Chapter Ninety-Three: The Underground Secret Room
On the second day, the emperor set up a banquet in the palace to entertain the emperor and envoys of Chaoyang Kingdom, as soon as Murong Xiuqi entered the main hall, the surroundings immediately quieted down, and everyone's eyes were on him, who dared to believe that the emperor of Chaoyang Kingdom was so handsome, like a fairy.
Many boudoir ladies secretly blushed, who can not be moved in the face of such a noble and outstanding-looking man?
"The emperor has arrived, and the queen has arrived in ......"
When everyone heard this, they immediately got up and knelt down in the direction of the door, only Murong Xiuqi stood in the front seat, looking at the two people who came with him with a smile on his face, Queen Liu flashed a touch of panic on her face the moment she saw him, but she recovered in an instant, and put on a decent and generous smile.
Murong Xiuqi couldn't help but hook his lips, and said secretly in his heart: Sure enough, she has improved a lot, it seems that she has adapted well to the life of the queen in the past ten years, always wearing a decent mask, and always smiling to face the world.
The palace banquet is nothing more than singing and dancing, which is not interesting, but in order to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, the emperor Dongfang Yi still talks and laughs with Murong Xiuqi from time to time, and the queen sits beside him, with a light smile on her face, but the hand hidden in the sleeve is tightly clenched, and the palm is pinched by her long nails.
After a while, she said to Dongfang Yi beside her: "Your Majesty, the concubine is a little unwell, so go back to the palace first." ”
Dongfang Yi glanced at her and nodded, Liu Fengluan stood up at this time, and the palace maid Ziqing, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly stepped forward to support her, but the queen grabbed her hand, and she found that the queen mother actually had a cold sweat on her hand, and then looked at her face, it was also very pale, Ziqing secretly guessed that the mother was afraid that she was really unwell, and she also wanted to return to Kunning Palace as soon as possible.
After Empress Liu came out of Changle Palace, the whole person relaxed, she let go of Ziqing's hand, took a deep breath, and her nervous heart slowly calmed down.
Ziqing asked a little worriedly: "Niangniang, do you want to go back to Kunning Palace quickly, the slave maid sees that your face is not very good, go back to the palace and ask Imperial Doctor Chen to come and show you." ”
Empress Liu waved her hand, "No need, it's a little stuffy in the hall just now, I'll go to the terrace and blow the cool breeze for a while." ”
Saying that, she walked to a terrace not far from the Changle Palace, followed by a group of palace maids, she waved her hand, "Ziqing follow, everyone else is staying here." ”
"Yes."
Queen Liu slowly walked to the terrace, the terrace was on the water, surrounded by trees, and from time to time the wind blew, which made this summer night much more comfortable, and suddenly there was a sound in the woods on the side, Ziqing immediately blocked in front of Queen Liu, and shouted: "Sleep? ”
With a "bang", an object was thrown over and fell at the feet of Queen Liu, Ziqing was about to shout, but was stopped by Liu Fengluan, she had a faint feeling in her heart, this thing was afraid that it was related to that person.
Ziqing squatted down and picked up the object, it was a brocade bag, and I didn't know what it contained, Liu Fengluan took the brocade bag, thought about it in his heart, and said to Ziqing: "Let's go, let's go back to Kunning Palace." ”
The group quickly returned to the water pavilion in Kunning Palace, Liu Fengluan waved everyone away before opening the brocade bag, and took out a jade pendant from it, and after looking carefully, his face changed greatly, this jade pendant was clearly the love token she gave to Murong Xiuqi back then, and it was worn by her since she was a child, and there was a word "Luan" on it.
Liu Fengluan's hand holding the jade pendant trembled slightly, and after a while, she remembered something, shook the mouth of the brocade bag against the table, and sure enough, a small note stacked together fell.
"I'll see you in the old place outside the city in three days."
Liu Fengluan's heart tightened, and immediately put the note into the oil lamp and burned it, but her heart was like an ant on a hot pot, this night she tossed and turned, as soon as she closed her eyes, the past events that happened more than ten years ago appeared in her mind, the man who was like a fairy, after more than ten years, once again made her unable to sleep peacefully.
On the second day, Liu Fengluan asked people to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion early in the morning to announce Liu Yingyuan's entry into the palace, she let him enter the palace so early in the morning, Liu Yingyuan already had a guess in his heart, and when he entered the dormitory in the water pavilion, Liu Fengluan ordered everyone to go down, so that Ziqing and Ziyuan were two henchmen to stay outside the door and not let anyone approach.
After everyone went down, Liu Fengluan couldn't hold back any longer, and a look of panic appeared on his face, "Brother, he's ...... He's looking for me. ”
After the news came that the envoy of the Chaoyang Kingdom and the emperor also came, the two brothers and sisters had expected such a result, Liu Yingyuan frowned, "He also asked me to meet a few days ago, and asked me to help him find a way to let you meet, I didn't agree, I didn't expect him to find you." ”
"Brother, I'...... What am I going to do? He should have known about Jue'er...... Jue'er's identity, if he tells this matter, our Liu family will be finished! Liu Fengluan no longer has the demeanor of the mother of a country in the past, her expression is flustered, and her heart is like numbness.
"Don't worry, he won't say it, he can't get out of this kind of thing, since he has to see you, then I'll arrange it for you, when?"
"The day after tomorrow, it's in that courtyard......"
Liu Yingyuan thought about it for a while, and then leaned into Liu Fengluan's ear and whispered for a long time, and finally saw her nodding, "That's fine, I'll leave this matter to my brother." ”
Liu Yingyuan smiled, "You and I are brother and sister, you don't have to be polite, I'll go back and arrange it first, don't behave too abnormally in the past two days, and pretend to be sick first." ”
"Okay." Liu Fengluan nodded, and at this moment she became the girl who relied on her brother for everything, which made Liu Yingyuan feel a burst of emotion in her heart.
After Liu Yingyuan went back, he called Liu Cheng to the study, and the two discussed for a long time, late at night on the second day, over the main courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, a figure flew by, and Meng Xiaoran, who had been guarding not far away for several days, moved in his heart and hurried to follow.
She knew that Liu Cheng was strong in martial arts, so she didn't dare to follow, so she could only follow the two out of the city not far away, even so, Liu Cheng seemed to notice something, suddenly stopped and turned around, Meng Xiaoran was shocked, and secretly said that he was afraid that he would be exposed tonight.
said that it was too late, she only felt a tightness in her waist, and the whole person was pulled aside, Liu Cheng frowned, a little puzzled, Liu Yingyuan next to him asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"It's nothing, just now my subordinates vaguely felt that someone was following us, but when I looked back and didn't see anyone, maybe it was my delusion." Liu Cheng said the doubts in his heart.
"In that case, let's hurry over, it's a long way to go, we need to hurry up, go early and come back early."
"Yes!" Saying that, Liu Cheng pulled Liu Yingyuan and ran forward quickly.
And behind a big tree behind them, Shen Qian let go of the hand covering Meng Xiaoran's mouth and looked at her with a disapproving expression, "You are so bold that you dare to follow so closely?" Do you know that Liu Cheng's martial arts are on par with me, if he hadn't taken Liu Yingyuan with him today, you would have been discovered a long time ago. ”
Meng Xiaoran also knew that he was a little reckless, and said with some chagrin: "I'm also a little anxious, seeing that they are getting farther and farther away, I sped up and wanted to keep up, thinking that maybe I could have a big harvest tonight." ”
"Don't worry, don't lose it, they must have gone to Yuqing Mountain, let's go, let's go and have a look." After saying that, the two jumped lightly and flew out to chase after them.
Yuqing Mountain was already far away, the two of them hurried slowly, and finally caught up before Liu Yingyuan and the two arrived at Yuqing Mountain, so they slowly followed from a distance, and after the two stopped, the two also stopped, and flew to a big tree to observe from afar.
Shen Qian's eyesight was excellent, Meng Xiaoran was a little unclear at the moment, but he could still see the movements of the two in the forest clearly, and after a while, when they were far away, he pulled Meng Xiaoran forward and stopped on another tree in front of him.
The master and servant stopped under a huge pine tree, Shen Qian saw that Liu Cheng jumped up the tree with Liu Yingyuan, and saw Liu Yingyuan pressing it in the hidden trunk, and saw that the ground next to the pine tree cracked to the side, and an underground secret room suddenly appeared, and after Liu Yingyuan and Liu Cheng went down together, the ground closed again, and there was no abnormality at all.
Shen Qian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this Liu Yingyuan is also a capable person, he can find such a master who is proficient in the art of the mechanism, this secret passage of the organ is really exquisitely designed, no wonder his people have not found it after looking for a few days, it is really well hidden!
After about half an hour, there was movement again, after the ground cracked, Liu Yingyuan walked out, Liu Cheng behind him carried a huge bag on his shoulder, I don't know what it contained, he put down the bag and turned to go in, back and forth several times before stopping.
"Have those people been ordered?"
"It's ordered, they should all be waiting at the foot of the mountain at this moment, and their subordinates will go over and take a look." After speaking, Liu Cheng jumped and disappeared.
After a while he came back again, "Master, they're all here, I'll send these things." As he spoke, he picked up a bag and flew away.
Shen Qian narrowed his eyes, that Liu Cheng's martial arts were so high, but when he carried this sack, he saw that he was a little struggling, maybe others couldn't see it, but he couldn't escape his eyes, what was in that bag?
After several trips back and forth, the bags were finally transported, and after that the two of them did not know what to say, and after a while the master and servant disappeared.
Although the two of them had already left, Shen Qian was very cautious, he didn't dare to step forward at this moment, he waited for about a quarter of an hour, and then sensed it with internal force, and there was no one within a radius of dozens of miles, so he was relieved.
"Let's go, let's go and see."
Shen Qian and Meng Xiaoran came to the big pine tree where Liu Yingyuan and the others stayed just now, he looked up and observed for a while, then pulled Meng Xiaoran and jumped up, groped on the trunk for a long time, and finally found a bulge, his heart moved, and then gently pressed down.
Sure enough, there was a soft sound, and then the ground, which was not abnormal at all, cracked, and finally an entrance appeared, Shen Qian and Meng Xiaoran jumped down, and saw that this entrance was a staircase, the two looked at each other and walked down.
The light inside was very dim, Shen Qian was worried that Meng Xiaoran couldn't see clearly, so he turned around and grabbed her hand, Meng Xiaoran's first reaction was to break free, but he couldn't break free, and this underground secret room was indeed very dark, so he gave up and let him lead him.