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"In reply to your highness, those people are too stubborn. Two of them have already died, and no one has said a word." The guard looked at Ye Feian with an awkward expression.

Ye Feian took in a long breath. After a long time, he finally let it out in a somewhat dejected manner.

"Whatever, if they don't want to admit it, then so be it. Write down their confession for them. After drawing their bet, find a place to deal with them." "This matter must be kept a secret. No one else should know about it." As he spoke, he left the study.

These past few days, Xiao Cui hadn't been able to sleep well. She'd hear screams in the dead of night, a sound she'd thought she'd misheard, but that night when she was dressing for esteemed wangfei, she'd heard her mutter the same thing.

Xiao Cui did not dare speak to her master like that. She had entered the palace at the age of ten, and six years had passed now. Although she was still a servant girl, she knew that there were many secrets hidden in the palace. Once there was a servant who came out to the latrine in the middle of the night and saw the ghost. He screamed in fright and disappeared the next day. Everyone said that he was taken away by a ghost, but only Xiao Cui knew that the servant was taken care of by the prince because he had seen a secret that he should not have seen.

Xiao Cui knew that the scream this time was definitely the same as the one that the servant had just seen. He could only pretend to be stupid, or else he might lose his life.

"Xiao Cui, do you think that the Prince's Mansion is haunted?" Just as Xiao Cui was distracted, she heard her master's gentle words.

"Reporting to the Empress, when our King's Manor was first established, it took us more than half a year to choose one. Many masters said that our King's Manor is a land of treasure, and demons and devils did not dare to approach it rashly. "Empress, you must take good care of yourself."

Although Xiao Cui knew what was happening, she did not dare say it to anyone. He could only pretend to be confused.

After a busy day, seeing that the sky was getting dark, Xiao Cui finally had some free time. She went back to her room to sleep. The mansion did not lack any rooms, but only the steward and a few maids had rooms of their own. Xiao Cui happened to be one of them.

Xiao Cui had just finished washing up and was lying on the bed, when she heard the tormenting ghostly wails resounding once again.

Xiao Cui was terrified, the sound was even more terrifying than the previous times she had heard. This time, Xiao Cui's rationality still could not overcome her curiosity. She knew that she might lose her life, but she still chose to peek.

Xiao Cui put on her clothes, quietly opened the door, and followed the sound to the forbidden area of the Prince's Mansion.

The closer they got, the clearer the screams became.

"Ye Feian, you're a sinister man from the Central Plains. Even if I become a ghost, I won't let you off!"

At this time, Xiao Cui could faintly hear what the voice was shouting.

Her heart tensed, she knew that she knew what she shouldn't know, and was about to turn and leave when she heard a burst of footsteps. Xiao Cui knew that she was too late, so she quickly decided to hide inside a cave made of fake rocks.

Not long after she hid, a group of armored personal guards came to the courtyard.

The leader of the group led the way into the study. Not long after, the entire study room suddenly became silent, as if all those people had disappeared. Xiao Cui hid for a while, after confirming that the guards were gone, she quietly walked out, planning to return to her room.

"Who is it!" Just as she walked out of the courtyard, she heard a loud shout coming from behind her. Xiao Cui's heart skipped a beat, no one knew where she got the courage from, and without waiting for the man to speak, she ran.

It turned out that the person was just a servant who had woken up late at night. Not far away, he faintly saw a figure. Recalling the screams he had heard recently, he thought he had seen a ghost. Thus, he called out subconsciously. He did not expect that when Xiao Cui heard his shout she was scared away, thinking that he was a thief, she chased after him, while shouting, "Catch the thief!" "There's a thief!"

At this time, everyone in the mansion had already fallen asleep. After hearing this, they all got out of their beds and grabbed their fellows to catch the thief. The guards also heard and ran in the direction of the servant.

Xiao Cui was extremely anxious, she did not know where she got the strength from, but she knocked open a door in the backyard and ran out onto the street. Coincidentally, there was a carriage parked in front of her, and she got in.

The carriage had been hired by a family whose mother had given birth to a child when they went to fetch a midwife. Now that the midwife had arrived and the coachman had paid for the carriage, he did not think that there would be anyone else in the carriage, so he took the carriage and left.

Just as the car turned the corner, the people from the Palace of Hua-Yang chased after it. They looked around and found no one there, so they went back cursing.

However, with this incident, the people who were going to kill Zhang Long and the others to eliminate all traces of their corpses immediately became passive. At this time, the Prince's Mansion was bustling with noise and excitement, and they could only stay in jail. Just like that, they had been delayed for four to four hours.

At this time, Zhao Wei led his troops day and night. That night, they finally arrived near Qingzhou. In order to find out where Zhang Long and the others were being held, he asked the local spies to assist him in his investigation.

But who would have thought that just as the spy sneaked into the palace, he heard a sound that could be seen from that. As he panicked, he left the mansion and hid inside an empty carriage. However, before long, a person jumped into the car.

The man was terrified. It seemed to be a woman. She jumped into the carriage and found that there was someone inside. She tried to struggle, but was knocked unconscious by the spy.

When Xiao Cui woke up again, an hour had already passed. At this moment, she found herself lying in a guest room with tea and snacks on the table beside her. Even though it was already midnight, the candlestick on the table was still lit.

"You're awake?" Hearing that, Xiao Cui was startled, she immediately jumped off the bed and knelt down to beg for mercy.

"Please don't kill me, I promise I won't tell anyone!" Xiao Cui cried as she spoke.

When the spy heard this, he knew that the man in front of him seemed to know of the matter. He immediately helped Xiao Cui up, and after cajoling and cheating, he finally managed to get the information out.

When he found out that the Duke Mansion's butler had brought a group of people with him to the secret room at midnight, he had an ominous feeling for some reason.

He immediately called for someone and whispered a few words into his ear. The person then hurriedly left the inn.

The spy guessed that Ye Feian must have lost his patience and planned to "create" evidence that he was a co-enemy of the Grand Dominance King. But today, if not for this young maid unintentionally messing them up, Zhang Long and the others would have already become corpses.