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What’s even more interesting is that Zhao Heng also treated Liu Wan’s ex-husband well, who is now Liu Wan’s nominal brother and the father of Yu’er, who Liu Wan said wanted to marry Zhou Chen.

Of course, in order to maintain Liu Wan's position and identity in the harem, all these secrets had long been eliminated by Zhao Heng. Apart from the parties involved, very few people in the world knew about this.

These were all investigated by Zhou Chen. Although this world was fictional, it was closely related to official history. Based on the information from official history and Liu Wan's experience, it was easy for him to analyze these secrets.

Zhou Chen admired Zhao Heng's tolerance very much. If it were him, he would definitely not be able to do so.

He himself couldn't do it, but that didn't stop him from admiring Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng really doted on Liu Wan. There was no other reason why an emperor could do this for his beloved woman except that it was out of deep affection.

"This makes me curious. What kind of extraordinary woman is Zhao Pan'er that a young hero like Zhou Qing would be obsessed with her."

Zhao Heng himself is a romantic man, so Zhou Chen's behavior seems unreasonable and incomprehensible to others, but he is more curious about what the woman who can fascinate Zhou Chen looks like.

Liu Wan glanced at Zhao Heng calmly. She certainly understood what her man was thinking at the moment, but she was extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Chen's behavior.

How could a merchant woman who had once been a prostitute compare to her niece? Zhou Chen was really out of his mind.

"Pan'er is just an ordinary woman, but she is the woman I love the most. She knows that she is of humble status, so she can't bear to drag me down. But as a man, since I love her, I will love her regardless of everything, marry her, and protect and love her for the rest of my life."

Hearing Zhou Chen's words, Zhao Heng's expression was moved, as if he saw his former self in Zhou Chen.

"Empress, Zhou Qing is so affectionate, we can't do anything to break up the couple. Let's forget about what you just said."

Liu Wan pursed her lips, feeling very unhappy, but still obeyed Zhao Heng.

"I will obey your Majesty."

Zhao Heng made the final decision, and Zhou Chen felt relieved. It seemed that Zhao Heng was wise. Although he loved Liu Wan very much, he could still keep a clear head on national affairs and would not give in to Liu Wan in everything.

Zhou Chen stood outside the Chuigong Hall. He knew that since he had taken the initiative to confess his relationship with Zhao Pan'er today, he might have to face a lot of discussion and criticism from people.

Especially those scholars, if they knew that he was going to marry a merchant woman, who knows how they would attack him. Even those from noble families would probably come to question him.

Although it was a bit of a headache, Zhou Chen did not regret it. It was only a matter of time. It was just a little earlier now.

Instead, he was more concerned about the matter that the official Zhao Heng asked him to investigate the case of the hat monster.

The truth he learned from the TV drama was that the hat monster case was planned by Commander Cui from the Palace Front Department and a disciple of Prime Minister Ke Zheng. However, the plot did not specify which disciple of Prime Minister Ke it was. It could only be confirmed that it was from the Qingliu lineage.

However, Qi Mu knew about this matter and took advantage of it.

Zhou Chen didn’t know who the real mastermind behind the scenes was, but that didn’t stop him from pushing the blame on Qi Mu. Qi Mu was involved anyway, so he might as well just kill him with one blow.

However, this matter still needs to be planned slowly and cannot be rushed.

After leaving the palace, Zhou Chen went straight to the mansion where he met Xiao Qinyan last time, and an hour later, he met Xiao Qinyan again.

"Lord Zhou has come uninvited. Does it seem like you have something important to discuss with me?"

The last time they met, Xiao Qinyan called Zhou Chen "Ziheng Ziheng" in order to get closer to him, but after both parties reached a consensus, he never called him that again.

Zhou Chen did not speak in an official tone to Xiao Qinyan, and said directly: "The official summoned me today and ordered me to secretly investigate the case of the hat monster."

Xiao Qinyan was surprised. "Isn't the Imperial City Department in charge of the Hat Monster case? Why would the government let you investigate secretly?"

But he quickly reacted: "It seems that the government also wants to eliminate the impact of the hat monster case as soon as possible."

"Is this what you came to me for?"

Zhou Chen said calmly: "We all know who the hat monster case targets."

Xiao Qinyan remained silent for a while before speaking again: "What do you want to do?"

Zhou Chen said in a deep voice: "No matter who is the mastermind behind the Hat Monster case, he is Qi Mu."

Xiao Qinyan raised his eyebrows and said, "You want to put all the blame on Qi Mu? But will the emperor believe it? Mr. Ke is about to leave Beijing. Once he leaves, Qi Mu will be the mastermind of the Qingliu faction. If we get rid of him so quickly, isn't it a bit too hasty?"

He wanted to dominate the government, but after all, he had just returned to Tokyo and had not yet completely controlled the situation. He did not take Qi Mu seriously, but was afraid that getting rid of Qi Mu would arouse the suspicion of the government. After all, the government would not allow him to dominate the government alone.

"Mr. Xiao doesn't agree with my plan?"

"That's not the case. Qi Mu is indeed abominable, but it's not easy to bring him down directly with the hat monster case. Do you have a foolproof plan?"

"No."

"No?"

Xiao Qinyan looked at Zhou Chen in astonishment. Seeing Zhou Chen's confidence, he thought Zhou Chen was very sure. He didn't expect Zhou Chen to give him such an answer.

Zhou Chen's expression remained unchanged. Of course he had a way to deal with Qi Mu, but he was not going to tell Xiao Qinyan. He came to Xiao Qinyan just to express his attitude.

The reason why Qi Mu was identified as the mastermind in the hat monster case was that he wanted to send a signal to Queen Liu Wan through Xiao Qinyan, saying that he had no intention of being an enemy of the Queen's party, but was willing to help the Queen's party eliminate the clean stream.

Originally, he didn't need to do this, but who knew why Liu Wan went crazy today and insisted on arranging a marriage for him.

Sometimes women are still very narrow-minded. He didn't want Liu Wan to be hostile to him because of this incident, which would hinder his future plans, so he planned to use Xiao Qinyan.

This is also the reason why Zhou Chen has never liked a career in officialdom. One has to take one step at a time, and there are all kinds of intrigues. How can it be as satisfying as suppressing others with power or force?

Moreover, this was an ancient feudal dynasty. His power alone was ultimately limited, and he must have enough power to achieve his goals.

"In fact, it is very simple to overthrow Qi Mu. As long as Deputy Envoy Gu is willing to help, it can be done easily."

Xiao Qinyan directly ignored Zhou Chen's words, jokingly, Gu Qianfan was his son, but he still wanted to make Gu Qianfan submit to him and support him with all his strength, how could he sell his "eldest son" for a Qi Mu.

Zhou Chen sneered in his heart. Xiao Qinyan's reaction was completely within his expectations. This kind of person only cares about interests. He would never agree to exchange Gu Qianfan for Qi Mu.

Until Zhou Chen left, Xiao Qinyan was still in deep thought. He felt very strange. Zhou Chen came to see him specially but actually did nothing. What did Zhou Chen mean?

But he soon found out the reason, because news came from the palace that the queen wanted to arrange a marriage for Zhou Chen, but was rejected.

After hearing this news, he suddenly realized that Zhou Chen was using him as a gun.

Zhou Chen arrived at Anyefang's mansion late at night and went straight into Zhao Paner's room without disturbing anyone.

"What? You want me to copy a painting of a night banquet?"

Zhao Paner was very shocked when she heard Zhou Chen's words.

Zhou Chen said: "Yes, I remember you said that the Night Banquet painting you gave to Yang Zhiyuan was copied by you. Can you copy another one now?"

"this?"

Zhao Pan'er hesitated, "I did copy Yang Yunpan's painting, but it was based on the real painting, and it's been a long time. If you ask me to draw it now based on my imagination, it would be hard for me to do it."

Zhou Chen frowned slightly when he heard this: "It seems that there is no other choice. Pan'er, if I bring you the real Night Banquet, how long will it take you to copy a fake one?"

"If you prepare in advance, it will take at least two days."

"Two days?"

Zhou Chen calculated that there were only four days left until Xiao Qinyan's birthday party.

Chapter 994: A Hero Saves a Beauty, Commander Cui

late at night!

Zhou Chen was dressed in black and moved through the night at an extremely fast speed so that no one could spot him.

Although he has only practiced the Pure Yang Art to the minor success level so far, which is far behind himself in the world of Langya Bang, but in this world, in terms of martial arts alone, he is definitely the undisputed number one in the world.

Gu Qianfan’s fighting power is considered good, but if Zhou Chen uses his full strength, he can take Gu Qianfan’s life within five moves.

Because even though he had only achieved a small success in the Pure Yang Technique, his physical fitness was extremely strong. Not counting his internal strength, he could defeat the world with just his physical and external strength.

But personal strength is only personal strength after all. He is a mortal after all and cannot be invulnerable to swords and guns. Once he is besieged by an army, a hundred elite soldiers can kill him, and hundreds of elite soldiers can wear him down.

Zhou Chen once went to Ke Zheng Ke's mansion, even though it was many years ago, he still remembered it clearly.

If Ke Zheng was still the prime minister, Zhou Chen would have to spend a lot of effort to infiltrate, but now Ke Zheng has been demoted and will leave Beijing soon, so the housekeepers, guards, servants, etc. in the mansion have basically been disbanded, with only a few old servants still serving.

This mansion was given by the government and would be taken back after he left, so his relatives had already moved to another mansion.

Zhou Chen sneaked all the way in and looked at the silent mansion, feeling filled with emotion.

In the past, this place was crowded with guests and bustling with people, but after Ke Zheng was demoted, it has become a place where no one cares about it.

However, Zhou Chen had lived for so many years and had seen too many fickle things in the world, so he just sighed in his heart and then continued with his purpose.

Zhou Chen's figure was like a ghost. He moved quickly in the mansion and relied on his keen hearing to avoid everyone.

But this mansion was very large and had many rooms, so it took him more than an hour to find the room where Ke Zheng stored his calligraphy and paintings.

Perhaps because he was about to leave Beijing, Ke Zheng packed all the calligraphy and paintings into a box. Zhou Chen searched through them one by one, and it took him quite a while to finally find the real Night Banquet Painting.

This painting of Night Banquet was given to Ke Zheng by Ouyang Xu. It was a gift from a disciple to his teacher, so Ke Zheng kept it very well and there was not a single scratch on it.

Zhou Chen had never seen the Night Banquet, but Zhao Pan'er had described it to him, so when he opened it, he knew that this was the Night Banquet he wanted.

He quickly put away the Night Banquet Painting, then restored all the things he had found to their original places. He checked once more to make sure nothing was missing before leaving Ke Zheng's residence.

Ouyang Xu had died a long time ago, and Ke Zheng had to leave Beijing recently, so he had to be very busy and probably had no time to care about these calligraphy and paintings. That was why Zhou Chen boldly and confidently stole the Night Banquet Painting.

After getting the Night Banquet Painting, Zhou Chen immediately gave it to Zhao Pan'er and asked her to start copying it.

In order to help Zhou Chen complete this task, Zhao Pan'er simply closed Banzhaimian for a few days. Naturally, Sun Sanniang and the others had no objection to this.

The current liveliness and effectiveness of Half-Covered Face is all due to Zhao Pan'er's strategic planning. For Sun Sanniang and the others, they will do whatever Zhao Pan'er tells them to do.

Ever since the half-covered face show became popular, they have been living very well recently and the girls are actually very satisfied.

The next day, Zhou Chen and his men began patrolling the city of Tokyo.

Of course, all this was done for outsiders to see. In fact, Zhou Chen had no intention of arresting anyone directly. He was just pretending. His plan had to wait until Zhao Pan'er helped him paint a fake of the Night Banquet.

…………

A day passed, and Zhou Chen lay leisurely on the roof of a building.

Following the order of Emperor Zhao Heng, he is now investigating the case of the hat monster, so he does not need to stay on duty in the palace.

Zhou Chen certainly wouldn't let go of such a good excuse to take some time off, so he randomly found an empty rooftop to rest.

It was already late afternoon, there was not much sunlight, and time passed by as I squinted my eyes for a moment.

I don’t know how much time had passed, but suddenly a loud noise woke Zhou Chen up from his rest. He turned his head speechlessly and looked towards the alley below.

I saw a few hooligans blocking the entrance of the alley. There was a girl inside, leaning against the wall, holding her stomach, and shouting at the hooligans.

"Get out! Get out now! If you dare to come over here again, I'll have my father kill you all."

Such threats obviously failed to intimidate these ruffians, and they all laughed mockingly.

"Hehe, we are really scared. Little girl, why don't you play with your brothers for a while?"

Obviously, this was a very melodramatic scene of a scoundrel molesting a decent woman. Zhou Chen didn't expect that he would encounter such a melodramatic thing just by finding a place to rest.

Seeing a few scoundrels approaching, the girl screamed again: "Get out of here, get out of here! My father is Gao Guancha, a third-rank official in the court, and my aunt is a virtuous concubine in the palace. If you dare to touch me, I will punish all of your clans."

But these ruffians didn't take it seriously at all, and one of them even laughed disdainfully: "She's still a virtuous concubine in the palace, young lady. If your aunt is a virtuous concubine in the palace, then my father is the emperor of the dynasty, and we are still relatives."

"Hahaha……"

The other ruffians also laughed.

"You, you guys..."

The woman was obviously very angry. She was already in pain and she cried out in pain, covering her stomach and almost fell down.

Zhou Chen, who was on the roof, clearly heard the conversation below and looked surprised.

'Is this girl Gao Hui?'

His father was Gao Guancha and his aunt was a virtuous concubine in the palace, so the first person he thought of was Gao Hui.

He had seen Gao Hui's portrait. As for why he didn't recognize it at first sight, it was not surprising. After all, it was a few years ago, and it was an ancient version of the portrait. It was amazing that he could recognize it after such a long time.

The woman below was indeed Gao Hui. Ever since she learned of Ouyang Xu's death and had a big fight with her father Gao Hu, she has not left the house since then.

It has been so long since the incident, but her mood still hasn't recovered. Today, she sneaked out with her maid to relax and also went to Xiangguo Temple to pray.

On the way back, she didn't want to take a carriage directly, so she took her maid and walked on the street together.

But she never expected that when she was about to return home, she suddenly felt unwell. The pain and discomfort made it almost impossible for her to walk. In the end, she had to ask her maid to go back to get clothes and call people while she waited there.

But when she was alone, she met a few blind scoundrels who wanted to do something bad to her.

If it were normal times and there were people around her, she would certainly not be afraid, but now, she was really scared to the extreme.

"Don't come over here, get out of here, help, help."

Gao Hui realized that her words could not scare these ruffians, so she had to shout for help.

It’s not that no one heard it, but two passers-by who were passing by hurriedly, when they saw the situation here, had no intention of helping out and just left.

Zhou Chen above sighed faintly: "Sure enough, this kind of trash will exist no matter how developed the city is."