Seeing that the people around him were gradually dispersing, Lu Mu then instructed his servant to take the woman and the corpse to the government office in the capital of the Underworld Moon Kingdom.

Because of the fire, the corrupt official committed suicide and was replaced by an honest and upright official.

This was something Xu Yuehuai and his team had investigated early on, and everyone knew about it.

Now that Xu Yuehuai and the others are not at the Tianxianglou branch, Lu Mu has no choice but to hurry up and help Xu Yuehuai deal with the old woman's affairs.

It was no good to leave the old woman anywhere; the only option was to quickly send her to the authorities.

"Let me go! You killed my son, do you want to kill me too?"

"I'm going to report this to the authorities and have them arrest you all!"

The old woman kept shouting and struggling to keep the men from grabbing her.

Some people around watched this scene, while those who didn't understand whispered among themselves.

Those who knew about this quickly told the people next to them.

"I don't know if this old woman was after money or if she was bribed by someone else, but she brought her dead son to their Tianxianglou branch to cause trouble early in the morning!"

"Now that someone has caught us red-handed, we're about to hand them over to the authorities!"

Those nearby, upon hearing this, finally understood the whole story and said nothing more, simply watching the spectacle as the old woman was taken to the government office by the staff of the Tianxianglou branch.

Lu Mu immediately struck the large drum, making a loud thud.

A few moments later, a constable opened the door and came out, asking them, "What brings you here?"

Lu Mu quickly bowed and then said to the yamen runner, "Sir, there is an old woman who slandered our Tianxianglou branch today, saying that we harmed her son. Now the doctors have investigated and found out that her son died three days ago, but she insists that he was killed by our Tianxianglou branch yesterday. Isn't this deliberately trying to extort money?"

"We beg you, sir, to uphold justice for us!"

The old woman was crying and sobbing, feeling a bit scared, but she was still stubborn and kept talking to the yamen runners.

"Sir, don't listen to his nonsense!"

"My son was clearly killed by their Tianxianglou branch, but they refuse to take responsibility and have even brought in so many swindlers just to slander this old woman!"

Her crying was so earth-shattering, it was truly moving!

When the constables heard that the two sides were saying different things, and that a lot of people had gathered around, they were worried that things would get out of hand. So they quickly called for help and brought both sides into the government office.

"I don't know who's telling the truth and who's lying, so let's all go in and take a look!"

As he spoke, he had someone lead them inside.

Lu Mu gave a wink to a young waiter at the Tianxianglou branch in the crowd, telling him to go and deliver the message to Xu Yuehuai later.

Now that Xu Yuehuai and Qi Guze have entered the palace of the King of Mingyue, it is unknown when they will come out.

If anything happens to Lu Mu, the servant will immediately send someone to inform the King of the Underworld Moon Palace.

However, if Xu Yuehuai and the others can return before sunset today, then there will be no need for such trouble.

The waiter hurried back to the Tianxianglou branch to wait for the others, feeling extremely anxious.

Zhang Ting and Jiang Shichen were also anxiously waiting for Xu Yuehuai and Qi Guze to return as soon as possible, otherwise something might happen to Lu Mu.

Although the government has now replaced the county magistrate with an honest and upright one, he might still help the people of the Dark Moon Kingdom and bully the people of their Tianxianglou branch.

"I wonder when Grandma will be back? They must be keeping an eye on her. They're not at the Tianxianglou branch, so they sent someone to cause trouble!"

Jiang Shichen spoke indignantly, his little face tightening.

Zhang Ting sighed beside her, "Who can argue with that? We can only hope that Sister Xu and the others will be back soon!"

Looking at the sky outside, Anan prayed in his heart that Xu Yuehuai and Qi Guze would return soon.

Lu Mu is someone Xu Yuehuai has carefully cultivated! If she wants her plan to successfully spread across the four kingdoms, she must retain such a trusted confidant as Lu Mu!

If Xu Yuehuai returned later and found out that Lu Mu had gotten into trouble at the government office, she would feel terrible.

They waited at the Tianxianglou branch, but after a long time, they still saw no sign of Xu Yuehuai and the others returning.

Jiang Shichen was getting impatient. "Why haven't Grandma and the others returned yet? Could they be being held back by the King of Mingyue Kingdom?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ting shook her head and said...

“Our king is not that kind of person. He is upright and honest and would never cause trouble for anyone. There must be some complicated matter that is keeping Sister Xu and the others occupied.”

Jiang Shichen didn't believe this, and sat down in his chair with his arms crossed and legs crossed, looking very unhappy.

Anan watched them from the side without saying anything, patiently waiting for Xu Yuehuai and the others to return.

After a while, it was already quite late, but Xu Yuehuai and the others still hadn't returned.

Everyone couldn't help but worry. Had something really happened to Xu Yuehuai and the others?

Meanwhile, inside the palace of the King of the Underworld Moon.

Xu Yuehuai was in the King's bedchamber of the Mingyue Kingdom, and Qi Guze was by her side the whole time.

She held silver needles in her hand and continuously inserted them into the King of the Underworld Moon Kingdom.

Xu Yuehuai has some medical skills. The King of Mingyue Kingdom heard from Doctor Li that Xu Yuehuai knew how to detoxify the little princess.

After discovering that he was severely poisoned, he hurriedly sought out Xu Yuehuai.

Xu Yuehuai and Qi Guze had previously determined that the King of Mingyue Kingdom had been poisoned.

But unexpectedly, in such a short time, the poison in the King of Mingyue Kingdom had become so severe.

Xu Yuehuai only knew a little bit of the basics and had no way of curing the King of Mingyue Kingdom.

However, the King of Mingyue Kingdom did not believe her at all and kept urging her to quickly detoxify herself.

Xu Yuehuai had no choice but to try anything, so she took the King of Mingyue's hand and drained poison from his ten fingers.

As the silver needle pierced his finger, black, poisonous blood flowed out.

If it weren't for the fact that the King of Mingyue Kingdom was injured last time and assassinated by those people, resulting in some external wounds, and he noticed that the blood flowing from his body seemed different, as if he had been poisoned, then he would have sought out an outside doctor to treat him.

Upon examining the King of Mingyue, the doctor confirmed that he had indeed been poisoned.

The King of Mingyue Kingdom asked the doctor to prescribe medicine to help him detoxify, but the doctor was unable to cure him at all.

Many days passed, and the doctor was truly at a loss. Only then did the King of Mingyue Kingdom seek out Xu Yuehuai to detoxify him.