That night, Chen Qun could not sleep either.
Unlike Yang Xiu and the other two, whose feelings were a mixture of joy and worry, he felt only profound unease and concern.
"Dong Cheng and the others switched the Son of Heaven, making the Minister of Works a traitor to the Han who installed a False Son of Heaven. What are we to do? My Chen clan will become accomplices too."
Chen Qun wore a woeful expression and sighed endlessly.
He felt that Kong Rong's initial assessment had been too cautious. No matter how he looked at him, the Son of Heaven he had seen today was the real one.
Although he had been unable to obtain an audience, that imposing dignity and bearing were beyond any ordinary person, and the Son of Heaven in Xu County could not compare.
Had his entire clan not been swept into Cao Cao's grasp, he would certainly have stayed in Ye City to assist this true Son of Heaven.
How disheartening it was.
And so, Chen Qun, Dong Xi, and Fu De remained in Ye City for some time longer.
They simply could not find an opportunity to see Liu Xie, nor did they dare rashly reveal their identities.
In the end, they could only leave Ye City one after another and return to Xu County to report.
Only Yang Xiu stayed behind, intending to seek an audience with the Son of Heaven through the Edict to Recruit the Worthy and use the opportunity to explain that the Yang family had been deceived by Fu Wan and Dong Cheng, and were not disloyal rebels.
Meanwhile, the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan underwent reversal after reversal.
Shen Pei's death and Xu You's defection threw Yuan Shao's supply operations into utter chaos.