All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

"After becoming a ghost, I floated to the rockery and saw a living 'Zhang Ting'."

Xie Zhanghua paused, and the resentment in his eyes was even worse, "No, to be precise, she is not Zhang Ting, but a strange man who disguised himself as Zhang Ting. After my death, he tore off Zhang Ting's human skin mask, He also pretended to be an eunuch in the palace, mixed in with the crowd, and collected my body for me."

"He secretly picked up my bloody bracelet. After leaving the palace, he used some method to seal the bracelet and my soul in a black jar, and took them to Yongtai Palace to lock the soul well."

"The formation in the well is very powerful. After my name was engraved on the formation, I lost consciousness. I didn't wake up until the jar was opened a few nights ago."

"After waking up, when I floated up to the Dizang Temple, I saw an old eunuch who looked very similar to him, opening the entrance of the underground palace. I followed the old eunuch all the way until he took off the human skin mask, only to realize that it was not him .”

Shen Lingxi's eyes moved slightly, "So, that night in the palace, the little eunuch pretended to be the one who ordered the old eunuch of Habayashi Guard to kill you?"

Afraid that Xie Zhanghua didn't understand what she said, she pointed to the place on the left side near the temple, "There's a light brown birthmark the size of a little finger here, isn't it?"

"That's right." Xie Zhanghua nodded, "Although the little eunuch is pretending to be that person, since he can disguise himself as that person, he must have something to do with that person. I know he is coming to the imperial mausoleum. The magic circle of the Soul Well was destroyed, I was able to leave the palace, and rushed to the imperial tomb as soon as possible..."

Speaking of which, Xie Zhanghua has completely told Shen Lingxi everything she knows.

There was worry in her eyes: "I still don't know the origin of the person who killed me back then. But I know that he is very powerful."

"His hands and eyes seem to have magic tricks. As long as he waves his hands in front of people and looks at them with his eyes, they will be involuntarily controlled by him."

"He used this kind of sorcery to come and go freely in the East Palace. Before he was sealed in the jar, I personally saw him being stopped by two inner guards when he left the palace. Wei didn't move, just stood there in a daze, and after he walked away, Nei Wei woke up, but he didn't remember what happened before."

"I even suspect that Zhang Ting was able to disappear without a trace under the eyes of everyone, it should be his handwriting..."

When Shen Lingxi heard the words, her heart suddenly dawned.

"So the empress didn't want to tell us these things at first, because she didn't want His Highness to go and investigate that person, for fear that something might happen to him?" She asked softly.

"Yes..." Xie Zhanghua's beautiful eyes reflected the candlelight, his eyes were full of worry and concern, "Liu Lang is too affectionate, I would rather let him think that I committed suicide back then, let him blame me and hate me for abandoning him, I also don’t want him to find out the truth and get into danger..."

"But the night before yesterday, when I saw him with my own eyes, he was deeply in a nightmare...It really hurts."

She looked at Shen Lingxi, "Miss Shen, thanks to having you by his side, if not for you, I can't imagine how he would get through this..."

Shen Lingxi wanted to say that she had not known Chu Yan for a long time.

For the past ten years, he has survived alone.

But these words are of no benefit to a mother who died innocently, except to increase her sadness and guilt.

"The past is all over." Shen Lingxi comforted softly, "In the future, not only will I be with His Highness, but also Your Majesty. If I can see you, it means that he can see you..."

Who said that such a reunion is not a reunion.

Shen Lingxi frowned and looked at her with a smile, "Besides, you don't have to worry about that person. I am proficient in Xuanmen magic. You said that the 'sorcery' carried by that person should be just a kind of quack trick. This time, I will work with His Highness to investigate this case, catch the bad guys, and avenge you, there will be no danger."

If someone else said this, Xie Zhanghua might still have doubts.

But Shen Lingxi... is someone who can see her soul.

Xie Zhanghua naturally believed in Shen Lingxi from the bottom of his heart.

Her sad mood was finally relieved a lot by Shen Lingxi's comfort, she wiped away her tears, stood up and thanked Shen Lingxi.

Shen Lingxi hurriedly avoided it, thinking of the little eunuch, she asked again: "Your Majesty has been following that little eunuch these days, have you ever noticed anything unusual about him? Or...do you have any accomplices?"

"He is a loner with no accomplices."

Xie Zhanghua thought for a while, and then said, "It's just that that night, I saw him flying a pigeon to send a letter, and wrote a letter to the capital, but what he wrote was in a foreign language, and I couldn't understand it."

"It's easy." Shen Lingxi found a pen and paper and enshrined it to Xie Zhanghua, "Please draw the content of the letter, I will copy it as it is, and give it to His Highness for someone to interpret."

Xie Zhanghua's eyes showed surprise, and he quickly responded, and drew the content of the letter passed by the flying pigeon.

Shen Lingxi narrowed her almond eyes after reading the content drawn by Xie Zhanghua.

This is not some alien script.

It is a secret language unique to the dead in Yunguo.

Fortunately, I met her.

Otherwise, even if you go to Manyifang to find someone, you may not be able to translate the meaning of these code words.

Shen Lingxi remained calm, took a snapshot of the words drawn by Xie Zhanghua, copied the content on the paper, folded it carefully, and put it into the sleeve.

She thought about it and asked: "It's getting late, His Highness must be waiting for my news at this moment, would you like to go to see him with me?"

"No, no, no." Xie Zhanghua shook his head again and again, with a look of bewilderment like "being close to home".

She covered her face and sobbed, "You better go, you go and tell him... If I could have been more vigilant back then, maybe, maybe I wouldn't have ended up like that. He was only nine years old, and I left him behind. Just die like that, leaving him alone in this world, the person I am most sorry for is him..."

"But the empress is also a victim." Shen Lingxi said softly, "His Highness has never blamed you, otherwise, why would he go to Donghua mansion to buy so many fruits. These are the empress' favorites, right?"

Xie Zhanghua raised his head and looked at the fruits on the table, with tears in his beautiful eyes.

"Give me some time, and give Liu Lang some time..." She begged, "I will rest here tonight, and wait until tomorrow... tomorrow I will go to find Liu Lang."

Seeing this, Shen Lingxi knew that she needed time, so she nodded in response, offered all the things in the temple to her, and said a few words of comfort before she backed out...

*
At the same time, the main hall is separated by a wall.

Chu Yan was wearing pajamas and sitting on the head of the bed, holding a file casually with his slender and bony hands, but those cold eyes were unconsciously looking at the direction of the palace gate.

I don't know what to think.

With a sound of "squeak", the door of the palace was opened from the outside, and a petite figure walked in from the door...