"Impossible, you're just talking nonsense again." With hands clenched tightly into fists by his sides, Feng Nian didn't believe Jiang Mengshan's words, so he refuted forcefully, "She was forced to leave the imperial capital because Shen Zhinan's family framed her and tarnished her innocence..."

"Whether it's true or false, you can investigate and find out, right?" Jiang Mengshan mentioned an Alpha's name, "Lieutenant General Higgs, you should be familiar with him."

Jiang Mengshan strode away without touching the tea cup.

There was only one truth to the matter, quietly waiting to be discovered from beginning to end.

With Feng Nian's status and abilities, it was easy to decipher a clumsy lie.

But even such a clumsy lie had never been exposed for many years. The reason for that seemed to be extremely simple upon closer examination.

It was just a matter of trust.

Because of trust, just shedding a few tears could gain trust easily, allowing a lie to become a firmly believed truth over the years.

Because of distrust, no matter how much one begged and pleaded to prove their innocence, they couldn't gain the slightest trust from their beloved.

Was it that from the very beginning, belief was placed in Jiang Yueying's lies, thereby deepening the resentment and misunderstanding towards Shen Zhinan, or is it that even though subconsciously knowing there was something wrong with Jiang Yueying's words, those words were still treated as a cage trapping Shen Zhinan? When Shen Zhinan proposed divorce, from a position of superiority, the excuse of atonement was used to sever the omega's wings that were attempting to obtain freedom.

But if Jiang Yueying's words were false lies from the beginning, wouldn't the reasons he once unquestionably believed to restrain Shen Zhinan become a joke?

A stream of icy air rushed upward through Feng Nian's veins to his head, and his body and limbs felt numb as if frozen by ice.

Was blood still flowing in his body? It was still solid and motionless.

Why was it that he was having some difficulty breathing, as if something suddenly pressed down on his chest? It could be a huge rock, or perhaps a sharp blade; an inexplicable heaviness and dull pain began to spread from the chest to other areas.

"General, are you alright?" Secretary Lin Chao asked in a low voice. After Jiang Mengshan left, he didn't wait for Feng Nian to come out for a long time. After Lin Chao entered, he saw Feng Nian standing motionless, his face extremely pale. Although his expression remained as cold as ever, there was a hint of something different.

But what exactly was different, Lin Chao couldn't say.

Feng Nian sat down slowly, moved his lips, and finally said a few words: "Investigate the relationship between Jiang Yueying and Lieutenant General Higgs."

Lin Chao's heart trembled. Jiang Yueying was Feng Nian's childhood sweetheart. Feng Nian had been taking care of her since she returned to the imperial capital. Although Feng Nian and Jiang Yueying had never done anything that exceeded the limit.

But in their opinion, Jiang Yueying was obviously more important to Feng Nian than Shen Zhinan.

As for Lieutenant General Higgs, unlike Feng Nian who climbed up from the lower class, Lieutenant General Higgs was a veteran nobleman in the imperial capital. Although he was not as capable as Feng Nian in all aspects of ability, his influence in the imperial capital could not be underestimated.

Was there any connection between Jiang Yueying and Lieutenant General Higgs?

After leaving the military headquarters, Jiang Mengshan took an aircraft to the imperial palace high in the sky as usual.

Feng Nian suddenly invited him for tea, starting the conversation with Jiang Yueying and ending with Shen Zhinan. Jiang Mengshan's guess was not wrong; Feng Nian seemed to be trying to obtain information about that beautiful omega from him, even though Feng Nian did not appear to admit it.

As an outsider who witnessed everything that happened, Jiang Mengshan was not in a position to comment, but observing everyone's actions as an outsider was indeed quite interesting.

Especially seeing on Feng Nian something that Feng Nian himself had not noticed — the subtle, almost imperceptible attention towards Shen Zhinan, Jiang Mengshan was very much looking forward to the day when the truth came out, curious about what Feng Nian's reaction would be.

He looked up at the imperial palace hanging high in the sky. The relationship between Shen Zhinan and His Majesty Hua Qianshuang was still at a confidential stage.

Actually, it was not that there was some unspeakable secret; to the all-powerful monarch, it doesn't matter who the omega was once married to, nor does it matter whether it's public knowledge or not. But no one dared to overstep and recklessly spread the news that the alpha who took the omega from Feng Nian's side was their empire's emperor, before His Majesty permitted it.

Sooner or later it would be made public. What was missing was an opportunity.

If His Majesty had promised to give the title of Omega Queen, then Shen Zhinan would inevitably become the empress of the empire, bearing the empire's offspring for their noble emperor.

After arriving at the palace, Jiang Mengshan went to the main hall as usual, but was told that His Majesty the Emperor was not currently in the main hall.

"His Majesty went to Liuyun Palace earlier. If Minister Jiang wants to see His Majesty, please go to Liuyun Palace."

Throughout its history of over a hundred years since its establishment, Liuyun Palace, being the palace closest to the living quarters of the Galactic Emperor, had always remained unoccupied and vacant.

However, this situation changed not long ago. Liuyun Palace finally welcomed its first owner, and it was highly likely to be its only master.

The beautiful omega had an extremely rare pair of emerald-like eyes. After returning to the palace from the imperial capital, Shen Zhinan had been staying in his palace.

He roamed through his own sleeping palace thoroughly; even with nothing to do all day, just taking a walk through the palace and the gardens would take up most of the day.

It's always easy to have random thoughts when one is alone.

He didn't know anyone in the imperial capital or in the palace. The two maids given by Hua Qianshuang were very skilled but extremely taciturn. When Shen Zhinan asked something, they would always answer in a straightforward manner.

He really wanted to find someone to chat with, but he didn't know who to talk to. In the end, he could only talk to his companion animal, a little pigeon, either talking to himself or listening to various rumours the pigeon gathered from all over the capital.

Recently, rumors about him being a divorced wife have suddenly disappeared. Not long ago, many people were waiting to make a joke of him, curious about who the Alpha he had an affair with was, but now it seems that nobody is discussing it anymore.

Although he didn't know if it was because the freshness had worn off or for some other reason, this made Shen Zhinan feel relieved to some extent.

Little White Pigeon inquired about the latest imperial capital gossip, and people were now more interested in the upcoming martial arts competition.

The martial arts competition was held once every three years, and there were no gender requirements for participants. However, considering the physical advantages of Alphas, usually more than 90% of those who passed the preliminary selection were Alphas.

The top three winners of the martial arts tournament not only receive substantial prize money but also have the honor of being personally received by the Emperor at the imperial palace.

Although past martial arts tournaments had always been the focus of public attention, the reason this year's event had sparked unprecedented discussion was because the announcement mentioned that the awards for the top three winners would be presented not only by His Majesty the Emperor but also by the Empress.

"What are you looking at?" Hua Qianshuang's voice suddenly sounded from behind.

"Your Majesty?" Shen Zhinan stood up nervously.