Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

Tai'an City, inside the palace, Mingxiang Pavilion, inside the secret room -

"How is he these days?"

As soon as the door of the secret room opened, Emperor Mingren's voice came from above.

"Your Majesty, he is still the same. He can eat and drink, but he doesn't say anything."

"Da da da--"

The sound of shoes knocking against the stone steps was heard, and gradually, a glimmer of light gradually appeared in the dark underground secret room. It was Mu Dai who was lighting a tinder for Emperor Akihito, and the two of them slowly walked down the stone steps. The light of the fire gradually moved down, and Mu Dai walked into the secret room with the tinder in his hand, and saw a man with disheveled hair, whose hands and feet were tied by iron chains on the wall, and the whole person was forced to stand in a "big" shape.

"Again? Why didn't you bring any delicious food this time?"

It was Chu Yao's voice. Emperor Mingren had imprisoned him here since he was caught last time. Chu Yao was of course familiar with Mingxiang Pavilion. His sister's body was imprisoned here before. However, Emperor Mingren had someone cast a spell at that time, so the underground was very cold. Now it is different.

And strangely enough, after Emperor Mingren locked him up, he did not send anyone to torture him. In addition to being locked up in this secret room without light, every day there were secret guards who personally brought him delicious food and drinks. At first Chu Yao did not dare to eat, fearing that Emperor Mingren would poison him. But later he was too hungry, and if there was poison, he would just poison him to death, so he went for it.

"How dare you! You think the emperor is just a kid who brings you food!"

Mu Dai's shrill voice sounded, as if he was dissatisfied with Chu Yao's attitude. He had already become someone else's prisoner, why was he still so arrogant?

"It's not time for dinner yet. Don't worry, someone will bring it to you in a while."

Emperor Mingren was not angry. Instead, he looked at Chu Yao with a smile in his eyes, which made Chu Yao feel a chill.

He must have lost his mind to be giving himself such a lewd smile.

"Why do you do this?"

Chu Yao's expression suddenly became serious. There is no such thing as doing nothing without gain. What exactly is Emperor Ming Ren's purpose?

"So what do you think my purpose is?"

Chu Yao narrowed his eyes. His brain wasn’t very smart and he could only think of the simplest solution.

"You locked me up just to lure Xiao Zuochen over. But why do you provide me with all the good food and drink?"

Emperor Mingren smiled and said.

"Of course, but even without you, I have a way to make Lao Liu come back on his own initiative. After all, he has more ties with you than just one."

"and you..."

"As for why I provide you with delicious food and drinks? Of course I want to keep you plump and white. After all, you are still useful to me."

"it works?"

Chu Yao unconsciously revealed a mocking tone.

"What use do you think I am to you? Haha, do you think I will help you with anything?"

Facing Chu Yao's mocking expression, Emperor Ming Ren still kept smiling, then spoke lightly and said something that shocked Chu Yao.

"Don't you want to revive Chu Yiyi?"

Chu Yao's pupils suddenly shrank, and he rushed forward, but was stopped by an iron chain when he was about to get close to Emperor Ming Ren.

"What did you say!? You can revive my sister?"

Then he kept shaking his head, as if talking to himself.

"Impossible, there is no such thing as a resurrection technique in this world. If you could really resurrect her, you would have done it long ago. I won't be fooled. This is simply impossible... This is impossible..."

"In fact, it's okay to tell you everything. I regretted it very much when your sister died, because your sister was the most obedient woman in the harem. If I could resurrect her, I would have resurrected her long ago. The reason why it has been delayed until now is because there is still something missing..."

Emperor Mingren said, his eyes fixed on Chu Yao. Chu Yao also seemed to realize something.

"You mean, me?"

Emperor Akihito snapped his fingers.

"Yes! You are the one missing! Do you still remember when I found your sister's suicide note in Mingxiang Pavilion? I deliberately put an extra page in it."

Chu Yao then remembered that there was a page that seemed to have been torn from a book, which said that there were three poisons and three techniques in Miaojiang. However, he had no clues about that page at the time, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

"I thought that after you saw the resurrection technique, you would be curious about it and would go to verify the truth of this matter. After all, you must have a good relationship with your sister, otherwise why would you come to investigate your sister's past. After all, it is a normal idea to bring a loved one back to life.

But later I found that you didn't think of this, and Lao Liu only cared about his mother and didn't care about your affairs, so I gave up on giving you a hint. Anyway, whether you know this or not actually has little impact."

"Then maybe there is another reason. Your sixth brother knows what this technique requires, so he deliberately avoided it and didn't let me know."

Emperor Mingren was stunned for half a second, then said in a self-deprecating tone.

"You really trust him."

"That's natural. You can't live like this, with no one you can trust."

"Hahaha!"

Emperor Mingren suddenly burst into laughter.

"I just like you the way you are. You are much more interesting than my sons who are not good at speaking. It's a pity that your sister died, otherwise I would really miss you."

"What are you going to do to me?"

"Didn't I just say that in order to revive your sister, I still need you. Naturally, I have to use your life to exchange for hers."

"Are you sure... this technique can revive people?"

Chu Yao naturally didn't believe in the art of resurrection. But indeed, when he thought that the person he loved so much could come back to life, he did have a glimmer of hope.

"We have to try to know whether it is true or not. I have kept you for so many years so that you can grow up. This technique requires the blood of a loved one. Originally, your grandfather could have done it, but I thought he was too old and his blood would stink, so I have been waiting for you until you grow up."

"But how do you know where I am and when I will come... You have spies in Shenyin Pavilion!"

Chu Yao suddenly thought of Xiao Zuochen’s words. It turned out that everything was related!

Why did Emperor Mingren know in advance that he was coming to Tai'an City? Because there was an eyeliner of Emperor Mingren in Shenyin Pavilion! So Emperor Mingren had already started his plan before he left for Tai'an City. And the purpose of this eyeliner was to keep an eye on him and report his whereabouts to Emperor Mingren after he came of age. Therefore, the purpose of the eyeliner was not to completely destroy Shenyin Pavilion, which was why the eyeliner had not been exposed for so many years.

"How could you endure for so many years?"

Chu Yao was a little shocked at this moment, as if he had never really understood Emperor Mingren. He had always thought that Emperor Mingren had only used the Queen and some tricks to get the throne, and was a heartless man to women, and had no great skills or abilities. But now it seems that he seemed to have been prepared for many things from the beginning.

"So you lied to all of us?"

"Lie? No, I just acted the way you wanted to see."