Chapter 290: Why Bother Worrying About So Much

In the Capital, at the Chen Mansion, within the simple and unadorned Chen Mansion, a frail figure was being supported by someone, struggling to sit in a chair.

When Shen Yu stepped inside, he immediately sensed no fewer than three sharp auras, which belonged to the category of experts even among those in the Transcendence Realm.

Previously, his strength was not high enough to detect these deeply hidden auras, but today is different from the past.

Today, these hidden auras are so obvious in his eyes.

With three top experts sitting in guard, I fear that apart from the Imperial Palace, the defenses of the Chen Mansion might be the most formidable in the entire Capital.

As a Three-Dynasty Elder, Chen Xing is not only said to have served through three dynasties, but also to have held the reins of government throughout those three dynasties, and always in that position of being below one person but above ten thousand.

Over these many years, he has never been greedy for power, and the emperors of the three dynasties he served were all wise and decisive people who placed great trust in him.

Of course, this also has to do with Chen Xing himself knowing what he should take and what he should not touch. He made three generations of emperors feel at ease and trust him.

Furthermore, over these years, he has indeed supported half the sky of the Imperial Court with his own strength.

Back then, the Mu Zishan incident caused the Imperial Court's experts to wither, and coupled with the Spiritual Qi Surge, the limits of heaven and earth were raised, causing many experts to suddenly emerge in the Jianghu.

Mu Zishan entered the Forbidden Land alone and suppressed the world for over a hundred years, which finally managed to halt the Spiritual Qi Surge.

Yet even so, the world still gained many Transcendence Realm experts. Once reaching the Transcendence Realm, the restrictions of ordinary numbers began to become very small for them, and the deterrent power of armies was reduced to a minimum.

Ambitious people in the Jianghu emerged one after another, forces with Transcendence Realm experts sitting in command expanded rapidly, their ambitions grew ever larger, and then a great chaos that swept the world arrived unexpectedly.

The Imperial Court suffered through war because of this; in that battle, countless people sacrificed their lives, and only then did they manage to pull through. But for so many years, the imperial government has remained poor and weak.

Three generations of emperors exhausted their hearts and blood, vowing to spend their lives bringing the Imperial Court back to its peak. Chen Xing, with his own strength, used his astonishing personal charisma and methods to stabilize the entire court and the country.

Internally, he vigorously promoted and cultivated talent, sparing no cost to nurture the Imperial Court's own Transcendence Realm experts. Externally, he divided, courted, and defeated the various sects and major clans of the Jianghu one by one.

It is no exaggeration to say that the reason the entire Imperial Court was able to recover quickly from its decline back then is absolutely due to Chen Xing's indelible contribution.

Moreover, Chen Xing took extra care of the common people; gradually, the people became prosperous and peaceful, and the world was well-governed as a result.

However, if you think Chen Xing is an honest man, then you are very much mistaken; an honest man could not suppress a court full of cunning and treacherous people.

He was able to single-handedly suppress everyone so that they dared not move, and so many people hated him to the bone yet were helpless against him; one can imagine the strength of Chen Xing's methods.

He had an iron backbone yet was not inflexible; he hacked through thorns and brambles while always working without complaint, his heart entirely devoted to the nation, never having a shred of selfish desire.

It is precisely because of this that it is no exaggeration to say that Chen Xing's prestige within the Imperial Court can be called unique.

At this moment, Chen Xing was sitting in the study, frowning as if thinking about something.

Because of excessive worry, he would cough a couple of times from time to time; the frailty of his body seemed unable to let him worry too much.

"Lord Chen, Changguan Hou Mu Qing is dead, you don't need to sigh so heavily!"

The Huwe standing beside Chen Xing was a middle-aged man with slightly graying temples; he was none other than Guo Yi, whom Shen Yu had seen before. Likewise, he was also Chen Xing's personal Huwe and his true confidant.

"My Lord, for all these years I have never understood, clearly Mu Qing was a corrupt and lawless person, so why did you still protect him?"

For so many years, Mu Qing had never been caught for his corruption and lawlessness; others all thought Mu Qing was cautious in his actions and left no evidence of his crimes.

But who would have known that all of this was Lord Chen cleaning up after him. Otherwise, with that big mouth of Mu Qing's, he could have blurted it out even after drinking too much, and it would have been known to everyone long ago; who could he have hidden it from?

Even so, the news that Mu Qing was a corrupt official spread like wildfire, it was just that everyone had no evidence and was helpless against him.

Because all the traces and all the evidence had been secretly wiped away by this Lord Chen, who appeared upright and selfless on the surface.

Regarding this point, Chen Xing could hide it from everyone, but he could not hide it from Guo Yi, who was his personal Huwe; after all, some things were handled by him personally.

Regarding Chen Xing, Guo Yi had always trusted him unconditionally; even when he wanted to protect a corrupt official like Mu Qing, Guo Yi always felt that Lord Chen had his own reasons and did not think much of it.

But for so many years, no redeeming qualities had been found in Mu Qing, and now, he had died at the hands of Shen Yu, and Shen Yu never killed innocent people.

These various events made Guo Yi feel lost for the first time when facing Lord Chen.

"You don't need to understand why; you only need to know that this person Mu Qing could not be allowed to have any trouble, let alone die, yet he has died now!"

Seeming to have encountered something thorny, Chen Xing frowned very tightly, "This kid Shen Yu has given me a huge problem. Very well, let this old man bear everything!"

"A-Yi!"

"My Lord!" Seeing Chen Xing show such rare seriousness, Guo Yi immediately responded carefully, then respectfully listened to Chen Xing's instructions.

"A-Yi, one day if I die, you must protect the things in my secret room and do not let others take them."

"Regardless of whether the one who kills me is Shen Yu or not, afterwards you must hand everything inside over to him!"

He stood up shakily, and Guo Yi beside him hurriedly supported him carefully, but was gently pushed away by Chen Xing.

His body was already riddled with holes, but he still tried his best to stand as straight as possible; no matter when, his back could not be bent.

"My Lord!" Chen Xing's words startled Guo Yi, and then his expression changed constantly, "Is the Lord worrying too much? How could Lord Shen kill you?"

"Because over these years, I have shielded more than just Mu Qing; I have shielded quite a few people who were supposed to die."

"I imagine Shen Yu will soon know about this. He is a person who hates evil like an enemy; this point alone is enough!"

With a long sigh, Chen Xing then took a deep breath, his face seemingly without any fluctuation, as if these things were of no importance to him. This is what it should look like to truly view Life and Death with indifference.

"I suppose in his eyes, this old man will soon become a hypocrite, and the kind that must be killed quickly!"

"Even if he doesn't know about these things now, someone will definitely let him know. This is an open conspiracy."

"The other party has calculated that I cannot say anything, and has calculated my determination to protect Shen Yu!"

"However, there is one thing they calculated wrong: this old man is not an old stubborn who doesn't know how to adapt, and even less so someone they can manipulate."

"If we are talking about petty schemes and underhanded tricks, what is more tempering than the Imperial Court? I have been able to suppress the court for so many years; do they really think I am easy to bully!"

"Since they want to fight, then let's see. I haven't shown my power for so many years; do they think I am truly old!"

An invisible aura flashed and vanished from Chen Xing's body; it was this kind of awe-inspiring aura that made people unable to help but feel reverence.

In front of Lord Chen, even an expert like him seemed to be left with only a heart full of reverence and a sense of humbleness.

Recently, the aura on Lord Chen had become increasingly intense, as if radiating light and soaring to the heavens.

For some reason, today, this aura seemed to have an extra trace of tragic heroism.

"They don't know that I have held the reins of government for so many years; if I didn't even have the courage to take a gamble, how could I talk about strengthening the Imperial Court, and how could I talk about reviving the world!"

"They don't know even more that if it comes to being shameless, this old man should be the number one in the Imperial Court; I haven't been afraid of anyone yet!"