The next day, the boy got up before dawn, opened the door and sat at the door, waiting eagerly.

He waited and waited, and finally when it was dawn, he saw Zhou Chen coming out from the yard next door, and he stood up suddenly.

Zhou Chen was startled and looked at him with wide eyes: "Why are you here so early?"

After saying that, she glanced behind him, as if wondering whether he had slept last night.

The young man stared at Zhou Chen with his eyes fixed on him: "Didn't you say you would take me to see my sister?"

Zhou Chen nodded in confusion: "Yes, I said so."

"Then why didn't you call me? If I didn't wait here, I wouldn't be able to see you. Are you lying to me like those people?"

Facing the boy's question, Zhou Chen was a little confused: "I didn't."

The boy seemed to be deceived and said angrily, "You are dressed neatly, and it is obvious that you want to leave me alone, but you still refuse to admit it."

Zhou Chen suddenly realized what was going on. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a moment. He explained helplessly, "I'm not trying to sneak away. I'm going to the morning court. You should know about the morning court, right? I thought it was too early and you wouldn't be able to rest well, so I didn't call you. I was planning to have someone send you here after the morning court."

"Besides, this is my home. Where can I escape to?"

The young man looked at Zhou Chen blankly, pursing his lips: "You, you really think so?"

Zhou Chen raised his hand and rubbed his brow: "Can I lie to you?"

Zhou Chen looked at him like this and sighed: "Forget it, forget it. Come with me. You can wait for me outside when I attend the morning court. When I'm done, I'll take you to see your sister."

The boy nodded quickly and followed Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen left the mansion with a tail behind him, and the carriage stopped at the palace gate.

Zhou Chen jumped off the carriage, looked at the young man who was looking out, and said helplessly: "The carriage cannot enter the palace, and neither can you, so you can only wait at the palace gate."

The young man nodded absentmindedly, his eyes still fixed on the towering palace gate.

He studied and practiced calligraphy in order to pass the imperial examinations and enter the palace in the future, so that he could take good care of his mother, treat his sister well, and do something for the people. He thought that he would enter this palace with great honor one year in the future, but he did not expect that he would stand here in this way.

The young man was in mixed emotions and had no mood to pay attention to Zhou Chen at all.

Zhou Chen didn't care and told the people around him: "Keep a close eye on him. Don't let him make any mistakes. Do you understand?"

After giving the order, Zhou Chen entered the palace.

In the court, Mo Xiao sat high on the dragon throne, looking down on all the ministers, and engaged in heated arguments with them about border affairs.

As the date for the peace talks was approaching, the court had not yet given a specific set of rules. Tuoba Xuan and others were still living in the palace, and there had been no progress in the peace talks. This made some ministers very dissatisfied. They believed that Mo Xiao was not proactive enough in handling the matter, and they even pulled out Zhou Chen, who was in charge of the peace talks, and criticized him verbally, demanding that Mo Xiao punish Zhou Chen for inaction.

Zhou Chen was no pushover either, he turned the tables and said that Tuoba Xuan's request was excessive and he, Zhou, could not do it for the time being, but if anyone present could do it, then they could do it.

Speaking of this matter, the ministers shut up instantly.

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