Huo Yushen had always known Xia Chujian had a big heart. Only now did he realize that not only was her heart big, her skin was thick too!
To lie with her eyes wide open to this extent was truly... impossible to get angry about.
Huo Yushen reflected for three seconds.
His expression remained unchanged as he said coolly, "Now that all my memories have returned, you can go back to calling me by my name."
Xia Chujian answered loudly, "Okay! Former Chief Inspector Huo!"
She Zhuyin burst out laughing, her gaze shifting back and forth between Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen.
Huo Yushen pressed his lips together and changed the subject. "Mother, did Qi Buqu ever say why Tantai Lin and the Three Great Noble Families gave the Exotic Beast Forest to Qi Sha and her descendants back then?"
She Zhuyin gave him a long look without exposing him. "He never said. I suspect he simply didn't know."
"After all, for ten thousand years, the descendants of that family had been fleeing for their lives."
After thinking for a moment, Xia Chujian continued, "Then who might know the answer?"
She Zhuyin said, "If anyone in this Empire still knows the answer, it is most likely the Three Great Noble Families and the Tan Tai Royal Family."
When Mulan City on Guiyuan Star entered the early hours of its second day, the Interstellar Spaceship departing from Guiyuan Star had finally passed through the wormhole and arrived in the upper space of Beichen Star Imperial City.
Tan Tai Qing, Zongling of the Beichen Empire's Imperial Clan Court, hurried into the Imperial Palace with his nephew and assistant, Tan Tai Youxin.
It was evening in Beichen Star Imperial City.
The sunset clouds at the horizon were an alarming red, blanketing the