Three days later, Emperor Xuan returned to the capital. On the way back to the palace, when he saw that the city was completely white and the people were wearing linen and wearing filial piety, Emperor Xuan was so angry that his face turned livid and he kept coughing. Ning Chen comforted him and asked someone to fetch pears. Emperor Xuan ate two and his cough eased. Ning Chen led the Ning'an Army to escort His Majesty all the way back to the palace. Outside the Yangxin Hall, the officials knelt on the ground. In the hall, General Chen was in tears. Nie Liang knelt in front of the dragon case, his face full of excitement. Ning Chen really rescued Emperor Xuan. Emperor Xuan looked at Ning Chen, "Ning Chen, I want to know now, who wants to kill me?" Ning Chen leaned over and said, "I obey the order! I will prepare now and reveal the answer to His Majesty."
Emperor Xuan nodded. Ning Chen came outside, glanced at the civil and military officials, then withdrew his gaze, lowered his voice and said to Pan Yucheng: "Go and notify Yuan Long and ask him to take people to the Fifth Prince's Mansion, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Censor's Mansion. , they are all surrounded by me, no one is allowed in, no one is allowed out, anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" "Also, catch me the so-called master Guo Wuxiang." The Ning'an army had returned to Beijing and was stationed outside the city, waiting for Ning Chen's dispatch. Pan Yucheng nodded, "Yes!" "By the way, bring me Fang Zhengqing." After Fang Zhengqing returned to Beijing, he was hidden. Pan Yucheng took the order and left. Ning Chen told Feng Qizheng, "Take some people back to Ning Mansion and bring Guan Rongrong to me...Also, the knife rest in my room is empty, and there is some letter paper inside. Bring it back to me." Feng Qizheng nodded, turned around and left quickly. After giving the instructions, Ning Chen turned around and returned to the Yangxin Hall. Emperor Xuan looked at Ning Chen. Ning Chen leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, wait a moment. When night falls, I will reveal the answer to your Majesty." By this time, it was almost dark. Although Emperor Xuan didn't understand why Ning Chen had to wait until dark, he absolutely believed in Ning Chen and nodded slightly. "Your Majesty, I would like to ask Commander Nie to help me with something." Emperor Xuan nodded, "That's right!" Ning Chen gave Nie Liang a few instructions. After hearing this, Nie Liang took the order and left.
Night is falling! Pan Yucheng, Feng Qizheng and others are back. "Your Majesty, I am ready!" Emperor Xuan nodded slightly, "Let's begin!" "Your Majesty, please move!" Emperor Xuan did not refuse. Emperor Xuan came outside the palace and asked the civil and military officials to follow him. A group of people came to the open space next to Jinluan Section. "Your Majesty, wait a moment!" Ning Chen walked into a room next to him. "Father...it's great that my father is fine. I deserve death, but I didn't know that my father was still alive." The fifth prince knelt on the ground, his face full of remorse and guilt. "Your Majesty has brought great blessings to the heavens. I am guilty of sins, please forgive me." "Your Majesty is auspicious and God bless you. Fortunately, your Majesty is safe and sound..." Taking advantage of Ning Chen's absence, the officials began to express their loyalty and flatter him. Emperor Xuan looked at them coldly with a sullen face. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Suddenly, Quan's father-in-law couldn't speak clearly. Emperor Xuan turned to look at him, only to see Eunuch Quan's eyes widened, his face full of shock, and his lips trembling. He followed Eunuch Quan's line of sight and landed on the wall of the Jinluan Palace, his face changed drastically. The same is true for civil and military officials. I saw a dragon shadow appearing on the wall, holding a person in its mouth, rising slowly along the wall. The figure in the dragon's mouth, from its vague appearance to its attire, was clearly Ning Chen. "Dragon, the dragon took away Lord Ning's soul." "Master Ning has ascended to heaven!" "Something happened to Lord Ning, and his soul flew away..." All civil and military officials were stunned by the scene in front of them. They didn't care about the image and screamed in shock. Emperor Xuan's head buzzed, and his face turned pale.
General Chen's eyes turned dark. Geng Jing, Pan Yucheng and others all turned pale. "Quickly, hurry up and save people, hurry up and save people. Why are you still standing there? If something happens to Ning Chen, I will kill you all." Geng Jing, Nie Liang and others came to their senses and rushed to the room where Ning Chen was sitting like a swarm of swarms. Emperor Xuan's face was as pale as paper, and his whole body was shaking nervously. Geng Jing kicked open the door and a group of people rushed in. But Ning Chen stood there calmly, looking at them with a smile... holding a piece of silk in his hand, cut into the shape of a dragon. Geng Jing and others were all stunned. "Ning Chen, are you okay?" Geng Jing asked nervously. Ning Chen came over and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm fine... Let's go and talk about it when we get out." Seeing Ning Chen come out of the room safe and sound, the civil and military officials suddenly widened their eyes. It's okay? They clearly saw Ning Chen ascending to heaven. Emperor Xuan stared at Ning Chen closely, "Are you okay?" "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I'm fine!" "come over." Ning Chen walked up to Emperor Xuan. Emperor Xuan stared at him closely, looked up and down, and then breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that Ning Chen was fine. "W-what on earth is going on?" Ning Chen leaned over and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I'm just explaining to Your Majesty and all of you sirs... This is the trick of the Fifth Prince's Heavenly Soul Returning." Emperor Xuan suddenly turned his head to look at the fifth prince. The eyes of the officials also fell on the fifth prince. The fifth prince's face turned pale, as if he were mourning his heir, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Ning Chen said: "I heard that when the fifth prince Tianhun returned, many people saw it... Is it exactly the same as what happened just now?" The civil and military officials suddenly woke up, yes... That's what happened when the fifth prince's soul returned that day. "My Lord, I was there when the fifth prince's soul returned... But the fifth prince flew down, and my Lord flew up." Ning Chen sneered, "Both the up and down can be controlled by humans."
Emperor Xuan asked with a sullen face: "Ning Chen, what's going on?" "Your Majesty, it's actually very simple, it's just the principle of pinhole imaging." "What pinhole imaging?" Ning Chen said: "In fact, it's just to drill a small hole in the wall, because light travels in a straight line, and the light from the upper part of the candle flame passes through the small hole in a straight line..." Ning Chen suddenly stopped, because everyone was confused. He thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, it's just a matter of drilling a small hole in the wall and using candlelight to project the image onto the opposite wall. It's that simple!" Ning Chen shook out the silk cut into a dragon shape in his hand and continued, "The dragon you see is actually this thing." "If you don't believe me, the so-called master Guo Wuxiang has been captured by me and you can ask him in person." The civil and military officials nodded one after another, as if they understood. The Emperor Xuan said, "So that's it!" In fact, the Emperor Xuan didn't understand it either, but he was the emperor and couldn't appear too stupid. Ning Chen said in a deep voice: "You gentlemen were fooled by this trick." Li Hanru stood up and said: "My Lord, why did the Fifth Prince do this?" Ning Chen's eyes fell on the pale Fifth Prince, and he said word by word: "Because he wants to find a suitable reason for his recovery." "Isn't it strange that a person pretends to be stupid for more than ten years and suddenly recovers?" "So he needs a reasonable reason, which can deceive you and win the hearts of the people, killing two birds with one stone." "I heard that it is widely rumored among the people that the Fifth Prince's soul was sent back by a dragon, so he is protected by dragon energy and has the aura of an emperor."
