The Return of the Demon

Ning Chen looked at Pan Yucheng and said word by word: "I suspect that the current emperor is fake."

Pan Yucheng was completely dumbfounded and stood there.

After a long while, Pan Yucheng swallowed his saliva, moistened his dry throat, and asked: "What evidence do you have?"

"Old Pan, don't ask me the details, my mind is a little confused now... Come with me!"

Ning Chen took Pan Yucheng to the study.

He wrote several letters in a hurry.

"Old Pan, you go there in person and give all these letters to Yuan Long, and ask him to send someone to secretly send these letters out."

Pan Yucheng nodded slightly.

These letters were written to Liang Jingwu, the commander of Beilin Pass, Tong Yuanzhou, the defender of the southern border, and others.

Afterwards, Ning Chen took advantage of the night to leave Ning Mansion and came to Wuyou Escort Agency.

Seeing Silent, Ning Chen went straight to the point, "Help me find someone."

"Your Highness, please tell me!"

"I don't know this person's real name, but everyone calls him the Ghost Doctor. Find him for me."

Silent asked, "Ghost Doctor, I've heard of his name... Is this person in the capital?"

"I don't know... but there's a high possibility."

Silent said, "Most of our people are in the capital. If the Ghost Doctor is in the capital, it's not difficult to find him... but if he's not in the capital, it won't be so easy!"

Ning Chen hummed and said, "This person is very important."

"Okay, I'll do my best to find him."

Ning Chen nodded slightly, "Has the empress sent a letter recently?"

"Yes, the master asked me to tell the prince to deal with the affairs of Daxuan as soon as possible and go to Wuguo."

Ning Chen said, "Please write her a letter to urge her to build Xuanwu City."

"Yes!"

Ning Chen didn't stay for long, and left after chatting for a while!

......

For the next two days, Ning Chen arranged everything silently.

And Emperor Xuan never summoned Ning Chen.

He turned a deaf ear to the fact that Ning Chen had put Chen Zhaohan in prison.

That day, the eldest prince came.

"Father finally saw me today!"

After leaving Ning Chen's mansion that day, he went to pay respects to Emperor Xuan the next day.

For three days in a row... until today, His Majesty was willing to see him.

Ning Chen looked at him, "What's the result?"

The eldest prince's face was solemn, "He is not Father!"

"Do you still remember that Father once tested me in Luohuang Palace on the content of Xuanhuang Travels?"

Ning Chen nodded, "A vast territory should be governed by half a step... I remember His Majesty tested you, but you didn't remember it."

The eldest prince nodded, "Indeed, I was scolded by Father that day, but I tried it today, but Father didn't react at all, as if he didn't know the book at all."

"There are also some things that only Father and I know, and Father doesn't remember them at all."

Ning Chen's eyes were sharp and intimidating.

The eldest prince panicked, "Ning Chen, what should I do? He is not Father at all, where is the real Father?"

Ning Chen shook his head.

The eldest prince hesitated for a long time, "Do you think my father has been..."

"No!" Ning Chen waved his hand to interrupt him, "His Majesty is a life-saving talisman, he will not give up easily."

"Eldest prince, I will deal with him directly, and you will secretly find out about His Majesty."

The eldest prince shook his head, "I don't know how to start?"

Ning Chen said: "Take your people and search the whole city in the name of searching for thieves."

"Will this work?"

"Of course!"

The eldest prince nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you!"

After sending the eldest prince away, Ning Chen shrugged. He didn't expect to find His Majesty with the eldest prince.

But the eldest prince's high-profile search will definitely distract the attention of the impostor, so that he can act secretly.

Just as the eldest prince left, someone suddenly came to the palace.

It was the eunuch who delivered the order from one of the shadow guards.

"Your Highness, His Majesty has ordered you to attend court tomorrow!"

Ning Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, "Minister, receive the order!"

The eunuch who delivered the order suddenly looked around and took out a letter from his arms, "This is what Eunuch Quan asked me to pass on to Your Highness, and he told me to hand it to Your Highness in person."

Ning Chen took the letter, but did not rush to open it. Instead, he smiled and asked, "When Your Majesty was assassinated that day, was the shadow guard around?"

The eunuch shook his head, "We didn't know that Your Majesty had left the palace."

Ning Chen hummed, stepped forward and handed over a silver note, "Your Highness, you have worked hard!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

The eunuch took the silver note and put it in his sleeve, "Your Highness, Eunuch Quan asked you to read the letter and reply."

Ning Chen nodded, opened the letter and started reading.

"Your Majesty, after the assassination, His Majesty is completely different from before. Although his appearance and demeanor have not changed, he always gives me a sense of strangeness."

"I thought about it and came up with an incredible idea... After several days of careful observation, the absurd idea became stronger and stronger. I always felt that the appearance was the same, but the king was not the king... I will continue to observe, please investigate secretly."

"I know that doubting the king is a serious crime, but the king's grace is like the sea. I am willing to use my life to distinguish the truth... Burn it after reading!"

Ning Chen put away the letter. As the closest person to Emperor Xuan, Eunuch Quan seemed to have begun to doubt it a long time ago... It's just that doubting the king is a capital crime, so he didn't dare to say it easily.

"Please go back and tell Eunuch Quan to hold his troops!"

The eunuch who delivered the order leaned over, "Yes, then I'll take my leave!"

"Eunuch, take care!"

After the eunuch who delivered the order left, Ning Chen burned Eunuch Quan's letter to ashes.

......

The next day, early morning court!

Ning Chen came to the Golden Palace and chatted with Li Hanru and others for a few words to test the waters.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

As the shrill voice of Eunuch Quan sounded, Emperor Xuan walked in a square step and sat down in front of the dragon throne.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"

Emperor Xuan glanced at the ministers and raised his hand, "My dear ministers, please stand up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The ministers stood up.

Emperor Xuan's eyes swept around and finally fell on Ning Chen.

"Ning Chen, I heard that you imprisoned the Supervisory Office I appointed on behalf of Zi Yi?"

Ning Chen stepped out and said lightly, "Yes!"

Emperor Xuan's face sank, "You are so bold, you dare to imprison the Zi Yi I appointed without my consent? You are deceiving the emperor, do you still have me in your eyes?"

The ministers looked at each other.

What's going on?

Emperor Xuan hasn't been to court for a long time. The first thing he did when he went to court was to reprimand Ning Chen?

Emperor Xuan usually treats Ning Chen more like his own son.

Ning Chen looked calm, and said word by word: "Chen Zhaohan acted in the name of your majesty without your permission. This act of usurpation and rebellion is obvious... Everyone has the responsibility to kill the traitor."

Emperor Xuan snorted coldly, "Is Chen Zhaohan rebellious, or has he found out something? Do you want to kill him to silence him?"

Ning Chen said indifferently: "What does your majesty mean?"

Emperor Xuan said sternly: "Ning Chen, I ask you... How did Prince Duan die?"

Ning Chen's eyes suddenly shrank, but soon returned to normal.

"As everyone knows, Prince Duan died of a serious illness."

"Serious illness? Prince Duan has always been in good health, how could he suddenly have a serious illness?" Emperor Xuan stared at Ning Chen, "Prince Duan did not die of illness, but was poisoned."

The ministers instantly exploded. Poisoning the prince? Who has such a courage?