why did you come in?" Xie Chengze narrowed his eyes alertly, "Are you worried about your Crown Prince?"

Shen Yuan shook his head, a pitiful look on his handsome face, "In order to pick up His Highness after work, every time I go back to the Shen Mansion, I can only eat leftover cold dishes. I wonder if I can have some hot meals in the Wude Hall today?"

Xie Chengze gave him a suspicious look.

The Shen family shouldn't have such strict rules that they would give their own young master leftover cold dishes, right?

It's almost the same as eating heated leftovers.

But it's not a big deal for a young man to eat leftovers every day, especially because it's because I picked him up from get off work...

"Then come in." Xie Chengze coughed lightly, pulled his sleeve and walked into the Wude Hall, and said to the guards at the door, "This is Lord Shen Yuan, here to visit His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The guards glanced at Shen Yuan, and after recognizing him, they quickly made way for him. "Second Prince, Lord Shen, please."

Before, many officials wanted to visit the prince, but were stopped outside the palace by the imperial guards. But now they easily made way. Obviously, either Cao Que had given special instructions, or the prince had given special instructions.

Xie Chengze instantly let go of the sleeve in his hand and walked quickly into the hall.

Shen Yuan hurriedly followed and explained, "It should be Cao Que's order. After all, I was ordered by His Majesty to find the real culprit, so I may have to meet the Crown Prince."

"What are you explaining? I'm not angry." Xie Chengze showed a very standard smile, "Lord Shen wants to hone and help the prince, so he must contact the prince and have a good relationship with him. I understand, I understand very much."

Shen Yuan felt that he didn't understand.

Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard a rustle in the bushes not far away. He subconsciously pulled Xie Chengze behind him and raised his hand alertly, "Who?!"

“I, I, I, it’s me.” Xie Zimiao, with a little white tiger on his head, crawled out of the bushes with a dusty face, raised his hands and said, “Don’t hit me, I just came to see my second brother…”

He paused, feeling that he had missed something, and added, "And the third brother."

Xie Chengze looked at him a few times, a little puzzled, "How did you get in when the guards here are so strict?"

"My third sister said there's a dog hole here..." Xie Zimiao lowered his head embarrassedly, "I climbed in when the guards were changing shifts."

Xie Chengze: ...

Xie Shu really knows the entire palace by heart. She even knows that there is a dog hole in such a remote palace like Wude Hall?

You probably wander around a lot!

"Whatever." Xie Chengze rubbed his brows, "Come here, don't take such risks next time."

“Hehehe, yeah!” Xie Zimiao hurried over and handed the little white tiger on his head to Xie Chengze, “Second brother, do you want a hug?”

The second brother has been too busy recently, and his mother wanted to play with the tiger, so he took the little white tiger away to take care of it first.

The little white tiger smelled a familiar scent and stretched out its claws towards Xie Chengze, "Ah."

The little guy has grown a lot. When Xie Chengze held him in his arms, he felt his arm become heavier. He was quite heavy. "Wow! He's a lot heavier. It looks like he's eating well."

"Indeed, it might have eaten it." Xie Zimiao nodded in agreement, "My mother is the same, she has no self-control at all and fed it a lot of meat."

"Being able to eat is a blessing." Xie Chengze felt his arm begin to ache after holding it for a while. He couldn't help but look at Xie Zimiao, "Why don't we let it go on its own?"

Xie Zimiao looked at his arm and nodded, "Second brother is indeed weak."

Xie Chengze: ???

I'm not weak!!!

In order to prove that he is a tough guy, Xie Chengze gathered all his strength, quickened his pace, and ran towards the inner hall holding the little white tiger.

"Just showing off." Shen Yuan couldn't help but laugh and shook his head.

"One point for showing off." Xie Zimiao also shook his head.

When Xie Chengze ran to the door of the inner hall, he was already exhausted like a dog. He put the little white tiger on the ground, bent over and held on to the pillar, panting, "The little thing is quite heavy, it will definitely be majestic in the future."

The little white tiger raised its head proudly, its jade-like eyes seemed to say that it was a must, but its black and white striped tail was wrapped around Xie Chengze's ankles, being extremely clingy.

"Let's go in and meet the prince you have never seen before."

When Xie Chengze stepped into the inner hall, he saw Xie Jinyu, who was supposed to be seriously poisoned and bedridden, playing chess with Xie Shoujun. It was obvious that Xie Shoujun, who was a great killer on the battlefield but had poor chess skills, had been killed by the opponent without a single piece of armor left.

"Brother Crown Prince, are you bullying our royal brother again?" Xie Chengze stepped forward, took a chess piece from Xie Shoujun's fingers, and put it on the chessboard. Then, the originally scattered white chess pieces instantly became active again.

"Second brother, I was clearly serving as a sparring partner for my eldest brother." Xie Jinyu's face was filled with injustice. His eyes fell on the little white tiger that was following him on the ground. His brows sank. "Is this the New Year's gift from my fourth brother to you?"

"Yeah, isn't it great?" Xie Chengze carried the little white tiger to the side couch and said happily, "Once I have tamed it completely, I will ride it to the prairie to show off my majesty, and then travel to various places with charming scenery..."

Xie Jinyu paused while playing chess, and when he looked up, his eyes flickered a little, "How long will Second Brother be gone?"

"It's hard to say. The carriages here are too slow. If you want to travel around Jian'an, it will probably take twenty years, right?" Xie Chengze counted on his fingers. "You have to stay in a place for a while. When Master Shen took Shen Yuan on a tour, it took them ten years..."

Speak of the devil and he shall appear. As soon as Shen Yuan stepped into the inner hall, he heard Xie Chengze say that he wanted to travel around Jian'an. Turning around again, he saw that Xie Jinyu's entire aura had changed, as if a storm was about to break out in the city, and it was so gloomy that it made people feel extremely depressed just by looking at it.

"It's just some mountains and water, what's so good about it?" Xie Jinyu dropped the chess piece in his hand heavily onto the chessboard. All the chess pieces on the board trembled slightly and moved slightly.

Xie Shoujun couldn't help but look at him.

Why are you suddenly angry?

"It's not just the mountains and waters you need to visit." Xie Chengze explained patiently, "There's also human geography. This world contains many unknown resources that can help Jian'an develop rapidly. If I don't help you find them, how can you become a wise ruler who will go down in history?"

"When did I ever say that I wanted to become a wise ruler who will go down in history?" Xie Jinyu's face darkened. "When did my second brother ever have such a wish? He never asked me if I was willing or not."

Xie Chengze choked, "If you don't want to be remembered in history, then what is the purpose? To be a tyrant who indulges in wine and women?"

"Of course it is for!" Xie Jinyu almost blurted out, but the sound of the teacup breaking when the back of his hand accidentally hit the ground saved his sanity in time. He tried to curl the corners of his lips and smiled, "It's nothing, second brother, you are right."

Shen Yuan had already sat down on the couch at this time. Seeing this, he thought to himself: Of course, it is to trap you in the palace.