I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon

Chapter 623 - 238: Breaking In! Madam, Please Cooperate with the Investigation!_2

"At worst, I’ll just become a traveler. I refuse to believe there’s no place for me in the vast Jiu Zhou..."

At this moment, a lazy voice suddenly came from nowhere: "Why do I hear someone wanting to quit as soon as I arrive here?"

?

Li Yuan’s body stiffened, and she abruptly turned her head to look.

She saw a man in a brocade robe standing not far away, looking at her with a smiling expression.

"Chen, Mr. Chen?!"

Li Yuan was momentarily stunned, hardly able to believe her eyes.

Chen Mo walked up to her, the corners of his mouth turned up, and said: "What, Commander Li is planning to wander the Jianghu? Then what about the affairs of the Government? How would our Ding Fire Department continue with our excellent tradition of keeping Hundred Household Officers busy when there’s work, and letting them be idle when there’s none..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yuan moved her steps, reached out, and hugged his waist, placing her forehead on his chest, completely disregarding the gazes of others.

"Mr. Chen..."

Chen Mo was slightly stunned.

Even though the two of them already understood each other deeply, they always maintained distance in front of others, almost never having such intimate acts.

Regaining his senses, Chen Mo’s gaze turned tender, and he gently patted Li Yuan’s back, softly saying: "Yuan’er, you’ve lost weight...I’m sorry for making you worry."

Li Yuan’s body trembled slightly, the suppressed emotions could no longer be contained, surging forth like a river breaking through a dam.

Qiu Longgang, standing aside, silently turned away.

Although the Sky Scale Guard forbade romantic entanglements between men and women, the rules were made for ordinary people. For Chen Mo, they were clearly meaningless.

After a long while.

Li Yuan managed to calm her emotions, stood up, rubbed her eyes, and said, "Mr. Chen, how does the court plan to deal with this incident?"

Chen Mo sighed helplessly, "Actually, Gangzi was right, this matter indeed got too big, and even though I have a Death Exemption Token, it’s hard to escape punishment..."

Li Yuan held Chen Mo’s big hand, and earnestly said: "No matter what, I’ll be with you."

She had already anticipated the consequences and prepared for stepping down, otherwise, she wouldn’t have acted so publicly.

Whoosh—

At this time, a gentle breeze began to rise.

Chen Mo sensed something and looked up.

He saw a blue figure appearing out of thin air, standing with hands behind back on the training ground, the sleeves embroidered with sea and river pristine, a pair of clear eyes fixed on Chen Mo.

"Mr. Chen, we meet again."

"Eunuch Jin."

Chen Mo slightly bowed, "What wind brought you here?"

Eunuch Jin smiled and said, "Of course, it’s to announce the imperial decree. Although this matter is settled, the formalities still need to be followed..."

As he spoke, he reached into the void and extracted a golden scroll.

Unfurling the scroll, he read in a loud voice:

"By the decree of the Eastern Palace, Deputy Thousand Households of the Sky Scale Guard, Chen Mo, acted violently in public, causing severe impact, and should be decisively punished."

"But considering his eagerness to solve cases, and his slaying of a great demon in the Northern Territory, merits and demerits offset each other, resulting in a temporary demotion by one salary grade, with no promotion allowed within six months."

"Additionally, Chen Mo is ordered to thoroughly investigate the Barbarian Slave and Zhou Family cases, within a month, ensuring thorough clarification."

"Hope he will make achievements while bearing his crimes, not failing the grace of the Emperor."

"This is the decree!"

After Eunuch Jin finished reading the imperial decree, the scene was deathly silent.

Everyone looked bewildered, doubting their ears.

Publicly assaulting someone, nearly beating the Heir of Prince Yu to death, yet the only punishment is salary demotion by one level?!

Considering Chen Mo originally drew two salaries, and for the Chen Family’s wealth, this amount of salary was insignificant.

As for the six-month promotion ban, it was even more of a joke.

The time until the next evaluation conveniently just over six months away...

This was clearly just a formality, planning to gloss over the matter effortlessly!

Li Yuan stared blankly at Chen Mo.

Only now did she understand why Mr. Luo said those words before leaving... because he had long known the internal information!

Eunuch Jin reminded, "Mr. Chen, please accept the decree."

Chen Mo bowed to accept the decree, "I accept the decree."

Eunuch Jin raised his hand and patted his shoulder, transmitting his voice, "His Highness said, act within your means, no need to be brave... even though it’s for a month to solve the case, whether it’s solved or not, how it’s solved, isn’t it all up to His Highness’s word..."

Chen Mo nodded, "Thank you for the guidance, I understand."

Her Majesty the Empress did not have Qilin Pavilion deliver the message, but instead formally issued an imperial decree, clearly intending to hand over this "Imperial Sword" to him, making all parties cautious, not daring to act rashly...

As for solving the case, that was just incidental.

If it’s solved, that would be best, if not, it doesn’t matter, after all, the initiative was already in Chen Mo’s hands.

"However, it’s a pity that the credit for slaying the great demon is lost. At least, it would have allowed another visit to the second floor of the Heavenly Armory." Eunuch Jin shook his head and said.

"It’s fine, the Demon Clan is plentiful, I’ll just find another chance to take down a few more." Chen Mo didn’t mind it at all.

His Dragon Qi had already been exposed, and the Demon Clan would clearly not give up easily, sooner or later coming back again... and he had a vague intuition, the Demon Lord of the Desolate Domain must be secretly plotting something.

"By the way."

Chen Mo asked, "If I managed to take down that Demon Lord, what kind of reward might I receive?"

"Demon Lord?" Eunuch Jin slightly frowned, then said solemnly, "If Mr. Chen were to slay the Demon Lord, it would be a Heavenly Merit, at least a promotion by three ranks, and access to the third floor of the Heavenly Armory!"

Chen Mo rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

Since the Empress and Daoist Venerable intended to act against the Demon Lord, he only needed to find a chance to lend a helping hand.

"Although the hope is slim, but should that day ever come, Mr. Chen must remember what I’ve said before." Eunuch Jin spoke with deep meaning, "The third floor of the Heavenly Armory, the painting on the wall... that’s an invaluable treasure more precious than any Heavenly Rank Technique."