Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince-Chapter 386: Do You Dare to Go Down?

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Chapter 386: Chapter 386: Do You Dare to Go Down?

When the two hastily arrived at the study, the room had already been empty.

Prince Qi Yu looked around his study and, finding nothing amiss, let out a sigh of relief. He then said to Jiutu, "The State Preceptor really worries too much."

Jiutu had already grown tired of explaining so much to him.

But after carefully scrutinizing the study, he found no traces of it being tampered with. Furrowing his brows, he wondered if he was indeed being overly cautious?

Prince Qi Yu walked over to the desk, picked up the several letters there, and with a smile, said to him, "Aren’t all my things here? How could anyone have come inside? Besides, the Hidden Guards in my residence are not useless; not even a bird could fly in unnoticed, let alone a person."

Jiutu spoke indifferently, "Perhaps I am being overcautious. However, considering the special circumstances, Your Highness should still be very careful, erring on the side of caution."

Prince Qi Yu tossed the letters back onto the desk and, tired of his preaching, waved his hand dismissively, "I got it."

After Jiutu left, Prince Qi Yu reopened the door to the secret chamber, took a look around to make sure nothing was missing, and then walked out, feeling reassured.

As soon as he left the secret chamber, a figure darted out from a dark corner—it was Shi Zhou.

She had heard footsteps approaching and, in her rush, had accidentally knocked over a vase on the bookshelf, inadvertently opening the secret chamber’s door.

While the two were conversing in the study, she had found a dark corner in the secret chamber to hide in.

Prince Qi Yu never imagined that the secret chamber he had so carefully concealed would be discovered. He had only scanned the area cursorily and did not search the chamber thoroughly, so he did not find Shi Zhou, who was hidden inside.

Shi Zhou listened carefully for a while and, once she was sure there was no one left in the study, emerged from her hiding spot.

She looked around the chamber and noticed its austere setup, with just a chair and a dark cabinet.

The cabinet was not neatly aligned with the wall, appearing to have been placed there somewhat haphazardly.

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She chose not to open the cabinet because, in front of the chair, she noticed drag marks.

Shi Zhou crouched down, gently rubbed a finger over the conspicuous marks, lifted her fingertip to her nose, and sniffed. She detected a faint smell of blood.

It seemed something had happened here.

After circling the chamber one more time without finding any other clues, she turned her attention back to the cabinet.

The cabinet appeared new, and Shi Zhou noted that unlike the intricate patterns and decorations on the other cabinets in the study, which looked quite valuable, this one was plain and of a completely different style.

She gently opened the cabinet, and a strong smell of blood assaulted her senses.

Shi Zhou instinctively furrowed her brow—someone must have been hidden in this cabinet, and they were likely seriously injured.

Otherwise, the scent of blood wouldn’t have been so overpowering.

Inside, she found a few bloodstains, but nothing else.

Shi Zhou closed the cabinet and then left the secret chamber.

She had already searched through the study once. This time, she only unfolded the several letters, skimming the jumbled handwriting while committing the content to memory.

Finally, she replaced the letters precisely where they had been to ensure no one would notice any disturbance.

After doing all that, she circled around to the back door of the Prince Residence. Thanks to the maid’s attire she wore, she wasn’t noticed by anyone and easily slipped out.

Back at the hostel, Shi Zhou recounted everything she saw in the study and the secret chamber to Shen Xiheng.

"There was a cabinet in the secret chamber with bloodstains inside?" Shen Xiheng furrowed his brow, unable to make sense of it.

Shi Zhou nodded and added, "The letters in the study were all handwritten by Li Ming’an. He’s in cahoots with the Second Prince. He’ll help the Second Prince claim the throne, and when the Second Prince ascends, he’ll lend him a hand as well."

Shen Xiheng scoffed lightly, "He sure has a lot of nerve."

Li Ming’an, now a prodigal dog, still dares to stretch his hand toward Tulan?

"Besides Princess Lingya, who has already married into Dazhao, Tulan now has three princes and one princess. The Second Prince doesn’t particularly stand out among them, but he’s good at winning hearts. Today, when I visited his residence, I saw Jiutu there too. They seemed very close. If Jiutu really sides with the Second Prince, he might just take the risk," Shen Xiheng spoke calmly.

Shi Zhou wasn’t very clear about these court struggles and only understood half of what was said.

Shen Xiheng didn’t dwell on the matter and decided that their priority was to find Qi Yu and Li Mingjue, who had been missing for a while.

"These past few days, I’ve been observing the Second Prince and noticed that he occasionally shows a grim expression. However, when I mention the Prince of Qi and the Princess, his expression doesn’t change much. Could it be that he really isn’t behind this?" The more Shen Xiheng thought about it, the more complicated he realized the matter was.

Initially, they all thought the Second Prince was behind it, as he had long colluded with Li Ming’an and would naturally want to eliminate the Prince of Qi.

But the Second Prince is cunning and strategic. Would he really act so rashly?

Moreover, the Prince and Princess of Qi disappeared after Tulan sent emissaries to fetch them. Taking such a conspicuous action at this juncture seems too obvious.

Shen Xiheng sighed and said to Shi Zhou, "Looking at it this way, the other princes and Princess Qiya aren’t without suspicion either."

Shi Zhou understood his meaning, pursed her lips, and said, "Are you thinking of testing them?"

Shen Xiheng nodded slightly, "Yes, those with guilty consciences, no matter how well they hide, will eventually slip up."

Meanwhile, in Ghost City, Qi Yu and Li Mingjue had followed the Ghost Envoy to an isolated wasteland.

Qi Yu looked back at the closed gates and felt that the Ghost Envoy might be leading them into a trap.

Although dangers lurked everywhere in Ghost City, unknown perils were even scarier than the known ones.

Once they passed through these gates, there was no telling if they could go back.

As Qi Yu was weighing her options, she suddenly heard the Ghost Envoy let out a cold laugh, glance at her, and sneer, "What? Did you grow attached to those ghosts after a few days?’

"Not at all." Qi Yu hurriedly shook her head in denial, feeling that developing a bond with a bunch of ghosts sounded too horrifying.

After a moment’s thought, she said slowly, "I’m just wondering, why would the secrets of Ghost City be hidden outside its walls?"

The question seemed reasonable, and the mockery in the Ghost Envoy’s eyes faded, his expression turning stern as he told them, "Don’t you want to know the origins of Ghost City? If you go down from here, you’ll find out."

"Go down from here?" Qi Yu wondered if there was a problem with her understanding as she surveyed the flat, barren land before her, clueless about where to descend or to what destination.

Li Mingjue glanced at the Ghost Envoy and said in an indifferent tone, "You mean there’s something underground?"

The Ghost Envoy nodded, then let out a chuckle, his eyes filled with scorn as he looked at them and said nonchalantly, "There are indeed some interesting things underneath. The question is, do you dare to go down?"

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