The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

Chu Yunxi shook her head. "Is the prince crazy? If he is discovered, it will be a capital crime."

"We don't understand the madness of the ancient royal family." Wen Rulan also sighed.

Chu Yunxi was thinking that the Sun family turned out to be the prince's party. Since they set up this formation at home, they must be deeply trusted by the prince.

Now all the lost hearts have been found. The prince has brought disaster upon himself by using poison to harm people and creating this so-called All Saints title. If he had been peaceful and obedient, so many problems would not have occurred.

"Who is it?" Wen Rulan shouted in a low voice, and her body quickly chased after him like an arrow.

Chu Yunxi also ran out, but saw Wen Rulan standing at the end of the corridor with a unfriendly look on his face.

"What happened?" Chu Yunxi walked forward.

"I just chased out and saw a figure running out quickly. When I rushed over, he had already run out and the only passage was locked by him."

"What should I do? Can't I open it with your inner strength?"

Wen Rulan shook her head. "This dungeon, whether it's the entrance or the room, is all made of fine steel. It's very strong and cannot be broken by human power. But don't worry. I brought Hei Mu with me when I came here. He's up there now. He'll find a way."

Chu Yunxi was relieved and looked around. "You just said that this entrance and exit is on the tree?"

"That's right, a century-old tree with a hole dug at the top extending from the trunk. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary tree. Who would have thought that there is a different world inside."

Chu Yunxi couldn't help but admire the ingenuity of the person who created this dungeon dark room. It was indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people, especially digging a tree hole and still being able to keep the tree alive, which was the most difficult thing.

"So we don't need too many people guarding here. Once the door is locked, no matter how powerful the master is, he can't escape. I think this is also the reason why the prince is confident in setting up the formation here." Wen Rulan said.

Chu Yunxi nodded. Such a top-secret place was indeed suitable for doing some shady things.

As the two were talking, they heard a noise coming from above their heads. They both looked up and saw the steel plate above their heads slowly retracting, revealing a face that was not Kuroki's.

It was already dark outside. Chu Yunxi could only see that it was a woman, but she couldn't see who it was. She heard Hei Mu's voice saying, "Princess, Master Wen, please come out quickly."

Wen Rulan took the lead and flew upwards, followed by Chu Yunxi. Finally, they breathed a breath of fresh air. Chu Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief, and then she saw Heimu holding the sword on a woman's neck. That woman was actually Sun Shaozhen's mother, Yunniang.

"Yunniang, why are you here?"

Chu Yunxi thought that Hei Mu had kidnapped her, but she heard Yunniang say, "I overheard the conversation between the eldest and second sons, and then I knew that they had locked you up here. I was afraid that they would hurt you, so I came here at night, wanting to secretly let you go. I didn't expect to run into this... this hero as soon as I got here."

She was referring to Hei Mu. Hei Mu said, "I saw Sun Shaochen hastily locked the door of the dungeon and left, so I came over to open it, but I didn't know where the mechanism was. When I was looking for it, I saw her coming over. I thought she must be from the Sun family, so I held her hostage and asked her to open the dungeon. She didn't resist and opened it directly."

Chu Yunxi understood why Yunniang did this. If anything happened to her, Sun Shaozhen would be sentenced to death, so she would come to save her regardless of Sun Shaoyuan and Sun Shaochen's wishes.

"Let her go."

Chu Yunxi spoke, and Hei Mu obeyed and took away the sword. Yunniang immediately knelt down and cried, "Please, Princess, save my daughter. Her two brothers are disrespectful to you because they are eager to save their sister. Princess, please don't be angry."

Chu Yunxi helped her up and said, "Do you know what happened in the dungeon?"

"Dungeon, what's going on?" Yunniang opened her eyes wide and looked at Chu Yunxi in confusion.

Chu Yunxi looked like she didn't know, so she didn't say anything. She took out a bottle of medicine and said, "Let your daughter take one pill a day. It can control her condition. Given the current situation of the Sun family, if you don't want her to be more stimulated, you'd better take her out to live."

But it is probably of little use, because the Sun family committed the heinous crime of confiscation of property and extermination of the entire clan.

Yunniang took the bottle of medicine as if she had found a treasure, and was about to kneel down and kowtow to Chu Yunxi, but Chu Yunxi supported her and stopped her from kneeling again.

"Thank you for today. We are leaving now and will see you later." Chu Yunxi did not dare to delay any longer. After talking to Yunniang, she let Wen Rulan take her away.

After the three of them left, no one noticed Yunniang's back slowly straightened, and the pitiful look on her face disappeared without a trace.

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Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.

The words of Zheng Yuan Rubai, the director of the Imperial Observatory, kept echoing in Emperor Sui Ming's mind.

"Your Majesty, I have calculated that the crisis has not been resolved. The red light of the North Star has become stronger, and it seems to be swallowing up other life stars. If it is not contained, I am afraid that something big will happen in the palace. However, something happened to the Minister of Revenue today, and the red light of the North Star has slightly subsided. According to my speculation, this disaster is probably related to the Minister of Revenue. Your Majesty must quickly find the source, otherwise the country may be in danger of being shaken."

The bloody disaster, the major events in the palace, the shaking of the country, don't all these point to me?

The air pressure on Emperor Sui Ming was even lower.

"Bao Chan, ask someone to ask where the King of Dingbei is now?"

Eunuch Baochan hurried out and came back a moment later to report, "Your Majesty, the Prince of Dingbei is now at the door of the Minister of Revenue's house. I heard that the Minister of Revenue's son detained the Princess of Dingbei today, and the prince is asking for her."

"What? Detain the princess? How can the son of the Minister of Revenue be so bold?"

"I heard that the Sun family refused to admit it, but the prince insisted that the princess was detained by the Sun family. Now the two sides are at a stalemate and are on the verge of fighting."

"Ridiculous! Under the feet of the emperor, a dignified prince and the son of the Minister of Revenue are confronting each other in the street. How can this be allowed? Go to the Sun Mansion!"

"Yes."

The entrance to the Sun Mansion was brightly lit at this moment. The people led by Xiao Mubei held torches, making the entrance of the Sun Mansion as bright as day.

The two sides were in a stalemate. Xiao Mubei insisted on going in to search, but Sun Shaoyuan refused to give in. Both sides were on the verge of a fight. The onlookers refused to disperse even at this late hour, as they all wanted to see the outcome.

Chu Yunxi, Wen Rulan and Hei Mu avoided the numerous secret guards of the Sun Mansion and finally sneaked out. Chu Yunxi was about to ask Hei Mu to tell Xiao Mubei to retreat first. She wanted to tell Xiao Mubei about the situation in the dungeon first, and the two had to discuss what to do next.

Before Hei Mu could get there, he saw a team of imperial guards escorting a magnificent carriage. Eunuch Baochan's shrill voice rang out, "The Emperor has arrived. All irrelevant people must leave immediately."