It is the middle of the night when everything is quiet.
Qi Yuning, wearing a thick fox cloak, followed Lu Ze through the vast royal mausoleum.
The weeds beside the mausoleum grew withered and dry, and made a slight sound when you took a step.
When they arrived at the tomb, Qi Yuning still didn't understand why he followed Lu Ze to explore the tomb in the middle of the night.
"who!"
The guards guarding Prince Duan's tomb heard the noise and shouted loudly.
But after a while, Lu family's secret guards covered his mouth with a knockout drug and he fainted for a while.
Lu Ze opened the mechanism of the mausoleum, the stone door opened, and the passage inside was pitch black.
Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "If you are afraid, wait for me upstairs."
Qi Yuning had come this far, so naturally her curiosity overcame her fear. She straightened her back, took out the night pearl from her sleeve and said, "Go in."
Lu Ze saw the night pearl in Qi Yuning's hand, which was brighter than the lantern held by the guard in front of him.
After all, Prince Duan was a prince, and the mausoleum he built was very spacious. Inside the first exquisitely carved stone gate, there were clay-made boys and girls placed on the side. Their faces were pale, which was very scary.
Qi Yuning stepped forward and grabbed Lu Ze's sleeve.
Lu Ze turned around and glanced at Qi Yuning and asked, "Are you scared?"
Qi Yuning said, "The Third Prince was very kind to me when he was alive. What should I be afraid of?"
Lu Ze glanced at Qi Yuning who was pinching his sleeve, but did not expose her.
After entering the first stone gate, you can see where the mechanism is.
Lu Ze easily broke the trap. "Fortunately, Princess Duan will have to live here a hundred years from now, so the trap isn't that powerful."
Qi Yuning followed Lu Ze into the second tomb door and found that the layout here consisted of two chambers, one of which was a smaller chamber filled with women's belongings.
Inside were filled with exquisite clothes, beautifully embroidered brocade shoes, and more than twenty sets of headwear, all adorned with precious gems.
Lu Ze asked, "Third aunt is still alive, and you've already prepared the burial objects?"
Qi Yuning said, "No, the burial objects here seem to be for young girls. This red coral necklace, which Lu Baozhu and I were unable to buy, was originally found here."
After Qi Yuning put down the burial objects, he and Lu Ze entered the last tomb chamber.
Inside was a wide sarcophagus, exquisitely carved.
Lu Ze said to Qi Yuning, "Princess Qi, please turn around. We need to open the sarcophagus."
Lu Ze signaled the guards behind him to come forward and lift the sarcophagus. Qi Yuning's boldness was exhausted here, and she turned away without looking.
The lid of the sarcophagus was heavy, and Lu Ze and several guards could only move it a little bit. It took a while before they opened the sarcophagus.
Qi Yuning smelled a strange odor and she even covered her nose with a handkerchief.
Lu Ze looked into the coffin and asked, "Why are there two bodies?"
Qi Yuning took a closer look and saw two corpses, one large and one small, covered in rotting flesh.
Just when I was feeling terrified and my hair was standing on end, I heard a female scream!
"What are you doing here? Aa ...
When Qi Yuning saw the long-haired woman in white appearing in front of her, her face turned pale instantly and the night pearl in her hand fell to the ground.
Lu Zelian stepped forward, held Qi Yuning's hand, and pulled her into his arms.
Seeing Princess Duan standing before him with disheveled hair and dressed in white, Lu Ze asked, "Third Aunt, why are there two corpses here?"
Qi Yuning felt the warmth from his fingertips and looked into the sarcophagus again.
The sarcophagus was very large, with two corpses lying inside. One was wearing a cloud brocade python robe, and he was obviously a powerful prince. The other corpse was smaller, and was dressed in a palace dress, which was the rank of a princess.
The guards around Lu Ze went to check the corpse in women's clothing, only to see Princess Duan rush over like crazy, "Don't touch my Shan'er! No one is allowed to touch my Shan'er!"
Princess Duan stared at everyone in the tomb with red eyes, "Lu Ze, this is your uncle, how dare you open the coffin!"
Lu Ze said, "Aunt, it's because of my uncle that I want to know the cause of his death. Also, why is my cousin Shan, whose body is missing, here? Looking at her skeleton, she doesn't look like she was ten when she disappeared. She must have been twelve or thirteen, right?"
Princess Duan was not afraid of the corpse with rotting flesh. Looking at the two people in the sarcophagus, she helplessly reached out to support the sarcophagus and said:
"I've already dodged, why can't you just let me go? I don't know anything. I just want to live well with my Jie'er."
"Jie'er is all I have!"
"You also have daughters. My Shan'er, whom I loved and pampered for ten years, died tragically. Why, why, why won't you let me go?"
Qi Yuning broke free from Lu Ze's hand and walked over to Princess Duan, supporting her. "Princess, it's not that we won't let you go, but do you really not want revenge?"
Princess Duan cried bitterly, "Revenge? How do I take revenge?"
Qi Yuning said: "Prince Lu will find the real culprit for you."
Lu Ze nodded and said, "Aunt, I will seek justice for my uncle."
Qi Yuning pulled out a decorative hairpin from her head, went over to help Princess Duan put her hair up, and asked, "Princess, why is Princess Shan here?"
Princess Duan was heartbroken and shed tears helplessly.
Lu Ze said coldly, "If the princess doesn't want to talk about it, I will report it to His Majesty and ask the Dali Temple to investigate this case. After all, the princess's death is no small matter."
Qi Yuning also said softly to Princess Duan: "Princess, Sister Shan also needs justice."
Princess Duan said helplessly, "You must first promise not to tell His Majesty or anyone else about this."
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