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

Although she already knew that Queen Mother Rong brought them to the ice cellar to meet the Loyal and Brave Marquis Chu Xiuyao, when the moment really came, Chu Yunxi still broke out in a nervous sweat. Although there were bursts of cool air coming up from the ground, it couldn't stop her nervousness.

Xiao Mubei had been paying attention to Chu Yunxi. Seeing that she was very emotional, he gently held her hand and whispered, "Don't be nervous. I'm here."

Chu Yunxi nodded, took a few deep breaths, gradually calmed down, and then walked down the stairs. Empress Dowager Rong and the palace maids had already walked more than ten steps forward.

The further they went down, the lower the temperature became. The palace maid put the prepared plush cloak on Empress Dowager Rong. After going down the stairs, there was a long corridor in front of them. There were more than a dozen luminous pearls inlaid on the side, which made the corridor very bright. After walking past it, they went down dozens of stairs. The cold here was at its peak. Chu Yunxi hugged his shoulders. As soon as she hugged him, her shoulders suddenly felt warm. She turned around and saw Xiao Mubei taking off his coat and putting it on her. He was wearing a tight suit with broad shoulders and narrow waist, and his good figure was undoubtedly revealed.

Chu Yunxi felt warm in her heart. She smiled sweetly at Xiao Mubei, pulled his clothes tightly with her hands, turned around, and entered a room that looked like an ice sculpture. It was very large, with ice walls on all four sides, emitting a light blue light. It was very beautiful. There were many ice cubes piled in the corners of the room.

In the middle of the room, there was an ice coffin, and inside it lay a man in a black robe. Chu Yunxi and Chu Yuanxi couldn't help but quicken their pace and pounced on the ice coffin to look inside. That familiar and peaceful face, who else could it be but their father?

This was the first time that Chu Yunxi had actually seen Chu Xiuyao in person. She had not expected this to happen. She had thought countless times that when she found her father's body, there might only be a skeleton. She had never expected that she would actually see a complete person. Empress Dowager Rong and the young emperor Wu Zixu must have spent a lot of effort to preserve Chu Xiuyao's body, and it was preserved very well.

Maybe it was her nature, or maybe it was the feelings of the original owner Chu Yunxi in her body, Chu Yunxi couldn't help but shed tears. She said softly: "Father, my brother and I are here to take you home."

Chu Yuanxi also shed tears, thinking back to the last time he saw his father, when his father gave him the order to protect the prince and not let anything happen to him.

His father didn't even have the time to tell him what to do after his death before he dragged his sick body to the battlefield and never came back!

"Father, I am unfilial and did not bring you back in time to let your soul return to your hometown. Your son will take you home right now."

Chu Yuanxi turned around, looked at Queen Mother Rong, and said word by word: "Please show mercy, Queen Mother, and let my younger sister and I take my father away."

Queen Mother Rong walked forward slowly, looking at Chu Xiuyao in the ice coffin, and stretched out her hand to slowly trace the outline of his face on the coffin lid, saying: "In this life, except for the time he saved me, he has been with me for a longer time during this period of time, but I know that he actually doesn't want to stay here. In his heart, he is thinking about his Dasui, his family, and you. To him, I may just be a passerby he saved. It is his chivalrous heart to help the weak when he sees injustice. It cannot become something that binds him. He has been with me for so long, I am already satisfied, and my wish has been fulfilled. Next, I will send someone to escort his body back to Dasui with you. From now on, he and I will have nothing to do with each other."

Chu Yuanxi and Chu Yunxi really looked at Queen Mother Rong with new eyes this time. She was obsessed but not paranoid, sensible and warm. They were very glad that Queen Mother Rong was such a person, otherwise it would be really troublesome to get Chu Xiuyao's body out of the palace.

Chu Yuanxi clasped his fists and bowed to Empress Dowager Rong sincerely, "Thank you, Empress Dowager. Yuanxi will definitely be grateful for your kindness for the rest of his life."

Chu Yunxi also saluted. Although Chu Xiuyao died for his country in the war with Nandi, the war between countries had nothing to do with personal grudges. Chu Xiuyao was a general, and dying on the battlefield was his choice and also his honor.

Queen Mother Rong waved her hand and said, "You all should stay in Derong Palace tonight. Ah Cui, go and make arrangements for them. I want to be alone with him for a while."

The maid Ah Cui agreed, and handed Empress Dowager Rong a hand warmer, saying, "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself. I will be back to accompany you after I have arranged for the distinguished guests."

Empress Dowager Rong took the hand warmer, and the others bowed and left the ice cellar one after another.

After returning to Derong Palace, A Cui arranged several rooms for them and assigned palace maids and eunuchs to serve them. However, Chu Yunxi said that she was not used to being served, so she told them not to stay by her all the time and that she would call them if necessary.

After settling down, Ah Cui hurried to the ice cellar again. Xiao Mubei and Chu Yuanxi all gathered in Chu Yunxi's room. Chu Yuanxi then dared to salute Xiao Mubei, "Meet the prince."

Xiao Mubei hurriedly stopped him and said, "Yunxi and I are already husband and wife. From now on, you will be my elder brother. There is no need to be so polite when we meet. Thank you for your hard work during this period."

Chu Yuanxi shook his head, "Finally there is a good result. The hard work was not in vain. Let the prince also come to Nandi to take risks. Yuanxi was terrified."

Chu Yunxi smiled and said, "Brother, don't be polite to the prince, otherwise we will be a family in the future, how can we get along with each other?"

Chu Yuanxi also laughed, "It seems that the prince has spoiled my little sister, and she dares to be disrespectful to the prince."

Chu Yunxi was dissatisfied and dragged out her voice, "Brother~"

Chu Yuanxi and Xiao Mubei both laughed, and they all felt relieved.

After the laughter, Chu Yunxi said, "Your Highness, notify my senior brother and Zi Han and ask them to follow Wu Lingqi out tomorrow. We can go out openly and don't drag the King of Qi and the others into this. Even if the emperor doesn't pursue it this time, it will still be a thorn in his heart. Emperors are suspicious, and there are many people in the court who support the King of Qi. We should not cause him more trouble."

Xiao Mubei nodded, "Don't worry, I will make arrangements."

Chu Yunxi asked again how Bai Ri and Hei Mu were exposed. It turned out that the Queen Mother had gone to see Chu Xiu Yao last night. They followed Queen Mother Rong and found the location of the ice cellar. After Queen Mother Rong left, the two of them sneaked into the ice cellar and found the ice coffin. Just as they were about to go out, the Imperial Guards happened to be patrolling here. As they had nowhere to hide, the two of them accidentally revealed their tracks and were chased by the Imperial Guards for the whole morning.

Fortunately, Chu Yunxi heard the sound and went out, otherwise it would have been difficult to escape the pursuit of the imperial guards in this palace.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Chu Yunxi got up early and went to pay her respects to Empress Dowager Rong. However, she was surprised to find that Empress Dowager Rong's hair was much whiter than yesterday.