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"Your Majesty, your subject is willing to investigate the plague." Mu Junhan suddenly spoke up, "I heard that Prince An claimed that there would be a plague in the capital, so why don't you hand Prince An over to this subject to handle? This subject will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly."

He did not want to investigate it clearly, but wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate the Miss An, right?

A dark light flashed through the Emperor's eyes, but he put on an expression of agreement on the surface. "Fine, I'll let you handle this matter. If you can't investigate it clearly, then I'll punish you with several crimes!" Upon receiving the emperor's orders, Mu Junhan lowered his head, a sharp glint of light flashing past her black phoenix eyes.

He went down the stairs and rushed into the dungeon, where he was brought to the prison where An Yingcheng was.

, who had heard the commotion, sat down in front of him with a surprised expression on his face. "Why is Hereditary Prince Mu here?"

Didn't the Emperor already send him to the Mo Bei to gather troops? Why would he suddenly appear in the prison? And seeing Mu Junhan's carefree look, it didn't seem like he had committed a crime and was imprisoned here by the emperor.

An Yingcheng was wondering in his heart, when he saw that the person who came was waving his hand to dismiss the prison guard, "You may go, leave Prince An to me."

The jailer had already given the order long ago, and upon hearing Mu Junhan's orders, he immediately left.

"How has Prince An been these days?" Mu Junhan smiled, but the words coming out of his mouth were not polite at all. "The Emperor sent this Hereditary Prince to investigate the plague you spoke of, and I hope this Prince An can cooperate."

A flash of understanding appeared in An Yingcheng's eyes, and a bitter smile appeared on his face, "A servant girl in my residence was infected with a plague, I was afraid of the plague breaking out, so I reported the matter to the emperor, how could I know..."

"Prince An isn't telling the truth, right?" "How did this Miss An find out that the maid was infected with the plague? How did she persuade this Prince An to speak to Your Majesty about it? This is something the emperor already knows, so this Prince An doesn't need to hide."

He paused for a moment before continuing, "Prince An came in early, so he probably doesn't know that Miss An is also in jail."

"Little Ge was also imprisoned by the emperor?" An Yingcheng was excited, he had already shouldered the responsibility of the crime, why would he still be implicated with An Lingge?

Mu Junhan's expression was indifferent, as if he was talking about someone completely unrelated to him, "After you were taken away, the Miss An begged the eunuch who gave the decree to bring her into the palace. Originally, he wanted to plead for your life and she took all the blame himself, but who knew that the emperor would be so angry right now, not only did he not release you, he even captured her."

At that time, An Lingge had pleaded for mercy on his behalf, but he did not take it to heart. She did not think that Little Ge would actually plead for the emperor for his sake, and even went to jail because of this.

As long as the Emperor did not kill him, he would just suffer a little when being locked in there. But Little Ge was different, she, who had yet to leave the pavilion, was actually locked in there, so even if he could get out in the future, his reputation would be ruined.

Besides, the prison was cold and damp, filled with insects and ants. How could a girl like her be able to withstand this?

Mu Junhan saw the expression of the person in front of him, and said, "The emperor is angry because of this, if Prince An tells this Hereditary Prince the whole story, this Hereditary Prince will plead with the emperor, and this matter will have a chance to change."

Since An Lingge was not willing to tell him the reason, then he would start from An Yingcheng and find the reason why.

An Yingcheng nodded his head, and the intermittent sounds of their conversation sounded out in the prison.

Mu Junhan got the information he wanted, and ordered people to take good care of An Yingcheng, and then he walked out of the prison.

Just as he was about to send people to investigate about Lan Xin, Shu Mo walked over with a serious face.

"Mistress, I found something."

Shu Mo's brows were in a serious state, Mu Junhan looked at him and indicated for him to speak.

"Our men found a large number of dead villagers in a village ten miles away from the capital. The skin on their bodies was completely scratched, making them look quite scary."

Mu Junhan's pupils contracted as a dark light flashed through his phoenix eyes.

"Where are they? Bring me to them!"

Shu Mo acknowledged and immediately brought his horse over, and before long, the master and servant were outside the city.

The villages near the capital were always quiet and peaceful, but what Mu Junhan saw now was completely different.

Dozens of elderly and children were lying on the ground, painfully grabbing onto their own bodies. Their families anxiously held the water in their hands and helped them wipe the pus off their bodies, but they could not get rid of it no matter what.

At the side, there was a barefoot doctor who was sweating profusely, but she couldn't do anything about it. She just sat on the ground dejectedly, her face ashen.

"Bao`er, your father will take you to the capital. There are many doctors there. They will definitely be able to cure you." The middle-aged man with the vicissitudes of life hugged the child in his arms tightly, his voice filled with grief and despair.

The child was no more than five or six years old. His face was bright red and his neck was covered in dense red pimples. Perhaps it was too itchy, but he kept grabbing at his neck.

"Bao`er!" The middle-aged man let out a scream and quickly put the child in his arms down, but the child was already dead.

Mu Junhan frowned, this situation, why does it look like the plague that An Lingge spoke of?

His gaze fell to the side, where many lifeless people were lying motionless. "Those people lost their lives overnight?"

"Yes, this subordinate asked them earlier. They didn't feel unwell in the first place, it's just that these symptoms appeared this morning. In less than ten hours, they had already stopped breathing."

Shu Mo handled matters safely. Before he reported the news to Mu Junhan, he had already confirmed it three times.

Mu Junhan confirmed the guess in his heart, and did not continue forward, and directly jumped onto his horse. "Let's go, this matter must be reported to the Emperor."

As soon as he raised the whip, the horse gave a long whine and galloped forward.

Naturally, the imperial palace's imperial guards did not stop Mu Junhan. He dismounted from his horse in front of the imperial palace and rushed straight towards Qian Qing Gong without stopping for even a second.

The emperor looked at Mu Junhan and raised his eyebrows, "You said that there's a plague in the village outside the capital?"

"Yes, your subject has seen it with his own eyes. Those villagers died suddenly in less than twenty hours, and their bodies were covered with pus from being scratched. They have been infected with the plague." If Your Majesty does not believe me, you can send the imperial physician to investigate. "

Mu Junhan's face became anxious, "This subject originally wanted to go and interrogate Prince An, but now it seems that the plague is real. Prince An did not lie to you."