The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

In fact, long before King Di returned to the capital, the Night Palace, under the guidance of King Ye, had already prepared a plan for King Di, waiting for King Di to come back and put them in trouble.

If Prince Di is still not honest, then the Night Palace will not be polite to him. The suppression of business during this period is just a small warning, indicating that he must stay in the capital and not cause any major disturbances.

After all, on the way back to the capital, King Di was severely humiliated by the Mushi Jiuyou Pavilion for meddling in other people's business. After returning to the capital, he was secretly laughed at by a group of people for his uselessness.

It is time for King Di to learn a lesson. If he does not correct his mistakes after being warned today, then the next time he does it will not be as simple as a setback in business...

In the Night Prince's Mansion, Yun Mujiu temporarily put aside the idea of ​​looking for Ye Xiaohan and focused his attention on the matters in the Night Prince's Mansion.

Outside the Night King's Mansion, the case of the headless corpse at the city gate is attracting great attention from everyone.

It was also at this time, with the secret promotion of some people, that everyone heard the news that something might have happened in the Ninth Layer of the Netherworld, and learned clearly that the corpse came from the Mushi Jiuyou Pavilion.

Jingzhao Yin Zongquan led people to collect the body, but the case was not tried by him. Emperor Haolian did not let Zongquan intervene, but let Liu Wuzheng, the newly appointed Dali Temple Minister, take over the case.

Logically speaking, this case was not very serious and there was no need to make such a big fuss. It even alarmed high-ranking officials in the court.

But considering that the person in the accident was someone from the Mushi Jiuyou Pavilion, and someone dared to openly hang a corpse on the city gate, which even fascinated a group of imperial guards. Therefore, the incident became a little serious, no wonder Zong Quan led people to the East Gate as soon as possible.

But later, with the order of Emperor Haolian, Zong Quan, the Jingzhao Yin, was no longer able to participate in the case.

The imperial institution where Zongquan worked was Jingzhao Prefecture, which was very different from the Dali Temple where the Dali Temple Minister and Dali Temple Junior Minister worked. Simply put, Jingzhao Prefecture mainly handled cases of ordinary people in the capital area, while the Dali Temple had a much broader scope of responsibilities.

The emperor did not allow Zong Quan to try the case and wanted someone from a higher-level agency to investigate.

Logically speaking, it should be Chen Sheng, the newly appointed Shaoqing of Dali Temple who replaced Xu Houshan, who should investigate the case.

But the emperor was not satisfied with this. Considering that Chen Sheng was not a member of his camp and that Chen Sheng's position was not high enough, he finally ordered Liu Wuzheng, the Minister of Dali Temple, to investigate the case.

The position of Dali Temple Minister has been vacant for a long time. For several months, Yun Boliang's position as the left prime minister has been hidden by the emperor. The emperor is suffering from lack of people and is in need of a lackey to do things. He wanted to support Dong Cun to take over Yun Boliang's position, but was suppressed by the Night King.

The emperor could only take a big step back. He did not dare to let Dong Cun have the same position and power as Yun Xiang. Instead, he supported another of his subordinates to take the position of Dali Temple Minister which had been vacant for a long time.

And the person supported by the emperor was none other than one of his old subordinates in the court, Liu Wuzheng, a middle-aged man who looked old-fashioned and simple but was actually deep-minded.

In the end, the emperor only let Dali Temple Shaoqing Chen Sheng assist, while Dali Temple Qing Liu Wuzheng played a leading role. It can be seen how much the emperor cares about the truth of the death of a Mu Xi killer...

...

In the Underworld Palace, a young man heard about the court's actions and said sarcastically, "Ye Haolian is really guilty."

Instead of using Zong Quan or Chen Sheng, he chose Liu Wuzheng. After all, Liu Wuzheng was a good subordinate of Ye Haolian and knew some of Ye Haolian's secrets.

Snakes and rats run into each other all the time. Isn't it convenient for them to collude with each other?

...

In addition to the people in the Underworld Palace who found out about the court's actions, there were also people in the capital who had been paying attention to the progress of the headless corpse case at the city gate.

After hearing this, Hanlin Academy Scholar Su felt a chill in his heart and could not help but turn around to warn his youngest son Su Wen: "Be honest, don't hang around all the time! Don't cause trouble!"

Su Wen felt wronged: "Dad, I am innocent." He was just out shopping at best, and he didn't do anything wrong. At worst, he was just chatting with people in the garden behind Mushi Jiuyou Pavilion, talking a lot, and occasionally praising Lord Ye and Princess Ye.

Scholar Su snorted coldly: "Do you still want to follow the imperial astronomy students to cause trouble like last time? You should know that time you were shot with arrows in front of the Night Palace. If it weren't for the Night Princess who came to your rescue, you would not be in this situation today?"

Su Wen decisively shut up. His father was right and he couldn't argue. The situation was so chaotic now, he had to hide and live well, not be too high-profile.

...

The people from the Ling family in the northern boundary stayed in the villa and no longer went out.

The two brothers Ling Xingmu and Ling Chiye do not see each other. Although they are both staying indoors in the other courtyard, they are still quite flexible in receiving information from the outside world.

When Ling Xingmu heard that someone had died so tragically and there had been a disturbance, he quickly told his guards to keep a low profile and not to get accidentally injured by people from other factions or organizations while checking the news about Princess Huiyang.

Ling Chiye didn't know what Ling Xingmu was doing. He just indifferently ordered the Ling family team brought from the northern border to be cautious in the capital during this period of time and not to be too high-profile and attract attention.

They came to the capital not to form an alliance, but for the Ling family's reputation, to personally thank Ling Xingmu's lifesaver, and then take Ling Xingmu away. Apart from that, they did not want to or intend to interfere in Zhongyue's affairs, and only hoped to quickly withdraw from the capital, a place of trouble.

In addition, there was also movement among the people in the villa of the foreign envoys' delegation.

In the two envoys' villas, Chengxi Garden and Huaixin Garden, people from Beihan and Nantai were all paying attention to the corpse case at the city gate. Mainly because they were all extremely curious about the Nether Nine Layers. As members of the royal family, Beiliyi, Beimanji, and Wanyan Gu naturally wanted to find out about the big killer organization like Mushi Jiuyou Pavilion.

Bei Manji asked people to follow the progress of the case, but Bei Liyi had a bitter face like an old lady. She drank the medicine prescribed by Yun Mujiu as if she was taking poison, and said angrily: "What kind of medicine did Yun Mujiu prescribe? Five times a day, and every time it's so bitter that it kills me!"

In the Soul-stealing Yuanxi Pavilion, Pavilion Master Qian raised his eyebrows, very surprised. He did not expect that something would happen to Netherworld Nineth Layer. You know, Netherworld Nineth Layer had promised to meet with him some time ago to discuss matters concerning the young master!

Pavilion Master Qian had a powerful information network, and that night he heard that something might have happened in the Ninth Layer of the Netherworld.

Now there was the body of the killer at the city gate, and Netherworld Nineth Layer had yet to show up or send out any news. Pavilion Master Qian was immediately certain that something had really happened to Netherworld Nineth Layer.

Pavilion Master Qian immediately ordered: "Come here, go to Mushi Pavilion and check it out. Tell them that this Pavilion Master wants to know the current situation of the Ninth Layer of the Netherworld."

"Also, send a team to look for the Ninth Layer of the Netherworld." He sent people to ask Mu Shi, and he also had to prepare for action.

Be prepared for both situations, to be safe...