Xiao Moyan's brow furrowed slightly upon hearing this. "Old Taoist?" Who could possibly be that old Taoist who knew Xingzhi's identity before she was even born? "What's the old Taoist's name?" Xiao Moyan asked. The eunuch replied, "Jiuxu." Xiao Moyan's expression changed slightly, a chill tinging his cold expression. Jiuxu, the demonic Taoist. "What did he pay back?" Xiao Moyan's voice was slightly cold. The eunuch, still in a daze, replied, "Nothing." Xiao Moyan examined the eunuch for a moment, then withdrew his hand with a calm expression. The light in his hand slowly dissipated, and Xiao Moyan vanished with it. The eunuch felt a flash of white light before his eyes, a bit blinding. He instinctively closed his eyes, but when he opened them again, he could only see a blurry white. He frowned and rubbed his eyes. When he opened them again, he felt much better, his vision gradually becoming clearer. The eunuch looked at the now-empty Jingxin Hall, a trace of worry on his face. It seemed he had failed to keep the secret for the retired emperor and the emperor. Shaking his head, the eunuch continued to prune the evergreen tree as if nothing had happened. Outside the Jingxin Hall, two guards assigned by Wu Fang to monitor the eunuch looked at the normal Jingxin Hall in confusion, looking at each other in bewilderment. One of them hesitated, "Did the Regent come just now?" The other replied, "It seems so..." To these two guards, Xiao Moyan had appeared and disappeared so suddenly, it was truly unbelievable. Over here, Xiao Moyan returned to the study and summoned Lin Feng. Lin Feng, who had been guarding the study door, had not noticed Xiao Moyan had been away for a while. Entering the study, he bowed to Xiao Moyan with a normal expression, "Your Highness." "Send a message to Bai Xiu and tell him to come to the palace immediately," Xiao Moyan said coldly. Lin Feng was momentarily stunned. For some reason, in just a moment, he suddenly felt the prince grow more serious, unexpectedly summoning Bai Xiu. Like Liu Ning, Bai Xiu held special status around the prince. They rarely made a move, rarely appeared, unless summoned by the prince. Gathering his thoughts, Lin Feng bowed and said, "Yes." Meanwhile, Ji Xingzhi and Zhou Zheng, along with their guards, had descended the dry well in the Du family compound. They walked through the underground passageway, and after half an hour, they arrived at a subterranean palace, the base of the Five Prefectures Gate. The construction of the palace had cost Ji Xingzhi a considerable sum of money, though she had, of course, sold her belongings. The palace's treasures were all fine goods, and naturally fetched a high price. Even if she were the emperor, she couldn't use the treasury's silver without a valid reason. While nominally hers, it actually belonged to the people. The palace had been under constant expansion over the years, hollowed out from a mountain outside the capital of Lizhou. While it still existed on the surface, the underlying structure had long been hollowed out. The underground palace was rectangular, with training and accommodation areas on either side, and the center serving as a gathering place for events and announcements. It wasn't a grand, or elaborately decorated palace, nor did it feature murals, but it was remarkably well-equipped. While Ji Xingzhi had spent a considerable amount of money on this palace, it remained a modest structure. The only thing that pleased Ji Xingzhi was the densely packed structure, which, without a guide, would inevitably trigger, and a single mistake could cost him his life.