"The daughter has been in charge of the country for seven years, and the mother emperor is also relieved to hand over everything to her daughter, and no one in the country knows that her daughter will inherit the throne in the future. Since sooner or later it will be a daughter's, it will be given to the daughter earlier, and it will not be a big problem with the mother emperor, right? ”

A sigh.

"Yes, all this will be yours sooner or later, but I don't understand, you also said that you have been in charge of the country for seven years, and you have no intention of competing with you for the throne, why are you in a hurry?"

Zhu Zhiling avoided answering, but persuaded: "Mother, since my daughter has entered the palace tonight, she will not have a second thought. I also ask the mother to understand her daughter's plight and plan to abdicate, and her daughter will not live up to the expectations of the mother over the years. ”

"Really? What I have been looking forward to all these years in exchange for tonight's rebellion? ”

As soon as this statement came out, it was already piercing the last layer of window paper.

Zhu Zhiling replied lightly: "Whether it's forcing the palace or plotting rebellion, the matter has come to this, so why don't the mother queen say more." ”

"Do you really want this purple and gold crown on my head?"

A sneer.

"I'm here, if you have the guts, come in and get it yourself."

Zhu Zhiling bit her lip, she didn't know why her mother, who was already sick and dying, was so sharp tonight, after all, she was a person who had pressed herself like a mountain for decades, and she suddenly put down such cruel words, and she was a little timid.

Boundless...... I'm not going back.

Zhu Zhiling turned her heart sideways and strode forward, she unveiled the heavy curtains, and her mother's splendid phoenix couch appeared in front of her.

On the couch lay an old woman, dressed in white and plain clothes, coughing freely.

The old woman slowly turned around and sat up, not looking at Zhu Zhiling.

Zhu Zhiling was stunned and stuttered:

"You...... Who are you? How could it be on the mother's couch. ”

The strange old woman didn't say a word, stood up tremblingly, bowed slightly to Zhu Zhiling, and walked towards the back of the hall, coughing a few times as she walked.

This...... What the hell is this?

Zhu Zhiling was in shock, and the huge thirty-two screens behind the splendid phoenix couch suddenly slowly closed to both sides, revealing a whole palace.

Zhu Zhiling was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth, she had come to the Yigong Palace countless times, and her mother's phoenix couch was already a familiar place before. There has always been only a wall behind that screen, how can there be another world?

An old and familiar voice came from the hall.

"What? I have allowed you to come in now, but you don't dare? ”

Zhu Zhiling looked up and saw that there was a plaque hanging on the hall, with the words "Luanxiang Palace" written on it.

She could vaguely recognize the handwriting, which should be the handwriting of the grandmother of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Towering Luan Xiang Palace, Hua'e rolled jade curtains. The carved pavilion paints the beams beautifully, and the Fei cold embellishes the beads.

Zhu Zhiling stepped into the hall in astonishment, only to see that on the high golden luan seat in the hall, the purple and gold crown of the nine phoenix Chaoyang was majestic and dazzling, and the person wearing the crown was wearing an apricot yellow and phoenix robe, stepping on the unicorn lying in the clouds Ruyi, holding the gold silk inlaid with Bi Ruyi, which was his biological mother, the third generation of the Ming Emperor of the Bihai Kingdom today.

"It's very strange how there will be another palace after this Dingxiang Palace, right?" Emperor Ming stood up slowly, speaking in a loud voice, but with great authority.

Zhu Zhiling suddenly found that the mother in front of her did not look sick and weak, but rather more energetic than before Su Rili was not infected before, and couldn't help but be taken aback.

She is an extremely smart person, and she instantly guessed that the old woman in white was just a stand-in to hide people's eyes when she was lying on the phoenix couch.

Is the mother faking her illness?

Why is she pretending to be sick? Could it be that she was aware of my intentions? When did she start feigning illness?

Seeing her phoenix crown and phoenix robe sitting in a precarious position, she was obviously prepared, could it be ......

Zhu Zhiling's heart began to fall, and no one knew her mother's methods better than her.

The reason why she dared to do it tonight was because her mother was terminally ill, but if all this was to deceive her illusion, then she would face a place from which she could never recover.

No...... Don't panic!

Zhu Zhiling tried her best to think calmly and quickly.

The 10,000 soldiers of the Baisha Battalion will definitely be able to hold back the 8,000 soldiers of Lu Wenbiu guarding the city, and the Jinyu Battalion has also been transferred to the north of the city and will not be able to return within a few hours. Now in this Taiye City Yong Jinmen, there are only a thousand elite soldiers of their own, and there is no opponent, no matter what means the mother has, he should be the winner in his hands!

Don't mess with yourself!

Emperor Ming looked at his daughter coldly, obviously he was defenseless in a light and soft robe, but he didn't dare to step forward but the daughter in front of him who was wearing gold armor and holding Qingfeng.

"What? Even the Shang Fang Qingfeng Sword I gave you has brought with you, is this to urge me to go to the Yama Hall earlier? ”

"You...... Are you faking illness? Zhu Zhiling was shocked and angry.

"It's true that I'm sick, but I suffered from some wind chills in early autumn and coughed a few times. I felt that you were coughing less, and you were probably not at ease, so I specially found an old woman to cough for you on my behalf. ”

"You...... Why are you doing this? ”

"I just want to know what the hell you're trying to do. Alas, in fact, I know what I want to do, but I don't understand, why are you doing this? I'm old and don't have much interest in politics, so you can't wait? ”

Emperor Ming didn't wait for Zhu Zhiling to answer, and sighed: "Well, since you want it, I will give it to you." I genuinely want to leave everything to you. This purple and gold crown, this Luan incense hall ......"

Emperor Ming turned around and looked up at the exquisite palace, and said faintly: "You've heard of it since you were a child, right?" Your Empress Dowager's grandmother spent all her time building this Taiye City for ten years. The world lamented the luxury of the three islands, but how did they know that the palace on the island was completed in only three years. The remaining seven years were actually spent underground. Your grandmother always said that it is always not easy for our Empress Zhu to sit on the throne, so she thought of various ways to protect this Taiye City. So she spent her life and buried countless secrets on this Taiye Island. Among them, there are the most secrets of the Yi Palace. ”

Emperor Ming glanced at her daughter's expression, and she already knew everything about the mind contemplation technique, she ignored her daughter's astonishment, and seemed to say to herself: "Luan Xiang Palace...... At that time, my mother, your imperial grandmother, summoned me to the palace when she was seriously ill. That night, I entered this Luanxiang Hall for the first time, and for the first time I learned the secrets of Taiye City, and when I remembered the look on my face at that time, it was really no different from you now. ”

Luanxiang Palace, the exquisite furnishings in the palace are even better than any palace in the Yi Palace, but everywhere there is a kind of cold and gloomy forest that has not been inhabited for a long time.

Zhu Zhiling couldn't help but shudder and asked, "What kind of place is this?" Why is there such a side hall in this palace? ”

"This is the secret hall of Laiyi Palace, like this secret hall, in this Laiyi Palace, there are two more. The other two secret halls have secret passages that lead to the outside of the city, but only this Luan Xiang Hall ......"

Emperor Ming suddenly sighed and said, "These secrets should have been told to you before I died...... But you are so ignorant that you have forced me to violate the ancestral system......"

The tone was light, as if he was just blaming a child who had stolen a snack.

"But since you have come to this Luanxiang Palace, I still want to take you to meet someone."

"Who?"

"You'll know when you're here." After Emperor Ming finished speaking, he didn't see if Zhu Zhiling reacted or not, turned around and went to the back of the hall.

Zhu Zhiling was secretly frightened, but she couldn't watch her mother leave like this, so she had to follow.

Since my mother said that there are many secrets in this palace, there must be some kind of ingenious mechanism, so I have to be careful.

Zhu Zhiling secretly kept an eye on herself, following every step her mother took, for fear of stepping on some trap. However, along the way, Emperor Ming was always so calm and calm, and he didn't see any tricks he wanted to do.

The palace road is getting deeper and deeper, and the two sides of the road have changed from exquisite carved railings to cold stone walls.

The Bi Ruyi handle held by the Ming Emperor has a pearl of the East China Sea the size of a pigeon's egg, which is held in his hand, and it is very bright along the road. Zhu Zhiling was secretly wondering how this palace road was so profound, and suddenly felt that his eyes suddenly opened up, and he had entered an extremely wide stone hall, but there were only some simple stone tables and chairs in the hall, and there was not even a candlestick.

Emperor Ming put Ruyi on the stone table, sat down, took out a brocade handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Zhiling, pointed to the stone bench in front of her and said: "The stone bench is cool, you are pregnant, spread the handkerchief and sit again." ”

A trace of sourness flashed in Zhu Zhiling's heart, but it was only fleeting.

She asked calmly: "I didn't expect that there is such a big palace behind this Dingxiang Palace, connected to such a deep secret passage. Now that the mother wants to guide these secrets to her daughter, is she already planning to pass on the throne to her daughter? ”

Emperor Ming didn't look at her, just stared blankly at the corner of the room.

Zhu Zhiling was a little strange, could it be that there was something in the corner?

She followed her mother's gaze. But the corner was too dark for me to see clearly.

Emperor Ming squinted his eyes and held Bi Ruyi, and shook it at the corner.

Just this moment, Zhu Zhiling was so shocked that her heart almost jumped out of her chest.

In the corner lay a corpse, apparently dead for a long time. The clothes on the corpse's body were rotten and tattered, and only a pair of dry bones remained, but a blue and gold crown on its head was still intact, and the light of the pearl swept by, and the brilliance was faintly gorgeous.

Emperor Ming looked at the corpse quietly, and comforted Wen Yan: "Don't be afraid...... It was none other than my father and your imperial grandfather. Although I have never hugged you, I am close to you in the blood. ”

"Grandfather ......?" Zhu Zhiling's mind was a little confused. He ...... How could he die here? ”

"The world thought he was sick and dead, but it wasn't...... I remember telling you privately that when your imperial grandmother was inspecting southern Xinjiang, the imperial grandfather was deceived and instigated to rebel in Taiye City, in a vain attempt to subvert the world of our Bihai Zhu clan. ”