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Jin Chen covered his mouth in disbelief. After a long time, he finally reacted and threw himself into Lu Chen's arms, crying loudly, as if he wanted to vent all the grievances he had suffered over the past few years. Soon, Lu Chen's clothes were soaked in Jin Chen's tears.

Lu Chen could only stand on the spot in embarrassment and allow Jinhai to cry until his clothes were wet. He was waiting for Jinhai to finish his grievances.

After a while, Jinsei raised her head and saw that she was still lying in Lu Chen's arms. She smiled awkwardly, took out a handkerchief, wiped her tears and softly asked, "I thought you were dead at the beginning, I didn't expect to see you again today."

Lu Chen rubbed his nose and smiled awkwardly, "Maybe I'm lucky, but I didn't expect you to be a woman. Plus …" Lu Chen did not finish his sentence. He knew that Jinshui understood what he meant.

A tinge of sadness flashed across Jin Chen's eyes. "I didn't expect that the exalted Jin Huang would become a singing prostitute today. He was even auctioned off for the first night."

Lu Chen smiled, but didn't say anything. He knew that whatever he said now would be a form of harm to Jinsei, because back then, Jinhai was such a prideful person. Now that they met each other, he believed that he could not care less about Jinsei's feelings.

Seeing that Lu Chen did not say anything, the two of them quietly sat by the table. The room fell into silence, and only the occasional sound of breathing could be heard from the two of them.

"Jin Shang and you are." In the end, Lu Chen broke the silence and asked. Although he had found out about the relationship between Jinsei and Jinshang from Zuo Ying, he still didn't know a lot of details, so he asked.

"Shang'er is my own younger brother. Back then, my mother insisted that I inherit the throne so she sacrificed me. She also allowed me to cultivate the Inverted Yin and Yang Body Transformation to become a man and continue to live under the name of Jin Shang." Jinzhi said blandly.

Hearing this, Lu Chen fell silent. He remembered a flash of light in Jin Xu's eyes when he asked her if she should call him Wanli or Jinli. He didn't know why back then, but now he understood that it was a joy that came after a long time of not being recognized. Remembering that Jinsei had to pretend to be a man for so many years, that she couldn't admit her own name, that she even had to carry the misunderstanding of her own younger brother, Lu Chen felt a wave of pity for her, and at the same time, admiration for Jinhai.

"Why didn't you explain it to your brother?" Lu Chen asked.

"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I can't. Shang'er may look free but in reality, she is being controlled. I can't let Shang'er suffer even a little bit. After all, he has already suffered so much."

Lu Chen looked at the sky. He got up, walked around the brocade seep and blew out the lights in the room. Then, he sat back down at the table and said, "You should rest early."

Jin Chen looked at Lu Chen as he pressed down the throbbing in his heart. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Thank you." Then he went back to bed.

Lu Chen didn't ask how Jinhai had gotten here, nor did Jinhai say that both of them had the sense to skip this question.

Seeing that Jinshui had gone to rest, Lu Chen gathered what had happened to him since he arrived at the Embroidery Dynasty, as well as what happened to Jinshui and Zuo Ying. After that, he felt like there was a pair of large hands secretly controlling the Embroidery Empire, Jinshui, Jinshang, and even the war between the Embroidery Empire and the Northern Ice Empire, under the control of those big hands. After thinking for a long time, Lu Chen still didn't have any thoughts. Moreover, he still didn't understand the purpose of those two big hands, whether it was to cause conflict between Jinshui and Jinshang, or to unify Emperor Dragon Continent, or even for some other unspeakable reason. But no matter how he thought about it, Lu Chen felt that those big hands were just doing something excessive.

The next day, when Jinsei opened her eyes, Lu Chen had already left. Seeing Lu Chen sitting at the same spot where he had been sitting the night before, an inexplicable feeling quietly appeared from the bottom of her heart.

After leaving the Immortal Jade Tower, Lu Chen quietly flew towards the palace. Although there was a barrier outside the palace, which was forbidden without the permission of the emperor, this barrier could still be easily broken in Lu Chen's eyes. After a while, Lu Chen quietly sneaked into the palace and headed towards the Liushang Courtyard where Jin Xu and Jinshang used to live.

Arriving at the Liushang Courtyard, Lu Chen stared at the plum blossoms that filled the garden in a daze for a while, and then followed his guess to find the house that Jinshui had once lived in. After turning the Liushang Courtyard halfway, Lu Chen finally found the house that Jinshui had once lived in.

He pushed open the door and a gust of dust blew in his face. However, if one looked closely, they would see that there was less dust than the other houses. This meant that someone had been here for at least a month.

Lu Chen looked around the room. In the middle of the room, there was a round table, on the table, there was a teapot, he stepped forward to pick up the teapot and tea cup, but unexpectedly there was no dust on them. Several flower pots were placed at the four corners of the room, but the flowers in the pots were all gone. Further in was an inner room with a bed made of glass. The curtains were made of moonlight. When the moonlight shone upon the bed, the entire bed would emit a faint white light. On the right side of the bed was a large rosewood cabinet. Most likely, the clothes inside had already been taken away. Beside the cabinet was a dressing table with a bronze mirror facing the door. There was faint dust on the dressing table, but it was the most dusty place in the room.

Lu Chen walked around the room, but didn't find what he was looking for. Just as he was about to exit the room, he felt something was wrong, then he returned to the brocade bed. Seeing the shape of the bed and the way things were placed in the room, the corner of Lu Chen's mouth raised into a smile.

Once again, Lu Chen arrived at an unfamiliar room. The house was surrounded by walls, and there was not a single window which made the room even darker. Reaching out his right hand, Lu Chen used the Fire Summoning Technique, and a small ball of flame appeared in his palm.

The room's layout was simple and crude, with only a wooden bed. On the wooden bed was a woman dressed in white, chained to the bed. Sensing Lu Chen's arrival, the woman opened her eyes and looked coldly at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen faced the woman's gaze, and bowed towards the woman with a faint smile, then said: "This subject, Lu Chen, pays his respects to Empress Ying, but it seems that you are not doing well."