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

Sun Shiche couldn't sleep for several nights in a row, and his hair turned white with worry. Sun Shaozhen was his beloved daughter, who was only fifteen years old, and Emperor Sui Ming was already old. Even if he was cruel enough to send his daughter to the palace as a concubine, how long could Emperor Sui Ming live? If he died, wouldn't his daughter still be unable to survive?

At best, she can only prolong her life for a few more years. Zhen'er will not be happy even if she marries the emperor.

It would be great if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could ascend the throne!

When this thought came to his mind, Sun Shiche was frightened at first, feeling that he was committing a treasonous act, but soon, he could no longer suppress the thought.

If the crown prince became the new emperor, considering his support for the crown prince for so many years, it would not be difficult for him to marry Zhen'er into the palace as a concubine. The crown prince is in his prime and his reign will be long. Wouldn't Zhen'er then have no worries for the rest of her life?

However, there are only three months. How can the prince ascend the throne smoothly within three months?

Sun Shiche thought hard but could not find a solution. Feeling depressed, one day, Sun Shiche was walking alone on the street. He passed by a teahouse and heard the lively storyteller inside. So, he decided to go in.

The storyteller was talking about the Emperor-Slaying Star and the All Hearts Returning One Formation, and he spoke so clearly that the listeners were extremely nervous, especially when he talked about the formation being completed and the retired emperor in the palace was critically ill and was about to prepare for his funeral. At the critical moment, the then King of Zhao, now His Majesty, was unstoppable and like a god sent from heaven, he destroyed the Emperor-Slaying Star and broke the All Hearts Returning One Formation, and the retired emperor's illness immediately improved.

There were cheers in the teahouse, but Sun Shiche felt as if someone had pressed acupoints on him, and the formation of all hearts becoming one kept echoing in his mind.

If he could set up such a formation and kill the person in the palace without anyone noticing, then wouldn't it be a natural thing for the prince to succeed to the throne?

However, if he killed someone with the heart of a living person, the sin of killing would be too heavy and would be discovered soon. Sun Shiche happened to know a Feng Shui master who claimed to be knowledgeable about yin and yang and could do mysterious things. Sun Shiche had dealt with him several times and his Feng Shui was indeed very accurate.

So Sun Shiche found him, gave him a lot of silver, and asked him about the formation of all hearts returning to one.

The master calculated and said that this formation was indeed powerful. On the day the formation was completed, the world could indeed change hands. Moreover, it did not require the hearts of living people. Only the hearts of people who had died no more than twelve hours ago would be needed. This would make it easier to accomplish.

Sun Shiche was overjoyed, but he was also quite cautious. He told the master that he would succeed in three months, and asked the master to stay in seclusion for three months and come out after the success. In fact, he was worried about the master, so he imprisoned him in a house south of the Sun Mansion, with someone guarding him to prevent the secret from being leaked, after all, it was a capital crime.

The master did not resist and moved into the house. He did not go out for two months. Whenever Sun Shiche did not understand something, he would send a carrier pigeon to ask him.

Sun Shaochen finished speaking in one breath and smiled bitterly, "So, from the beginning to the end, there was no mastermind behind this matter. It was all arranged by my father. Except for the three of us and the master, no one else knew about it, and the master didn't know where we set up the formation."

After Sun Shaochen finished speaking, there was a moment of silence in the interrogation room. After a while, Chu Yunxi said, "Is what you said absolutely true?"

"Every word I say is true. There is absolutely no falsehood. Now that the Sun Mansion is like this, what else do I need to hide? Princess, you can ask my father and brother to see if what we say is consistent."

Chu Yunxi said: "Okay, I will believe you for now, where is the house that the master is locked up in?"

Sun Shaochen shook his head, "I haven't been there, only my father knows."

"Okay, Kuroki, take him to see Sun Shaozhen, and bring Sun Shiche over."

Sun Shaochen said anxiously: "Princess, I have already told you everything. Please beg His Majesty to spare my sister's life."

Apart from anything else, this father and his two sons are really good to Sun Shaozhen. They are willing to take such a big risk for her, and even at this point, they are still unwilling to give up saving her.

Chu Yunxi couldn't help but be moved and said, "I will try my best."

"Thank you, Princess." Sun Shaochen kowtowed to Chu Yunxi and followed Hei Mu out.

Chu Yunxi looked at Zhang Chenmu, "What do you think, Master Zhang?"

"I think Sun Shaochen didn't lie. What he said was well-founded. I've been to that teahouse before. There are indeed storytellers there. They often tell stories about various important events in the court. The court won a great victory in the beheading of the Emperor Star, and the news was not blocked. The storyteller did tell the story, and it didn't sound unusual."

Chu Yunxi nodded, "Could it be that this matter was really just Sun Shiche's impromptu idea? But don't you think that step by step, it seems that someone is guiding him?"

"Is there?" Zhang Chenmu frowned and thought about Sun Shaochen's words from beginning to end, and still shook his head, "I don't think there is any problem."

"Okay, I always feel like something is wrong, let's ask Sun Shiche again."

As they were talking, Sun Shiche had already arrived. Chu Yunxi didn't waste any words and told Sun Shiche about the Sun family first, then said: "Sun Shaochen told us that there was no mastermind behind this matter, but if no one really knew about it, how could someone set up a trap? Not only did they plot against my prince, but also the Sun family. Now, the prince is also involved. Sun Shiche, you should also want to find the person who set up the trap, right?"

Sun Shiche was already shocked. He originally just thought that the matter was exposed and was still feeling guilty for implicating the prince, but he didn't expect that the Sun family had already been plotted against.

Seeing that Sun Shiche didn't say anything, Chu Yunxi said again: "Think about it carefully, is there anything wrong with the whole thing?"

Sun Shiche came back to his senses after a long while. He shook his head very slowly and said, "No, I was extremely careful in the whole thing. After all, it was such a big deal. I locked up the master, and the secret guards were all deadly. Sun Liu would not leak the secret. The heart was placed by my brothers Shao Yuan and Shao Chen, so there would be no mistakes."

"Then how about guiding you to create this formation of all hearts returning to one? Don't you think it's too coincidental?"

Chu Yunxi patiently persuaded, "Zhen'er is critically ill, and the prince is here. The monk gave instructions, and Zhen'er needs the emperor's aura. You want the prince to take the throne, how can you do it? You happened to hear about the formation of all hearts returning to one, and you are afraid of committing more sins of killing. The master told you that you can use the hearts of the dead. Isn't this going too smoothly step by step?"

Every word she said, Sun Shiche was a little frightened. After she finished the last sentence, he hugged his head, his body was shaking, and he felt like he was going crazy.

"You think you are very cautious, but if this was a trap from the beginning, what's the use of being cautious? So think carefully about it, from the beginning, what's wrong?" Chu Yunxi stared at Sun Shiche closely.