Half a month ago, Xiao Yichen finally tracked down the two kidnappers, only to arrive a step too late—the kidnappers were already dead, and the mute man in the Grand Court of Revision prison was dead as well. The Grand Court of Revision had extracted no clues whatsoever, making it extremely difficult to root out the mastermind behind the scenes.
Feeling that he owed it to Mu Yuanzhi to do something for her, Xiao Yichen had volunteered to go to the Huangli Kingdom to escort back the coffins.
The Emperor had made a grand spectacle of the event, and the townspeople turned out in droves to welcome the procession, endlessly praising the Emperor's boundless benevolence and deep compassion for his loyal subjects.
Chapter 45