The words were divided into two ends, here Luo Jia was still worried about finding the jade seal, and Ning Yuanxing was on the other side, and had already quietly returned to the imperial city through the secret passage of the imperial city.

In order to hide people's eyes, this time, Ning Yuanxing only brought Jiang Chi back with Liunian.

The three of them, who changed into civilian clothes, successfully avoided the guards guarding the city gate, and were about to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion directly, but before they could get close, they saw that the Prime Minister's Mansion had been surrounded by a group of guards.

"My lord, the Prime Minister's Mansion is surrounded!" Jiang Chi looked at Ning Yuanxing with an unpleasant expression and said in a low voice.

"You don't need to say this, we saw it!" Liu Nian shook his head, looked at Ning Yuanxing and asked, "My lord, what should we do now?" ”

Ning Yuanxing looked at the Prime Minister's Mansion that had been surrounded by people in the distance, his eyes darkened, and he said in a low voice: "Let's find an inn to live in first, Jiang Chi, you go and inquire about the news in the city." ”

Jiang Chi nodded, "Yes!" ”

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"My lord, my subordinates have already inquired, it is said that His Majesty was assassinated by assassins, and now his life is in danger, and the power of the government has been handed over to the crown prince." Jiang Chi jumped in from the window and reported.

Before Ning Yuanxing could speak, Liu Nian sneered: "It's really ridiculous, it's obviously forcing the palace to rebel, and they even came up with such an excuse, it's really worthy of being the prince, by the way, why did they surround the Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”

"Now not only the Prime Minister's Mansion, but also the ministers' homes of the prince's party are surrounded, and in the name of protecting the adults from assassination, in fact, they want to suppress it by force."

"So what now? My lord? "Liunian also senses that something is wrong, if it continues like this. I'm afraid that in the end, the prince will succeed in his rebellion.

Ning Yuanxing lowered his head and pondered for a moment before saying, "Why didn't the crown prince ascend the throne for a long time?" ”

As soon as he spoke, Jiang Chi was stunned, but Liu Nian replied as a matter of course: "Of course, it's because Your Majesty is not dead yet." ”

As soon as Liu Nian's words fell, Ning Yuanxing and Jiang Chi stared at him, which made Liu Nian's heart furious, he swallowed his saliva, shrank his head and asked in a low voice, "That...... Am I not right? ”

Ning Yuanxing didn't say anything, Jiang Chi said for him very intimately: "The prince has already announced to the outside world that His Majesty has been assassinated, and now the palace is full of the prince's people. If he wants to ascend the throne. There are a hundred ways to kill His Majesty without knowing it. ”

"It's also ......" Liu Nian suddenly realized, and then he was even more confused, he patted his head and wondered: "Since that's the case." So why hasn't the crown prince ascended the throne now? Consumed all the time. Do you want to wait for your political opponents to fight back? ”

"Are you stupid to be the crown prince?" Jiang Chi glanced at him. I'm anxious about the IQ of the passing years.

"I'm not stupid to be the prince, so you give me a reason, why did the prince delay his ascension to the throne?" Liu Nian asked unhappily.

"This .......," Jiang Chi choked. I thought that if she knew, she wouldn't have asked him.

At this time, the two suddenly remembered that there was still a person here who did not speak! At the same time, they turned to Ning Yuanxing and asked tentatively, "My lord, why do you think the crown prince has not killed His Majesty?" ”

Ning Yuanxing glanced at the two of them, sighed, and said, "Probably there is no jade seal." ”

"Jade seal?" The two spoke in unison.

"One of the necessary links to ascend the throne is to teach the jade seal, presumably long before the prince forced the palace, His Majesty had already noticed it and entrusted the jade seal to his cronies early." Ning Yuanxing guessed.

"So what do we do now?" Liu Nian asked.

Although they have now arrived in the imperial city, they are a thorn in the prince's side, and if he finds out that they have quietly returned from the southern tour, he is afraid that what awaits them will be a dead end.

Ning Yuanxing rubbed his temples, and after so many days, he rode a horse to the imperial city, and his body was still a little tired, and his head hurt a little, but he still replied: "Let's go to your majesty." ”

"See Your Majesty?" Liu Nian was stunned for a moment, "But my lord, now the palace is full of the prince's people, and now there is an extraordinary time, it must be heavily guarded, let's go to see Your Majesty like this, I'm afraid we won't see you, right?" ”

"Of course we won't blatantly appear in the Imperial City, we should take the secret passage, right? Right, my lord. Jiang Chi asked.

Ning Yuanxing glanced at Jiang Chi appreciatively and said, "Now that there are Imperial Forest Army guards everywhere in the Imperial City, you can only take the secret road. ”

"However, didn't the prince also know about the existence of the secret passage? Wouldn't he have sent people to guard the exits of the secret passage beforehand? Liu Nian wondered, of course he thought about this idea, but he didn't say it because he didn't think it would work, who knew that Jiang Chi, the bastard, would let him be treated as a fool! He was so.

Jiang Chi was really stunned for a moment, he had only reached the first level of the Flowing Year, at least, the prince would guard the various exits of the secret passage, he didn't expect it, "What's this...... Forehead...... My lord, the passing years also make sense......"

Liu Nian gave Jiang Chi a disdainful look, how dare he look down on him with this IQ? Hum!

"The secret passages of the imperial city are staggered and horizontal, with the imperial city as the center, the main trunk leads to the four major bazaars of the imperial city respectively, among which there are many branches, each trunk is not less than ten, and the branches are divided into two left and right, and the other main branch lines are intertwined together, underground, forming a huge underground labyrinth, in which there are countless hidden traps, ordinary people go in, there is only a dead end......"

Jiang Chi and Liu Nian were stunned for a while, but finally Liu Nian reacted and speculated tentatively: "So...... In other words, there are so many secret passages, the prince will not send people to guard every exit, we just need to find the secret passages that are not guarded, and then take advantage of the darkness at night to sneak into them, and we can meet Your Majesty...... Is that so? ”

Just as Jiang Chi was about to agree, Ning Yuanxing came and said, "The prince will definitely send someone to guard every secret passage." ”

"Forehead ......" Liunian had a black line, and the muscles on his face twitched, "That... So how do we get to the palace? ”

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"The prince naturally knows about that secret passage, but he doesn't know the rest of the secret passages." Ning Yuanxing explained.

As soon as he said this, Liu Nian and Jiang Chi were both stunned, "Are there other secret passages?" ”

"Yes, what I just said is a secret escape passage that the royal family members all know, but ten years ago, for the sake of Concubine Xia, Your Majesty secretly ordered someone to dig another secret passage that was completely staggered from the previous secret passage."

Liu Nian and Jiang Chi both understood it without asking Ning Yuanxing why he knew so much about the secret passage dedicated to the royal family, and even knew all about the secret passage that His Majesty had specially dug for Concubine Xia.

"I'll go to the palace tonight." (To be continued.) )