What it meant to serve a sovereign as though living beside a tiger, and how unfathomable imperial might could be! (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

Li Chen's care for Lin Yue'e left nothing unattended. Every time he visited the Ministry of Sect Affairs, he personally adjusted her cultivation art to ensure that her path of cultivation remained free of obstacles.

When Lin Yue'e looked at Li Chen, her eyes held not only boundless gratitude, but also absolute fervor and loyalty.

Xu Zifeng took all of this in, thoughts stirring in his mind. Perhaps His Majesty was hinting that, as long as I remained utterly loyal, I would surely be entrusted with important duties?

Although no one knew Li Chen's true intentions, Xu Zifeng had already decided that this had to be some kind of test.

Everyone said a sovereign's heart was unfathomable. His Majesty could not have brought him along for no reason. There had to be a deeper meaning.

After leaving the Ministry of Sect Affairs, Li Chen's next stop was the Ministry of Rites.

Xu Zifeng had cultivated connections with all the officials here at the instructions of his father, the Prince of the South, so they were on somewhat friendly terms.

Yet when Li Chen asked about him, these officials dared not praise him excessively. They could only assess Xu Zifeng's recent behavior as objectively as possible.

"Commandant Xu has indeed reined himself in considerably of late."

"He certainly has become a little more levelheaded than before."

Their lukewarm assessments made Xu Zifeng secretly breathe a sigh of relief. At least no one had exposed his dirty laundry before His Majesty.

After hearing them out, Li Chen offered no opinion and merely nodded lightly.

Next, they headed to the Ministry of Justice, making Xu Zifeng's heart tighten.

He had hoped his good "buddy" Xiao Ming could put in a few good words for him, but unexpectedly, Xiao Ming was not at the