Lady Liu stared dazedly as Liu Yuchen's silhouette gradually went away. She felt a sudden emptiness in her heart as if something important was about to leave her.

She panicked and quickly chased after him but ended up falling down from running too fast. When she lifted her head, her aged face was covered in tear stains. Her voice was hoa.r.s.e and shaking as she called out, “Yuchen, don't leave your mother. I only have you now, please don't go…”

Liu Yuchen froze. He stopped in his tracks but only for a brief moment before he continued on without any care.

He knew that as long as he stayed in this house, his mother would not give up on her thoughts.

The Liu family today was already full of wounds, unable to take another blow. Only with his departure that peace could finally return to this family.

Hence, he had to stop being soft-hearted, and he had to carry on!

At the palace.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Donned in a yellow-colored robe, a man sat on the dragon throne with a stern look on his handsome face as he stared down at the many ministers before him.

Next to the man was a woman in a phoenix crown looking strict and she too was dressed in yellow. In contrast to the dragon patterns on the man's robes, embroidered in front of her chest was a fiery golden phoenix.

Her beauty was captivating, her beauty could destroy cities.

Feng Ruqing and Feng Chen each stood beside the two people. Feng Ruqing's lips were curved up slightly as she gazed at these people before her.

Some of these people do not recognize Feng Chen. Hence, when they saw him standing next to Feng Tianyu, doubt was visible in their eyes. However, they then recalled the rumors that have spread around Liu Yun Kingdom, and in an instant, they were alert and they way they looked at Feng Chen changed a little.

Particularly the ministers who had unmarried daughters at home, they had started to plan in their minds on the possibility of their daughters becoming the Liu Yun Kingdom's crown princess.

Even if not a crown princess, a simple concubine would do as well!

Among the crowd, only the old general's muddled eyes changed from its initial ignorance to agitation as he fixed his unwavering gaze upon Feng Chen's face.

This was not his first time seeing Feng Chen. Back when he first met Feng Chen, he was only a youth following behind Feng Ruqing.

'Oh, his name then was Qin Chen.'

In two years' time, the boy that Qing'er had upped his game and already became his biological grandson. It was difficult to describe this feeling…

Nalan Zhangqian remained unsmiling. His bloodshot eyes seemed savage as he stared fiercely at Feng Tianyu.

His gaze was like a carnivorous jackal, wanting to swallow that b.a.s.t.a.r.d alive!

“Beloved ministers…” Feng Tianyu intentionally avoided Nalan Zhangqian's hateful gaze and coughed. “I'm sure you've all heard the news spread, so I have two things to announce today!”

Feng Tianyu paused briefly, his expression was stern. “Number one, Feng Chen is the son of the empress. We have finally found him after so many years and he shall henceforth be the crown prince of my Liu Yun Kingdom. No one should be disrespectful toward the crown prince.”

Feng Chen frowned slightly. Prior to this, Feng Tianyu had only said to publicly recognize him, but nothing about making him the crown prince.

If he knew that Feng Tianyu was thinking of throwing Liu Yun Kingdom into his hands, he would have never come back no matter what.

So…

After hearing this, Feng Chen s.h.i.+fted his gaze to Feng Ruqing, pleading with his clear eyes. That pitiful look was hard for anyone to ignore.

Feng Ruqing's eyes darkened.

She subconsciously recalled how Che'er had exhausted himself for her in the past life to forcefully build a business empire from nothing.