Chapter 408 - We Missed out on That (1/2)

At the same time, Shun Tao went over the clues he had gathered one last time, making sure that they were in the right sequence. Ah, looking at the scroll in his hands he could hardly believe what had happened the last few days. When had the Heavenly Emperor ever ordered all the scribes to work on the same task? But, well, that time of chaos was finally over.

He motioned at the scribe in front of him to return to his original task like all the others and straightened his own clothes before going over to the Heavenly Emperor's palace. When he arrived not only the Heavenly Emperor was present. Even the Heavenly Empress was sitting beside him and looked at Shun Tao with slight worry written on her fate.

Shun Tao clasped his hands and bowed. ”Fate's Scribe Shun Tao greets His Majesty, the Heavenly Emperor, and Her Majesty, the Heavenly Empress.”

”Mn.” The Heavenly Emperor waved impatiently. ”Did you finish looking through the scrolls?”

Shun Tao nodded. ”Yes. All scrolls have been reviewed and the clues found were organized. We know the course of Huan Yin and her child's life more or less now.”

The Heavenly Emperor nodded. ”Alright, don't tell me just yet. Let me call Senior Xin and … Longjun.” He took a peek at his wife's expression and hurriedly waved at one of the servants. Ah, thankfully, he hadn't called his self-proclaimed son-in-law any names just now. Wouldn't Bai Fen have grown angry at him again if he did?

Soon enough, Xin Lan walked into the throne room, nodding at the people inside. Even Qiang Yan hurried over as fast as he could when he heard that Xin Lan had come. Unfortunately, the third person was somehow missing.

Rong Su frowned. ”Where did that guy vanish to?”

His wife threw him a condescending gaze. ”What do you think where he vanished to?” She waved at one of the servants. ”Go and fetch Longjun from the crown prince's palace. Tell him the Fate's Scribe has news.”

”Yes, Your Majesty!” The servant hurried away while the Heavenly Emperor grumbled.

”What is that guy doing at Jing He's palace? And why didn't you do anything if you knew? What if he does anything indecent to him? My poor child, he —”

Bai Fen narrowed her eyes, making her husband shut up immediately.

The Heavenly Emperor cleared his throat and looked away. Alright. He shouldn't have blamed her. It was all that stupid dandy's fault! How could he just stay at Jing He's palace like this?! This guy was even more dangerous than the demon king!

Ugh. He should have made sure that he left the Nine Heavens! How could he have been this negligent?! His poor son …