They were startled to see the three people suddenly appear, and a deep surprise appeared on their faces.

The Empress, in particular, widened her eyes: "The Crown Prince? Mi Shan? Who is this old man? How did you all suddenly appear here?"

Tongji was stunned, staring blankly at the old man with an incredulous look, as if deep in thought, before finally muttering:

"This...isn't this a sealed tunnel? And this wall can be moved? Your Majesty, you—"

"It has nothing to do with me, and I don't know why this is happening!"

Xie Ling quickly understood, and perhaps to remind her, she coldly said, "Stop resisting! Your evil scheme has been exposed. The Emperor is right in front of you! You cannot kill him!"

"What?"

"emperor?"

"You're saying this old man is the emperor?"

Empress Rouci seemed to finally understand; a flash of shock crossed her eyes. After a brief moment of fear and disgust, she sneered.

"Impossible! Li Shengyuan is dead. Where did you find this old man to impersonate him? This man looks more than ten years older than me, almost as old as Tongji University! How could he be the dog emperor?"

As Li Shengyuan listened to the Empress's insults and complaints, his face darkened, then he chuckled and said, "Empress, you can't even recognize the person you've shared a bed with for so many years? If you can't recognize my face, you should at least recognize my voice!"

sound……

That voice definitely belongs to Li Shengyuan!

But why is he like this?

This was unbelievable to the Empress. Moreover, if this curse had not failed, Li Shengyuan should be dead by now!

This was something that Mi Shan and Xie Ling couldn't understand either. The only explanation was that the evil technique he practiced used innate qi to protect his body and maintain his youthful appearance, but on the night of the full moon, he would suffer a backlash, and when he returned to his original form, he would look ten or twenty years older than an ordinary person.

"You, you really are Li Shengyuan? You're not dead yet? Or have you been reborn into someone else's body?"

"Of course I won't die so easily! Shen Rouci, I've treated you quite well. I not only helped you ascend to the throne as Empress, but I also trusted you so much that I set up the tunnel's exit under your palace. Who knew that you would use this tunnel to plot against me!"

Li Shengyuan was brimming with anger, yet he maintained a calm tone.

"Fortunately, I was prepared! The one you killed was merely my double. It's one thing for others to betray me, but even you, you conspired with this old bald monk to harm me!"

"How is this possible... Tongji, what are you standing there for? Don't you know martial arts? Quickly take him down!"

He's not dead, and he's even figured out our plan. If we don't take him down now, he'll regain his strength on the night of the full moon, and then we'll be the ones who die!

Seeing that there was no hope of using the demonic infant to control him, Empress Rouci directly ordered that the simplest and most brutal method be used to control him.

Tongji stepped forward and, without even needing to exchange blows, pinned him down in an instant.

Li Shengyuan immediately looked to Xie Ling for help. Xie Ling hesitated for a moment, guessing that the cunning emperor would not have come to this room without any precautions.

He must be faking it.

So Xie Ling decided to pretend for a while and observe the situation. He looked worried and brandished his sword: "Bald monk, release my father at once!"

"Stop! If you dare take another step, I'll strangle him right now!" Tongji grabbed Li Shengyuan by the throat.

"Stop! Don't kill him yet! I still have some questions for him! We can torture him slowly after we've got the answers!" Empress Rouci said immediately.

Li Shengyuan looked at the Empress with a pained expression:

"Rou Ci, do you really want to treat me like this? I've never wronged you, so what grudge do you hold against me?"

"You haven't wronged me. The person you've wronged is my sister—Galo Lou!"

The Empress stepped forward and slapped Li Shengyuan hard across the face.

Tongji's face twitched, as if he felt a little sorry for him.

But the empress did not stop; she slapped the emperor across the other face with her other hand.

"You dog emperor, how dare you possess a woman as beautiful as my sister! She should have been a flower blooming high on a branch, but you plucked her from the tree and failed to cherish her! You let her wither and eventually become so desolate..."

"You fall in love with every woman you see! Now that you have Consort Ru, you don't care about her anymore!"

"You also cruelly murdered her. To this day, I still haven't found any trace of my sister. Tell me, what exactly happened back then? Why did my sister disappear? What did you do to her! Speak!"

"If you don't talk, I'll cut off pieces of your flesh! I'll use every instrument of torture on you!"

As Empress Rouci spoke, her eyes turned sinister, and she cruelly cut off a piece of flesh from his face.

"ah--"

The old emperor let out a scream.

Mi Shan watched with a pounding heart, her brows furrowed and her fists clenched tightly.

Jialuolou is her mother, and she is also very curious about her mother.

But now, she can't say a single extra word, and she can't reveal her identity.

"Hehe, so you only married me for Lou'er? You became Empress and worked hard to climb to a high position just so that one day you could avenge Lou'er? Fine, fine... Empress, I've finally realized today that you are a woman with personality, unlike your usual coldness and lifeless demeanor."

"I don't need your evaluation! I don't care about the Empress position you gave me! And as for the title 'Lower,' you dog of a man, you don't deserve to call me that!"

After speaking, Empress Rouci cut off another piece of flesh from his arm, blood dripping down. Her eyes were filled with malevolence.

"This time, you insisted on coming here to die. I will never let you go until I get the whole story out of you. Speak up, there's no time to waste on you. If you don't explain yourself clearly before dawn, I'll end your life with one stroke!"

"Lou'er, she was indeed a very good wife... and also the woman I loved deeply... In my life, I have never met another woman who could move me so completely."

Li Shengyuan lowered his eyes, which shimmered with light, revealing a youthful radiance on his aged face.

It looks so out of place.

But there was an indescribable harmony, as if he had returned to the time when he first met her...