After Yuwen Yao finished speaking, he looked at the Emperor and said, "Furthermore, please don't forget what you said: if I willingly let Xie Lingqin go, I will abdicate the throne to you."

"Heh, my good Crown Prince, you used to be so aloof and pure, but in the end, aren't you still the same, eyeing the throne covetously? Don't worry, the throne will definitely be yours."

"Could it be the Fifth Prince's?"

Yuwen Yao suddenly smiled.

The emperor's expression froze for a moment.

"Therefore, Father, please do not play any tricks. You should know that even if someone in the entire Yama Palace wants to cooperate with you, it would be an easy thing for me to do if I wanted to destroy it."

After Yuwen Yao finished speaking, he turned and left the imperial study, still seemingly carrying the chill of the rain around him.

Behind him, the emperor, unable to vent his anger, sat back down, and after a moment, he let out a cold laugh.

The Crown Prince truly lives up to his reputation as a good son.

However, once Yuwen Yao left the imperial study, his eagerness for the throne vanished, replaced by an icy coldness.

"Your Highness, the Emperor requests an audience..."

"Tell Mother I'm busy."

Yuwen Yao replied to the eunuch who had approached and finished speaking, and then left the palace.

...

The rain has stopped.

This winter at Taipei Veterans General Hospital is not only cold, but it also seems that it gets dark earlier.

It seemed that the daylight hadn't lasted long before it turned dark.

The streets and alleys seemed quieter than usual, and some shops had already closed their doors early.

Yuwen Yao arrived at the entrance of Tianxia Yiwei.

The gates of Tianxia Yiwei were tightly shut, exuding an aura of lifelessness.

Yuwen Yao lightly touched the ground with his toes and leaped over the wall.

"Yuwen Yao, do you even have a heart?"

Bai Yu was holding his sword, staring at him with bloodshot eyes, full of resentment. "To prevent us from rescuing her, you've trapped us here. Yuwen Yao, how cruel you are!"

Yuwen Yao looked at Bai Yu, at those cold eyes, and said nothing.

"Do you know how much she did for you that night? She thought of everything to help you ascend the throne, and she even helped us avenge ourselves. But you..."

"I always thought that even if the Crown Prince gave up the throne and everything else, he would never give up on her. I never expected that we were wrong after all."

A man carrying a wine jug came out from the side.

It was Liu Yunzhou, his face pale and dejected, filled with regret.

"I think she wouldn't want to see you all looking so dejected."

Yuwen Yao only said this much before turning to leave, but Liu Yunzhou stopped him. "Your Highness, are you out of your mind? Your Highness, Xie Lingqin is dead! She's really dead! There will never be another woman like her in this world! You..."

Liu Yunzhou took a sip of wine and said, "You told us to wait, you said you would give us a result, but when we woke up, Xie Lingqin was already dead, and it was the most severe burning at the stake since the founding of Beirong."

"I will avenge her right now."

Bai Yu's toes swept up, and the long sword came straight at Yuwen Yao.

"stop."

Suddenly, Yu Qingyi appeared in mid-air and kicked the sword away.

"Young Master Yi, you really are going to help her, aren't you? You should help him too..."

“I didn’t help him.”

Yu Qingyi's smile had long since vanished. He looked at Yuwen Yao, then at Bai Yu and Liu Yunzhou, "You are all smart men. Things have come to this point. What good would it do if you killed him? Besides, could you even kill him?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Qingyi stepped forward, grabbed Yuwen Yao's sleeve, and flew away from Tianxia Yiwei.

"Oh, Crown Prince, Prince Yi, what a coincidence."

Not far away, Qi Rufeng was walking over with a smile on his face.

Yu Qingyi was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Yuwen Yao's gaze, however, gradually settled on Qi Rufeng's face. "I truly didn't expect that you would be the Third Elder of the Underworld Palace..."

"Was it an accident?"

"It's disappointment."

“Yes.” Qi Rufeng sneered, “I didn’t expect it either. The Grand Elder of the Underworld is actually the Crown Prince of Beirong Kingdom… no…”

Qi Rufeng suddenly shook his head again, "No, it should be Yuwen An."

Qi Rufeng spoke with confidence and certainty.

Yuwen Yao merely twitched his eyelashes slightly, without denying it, his cold eyes revealing a deep and vast depth. "I don't like talkative people. Watch your mouth."

After saying this, Yuwen Yao turned and left.

Yu Qingyi naturally followed.

Under the moonlight, Qi Rufeng watched Tai Liao and Yu Qingyi's departing figures, a smug sneer appearing on his brow.

"Elder, it seems that the Crown Prince has offended quite a few people this time. In the future, he will have plenty of enemies to cause him trouble."

"I must say, Xie Lingqin is very popular. However, seeing the Crown Prince's displeasure makes me quite happy."

...

The long street was silent. Yu Qingyi looked behind her, then around, before turning to Yuwen Yao, "Have you really made up your mind?"

"Can it be taken back now?"

Yuwen Yao glanced at Yu Qingyi and said, "We both know his methods. It's not that we're afraid of him, but we're afraid of his despicable nature, as you know."

"But, once..."

Before Yu Qingyi could finish speaking, Yuwen Yao shook his head, "I know, we must speed things up."

"Silent type." Yu Qingyi suddenly called out to him, his usually carefree and smiling face now showing a serious expression. "You, be alright."

...

"Cough cough..."

In the dark and damp tunnel, Xie Lingqin woke up coughing. She thought she was dead, but the excruciating pain all over her body reminded her that in the last moment before the fire destroyed her, her body plummeted and then she passed out.

At this moment, the surroundings were not completely dark, with a faint light. She was bleeding, and blood seeped out from the places where Li Qingyu had stabbed her. She was in pain, her whole body ached.

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