When they arrived at the palace, Xie Qi brought Mu Qianyu to the Founding Courtyard.

At this time, Liu Yanxue was pacing anxiously in the yard. When she saw Xie Qi coming back, she immediately ran over: "Your Majesty, you are finally back! We have made a new discovery, so many clothes..."

However, before she could finish her words, her eyes suddenly fell on Mu Qianyu behind Xie Qi. She immediately closed her mouth and swallowed the second half of her words.

Xie Qi: "Keep talking, he can listen."

Liu Yanxue finally came to her senses and smiled awkwardly before continuing, "Oh, that's right, Your Majesty. We've discovered many more time travelers in the capital. Now that you're back, I can let them into the palace right away."

Xie Qi frowned slightly and asked, "How many people have been found now?"

Liu Yanxue took the notebook in her hand, flipped through the number of people she had recorded and said, "Your Majesty, you have already killed 31 time travelers who were uncooperative or were villains in their past lives. Now, we have discovered 11 of these newly discovered ones who have been found to have killed people in their past lives. They have already been killed by the guards you left behind. The rest are willing to surrender and are waiting for Your Majesty to help them clear the countdown for their lives. Now, including the newly discovered ones, there are 57 people in the Jianguo Academy, and there is only one more time traveler away from the 100th time traveler."

Liu Yanxue said, closing the notebook and saying, "But we observed this last traveler for a long time, but we couldn't find him."

Xie Qi: "No need to look for it, I already know who it is."

As Xie Qi spoke, he walked towards the room, and Mu Qianyu followed him.

When the two of them were alone, Mu Qianyu asked doubtfully, "What did you just say? What is a time traveler?"

Xie Qi: "A time traveler is someone who, after death, has his soul travel to another recently deceased person and is resurrected with the help of that person."

Mu Qianyu: "Are you saying the Pavilion Master is dead?!"

Xie Qi: "Not exactly, Mu Qianyu, has Zhan Ze ever been in danger of his life before?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Qianyu said, "Yes, the Pavilion Master came out of the palace before and met his enemies. He finally escaped with serious injuries. His injuries were so severe at the time that I thought he would not make it, but he suddenly recovered the next day."

Xie Qi: "When was that?"

Mu Qianyu: "About half a month ago."

Mu Qianyu: "Are you saying that the current Pavilion Master is possessed by a ghost? No wonder I feel that the Pavilion Master has changed. Before, the Pavilion Master never had any interest in women, but now every night... he actually uses the Pavilion Master's body to do this! Your Majesty, can you drive out the person who has occupied the Pavilion Master's body?"

Xie Qi: "He has already possessed Zhan Ze and cannot be separated. Even if we can drive him out, I don't think Zhan Ze will want that body anymore."

Mu Qianyu: "Then what should Pavilion Master do?"

Xie Qi: "I only know that Zhan Ze is still in the capital. If he had become someone else, he would have come back to find you. But he hasn't looked for you in half a month. So it must be that Zhan Ze is unable to come to us in person, or he is still in the state of a spirit body."

Mu Qianyu: "Soul? Then can the Pavilion Master come back?"

Xie Qi: "Don't worry, I can rebuild a healthy body for him. The most important thing now is to find where Zhan Ze is."

Upon hearing this, Mu Qianyu whispered, "If Pavilion Master hadn't changed so much that I almost didn't recognize him, I probably wouldn't have believed what you said."

Xie Qi: "Regarding the matter of the time traveler, I still hope you won't tell anyone else."

Mu Qianyu: "I understand."

Xie Qi: "By the way, don't alert the enemy yet. I think that person is not simple. Even the entire Shadow Pavilion combined may not be able to deal with him."

Mu Qianyu: "How do you know we are from Shadow Pavilion?!"

Xie Qi was speechless. He really thought he was a stupid emperor. "You call me Pavilion Master every day. How could I not know?"

Mu Qianyu: “…”

After the two of them talked for a few more words, Mu Qianyu left the palace first.

At this moment, Xie Qi was filled with regret. He had underestimated the saboteur. Now it seemed that this last traverser was the "gift" that the other party had left for him.

Xie Qi returned to his bedroom and checked everything that had happened since he left the capital.

So Xie Qi discovered that the impostor actually got along very well with the ministers, and the ministers were even very respectful to the impostor.

Even if Xie Qi had given Zhan Ze more power before he left, it wouldn't have caused all the generals to rush to the forum.

Even when Xie Qi asked the eunuchs in the palace, the answers he got were all praising the impostor.

At this time, the eunuch next to him saw Xie Qi flipping through the scrolls and couldn't help but smile and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Master Zhan won't have any second thoughts."

Upon hearing what his eunuch said, Xie Qi dropped the scroll in his hand and asked, "Why do you think he has no second thoughts? I feel he hasn't managed the government well at all. What crime do you think I should bring against him?"

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Liu slammed his knees to the ground, clasped his hands together and raised them above his head. His tone was filled with urgency and sincerity: "Your Majesty, while you were away from the capital, Lord Zhan worked tirelessly to manage the government for you. His contributions are truly invaluable. Your Majesty must not condemn him."

At that moment, the Queen Mother also emerged from the doorway. As soon as she entered, she said, "I heard you were planning to punish Lord Zhan the moment I entered? Your Majesty, you are truly confused. You were the one who originally asked Lord Zhan to help you manage state affairs. If you really want to convict him, I will see how you will explain this to all the civil and military officials."

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