"It's not suspicion, but certainty." Chu Yunxi covered her face, "Master Zhang, don't forget, it says here that it's my prince. I came here to find evidence to frame him."

Zhang Chenmu was also a little embarrassed, "I was negligent, then according to the princess, what should we do next?"

"Of course we have to find the other sign." Chu Yunxi walked outside, "Tell the guards to dig three feet deep around this tree within a three-mile radius."

The sign was big and the time was short, so the person would not have had time to put Xiao Zimo's sign far away or move it, so it must be nearby.

Chu Yunxi came outside, but did not get down from the tree. Instead, she looked around from the high place. The lights below were still on. Zhang Chenmu went down and ordered the guards to look for it.

Chu Yunxi was looking down, and Hei Mu whispered behind her: "Princess, look across."

Chu Yunxi raised her eyes and looked across, and saw Wen Rulan on the opposite tree, hidden in the lush branches and leaves, with only her face exposed. She shook her head at her, then pointed at the tree hole, motioning her to go there.

Chu Yunxi understood what he meant. He didn't find the sign outside, so he asked her to look inside.

Could it be that the other party didn't take out the sign at all? Instead, it was still hidden in the dark room of the dungeon?

Thinking of this, Chu Yunxi immediately walked down again. Zhang Chenmu looked up and found that Chu Yunxi was gone, so he quickly climbed up and followed her down.

Chu Yunxi searched every room in the dungeon carefully, but couldn't find any place to hide the sign. She walked into the room where the sign was placed, touching the wall bit by bit, her mind racing.

There was no doubt that the sign was not hidden far away, because there was no time at all, and with so many people outside, it was impossible to take it away, so it must be nearby. Wen Rulan had always been meticulous in his work, and if he said the sign was not outside, then it must not be there. The only possibility was that it was in this dungeon.

If it were me, where would I hide the sign? Chu Yunxi closed her eyes and imagined herself as the one who planned all this. A sentence emerged in her mind: The most dangerous place is the safest place.

Hei Mu, Zhang Chen Mu and two guards followed Chu Yunxi. Seeing that she was thinking with her eyes closed, they did not dare to make any noise to disturb her. Suddenly, they saw her open her eyes and look around the room carefully. Then she walked to the transparent boxes containing the hearts and started touching them one by one.

Hei Mu walked forward, and Chu Yunxi said, "You can also look around to see if there is anything unusual about these boxes."

Hei Mu immediately started to touch one by one from the other side. When he had touched about half of it, he heard a "click" and a box was pressed down. A wall on the other side slowly moved back, revealing a hidden dark room.

Chu Yunxi was delighted and hurried over, and Zhang Chenmu followed her. It was a very small dark room, only the size of a bed, filled with some empty heart boxes, and on the top was another sign.

Chu Yunxi took it out and showed it to Zhang Chenmu and the two guards. Zhang Chenmu was immediately shocked and said, "Princess, you have worked hard today. Please go back and rest first. I will go to the palace to report this matter to His Majesty. I will take my leave first."

Chu Yunxi returned the gift, and Zhang Chenmu left in a hurry. Chu Yunxi finally breathed a sigh of relief. After finding this sign, at least half of the suspicion on Xiao Mubei was cleared. As for the rest, she could investigate it slowly.

It was not until this moment that Chu Yunxi felt extremely tired. She handed the sign to the guards and took Heimu back to the Dingbei Palace.

Xiao Mubei was still reading in the study. He didn't feel sleepy at all. Looking at the sky outside which was about to break dawn, and thinking that Chu Yunxi was still running around for him until this moment, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

It seemed that ever since she met him, she had never had a peaceful life. Either there were cases or various conspiracies. Xiao Mubei felt that if it were him, he might not be able to bear it, but Chu Yunxi never complained.

Just as he was thinking about it, Bai Yu said outside the door: "My Lord, the princess is back."

Xiao Mubei stood up suddenly, put down the book and walked out.

As soon as Chu Yunxi entered the house, she saw Xiao Mubei using Qinggong to fly out. She smiled and said, "You're using Qinggong in your own house, what's the big deal?"

Xiao Mubei held her slightly cold hands, clasped them in his palms to cover them for her, and said with a smile: "I was anxious to see you, so I used them."

Bai Yu and Hei Mu climbed the tree together tacitly. Wen Rulan, who came back with them, had already consciously not even entered the mansion, and went straight back to Ruyun Tower.

"I won't run away." Chu Yunxi also felt warm in her heart and pulled him back to the house, "Why don't you sleep?"

"How can I sleep if you don't come back?" He let go of her hand when he felt it was already warm, and brought down the Tremella soup that had been warmed on the red clay stove in the middle of the night. "I was afraid you would be hungry when you came back, so I asked Hongyu to prepare it in the middle of the night. Keep it warm. Drink some to warm your body first."

The weather in October was indeed a little chilly. Chu Yunxi drank a bowl of hot soup and felt much more comfortable. She then told Xiao Mubei what had happened in the middle of the night.

Xiao Mubei asked: "Yunxi, how did you think there might be a mechanism in the middle of those boxes?"

Chu Yunxi said, "I was thinking, if it were me, where would I hide the things? Where would I hide them that no one would look at carefully? After thinking about it, only those hearts, anyone who takes one look at them would not want to look at them again, isn't that the perfect place to hide the mechanism?"

Xiao Mubei gave a thumbs up, "Ice-cold smart is not even enough to describe you one ten-thousandth of the time."

"I'm feeling so proud of you." Chu Yunxi yawned loudly.

Xiao Mubei knew that Chu Yunxi was not as good as him. She would be very tired after staying up all night, so he called Hongyu and said to Chu Yunxi, "Let Hongyu help you wash and sleep for a while. When you wake up later, I will ask the kitchen to make you something delicious."

Chu Yunxi was indeed too tired to hold on any longer, so she followed Hongyu back to rest. Xiao Mubei sat in the study room in deep thought. Now that he had found another sign, at least he and the prince shared the suspicion equally. If this incident was really done by the prince and the Imperial Observatory, it would be like shooting themselves in the foot. They should not have been so careless as to leave such a big handle at the scene. Now it seems that there are only two possibilities. First, Sun Shaoyuan secretly arrested Chu Yunxi and disrupted the plans of the prince and the Imperial Observatory, forcing them to implement the plan ahead of schedule. Second, there was someone else behind the scenes, and both the prince and he fell into someone else's calculations.

No matter which possibility it is, it is crucial to find the person who stole the brand. The Sun family's secret guards have all been arrested and imprisoned in the Dali Temple Prison along with the Sun family. This person must be among these people. How can we find him?

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