Chapter 48: The Ice Coffin
The subordinates sent by the head of the Luo family to send the ecstasy needle to the emperor had no idea what happened after he left, and still sent the ecstasy needle to the emperor according to the original plan.
When he went to see the emperor, he brought a letter written by the head of the Luo family. The emperor was in the study, and he was a little surprised to hear that someone was asking to see him so late. After he read the letter that had been sent, he hurriedly let someone in.
He is the emperor, but it is not good to force the treasures of the Luo family. But this time, the head of the Luo family took the initiative to bring the ecstasy needle to show favor to him, and the request was not excessive.
The emperor took the ecstasy needle carefully presented by his subordinates, and after opening the box with curiosity, he found that there was nothing unusual about the thin needles in this box.
He had the candle flame lit up a little bit, and when he looked closer, he still found that it was different from an ordinary embroidery needle.
The emperor was a little reluctant to let people try the poison on this needle, and legend has it that the ecstasy needle was quenched with poison. This move finally shattered his illusion that it was an ordinary box of embroidery needles.
After learning of this fact, the emperor was furious and immediately sent someone to put the person who sent the needle in prison.
The next person still doesn't know that the one he brought is obviously an ecstasy needle, how did it become something else?
Jiang Luoan watched a good show in front of the door of the Luo family, but when he walked back, he found that someone was following him.
She stopped directly and said in a loud voice: "I don't know why Your Excellency has been following me?" ”
The stalker realized that he had been discovered, and immediately stepped out of the shadows.
"Miss Jiang, the reason why I followed you is because I want to make a deal with you." He took out a bag of silver from his bosom and handed it over, "I want to ask Miss Jiang to help me get an oil lamp in the prince's study, and then this bag of silver will be yours." ”
It's just an ordinary lamp, what's so difficult about that?
The price given by this person was very expensive, and without waiting for Yun Kuan to object, Jiang Luoan took the deal without authorization.
After taking the silver, Jiang Luoan immediately changed direction and went to the prince's mansion. Although it was late at night, Su Chenyu had already explained to the next person, and if she came over, she would not stop her. It was Jiang Luoan who quickly went in.
She went to the study, and Yun Kuan went to find Su Chenyu to recover her life.
The road was smooth, and she soon arrived at Su Chenyu's study.
The window of the study was ajar, and the shadows of the trees outside the window were reflected in the window. A gust of wind blew, and the branches and leaves were blown and swayed, but the light in the study did not change at all, and the flame of the oil lamp seemed to be fixed.
But the joy of receiving the silver made Jiang Luoan not think so much. She pushed the door open and walked straight inside.
The study was empty, except for the oil lamp on the table. I don't know where Su Chenyu went with the lights on.
Jiang Luo'an took a closer look, only to find that the oil lamp contained not kerosene, but several huge night pearls.
No wonder the wind blew just now, but the lights in the house didn't change. It turns out that it is the night pearl in it!
Thinking that the man had exchanged so many Night Pearls for a bag of silver, Jiang Luoan couldn't help but feel a little painful.
She stood at the table and fiddled with the beads. Some of those night pearls are not fixed and can be moved at will.
I don't know what I touched, when Jiang Luoan gently moved the location of those night pearls with his fingers, he suddenly heard a sound behind the bookshelf behind him. She looked back, only to find that the bookshelves had slowly moved away on their own.
When the bookshelf stopped moving, a secret door appeared in front of her.
She had seen this kind of dark room several times, and it seemed that Su Chenyu had entered that dark room. She put down the oil lamp she was fiddling with and prepared to go inside.
The guard at the door heard the movement inside the study and hurried in.
As soon as he came in, he saw that the door of the dark room was open, and the prospective crown princess was about to go inside, so he was busy stopping people.
"Miss Jiang, you can't go in."
Jiang Luoan looked at the guard holding the sword in front of her, "Why?" ”
The guard was a little flustered, "His Highness has instructed us not to let outsiders in without his permission. ”
Jiang Luoan wanted to say something more, but Yun Kuan happened to come in.
"Let her in, Your Highness won't blame you."
With Yun Kuan speaking, the guards obediently stepped aside and let her in.
Enter the secret door and go all the way down. The further down you go, the colder the air around you becomes. Jiang Luo was relieved to be surprised, even if the temperature underground would be lower, the temperature would drop too much.
Su Chenyu had been in this dark room, and he heard movement just now when the door of the dark room was opened by Jiang Luo'an. He had been standing here waiting.
The steps were long and tortuous, and Jiang Luo'an had finally finished walking, and he had already felt the chill here.
As soon as she turned a corner, she saw Su Chenyu waiting for her.
"You're here, I'll take you to see something." Without waiting for Jiang Luoan to ask, Su Chenyu pulled her to the front by himself.
Jiang Luoan could already clearly feel that the cold breath in this dark room was coming from the front. She was also curious about what was there.
When she got closer and saw the huge transparent ice coffin in front of her, she couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
There was still a person in the ice coffin. A man in a brocade dress, about forty years old, had a face that was seven or eight points similar to Su Chenyu.
There are also countless ice cubes in buckets around the ice coffin, and the huge ice blocks are densely packed around the ice coffin in a circle to maintain the extremely low temperature here.
Jiang Luoan couldn't help but turn his head to look at Su Chenyu.
I saw him caressing the ice coffin with some sadness, completely ignoring the redness of his fingers frozen by the ice, still rubbing it carefully.
Su Chenyu said slowly: "The person who is here is my father. His father used to be King Rui and was supposed to inherit the throne, but he fell into a coma because of the poison in his body. Because there is no way to save him for the time being, he can only be put into an ice coffin to suppress the spread of this poison. ”
He raised his head and looked at Jiang Luo'an, "But this is not a long-term solution. The ice coffin can only temporarily slow down the spread of the poison, and if there is no way to save it, the father will never wake up again. ”
Jiang Luoan was also moved by his sad expression. Su Chenyu had obviously been here for a long time, and his lips were a little blue and purple.
Jiang Luoan knew that his body was weak, and it was not suitable for staying in such a cold place for too long. She grabbed Su Chenyu's arm, as if she was pinching a piece of ice, and there was no temperature at all.
Jiang Luoan couldn't help but pull Su Chenyu and was about to go out, "Let's not talk about it so much, you can't continue to stay here." I'll figure out a way to deal with King Rui's affairs, let's go out with me first. ”