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Upon hearing Ji Yunmeng's words, the smile on the Prince of Zhennan's face faded slightly. He walked towards the main seat in the council hall, saying as he went, "For the princess to make this trip in person, it seems this matter is quite significant."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Prince of Zhennan arrived at the main seat and gestured for Ji Yunmeng to sit down, saying, "Princess, please sit down."

Ji Yunmeng then sat down on the wooden chair in front of her.

Prince Zhennan continued, "Princess, please tell us what kind of help you need and how you can assist us. We will do our utmost to help with anything that is of use to our Prince Zhennan Palace."

Ji Yunmeng did not answer immediately. Her gaze swept over the servants in the hall, and the Prince of Zhennan instantly understood her meaning. He then said to the servants, "You may all leave."

Upon hearing the order from the Prince of Zhennan, the servants immediately left the main hall, and soon only Lu Chen, the Prince of Zhennan, Ji Yunmeng, and her two maids remained in the hall.

However, at this moment, Ji Yunmeng turned her gaze to Lu Chen, as if to suggest that Lu Chen should also go out.

Seeing Ji Yunmeng's gaze fixed on Lu Chen, the Prince of Zhennan said directly, "Your Highness, Chen'er is the future master of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, and I have already entrusted him with all the affairs of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion. There shouldn't be anything he can't listen to, right?"

Seeing that the Prince of Zhennan had said so, Ji Yunmeng did not let Lu Chen leave, but in her heart she did not want Lu Chen to stay here.

In her opinion, if Lu Chen, this playboy, knew about the Zhen Gui Si (镇鬼司), he might accidentally reveal it to his cronies one day. She didn't trust Lu Chen.

However, since the Prince of Zhennan had spoken, she couldn't very well send Lu Chen away, since she was now in need of the Prince of Zhennan's mansion.

Ji Yunmeng then said directly, "The five Earth Realm monsters sealed by the Zhengui Division have broken through the seal."

Upon hearing this, the Prince of Zhennan was stunned. His expression instantly became extremely serious, and his eyes sharpened.

After realizing what had happened, the Prince of Zhennan asked, "When did this occur?"

Ji Yunmeng said, "I don't know. We only discovered it yesterday. Yesterday, Prince Lu wanted to see what the strange creatures looked like, so he sent someone to the Strange Suppression Tower with a recording stone to record their appearance. I also planned to take this opportunity to check the seal on the strange creatures. However, we found that the five Earth Realm Strange creatures had disappeared. Moreover, judging from the marks of the seal being damaged, they should have broken through the seal long ago, but no one had noticed."

The Prince of Zhennan fell into deep thought. Those five Earth Realm monsters were no ordinary monsters or evil spirits; they were beings capable of destroying the Great Zhou. If the five Earth Realm monsters were not found soon, the entire Great Zhou might experience another war between humans and monsters.

After a while, the Prince of Zhennan asked, "The princess has come to see me, presumably because this matter has not been reported and you intend to capture those five strange beings of the Earth Realm before the court discovers it?"

Ji Yunmeng said, "Yes, if this matter is leaked, the Zhengui Division will definitely suffer an impact. Both the imperial court and the people may no longer trust the Zhengui Division, and its power will be weakened."

Those were five Earth Realm Mysteries. It was bad enough that the Town Mystery Bureau couldn't keep an eye on them, but they didn't even know when they ran away. If word got out, the people would definitely lose trust in the Town Mystery Bureau. Of course, that was only one problem. The biggest trouble was that someone would take advantage of the situation to weaken the Town Mystery Bureau's power or plant people in its ranks. In the future, the Town Mystery Bureau would probably never be able to exist independently again.

Furthermore, some people will take this opportunity to shift the blame onto Ji Yunmeng, the newly appointed commander, saying that such a thing happened as soon as she took office, and that if it weren't for her, those strange creatures in the land wouldn't have escaped.

The Prince of Zhennan naturally understood what Ji Yunmeng was worried about. His fingers tapped incessantly on the armrest of the chair, and he lowered his head slightly, seemingly pondering what to do next.

Reporting this would weaken the power of the Zhengui Division, but that seems to have nothing to do with the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, since the Zhengui Division doesn't belong to it. However, if someone blames Ji Yunmeng, then it does have something to do with the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, but so what? At most, Ji Yunmeng will be removed from her position as commander, but she will still marry into the Zhennan Prince's Mansion.

Moreover, if Ji Yunmeng is no longer the commander of the Zhengui Division, then she will be able to devote all her energy to the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, which will actually be a good thing for the Zhennan Prince's Mansion.

Most importantly, those strange beings are Earth Realm level beings. If they are not found and sealed as soon as possible, they will bring great disaster to the Great Zhou.

Although the Prince of Zhennan dislikes the current royal family, if the Great Zhou royal family had not continuously weakened and suppressed the Prince of Zhennan's mansion, the mansion would not have fallen into such a state.

You must know that his ancestors used to have a large fiefdom, but now all they have is the capital city, which looks a bit luxurious. The fiefdom is gone, and the number of strong people in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion has been greatly reduced. Even the number of Zhennan Army members has been weakened time and time again.

Now, the Empress Dowager wants to send Lu Chen, the only bloodline of the Prince of Zhennan, to the Zhengui Division to eliminate him with the help of evil spirits.

If it weren't for the fact that the Prince of Zhennan was already old and hadn't suffered the backlash from the evil spirits, he would have wanted to raise an army and rebel long ago.

Seeing that the Prince of Zhennan had not spoken, Ji Yunmeng became a little anxious. Judging from the Prince of Zhennan's appearance, he did not seem to intend to get involved in this matter.

Come to think of it, the Zhennan Prince's Mansion and the Zhengui Division have no connection whatsoever. Why would they help the Zhengui Division just because she is Lu Chen's future fiancée? That reason won't do. Perhaps the Zhennan Prince would even be happy if she were dismissed from her post so that she could stay wholeheartedly in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion.

Ji Yunmeng then took the initiative to ask, "I wonder what the Prince of Zhennan thinks?"

The Prince of Zhennan snapped out of his reverie. He didn't answer Ji Yunmeng, but instead looked at Lu Chen and asked, "Chen'er, what do you think?"

Seeing that the Prince of Zhennan was asking him, Lu Chen thought for a moment, and then asked Ji Yunmeng, "Your Highness, do you think that with the combined power of the Zhengui Division and the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion, we can find those five Earth Realm Strange Beings hiding among the crowd?"

"Furthermore, even if we find those five Earth Realm Mysteries, who can guarantee that we can suppress and seal them with our power?"

Upon hearing Lu Chen's question, Ji Yunmeng fell silent. Indeed, both finding those five strange beings at the Earth Realm and sealing them away presented enormous difficulties.

Is reporting this the only option?
At this moment, the Prince of Zhennan asked, "Then, Chen'er, what do you think the Zhengui Division should do about this matter?"

Lu Chen said, "I think this is an opportunity, an opportunity for the Zhennan Prince's Mansion to rise again."

Upon hearing this, both the Prince of Zhennan and Ji Yunmeng looked at Lu Chen with puzzled expressions.

Lu Chen continued, "This matter should be reported, but not now. If those five Earth Realm monsters just disappear without a trace, that won't do. We have to make a big fuss and let everyone know that those five Earth Realm monsters have escaped."

"Furthermore, our Zhennan Prince's Mansion can take this opportunity to offer our assistance to the Zhengui Division in suppressing and sealing those five Earth Realm monsters, but some conditions will apply." (End of Chapter)