Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 488: The Thing Has Been Found!

The crowd looked silently toward the place indicated, only to find a stretch of mountains and forests, along with some buildings—green mountains and clear waters, green tiles and glazed roofs—where was the evil spirit?

But he was a master, so everyone had to show him some respect, watching him with curiosity.

The evil spirit then? Master, quickly tell us where the evil spirit is!

The monk clasped his hands together, reciting "Amitabha," and turned to look at Qi Yun: "Your Majesty, the evil spirit is in that direction; it is possible that every place passed by hides an evil spirit!"

Qi Yun narrowed his eyes. As an Emperor, it’s impossible to say he doesn’t believe at all, otherwise, throughout history, many large cases linked to the Yansheng technique wouldn’t have occurred.

He felt a slight doubt and some worries, but with so many people here, he couldn’t overlook it, so he said: "Then please, Master, thoroughly investigate."

"Then... this humble monk will follow the holy command!"

The monk performed a Buddhist gesture, then, together with another monk, holding Buddha Beads and Buddha’s Pestle, slowly headed in that direction.

"Madam, isn’t that direction where Nuanyang Palace is located?"

Ning Xiang watched the monks step by step walking away, feeling extremely anxious. They mentioned searching for the evil spirit—the thing they feared most was finding it connected to Long Yue.

"Wait!" Li Qingmu suddenly spoke, "Your Majesty, shouldn’t we have someone follow them?"

Qi Yun understood Li Qingmu’s suggestion and nodded: "Since it’s to drive away the evil spirit, then let’s go and see!"

So everyone followed along.

Several monks were performing rituals as they proceeded, every place they reached required a scripture-reading and exorcism task, seemingly tedious and boring, consuming time.

By the time they reached outside Nuanyang Palace, an hour had passed, and even though no one showed it openly, everyone was inwardly impatient.

"Squeak, clang, clang, clang..."

Suddenly, the string of beads in the monk’s hand snapped, and the Buddha Beads scattered one by one to the ground.

The Great Monk’s face changed, he shouted in alarm, quickly retreating: "Protect His Majesty the Emperor, quick, do not approach this place!"

Immediately, countless people retreated one after another.

Li Qingmu’s handsome face trembled slightly; the thing he feared most happened, the evil spirit had reached their end!

"Amitabha, Your Majesty the Emperor, please allow this humble monk to enter and root out the impurity!"

The Great Monk performed a Buddhist salute to Qi Yun.

Qi Yun’s eyes narrowed slightly, no one could discern what this Emperor was truly thinking.

Finally, after nearly half a quarter of an hour passed, Qi Yun spoke: "Summon the people!"

"Your Majesty?"

"Several masters had worked hard, you all follow them in driving away the evil, remember not to slack off, and diligently serve in miscellaneous tasks!"

The meaning inside these words was very clear; for the searching task, these masters didn’t have to do it personally, let these rootless eunuchs handle it.

These few masters didn’t show any dissatisfaction, chanting a Buddhist mantra, then entered.

Inside Nuanyang Palace, several palace concubines were resting, and when suddenly invaded, screams followed continuously, but knowing what was being investigated, they were all frightened and kneeled on the ground, trembling.

Evil spirit... this thing can kill people!

"On the Emperor’s order, search Nuanyang Palace thoroughly without missing a spot, anyone who dares obstruct will be executed by the rod!"

Chen Zhong shouted loudly, followed by a group of eunuchs charging in.

Given the hot weather, wearing less meant they couldn’t be carrying anything, and with the Emperor present, who dared to play tricks right under his nose?

The eunuchs entered cleanly, then proceeded to search house by house.

"You servile lot, be careful with my treasures!"

Consort Li came out of her sleeping chamber, scolding sweetly, she approached Qi Yun and lightly saluted: "Your Majesty, what is happening?"

"Searching for the evil spirit," Qi Yun replied blandly, "Beloved consort, as long as your heart is clear, there is no need to worry."

"Your Majesty jests, this humble lady was just frightened."

Consort Li glanced at Long Yue, Long Yue merely shook her head gently.

"Madam..."

Ning Xiang worriedly nudged Long Yue.

Long Yue stood there, expressionless.

"Found it, found it!"

Suddenly, a high-pitched voice echoed from a distant hall, and a eunuch ran out hastily carrying a brocade box.

"Emperor, Master, the servant found it!"

Qi Yun stared at the brocade box, watching as the master stepped forward, took the box, and opened it.

Inside lay a cloth doll inscribed with the birth date and characters, belonging precisely to Yu Pin, and crucially, the doll was soaked in water, exactly mimicking Yu Pin’s cause of death!

"Who did they search to find this? To dare use the Yansheng technique, this is Forbidden Technique! Today it was used on Yu Pin, tomorrow... who knows against whom it might be used..."

A palace concubine screamed.

She had barely spoken, immediately covering her mouth in fear, glancing at Qi Yun—all this was a sign of guilt!

"Where was it found?"

Qi Yun asked solemnly, with a flame of anger in his eyes.

Everyone knew this was the Emperor’s wrathful appearance—someone was doomed!

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it was found in a palace maid’s room."

"Palace maid? Which palace maid?"

"Your Majesty, it was that room over there."

The eunuch pointed distantly, causing a palace maid to exclaim: "Isn’t that your room, Hupo?"

Immediately, Hupo, standing beside Long Yue, kneeled sharply, frantically bowing to Qi Yun.

"Emperor, the servant doesn’t know, truly doesn’t know! It’s not the servant’s thing, certainly someone set me up, please, Emperor, give justice to your servant!"

The crowd was speechless.

They hadn’t even thoroughly searched inside, yet she was kneeling and begging for mercy—wasn’t this confessing without pressure?

Yi Pin slowly approached, casting a disdainful glance at Hupo and spoke sweetly: "Your Majesty, this is nothing more than a contemptible maid, how could she dare commit such treasonable acts? There must be more to this, please, Your Majesty, discern clearly!"

"Emperor, the servant truly is wronged!"

"Search her room, see what else there is!"

The Emperor had spoken, and so the remaining eunuchs also charged inside.

Hupo was terrified, suddenly clutching Long Yue’s leg, crying bitterly: "Madam, save me, I beg you, save me! You asked me to do this, now that it’s exposed, please, save me!"

"How outrageous, Lady Jiao could not have asked you to do such a thing; you shameless slave, do not make false accusations!"

Consort Li rebuked.

"Lady Li Fei, considering things a bit, Hupo is just a lowly maid, how could she dare curse a concubine? Whereas Lady Jiao previously had arguments with Yu Pin!"

"Just because of a quarrel, Yu Pin’s death is related to my master? This is too uninvestigated!"

Ning Xiang couldn’t stand Yi Pin’s ominous tone and directly retorted her.

At once, Yi Pin was livid: "Such an impudent maid, actually talks back to this concubine, slap her mouth!"

The palace maid next to Yi Pin was about to step forward but was blocked by Long Yue, who coldly said: "Yi Pin, His Majesty is present, when has it been your place to give orders without his decree?"

"I..."

Yi Pin was so furious her eyes widened—this was clear revenge with the same method! This loathsome woman!