Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

Xiao Zuochen flew towards a certain direction of the harem and met many young palace maids along the way. His white clothes and handsome figure made many of them dazzled.

"Is that His Royal Highness Prince Yun? His Royal Highness is so handsome!"

"Yes, His Royal Highness Prince Yun is so handsome~"

"I heard from my aunt that even the guards around His Royal Highness Prince Yun are very handsome~"

“I really want to find a chance to take a look!”

......

It didn't take long for Xiao Zuochen to arrive at the place he had been dreaming about day and night - Yunyuan.

Since Emperor Mingren forced him to go to the basement of Yunyuan last time, he has never been here again. At this time, Yunyuan still maintained the messy appearance after the last explosion. Every broken brick and tile and the ground were covered with a thick layer of dust. It seemed that no one had been here again.

Xiao Zuochen wiped the dust off the bricks with his fingers.

Judging from the thickness of the dust, it looked like no one had been here for a long time. But if the mother didn't come to offer sacrifices like this, where else could she go?

Xiao Zuochen wanted to confirm it again, so he came to the secret passage leading to the basement again, reached out and slowly pushed open the stone door. The memories of that time flooded back to him like a floodgate had been opened.

Looking up, I saw a dark and dilapidated passage, and my nose was filled with the smell of rust mixed with moisture.

Xiao Zuochen took out a fire starter and lit the road ahead. The walls on both sides were dripping with water due to the humidity.

The further he went in, the stronger the smell became, and Xiao Zuochen couldn't help but cover his nose with his hands. As a result, when he entered, the skeletons on the ground had disappeared, and only the dried black blood on the ground could prove how terrible this place once was.

Xiao Zuochen looked around and found no new bloodstains. Could it be that it wasn't here?

As he was wondering, the flame on the fire starter in his hand suddenly trembled a few times. Xiao Zuochen raised his eyebrows, immediately left the room, and looked up at the secret passage. He saw a light spot above, which was motionless. Someone must have just entered the entrance of the secret passage, holding a fire starter and looking down. He must have seen the light in Xiao Zuochen's hand.

The two spots of light just stood there motionless, and the two people were standing behind the light, so they couldn't see each other.

After standing like this for a long time, Xiao Zuochen moved first. He walked up slowly, and the light spot above only moved slightly when he saw him coming up. It was not until Xiao Zuochen approached that the figure of the man gradually came into view.

It turned out to be Shanwu! ?

Xiao Zuochen naturally remembered him, because he was one of Emperor Mingren's secret guards.

"How could it be you?"

Xiao Zuochen was a little surprised. He never expected that he would meet Shanwu in such a place. Could he be working for his mother?

The other party was originally alert, but when he saw that the other party was Xiao Zuochen, he actually breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then why did King Yun come to such a place?"

The two of them stared at each other in a stalemate. Xiao Zuochen felt that the other party had no hostility and even showed a relaxed look after seeing him, but neither of them spoke first. After staring at each other for a while, Shan Wu finally couldn't stand up to Xiao Zuochen and sighed.

"Since Emperor Mingren was placed under house arrest, I left the palace with Tong Wu, thinking that we could finally get rid of him. But Concubine Yun didn't want to let us go, and sent people to search everywhere with our portraits. With so many masters around her, we naturally couldn't defeat them. Even the places we hid were searched, and in the end we had no choice but to hide in the palace. After all, the most dangerous place is the safest."

"You two are hiding here?"

Xiao Zuochen found it a little unbelievable. This place was so bloody before, and now there is such a strong smell. How can people live here?

Shanwu nodded indifferently.

"We have helped Emperor Mingren in the past, and there were worse environments than this. As long as we can survive, this problem is nothing. Besides, we have already cleaned up the place down there. After all these years, we have some survival skills."

"What about Qing Wu?"

"He went to steal some food."

Xiao Zuochen nodded, and the two of them were suddenly speechless again. The atmosphere was already somewhat awkward, and Xiao Zuochen suddenly felt uncomfortable in his throat and started coughing again. Shanwu, who was standing next to him, seemed to have thought of something and opened his eyes wide.

"Your Highness Prince Yun, you wouldn't really poison yourself, would you?"

"Huh? How do you know?"

"I heard Xue Wan say this when I was stealing just now. You know Xue Wan, right? She is the female official that Concubine Yun has just promoted. If she said this, then it must be Concubine Yun who told her. So...?"

"Ah, I didn't expect it to spread so quickly."

"Is it true? You should take it easy with your body."

Shanwu said it without any hesitation.

"Let's go outside and talk. The air here is bad. Your body can't stand it for a long time."

Xiao Zuochen didn't refuse. The smell of blood here was too strong and he was already feeling a little nauseous.

Shan Wu helped Xiao Zuochen walk to the big tree in the yard and sat down on the ground.

"You're just sitting here, aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

"It's okay. No one lives here. The palace maids won't come here, and Concubine Yun doesn't come here either."

"Why did mother arrest you and Qing Wu? Where did Yue Wu go?"

"Yue Wu is now helping Concubine Yun. Concubine Yun is worried that we will go to help Emperor Mingren, so she has been trying to catch us."

"Emperor Mingren? Hasn't he been placed under house arrest? Mother, do you want to wipe out the roots?"

Shan Wu looked at Xiao Zuochen with a strange look, then understood something and explained.

"It seems you don't know."

"Do not know what is this?"

"Do you remember what Emperor Mingren was going to do?"

Xiao Zuochen pursed his lips.

"He wants to take over my body."

"Yes, this secret technique requires the right time, right place, and right people. Emperor Mingren must perform this technique at that time. So you were not taken back at that time, but Emperor Mingren was already in the technique."

"So Emperor Mingren turned into a zombie because of this technique?"

Shanwu nodded, then shook his head.

"What do you mean?"

Xiao Zuochen was puzzled.

"Emperor Mingren was in the spell, and his soul had already flown out. One reason for his current situation could be that his soul has left his body, leaving only his body. Another reason could be that he has already possessed someone else, so he no longer needs this body."

"He's already possessed... Does that mean he's already living under someone else's identity?"

"Yes."

Xiao Zuochen frowned. If that was the case, he would have to be careful. He thought that the only person he needed to be vigilant against was his mother. It seemed that he also had to be on guard against Emperor Mingren. And the fact that Emperor Mingren's "corpse" was stolen might have been done by him!

“As for Yue Wu, do you know that he likes Emperor Ming Ren?”

"What!?"

Xiao Zuochen was frightened and coughed again out of excitement.

Shanwu looked at his weak appearance, shook his head in disgust, and continued.

"This matter is no secret among us. Yue Wu is staying with Concubine Yun now, firstly to find out where Emperor Mingren is now, and secondly because they have reached an agreement. I don't know what the agreement is specifically, but it must be related to Emperor Mingren!"