Your subject Lu Yao has traveled a thousand miles to report the interrogation results to you!!

No lamps were lit in the room.

Those gathered here today were all Upright Officials who could hear the little one's thoughts. To keep the courtiers led by Pan Jifeng from learning of this, they spoke very quietly.

The room was dim, and almost the instant that muffled thud sounded, countless bizarre, grotesque ghost stories sprang into Jiang Yingcheng's mind!

[D-did the uncles not hear that?!] After sweeping her gaze over the unusually composed faces of the "Ghost-Seeing Squad," Jiang Yingcheng grew even more desperate. [Waaah, why aren't any of the uncles reacting? Waaah-]

The assembled officials: "..."

They dared not move. They absolutely dared not move.

Every one of them stood rigid, their minds racing.

They did not blame Gu Ruizhou for reacting this way. When they had first experienced this, they too had been just as stunned and helpless as he was now.

It was just that-

Thud, thud-thud-

While they agonized over what to do, another burst of urgent knocking suddenly rang out.

Everyone froze.

Jiang Yingcheng visibly shuddered, then turned and buried herself in her beautiful imperial father's arms!

[Aaaaaah! There it is again! Again! Aaaaah-]

The officials' faces suddenly lit up!

The little one was too frightened to identify where this latest sound had come from, but they had heard it perfectly clearly!!

Someone had arrived!

Someone who could distract the little one had arrived!!

The next instant-

"Your Majesty, are you in there, Your Majesty-"

Lu Yao reached out and lightly knocked twice more on the wooden doorframe as he spoke.

Knock-knock-knock-

Your Majesty!

Your subject Lu Yao has traveled a thousand miles to report the interrogation results to you!!

Open the door, Your Majesty! Your subject knows you're in there!!

His voice, lowered almost to a whisper, seemed to be amplified several times