Silencing

They guarded against outsiders; Chu Zhiyuan was not among those they guarded against.

Li Yuzhen naturally would not meddle.

The old eunuch knew what Li Cunren was thinking, so of course he would not stop him.

Thus, Chu Zhiyuan strode straight in.

Li Miaotan looked at Chu Zhiyuan helplessly.

She had not wanted him to wade into these muddy waters, yet he had run in of his own accord.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "Big Brother, Madam, what happened?"

Li Cunren sighed. "Something huge has happened. You know about the Candle Nether Mirror, right?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

He pretended to know nothing. "Fengtian Palace's treasure, the one that monitors the Demon Race and Devil Race across the land. What is it?"

"There is a problem. The Candle Nether Mirror may have broken." Li Cunren shook his head. "No wonder the Imperial Court's response has been so slow."

Chu Zhiyuan frowned. "Does Fengtian Palace have no remedy?"

"If they had a way, the Imperial Court would have long since dispatched forces to wipe out the Demon Race and Devil Race!" Li Cunren snorted. "Brother-in-law, we thought Father Emperor had some deeper scheme, that he was playing a grand game of chess. Now it seems we were overthinking it!"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "First, we need to determine whether this news is true, whether Fengtian Palace is playing some grand game of chess."

"No matter how Fengtian Palace plays its game, it would not release such false news." Li Cunren shook his head.

Li Miaotan nodded gently. "They would not joke about the Candle Nether Mirror."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "If it is not false news, then the trouble is enormous."

Li Cunren frowned in deep thought.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Does Fengtian Palace have only this one treasure? There should be others, right?"

"There are others,