So what if she's my sister-in-law? You seduced me first.

The unreadable voice of his master soon came from behind, and Qingfeng quickly stopped and looked down at his toes.

A very faint fragrance passed by him, and he vaguely saw the shadow of the Crown Princess swaying as she left.

He spends all his time surrounded by men and rarely smells the scent of women. This princess is truly beautiful, with a delicate fragrance emanating from her. When did my master become such a shallow man, even touching his sister-in-law?

He subconsciously glanced at his master's figure, only to see that the man was still sitting in the chair, his expression unchanged, but his eyes were fixed on the direction the man had left, and he raised his hand to wipe his lips.

He sensed something was wrong. His master rarely showed any mood swings, but he knew the man was very unhappy right now. How unlucky he was to have stumbled upon his master's private affairs.

"What is it?"

He nervously presented the confession, saying, "I confessed to everything."

Xie Xun casually flipped through the submitted confession, glanced at him, and asked, "Have you investigated?"

Not yet.

The temperature in the air dropped instantly, and Qingfeng immediately said, "I have already sent people to search Fifth Master's villa."

"Then what are you showing me?"

Did he disturb his master's good time or was he taking the blame for the princess? He's being scolded for this too. "Your subordinate will go and receive the punishment."

The Xie family was a noble family, but no one expected Xie Yan's funeral to be held so hastily. Ning Yu was even more surprised that it would come so quickly, with the coffin being sent to the mausoleum on Yue Mountain before the seventh day after his death.

All of this was clearly abnormal, and the Xie clan members seemed to have accepted it and ordered a swift burial.

Yueshan is the ancestral cemetery of the Xie family, the burial place of Prince Rong. It is said that there is a dragon vein beneath it, but it is unknown how true this rumor is. In fact, it is guarded by people all year round.

The mausoleum's structure could be faintly seen near the summit in the deep mountains and dense forests. The mountain mist had dissipated by afternoon. Few members of the Xie family had come, and the arrangements were very simple. The Duke and Duchess of Dingguo did not even make an appearance.

Ning Yu followed them into the mausoleum. The tall tower was topped with stone pillars, and torches on the side corridors illuminated the interior.

Leading the way were palace eunuchs, followed by mostly members of the imperial family and court officials.

She subconsciously followed the crowd to look at Xie Xun in front of her, but she couldn't see his face, only his tall and straight back. The silence in the air was terrifying.

After reaching the innermost area where the coffins were placed, Ning Yu didn't go in. She stood on the outside, waiting idly for the sacrificial ceremony to end.

Suddenly, she felt her feet tremble.

The officials' clamor soon erupted from inside: "An earthquake?!"

Ning Yu quickly leaned against a pillar and looked inside, and then heard everyone screaming.

A tremor sounded overhead, and sand and gravel fell down, even cracking the relief at the very top of the pagoda. Sharp stones fell and hit the coffin.

The huge rock smashed the coffin open in an instant, and one can imagine what kind of damage the people inside would suffer. The officials closest to the front were the first to be injured and scrambled to run out.

There were secret passages in the underground palace. Ning Yu immediately spotted Xie Xun, but seeing him walking out unhurriedly from a safe spot, she quickly followed the crowd.

Two legs could not outrun the falling pebbles from the top of the treasure. In the chaos, some people were instantly pinned down in the underground palace, screaming in agony.

The sharp sound was so sudden that Ning Yu subconsciously looked over and saw that the palace eunuch had been hit by the collapsing rocks, and several other officials had also been trapped and died inside.

The soldiers outside quickly heard the commotion, and when the sounds of the collapse inside gradually subsided, they rushed in to help.

Ning Yu and his group quickly emerged from the mausoleum's exit. Thunder and lightning struck, and then it suddenly started raining, soaking them instantly.

Xie Xun immediately summoned the imperial physicians from the foot of the mountain to treat the officials who had fled in disarray. Since it was raining heavily and they couldn't go back, he ordered them to be carried back to their villas at the foot of the mountain.

Ning Yu was not injured. The falling rocks were from the innermost empty palace. The pillars hadn't collapsed, but a lot of rocks inexplicably fell down. She saw several officials killed by the falling rocks.

The damp wind, mixed with rain, seeped into Ning Yu's clothes, making her shiver with cold. Just as things were in chaos, several men in black appeared out of nowhere and charged into the crowd.

In the rain and mist, several adults had their heads chopped off. Ning Yu clearly saw that the palace attendants, who had finally managed to come out of the mausoleum, were killed by these suddenly appearing assassins.

Seeing that it was coming towards her, she didn't dare to look any longer and quickly ran down the mountain.

But before she could run a few steps, Ning Yu suddenly remembered something and searched through the crowd. After looking around, she couldn't find Xie Xun anywhere.

When several men in black rushed towards her, she quickly turned around and headed north towards the mausoleum.

Xie Xun didn't expect that this woman would not take this opportunity to run to the villa down the mountain, but instead came here. The people behind her quickly concealed their figures, some running into the mausoleum, and some flying into the dense branches.

Ning Yu spotted the person from afar, and hearing the footsteps behind him, he ran even faster.

"General, General, save me---"

The soldiers accompanying her were all experts of the royal family, and they would surely kill all the men in black in no time. With this thought in mind, she quickly attracted all the men in black and rushed towards Xie Xun with lightning speed.

Xie Xun's mind raced faster than his body, and he tried to dodge, letting her fall down the slope.

Unexpectedly, the woman crashed into his arms, scrambling to wrap herself around his clothes. Whether it was intentional or the impact was too great, she pulled him down the hillside.

So when the man in black arrived, he saw the two of them tumbling down the dark slope.