"Your Majesty has already made arrangements?"

Nangong Qing asked with a frown.

As expected of the world-renowned Prince Yu, he was meticulous in everything he did, leaving no room for error. I'm afraid he'd already begun preparations since requesting an imperial decree to investigate Empress Tian's death, but she was kept in the dark the entire time! He hadn't even given her a whim!

She even took the trouble to work with Bai Lianyi to play tricks to scare Yuan Zhen. She tried her best to help him, but he actually hid so much from her!

She suddenly felt uncomfortable, and her eyes turned colder as she looked at Li Zhenting.

Li Zhenting nodded seriously. The reason why he had kept his troops inactive for many days was because he wanted to catch the criminal in the act.

In recent days, he has already laid a tight net, waiting for the culprit to fall into it.

"Your Highness, are you saying that my actions were unnecessary? Even if I hadn't come, Your Highness would have been able to capture the monk?"

Nangong Qing felt quite disappointed. After all, she was just an outsider with medical skills who could help him diagnose his illness.

"Princess, you have successfully brought Yun Qing back. This is truly a great achievement. Father will certainly reward you handsomely..."

Before Li Zhenting finished speaking, Nangong Qing snorted coldly and left without looking back.

What a stinky man! What a bastard! If she helps him again in the future, she will no longer be called Nangong Qing!

Hey, that's not right! My mother has already divorced Nangong Xun, so why is she still carrying the dirty surname of Nangong?

The first thing I will do when I get back is to discuss changing my name with my mother. Wouldn’t it be better to take her surname?

"Second Brother, will the flesh on your body fall off if I say something soft?"

Bai Lianyi casually brushed the long hair that was scattered in front of her forehead behind her head, stamped her feet angrily, bared her teeth, and whispered a scolding at Li Zhenting, then started to trot behind Nangong Qing.

Until now, he has completely stood on the side of the second sister-in-law! The second sister-in-law is smart, clever, lively and interesting, and she is generous and capable. She is much more interesting than Li Zhenting, the old antique!

If his second sister-in-law insisted on divorcing Li Zhenting, he would not agree!

Li Zhenting smiled helplessly. A woman's heart is like a needle in the sea. God knows what's going on in the mind of that eccentric Nangong Qing! She keeps asking for a divorce and wants to make money from him. Now she's annoyed when he tells her about the reward!

Just as Li Zhenting was looking at the two white figures going away thoughtfully, a man in his forties dressed in Taoist robes appeared from the darkness and spoke softly.

"Elder brother..."

Li Zhenting bowed respectfully and waved his hand to signal Fengying and others to start the action.

This person was none other than Ning Moxiu, the eldest disciple of Xuanyun Temple in Taibai Mountain and Li Zhenting's senior brother.

Senior Brother Ning Moxiu has always been a mysterious existence. There is very little news about him in the streets. He never comes down the mountain unless it is an urgent matter. He is good at astrology, divination and formation.

Naturally, he was the only one who could find clues in Queen Tian's tomb.

The tomb was dug up, and as the coffin opened, Li Zhenting's heart clenched. He and Ning Moxiu stood beside the coffin, suppressing their heartache and shouting, "Mother, don't panic."

Tian Wanyue's body lying in the coffin was well preserved, like a beautiful woman sleeping with her eyes closed.

She was dressed in a yellow golden phoenix shroud, a phoenix crown on her head, and golden shoes with auspicious clouds on her feet. At first glance, it seemed no different from a normal state funeral for the queen, but upon closer inspection, something was unusual.

"According to the state funeral rituals of the Great Yan Kingdom, when a queen passes away, a night-shining pearl is placed in her mouth to preserve her body from decay. However, the object in Queen Tian's mouth was a black object that emitted a strange smell and had no luster at all. It was definitely not a night-shining pearl!"

"Under the yellow flower in the middle of the forehead, it's all crimson. This is the cinnabar forehead-dotting method to suppress the soul and prevent it from entering the cycle of reincarnation! There's no night pearl in the mouth, but the corpse can remain lifelike. That's because the seven orifices are blocked with mercury! Look!"

Ning Moxiu held a lantern in his hand and shone it on Queen Tian's face. The light became brighter and brighter. Li Zhenting looked forward and was immediately shocked!

There was indeed something shining with silver light inside Queen Tian’s nasal cavity!

A closer look revealed mercury inside the ears, mouth, and nose!

"Although this black pill has the effect of keeping the corpse's surface alive, the smell it emits is extremely poisonous. Even if the deceased had a chance of survival, they would have no chance of survival after smelling this!

Mercury has sealed the seven orifices. Even if one were to break through the cinnabar forehead-piercing soul-calming technique by chance, he would be unable to hear, see, or speak on his way to the afterlife, and he would never be able to find the path to the afterlife!"

"Look again what this is!"

In Queen Tian's hand, she was holding a small and exquisite iron tower-shaped object made of gold, only as big as a fingernail. If Ning Moxiu had not pried open Queen Tian's tightly clenched fingers, she would not have known that such a thing existed!

"Hiss..."

Ning Moxiu took a deep breath, sighed and shook his head repeatedly. This trick was too vicious.

"They really went to great lengths. Besides applying cinnabar to the forehead and sealing the soul with mercury, they also added a seven-story iron tower to suppress the soul! With this seven-story iron tower, Queen Tian's soul will be imprisoned forever, unable to move at all! Three layers of obstacles, this will ensure that Queen Tian will never be able to reincarnate..."

Li Zhenting's face turned pale and his eyes turned bloodshot.

Those who hurt our mother must not be let off!

"Dealing with them is not something that can be done overnight. Queen Tian's soul has been imprisoned for too long. It is best to let Queen Tian pass away as soon as possible..."

After obtaining Li Zhenting's consent, Ning Moxiu took out the soul-summoning flag and ritual instruments from his body. After he removed the three layers of shackles that suppressed Queen Tian one by one, he stuffed the night pearl that Li Zhenting had prepared in advance into Queen Tian's mouth.

The soul-calling flag in his hand suddenly made a rustling sound and fluttered in the night wind.

The night wind grew stronger, and the originally still trees swayed wildly from side to side. A strong wind suddenly blew up, blowing up dead wood, gravel and yellow soil, and hitting people with crackling sounds.

"I know that Empress Tian has been trapped for sixteen years and feels wronged. Now Second Prince Li Zhenting has redressed your grievances. Your vengeance will soon be avenged! I will send you on your way immediately!"

Li Zhenting knelt in front of Queen Tian's body and spoke in a deep voice.

"I, the unfilial son Li Zhenting, kowtow to my mother and apologize for my sins! Please rest assured, my unfilial son will not let any sinner go..."

He could feel his mother's anger, and only by bringing those evildoers to justice one by one could his mother's anger be calmed!

"Ah? Regarding this matter... Don't worry, Queen. I will definitely convince the Second Prince! Please, Queen Tian, ​​go ahead!"

Ning Moxiu took out four paper figures with weapons from his wide sleeves and burned them. Then he waved the sword in his hand quickly and muttered to himself.

After the sword dance ended, the night wind slowly calmed down, as if nothing had happened.

"Alright, the guards accompanying Queen Tian will definitely protect her all the way. Second Brother, you can rest assured."

He rarely looked up and smiled, and a playful smile appeared on Li Zhenting's face.

"There's something to say, even though it may sound disrespectful, but I promised Queen Tian that I would explain it to you clearly."

"Empress Tian said that palace struggles are endless, so one should be prudent and protect oneself for the rest of their lives, and stay together, raise children and have a good end."

Li Zhenting was stunned. Did his mother mean that he and Nangong Qing should have children and live the life of an ordinary person?

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