I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon novel Chapter 1261

Chapter 1261: Chapter 481: Wu Lie’s Secret! The Death of Empress Xu! (Part 2)

"Yes."

Lu Shuangge turned around and left, closing the bronze door tightly.

Chu Yanli beckoned to Chen Mo, saying, "Come over here."

Chen Mo approached, looking at her slightly pale cheeks, feeling that this woman seemed different from usual, less domineering and more vulnerable.

"Why are you the only one here, where is Director Qi?" Chen Mo asked curiously.

"He might have guessed something and didn’t dare to get involved. He’s hiding at home pretending to be sick now." Chu Yanli shook her head and said, "I didn’t want to call you so hastily, but the situation has changed. According to reliable information, Wu Lie has already left the Imperial Palace, and at any moment, the Capital City could be turned upside down..."

"What?" Chen Mo was taken aback, "The Emperor is not in the palace now?"

Chu Yanli glanced at him with a slightly strange expression, "It seems you haven’t realized what will happen next... Never mind, it’s not the time to talk about this. I once told you there is something I want you to see, which is closely related to what Wu Lie did in the Secret Realm."

She took a deep breath, with strands of golden light emanating from her chest, revealing a faint image of a square seal.

The golden light spread to the Heavenly Observation Mirror, causing it to tremble. The characters of the Eight Trigrams lit up, and the black lacquer on the mirror surface began to peel off gradually.

Chen Mo realized, his throat moved, "So the thing you talked about has been hidden in the Heavenly Observation Mirror all along?"

"That’s right."

Chu Yanli’s face grew even paler, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Qi Chengze had once extracted the power of the whole Observatory to control this object, and the consumption for her to activate such a heavy tool by herself was imaginable.

"The most dangerous place is the safest place, this Heavenly Observation Mirror connects to the Ten Thousand Realms. It can not only glimpse the Heavenly Secret but also shield it, even Wu Lie couldn`t guess that I would hide it here."

"Even if he knew, it wouldn’t matter. Without the Heavenly Decree Seal, no one can retrieve it."

By now, the black lacquer had completely peeled off, revealing a bright silver mirror surface.

Chu Yanli bit her index finger and squeezed out a drop of blood, sketching on it. The intricate pattern was exactly the same as what Chen Mo had seen on Liu Miaozhi’s back before, only it was completely reversed.

Chen Mo suddenly understood, "So you deliberately left that map as bait?"

Chu Yanli sighed, "I originally thought that after the Xu Family’s downfall, this matter would slowly fade away. But over the years, some people kept targeting them relentlessly... I gave that map to Mrs. Xu, intending to use it to exchange for their survival and catch those with ulterior motives. But I didn’t expect the Xu Family to be so stubborn, preferring death over submission..."

Thinking of Liu Miaozhi’s resolute look, Chen Mo was momentarily speechless.

Once the pattern took shape, it emitted a faint glow, and a deep vortex appeared, exuding a desolate aura, strangely incompatible with this world.

Chu Yanli reached into it, fumbled for a while, and took out a black round stone.

This was something Chen Mo was quite familiar with...

"An Image Stone?"

"That’s right."

Chu Yanli handed the round stone to him, saying, "After you see it, you’ll naturally understand why the Xu Family was accused of ’treason’ back then."

Chen Mo reached out to take it, his mind sinking into it, and a scene emerged in front of him—

The night was dark, the moon bright and stars sparse, while the candlelight flickered dimly in the bedchamber.

On a bed embroidered with flying phoenixes, a woman lay quietly.

She wore a bright yellow royal garb adorned with a five-colored phoenix pattern, her eyes slightly closed, as if deeply asleep, even the rise and fall of her chest was barely noticeable.

The scene seemed to be secretly recorded, with a strange angle that made it impossible to see the woman’s full face, but from her clothes, it was evident that this was the Xu Empress who passed away six years ago.

"His Majesty has arrived!"

Suddenly, a sharp voice rang out.

The palace attendants on either side knelt down one after another.

With a "boom," the hall door was pushed open, and accompanied by the sound of dense footsteps, several Black Armor Guards strode in, lining up on both sides, the weapons in their hands gleaming coldly.

Step, step, step—

Then came the slow and steady sound of footsteps.

A figure dressed in a black dragon robe walked into the inner hall at a leisurely pace.

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