Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

Chu Yao was standing in front holding a fire stick to light the way, Xiao Zuochen was walking behind him, and behind them was the queen who was being protected by her maids, and Mu Dai who had just returned was protecting the emperor.

The group walked down the secret passage behind the doorway, but the stone staircase was too long, so long that it seemed to take an incense stick of time to reach the end. At the end of the road was a wooden door that was not locked. Chu Yao, who was walking in the front, looked back at Xiao Zuochen and signaled that he was going to open the door. Xiao Zuochen looked at him and nodded, and Chu Yao reached out and gently pushed the door handle, but the door did not move. He pushed harder and found that the door still did not open, so he simply leaned over and pushed hard, but the door did not move. He was so angry that he was looking for something near the door handle.

"There's no keyhole on this door!"

Xiao Zuochen stood aside, gently pushed him away, and pulled him expressionlessly...

"Squeak-"

Everyone looked at Chu Yao, who chuckled awkwardly twice and quickly turned around and walked inside.

This is so embarrassing.

Just a few steps inside, a pungent smell of rust came. The men could still bear it, but the queen couldn't help but retching when she smelled it.

"Why is there such a strong smell of rust?"

Chu Yao couldn't help but cover his nose; he couldn't stand it anymore.

“It doesn’t smell like rust.”

Xiao Zuochen spoke.

"what is that?"

"is blood."

Xiao Zuochen looked around and felt something shaking in front of his eyes, so he reached out to support Chu Yao on the side.

"Are you OK?"

Xiao Zuochen shook his head.

"It's okay. It might be because the air down here is too thin and I can't breathe."

"What on earth did you ask us to come down to see!?"

Chu Yao saw that Xiao Zuochen was feeling uncomfortable, and glared at the Queen and questioned her. The Queen also suppressed the churning in her stomach, took the fire stick from the maid, looked around, and then pointed at the ground in the middle.

"See for yourselves!"

Chu Yao moved closer and held the fire lighter close to the ground. The fire shone on the ground, revealing the pattern on the ground.

It was a rather complicated pattern, with a large eye in the middle of an inverted triangle, and a pattern that looked like a lock running through it horizontally. The entire pattern covered the center of the ground.

Chu Yao and Xiao Zuochen couldn't understand the pattern, but they felt it looked familiar, as if they had seen it somewhere. They looked up at the queen. Although she couldn't stand the smell here, she was shaking her shoulders with excitement when she saw the pattern. She didn't even bother to cover her nose. It was obvious that the queen knew the pattern.

"Is this the formation you were talking about?"

Before Xiao Zuochen and Chu Yao asked, Emperor Mingren asked first.

Formation? It turns out this is a formation.

"Yes, this is one of the three magics of Miao that I mentioned - the magic of reincarnation."

"So what you said is true? Is this also the reason why you have always wanted to get rid of Concubine Yun?"

"Of course what I said is true. I just like to study the art of witchcraft, but I have never thought of getting rid of Concubine Yun. I also hope to control Concubine Yun so that I can learn the three witchcrafts and three arts of Miao. Your Majesty, please don't forget the deal you made with me. I have shown you my ability."

The emperor nodded to show that he understood.

At this time, Xiao Zuochen on the side seemed to have thought of something, but was not sure.

"What are you talking about? What Miaojiang Gushu?"

The queen looked at Xiao Zuochen mockingly, and did not answer him directly, but raised the fire in her hand and shone it into the innermost corner of the room. Originally, no one paid attention to the innermost corner, after all, there was nothing in the room, and who would have thought that there was something in the innermost corner.

Everyone looked in the direction of the firelight and saw piles of bones in the corner.

"This is..."

Xiao Zuochen was also stunned, not because of how terrifying the scene in front of him was, but because he had never imagined that there would be such a house hidden under Yunyuan.

"You must have heard that your mother has always had only Yun'er as her personal maid. It is said that other maids sent here will be driven out of the palace after serving here for a few days. However, how can such a good thing happen in this palace? You can leave the palace after serving for a few days? It's really crazy! All the disappeared palace maids were killed here without exception, so you see those corpses, they are all the corpses of petite girls. This is the evil done by Concubine Yun! Do you think your mother is a good person? She is from Miaojiang, and the formation on the ground is the secret she uses to suck the life of these girls so that she can stay young forever!"

The queen became more and more excited as she spoke, and she almost choked on her last breath.

"Miss!"

Seeing this, the maid beside her hurriedly helped her up, fearing that the queen would faint.

"impossible..."

Xiao Zuochen didn't believe what the queen said, but... but there was evidence on the ground. Could it be that his mother was really such a vicious person...

Xiao Zuochen was thinking about it, and his center of gravity was unstable. Fortunately, Chu Yao supported him from behind. Xiao Zuochen turned around and looked at Chu Yao, who just shook his head and told him not to think about it for the time being.

"The air here is getting less and less. Let's go up first, otherwise we will all die here."

Emperor Mingren and the Empress did not reply, but Emperor Mingren had already turned around and walked out, followed by the Empress. Chu Yao also helped Xiao Zuochen to catch up. Just when everyone finally reached the top of the stone stairs, Emperor Mingren had already walked out of the doorway with the help of Mu Dai. When the Empress was about to walk out, the maid beside her suddenly turned around and was about to hit Xiao Zuochen behind her. Fortunately, Chu Yao reacted in time and threw the fire stick in his other hand first. The maid hurriedly pulled back her hand, but she didn't expect Chu Yao to hit her with a palm and directly knocked the maid out of the doorway. When the maid flew out, she also scraped the Empress, causing her to fall to the ground. But there were broken jades on the ground, which directly pierced her palms and knees.

"what!"

The queen howled loudly, but no one paid any attention to her. The maid who was knocked away fell heavily in the distance, spitting out blood and fainted.

"Vicious woman!"

The emperor also said something lightly to express his dissatisfaction, and then stepped forward to care about the health of his beloved son. But Xiao Zuochen had no time to pay attention to him, and directly hugged his mother who was still standing there. Her expression was still the same as when they first entered the underground.

"Mother...please let my mother go!"

Xiao Zuochen shouted to the queen, but the queen just chuckled.

"Let her go? Then you have to ask your father if he agrees!"

Xiao Zuochen frowned and looked at his father, his eyes full of incomprehension. Emperor Mingren walked up to Xiao Zuochen and patted his shoulder, trying to comfort him.

"Chen'er, you are still young and haven't met someone you like yet. When you meet someone you like, you will understand your father's thoughts."

"What do you mean? Is controlling someone like this also called love?"

Chu Yao asked harshly, but Emperor Mingren looked at him as if he was a piece of trash.

"Humph, you have no respect for your elders."

After Emperor Mingren finished speaking, he waved his hand, and Chu Yao flew out instantly. Xiao Zuochen looked at his father in disbelief, but in fact, it was not because of Emperor Mingren's wave that Chu Yao was blown away, but when he waved his hand, Concubine Yun also waved her hand, but Concubine Yun had internal strength.

"How could this be..."

Xiao Zuochen widened his eyes. How could his father control his mother?

At this time, the queen stood up from the ground, walked to Emperor Mingren with all her strength, and finally looked at Xiao Zuochen with ridicule and said.

"Because the poison that was given to your mother was mixed with your father's blood, so of course he could control her. Xiao Zuochen, don't you understand by now? There are no good people in this palace, and there is no family affection. No matter how much your father and I hate each other, we are each other's allies. We have something that the other party wants, so we can only help each other. Your mother may seem to be a victim, but she has also harmed many people, so no one is clean."

"You guys, you guys are really going too far!"

Xiao Zuochen clenched his fists, but he knew he couldn't beat any of them.

"Don't worry, Chen'er, I won't hurt your mother. You can take your friend back home and have a good rest. You can also come to the palace every day to pay your respects to your mother. I won't stop you from seeing her."

After Emperor Mingren finished speaking, he turned around and left with the support of Mu Dai. The Empress also followed him. Xiao Zuochen could only watch his mother following Emperor Mingren stiffly step by step like a puppet.

"Xiao Zuochen..."

Chu Yao stood up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, walked over and grabbed Xiao Zuochen's sleeve, but saw that his eyes were already red.

"You have to calm down. We still have a chance. And considering how much Emperor Mingren likes his mother, her life is definitely not in danger."

Xiao Zuochen looked at Chu Yao, gritted his teeth, and nodded. He sent a signal to Yun You outside the palace, and finally the two of them pulled Yun'er and Miao'er out of the collapsed ruins. Chu Yao and Yun You each carried one and brought them back to the Yun Mansion.