In a chaotic and famine-stricken era, I picked up an empress to be my wife.

"A holiday?!"

Some images flashed through Dugu Meng's mind.

Luo Li's father, Luo Tian, ​​wields immense power in the imperial court, making them enemies of the royal family.

Dugu Meng even felt that her being hunted down by the rebels was inextricably linked to the Luo family.

However, Shen An cannot yet know her true identity.

She couldn't tell Shen An the real situation either. She shook her head and said, "You could say we have a grudge, but if you want to do business with them, you need to be extremely careful. Otherwise, you wouldn't let them kill you even if you had a hundred lives!"

"Who are they? You have to tell me."

"Her father is Luo Tian, ​​the prime minister of the Great Liang Dynasty, and she is Luo Tian's youngest daughter!" Dugu Meng replied.

Shen Anxin was startled!

He had thought that Luo Li was probably not an ordinary person, but he never expected that she was actually Luo Tian's daughter.

A chill ran down his spine.

He had heard of Luo Tian; he was the iron-fisted prime minister of the Great Liang Dynasty, a man who killed without hesitation.

Besides the massacres of entire cities he committed during his early military career, the number of officials he killed who vied for power with him in the imperial court and were framed and killed by him was countless.

Those implicated have spread throughout the entire country.

The mere mention of his name would cause the entire nation of Liang to change color.

Apart from him, the entire Luo family operates in this style.

He suddenly thought of Luo Li; based on his words just now, she wouldn't treat him the way she treated others.

He felt only a sense of relief that Luo Li really treated him the same way she treated everyone else.

She should have called people to arrest him, or even kill him, much earlier.

"Do you understand now?" Dugu Meng asked.

Shen An nodded emphatically: "I understand!"

"Now that you understand, be as careful as possible when you're with her, and avoid contact with her if possible in the future," Dugu Meng advised.

Shen An nodded.

Although Luo Li seemed to treat him quite well, Luo Tian was a two-faced man. He would call you brother on the surface, but stab you in the back. Many officials were brought down by her father in this way.

But he also needs to be careful enough.

Dugu Meng saw Shen An nod, but she was not at ease. Not long after she was assassinated, Luo Li appeared in Qingyang County, which further proved that the pursuit of her was the work of the Luo family.

Although she did not die, Li Huaiyi learned of her secret as a young woman.

He will report it to Luo Tian.

So, will that scoundrel Luo Tian leak the news?

Thinking of this, Dugu Meng felt a chill of fear. If she hadn't stood up to refute it in time, the matter would have been confirmed.

Before she even returns, her throne might be usurped by someone else.

After all, she was able to become emperor because the previous emperor had no son, so she had to dress as a man from a young age, and everyone thought she was a man.

That's how she was able to successfully ascend to the throne.

This thought made Dugu Meng anxious.

Considering that no one has come looking for her yet, she is even more convinced that Li Huaiyi has passed the message to Luo Tian.

The capital city may now be facing a change of dynasty.

She hurriedly found Shen An: "Could you help me find out what's going on in the capital right now?"

"No problem, I'll go and inquire for you tomorrow."

"Please, I'll go and inquire about it today, okay? Please!"

Shen An had known Dugu Meng for days, but he had never heard Dugu Meng ask him for anything.

It seems she was very eager to know what was happening in the capital.

He nodded: "I can help you find out now, but you also need to understand that this place is thousands of miles away from the capital. It takes many days, or even a month, for news from there to reach here. The information I can find out now is definitely not something that happened in the capital recently."

News of a palace coup would be delivered by express courier from all over the country, it wouldn't take this long.

Dugu Meng nodded; "Okay, no matter what, please help me find out, okay?"

"good!"

Shen An didn't dawdle and immediately rode his horse to an official post station outside Qingyang County.

This place is where the government communicates.

The people at the post station were the ones who knew the most news from all directions.

Shen An is now the head constable of Qingyang County. He can strike up a conversation with the locals, and after giving them a tael or two of silver, they tell him the news they have heard about the capital.

Shen An had not heard of any major events happening in the capital. The most common rumor was that the emperor was impotent and that in the three years since his ascension to the throne, not a single concubine in the palace had become pregnant.

After receiving this information, Shen An told Dugu Meng everything without missing a single word.

Dugu Meng breathed a slight sigh of relief. If a coup occurred, even though this place was two or three thousand miles away from the capital, the news could still be delivered within four or five days by express courier.

If Li Huaiyi had told Luo Tian that she was a woman, it would have been a good time.

Given Luo Tian's personality, he should have taken action long ago, otherwise there wouldn't have been no news of any unrest four or five days ago.

However, hearing others say that the emperor was impotent, Dugu Meng felt quite helpless.

She was also quite troubled by this. She was a woman, so how could she get the concubines in the palace to get pregnant?

How will they continue their lineage in the future?

"Brother, that emperor is impotent, yet he still married so many women. It's outrageous!" Shen Xiaoqi complained from the side.

"What if the emperor has no choice in the matter?" Dugu Meng asked rhetorically.

"What do you mean by being forced to do something against your will? If you can't do it, then don't occupy the position!" Shen Xiaoqi suddenly chuckled. "However, if that old emperor is actually a woman disguised as a man, then I won't blame him!"

"By the way, bro, that emperor is impotent, he probably can't be emperor, right? Do you think he might just be a woman disguised as a man?"

"What nonsense are you thinking! Have you been reading too many children's books? That's the emperor, how could he allow a woman to dress as a man?" Shen An said.

"Maybe! I mean maybe what Xiaoqi said is true. You said the emperor is a woman disguised as a man. In the future, if she doesn't want her ministers to suspect her, how will she ensure she has offspring?" Dugu Meng suddenly asked.

"Why not just openly admit your impotence and then find a disciple from a collateral branch to adopt you as his son?" Shen An replied.

"I'm afraid that won't work. No matter how far off she is, she's not her own child. Do you think there might be some kind of magic pill in this world that can turn a woman into a man?" Dugu Meng asked.

"That's impossible," Shen An retorted. "Instead of trying to turn a woman into a man, why not just have the emperor find a man to have a child with, and then claim it was born to a concubine? Wouldn't that solve everything?"

"Haha, right, right, brother, if that emperor were a woman, with your handsome looks and amazing wisdom, maybe you would be chosen by the emperor!" Shen Xiaoqi joked.

What was said unintentionally may have been taken to heart by the listener.

Dugu Meng couldn't help but look at Shen An.