Is Chapter 160 about you?

After Yu Zhiyi finished casting the Rebirth Mantra and sent the women to be reincarnated, she returned to the Prime Minister's residence to perform her morning prayers.

Before the night had faded, she unusually dressed in her official robes and entered the palace.

When she came out, it was already dawn. Yu Zhiyi packed her things and prepared to leave the capital.

I still remember the look on the emperor's face when he was stopped outside the Golden Palace. It was as if seeing her in the palace so early in the morning was such a rare thing.

Well, that's certainly unusual.

Regardless of what the emperor thought, Yu Zhiyi recounted the events of Caonan Village.

After listening, the emperor, though his expression was solemn, still harbored a sliver of doubt: "Is it really that dangerous? Why haven't we heard of any incidents in Caonan Village in the past thirty years?"

Yu Zhiyi said, "The reason why the evil spirit in Caonan Village calmed down back then was because someone asked a highly virtuous monk for help. However, the monk could not kill it, so he could only seal it in the river at the entrance of the village and let it sleep."

“Recently, the bloodline of those involved in what happened back then has returned to Caonan Village, and this bloodline has awakened the evil spirits. Moreover, the seal from back then has also loosened.”

"Although the evil spirit has been dormant for the past thirty years, its evil aura has not dissipated or lessened. On the contrary, it has become stronger and stronger, and now it has a hundred years of cultivation."

She sighed, "If this matter is not resolved soon, it could cause large-scale casualties."

Upon hearing this, the emperor did not ask any further questions. He gave her a token to leave the capital and then allowed her to leave the palace.

Logically, she should have finished breakfast and waited until it was completely light before leaving, because that's when the city gates would open, but she couldn't wait.

The reason for her haste was twofold: firstly, the matter in Caonan Village was urgent, and secondly, she did not want to be conscripted into the palace.

She had already discerned from the evil cultivator's appearance what he had done to Consort Yu, but she had no intention of interfering.

This was the cause and effect between Consort Yu and the evil cultivator, and she couldn't be bothered to get involved.

Besides, Consort Yu's current predicament is entirely of her own making.

Throughout history, how many people who try to negotiate with a tiger have ended up with a good outcome?

Even if she were invited to the palace, she could still claim that she couldn't cure the illness, but in the end, she would still have to waste her breath and energy.

She couldn't be bothered to waste her precious time on irrelevant people.

However, she was so focused on guarding against Consort Yu that she forgot there was another person lying in bed in the capital.

When Yu Zhiyi saw a group of people riding Akhal-Teke horses coming out to intercept her from behind, and the leader was shouting "Empress Dowager's decree," she couldn't help but feel annoyed.

No wonder the divination she performed before leaving home indicated that she might encounter trouble today. She thought it was trouble from Consort Yu's side, which is why she got up early to try and slip away as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, the real trouble came from the carefree king.

Before the eunuch delivering the imperial decree unfolded it, Yu Zhiyi tried to negotiate: "Eunuch, I am on His Majesty's orders to carry out my duties and cannot be delayed. Could you please make an exception for me?"

The eunuch delivering the imperial decree exclaimed, "Oh dear, Lord Yu, please don't make things difficult for me. I'm just a eunuch, I don't have that ability. You should accept the decree."

Yu Zhiyi wanted to bring up the emperor, but the eunuch seemed to see her struggle and smiled, "The Empress Dowager's decree has been approved by His Majesty."

I understand.

The emperor couldn't go against his mother's wishes.

When Yu Zhiyi arrived at the palace, the sun was already high in the sky. She figured that even if she could leave the capital today, it would be quite late, which made her chuckle.

This is the first time I've experienced what it means to get up very early only to arrive late.

"Minister Yu, I have summoned you here because of the matter concerning the Emperor."

Yu Zhiyi lowered her eyes and sighed upon hearing this: "Your Majesty, it is not that I am shirking my duty, but given the current condition of Prince Xiaoyao, it is not appropriate for me to take over again."

The Empress Dowager raised an eyebrow: "Do you not want Prince Xiaoyao to recover? Or is it that what happened that day was truly your doing?"

Yu Zhiyi raised her eyes: "The Empress Dowager should have already met the chief disciple of Longhu Mountain who is with Miss You, right?"

Her statement was certain, and the Empress Dowager fell silent.

I have indeed seen it.

After the incident involving the Prince of Xiaoyao, she immediately sent people to investigate the sedan chair, but they found nothing wrong with it.

However, the biggest problem is that there is no problem, because she knew before she sent people to investigate that the sedan chair that had the accident had been used to pick up Yu Zhiyi.

She also knew about the tricks the Prince of Xiaoyao had played.

On that day, Prince Xiaoyao not only sent assassins, but also moved the sedan chair. When the sedan chair reached the place with the most people, it would collapse, causing Yu Zhiyi to fall out.

If you're unlucky, it's quite normal to get injured by a broken piece of wood.

But strangely enough, Yu Zhiyi, who should have been in trouble, was not, while Xiaoyao Wang, who unintentionally got into trouble after riding in the same sedan chair, was.

Despite the palace servants' repeated assurances that they had repaired the sedan chair after sending Yu Zhiyi back and that there should absolutely be no more problems,... a problem had already arisen.

It's hard not to overthink this.

Afterwards, the palace servants investigated and found that the sedan chair had indeed broken inexplicably, and the break was very natural, as if the old, dilapidated wood could not bear the weight of an adult male and broke.

But! That's simply impossible!

The things used in the palace are of course the best, and for the safety of the nobles, they are also frequently inspected.

Let alone years of disrepair, even the slightest mark on the wood would prompt the palace servants to replace it immediately, all to prevent any accidents.

Since we can't find out by human means, let's investigate from the perspective of supernatural phenomena and superstitions.

Just then, You Bingyue brought back the chief disciple of Longshu Mountain, so the Empress Dowager invited Ouyang Shuo over and asked him to check if there was any evidence that someone from the Xuanmen sect had tampered with the sedan chair.

Unfortunately, there was no gain.

Ouyang Shuo said that there was no spiritual energy fluctuation on it.

No matter how much the Empress Dowager had doubts, she had no choice but to characterize the incident as an accident.

But seeing Yu Zhiyi's hesitant manner, the Empress Dowager's doubts resurfaced.

Yu Zhiyi said, "If this matter were truly related to me, then I wouldn't be standing here today, but rather being forced to kneel here, wouldn't I?"

The Empress Dowager took a deep breath, forcing herself to suppress her anger: "Fine, I'll pretend it wasn't you."

Yu Zhiyi did not correct it.

Because this was indeed her doing.

However, she wasn't moving the sedan chair, but the person.

The strange eunuch who came to deliver the imperial decree that day cast a puppet spell on him. He then followed her instructions to change the appearance of the sedan chair, only putting a fiber optic hull over the outside of the sedan chair, while replacing the frame of the sedan chair with rotten wood inside.

It's perfectly normal for those rotten pieces of wood to break under the weight of a grown man weighing over 100 pounds, like the Carefree Prince.

The only thing that surprised Yu Zhiyi was that the Carefree King had been so badly injured.

Her initial expectation was that he would stay in bed for ten or eight years.

When he came to his senses, he heard the Empress Dowager ask, "Tell me, you clearly cured the prince not long ago, why can't you do it now?"