Xu Xin silently backed away, closed the door, then pushed it open and entered again.
Seeing Lu Yang still sitting on the throne, he confirmed that he had not been mistaken.
"Lu Yang, so you were the one who did it!"
I investigated every prince and princess and found no clues. I didn't even spare Eunuch Li's household. So it turns out you were the one who did it!
I wrongly suspected His Highness the First Prince earlier. His Majesty was indeed right—the First Prince wasn't responsible.
Were you so bored after eating your fill that you went and stole the throne?
Xu Xin's shout immediately dragged the Undying Fairy, who had been chatting in the spiritual space, back into reality.
The Undying Fairy wanted to find the three Ao Ling, but discovered that the three of them had long since flattened themselves, disguised themselves as a painting, and hidden on the wall. Only she and Xia Tian remained at the scene.
"What happened? What happened?"
The Ministry of Justice officials who had come with Xu Xin to commend Lu Yang heard their superior shout and all craned their necks over curiously.
"Damn, that old thief Bu Yu's disciple really has skills. He even stole the throne. Not even old thief Bu Yu had that kind of nerve."
"Like master, like disciple—only the disciple has surpassed the master. The ancients truly never lied to us."
"Lord Xu must have long since guessed that Lu Yang was responsible. He used the award ceremony as a pretext to come here and arrest Lu Yang!"
"Don't forget, Lord Xu used to be the Empire City's number-one detective."
"The old blade is still sharp."
For a moment, exclamations rose one after another. Some marveled that the culprit was Lu Yang, while others marveled at