Chapter 165: Outside the Secret Passage

Dawei Imperial Palace, Kunxi Palace.

The Kunxi Palace is dilapidated, and the palace has not been cleaned up since the self-immolation of Concubine Baili.

Yue'er was locked in the main hall, and she woke up several times this night, because there was only a thin quilt left in the hall, and Yue'er barely survived the night wrapped in her body.

Because the doors and windows were nailed, the hall was still dark, Yue'er couldn't tell the time, she only knew that it was already bright outside at the moment, because there was a trace of light coming in through the cracks in the room.

"That Sikong Wenlan is really not a thing, I helped her, but she wants to kill me!"

Yue'er thought so, feeling that her throat was a little dry, from last night to now, she still hasn't dripped, if she is hungry for two days, she won't die, and it will be difficult to say after two days, she stood up, stretched her hands and feet, and her eyes turned around the hall.

I don't know if I don't look for it, I really found a small basin in the corner, there is a layer of water in it, Yue'er doesn't know that there is a leak in this hall, Baili Concubine puts a basin to receive water here, she is a little happy, as long as there is water, it should be no problem to stay up for three or four days, but I don't know if Zhao Zhen can save Xuan Ling in time and let him save himself.

Yue'er took a big sip of the basin, her mouth was really dry, although the water was a little dirty, she still drank it.

After drinking the water, Yue'er recovered some of her spirits, but her stomach growled, she put down the basin and looked around, trying to find if there was anything to eat, but after looking for a long time, there were only some broken wooden porcelain pots in the hall, and not even a mouse was found.

The light in the temple gradually dimmed, and the day passed slowly.

Yue'er was a little depressed, as it was now, she wouldn't last long and would collapse, at this time, a ray of light fell on the shrine on the wall, and Yue'er noticed the blackened landscape painting on the upper half of the shrine.

The painting was nothing special, but a slightly protruding brick caught Yue'er's attention.

There seemed to be a faint handprint printed on the brick, Yue'er approached the shrine and found that there were two shallow footprints on the shrine, and she was suddenly shocked, and suddenly thought that Concubine Baili and the palace master of Qihua Palace had a secret conversation here, is there any secret passage here?

At that moment, Yue'er jumped on the shrine and knocked on the brick with a handprint, but after knocking for a long time, there was no reaction at all, she was unwilling, carefully groped for each brick behind the painting, and suddenly clicked, the wall moved to reveal a gap, Yue'er pushed hard, and found that there was a hole in the wall behind the shrine.

This surprise was not trivial, Yue'er immediately thought that the fake Baili Concubine may not be dead, she may have found a corpse to replace her, otherwise why would she burn herself beyond recognition?

Yue'er thought as she used Second Master Liu's ring to illuminate it and looked around.

I saw that this was a mezzanine, and a passage led from the mezzanine to the underground, Yue'er turned around and saw that there was a latch inside this secret door, if it was inserted, even if she found the mechanism just now, it would be impossible to open it from the inside.

Yue'er didn't know that the last time someone fled in a hurry after lighting a fire in the Kunxi Palace, she didn't have time to lock it from the inside, which left her with the opportunity to push open the secret door, Yue'er plugged in the latch, pushed it again, and made sure that the outside couldn't be opened before walking down, and now even if the queen finds that she is missing, she doesn't know where she went.

Through the faint light on the ring, Yue'er found that this passage was somewhat similar to the dry well of the Baiyu Palace, the bottom gradually widened, the cave walls were brushed with lime, and there was a candlestick every dozen steps.

There are still candles on the candlesticks of this passage, which can be lit as long as they are lit, Yue'er deduced that the concubine of the palace master of the Qihua Palace must have come from here in the Kunxi Palace, but how did she know that there was a passage, and how many such secret passages were there under this palace?

Now Yue'er can conclude that it is impossible for anyone other than the emperor to dig tunnels under the palace, and she guesses in her heart that this emperor should be Xuan Ling and Xuan Long's father Zhao Xi, Zhao Xi is amorous by nature, and it is rumored that he had an affair with Fang Fang, a celebrity in the Qinglou, and Fang Fang lived in the Frost Leaf Pavilion back then.

About a distance of a few hundred zhang, there was an upward passage in front, Yue'er walked up, felt that she had entered a mezzanine again, she didn't know where the door was, so she pushed forward with both hands, but she couldn't push it, she touched the wall again, and found that there was a bolt on one side, this bolt was open, obviously people couldn't lock it from the inside after they went out.

The position with the latch is the door, and Yue'er grabbed the latch and pulled it hard.

There was a click, and the front moved, and a crack opened in the wall.

Yue'er exerted her strength again, a ray of light shot in, and then a hot air and the smell of medicine came to her face, she saw a thousand-armed Guanyin under her feet, and her heart suddenly brightened, she had clearly been here, it was actually the concubine's bedroom!

There was no one in the dormitory at the moment, Yue'er went out and closed the secret door, she jumped off the shrine, saw a few plates of melons and fruits offered on the shrine, and couldn't help but say that she grabbed an apple and ate it, and felt a little strange in her heart, isn't the concubine sick, why don't you lie on the bed?

Concubine Yuan's bedroom was very warm, after eating two apples, Yue'er felt a lot more comfortable, the queen wanted to lock her up in Kunxi Hall to starve to death and freeze to death, but she escaped,

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and Yue'er looked around and saw that there was nowhere else to hide, so she swooped into the bottom of the bed.

The door was pushed open and shut, and two more women were added to the temple.

I only heard an extremely familiar voice say: "The queen's methods are really clever!" ”

Hearing this voice, Yue'er almost exclaimed, this is clearly Concubine Baili, she really didn't die!

Concubine Yuan's voice snorted.

"Yes, Sikong Wenlan is really powerful, she has followed the Queen Mother all these years, only promised, everyone thought she was a follower, I didn't expect to have such means, now the prince, King Lu and King Jing are all finished!"

"Yesterday, fortunately, His Highness was not fooled!"

"It's a fluke."

"Where, this is the palace master's cleverness, and he can see through this at a glance that this is the queen's poisonous plan!"

"Sikong Wenlan, that woman, spread the news of the death of the Queen Mother at the same time, the prince, King Lu, and King Jing immediately brought people into the palace, but they fought at the West Gate, and they were ambushed there by the Imperial City Division of Sikong Man, and they were caught!"

"King Lu Zhaoxu is definitely finished, he doesn't stay in Luzhou, and quietly sneaks back to Gale City, this is a big crime of bullying the king, and the prince and King Jing are also a serious crime to support their families!"

"Yes, it's a pity that although they fought, they used wooden sticks, and no one died!"

Yue'er was relieved when she heard that there were no dead people, and shook her head secretly, how did the prince do it, she told him that the people around her are only trustworthy as Rudong, why should she believe others?

Concubine Yuan said worriedly: "What does it mean that a plan can't be made, and another plan is born, Shu'er didn't bring anyone into the palace yesterday, but Sikong Wenlan will never let him go, as long as the court situation is still in the hands of Sikong father and daughter, no one can compete!" ”

"What then?"

"Keep waiting!"

"Now that King Qi is in charge of the country alone, the queen will definitely be able to find his fault, do we want to let His Highness be calculated by the queen?"

"Hong'er, what is your plan?"

Baili Fei seemed to cringe a little.

"Hong'er is stupid, I haven't thought of it yet."

Concubine Yuan's voice suddenly became soft, and she said, "Hong'er, do you still hate the punishment that this palace gave you last time?" ”

Concubine Baili hurriedly knelt down and said, "Don't dare, Hong'er did something wrong and should be punished." ”

"Come, let me see if your injuries are healed?"

"Yes, yesβ€”"

Concubine Baili stretched out an arm, Concubine Yuan looked at it for a while, and said, "Why is Ling Shangyu so heavy, next time the palace will talk about her!" ”

"No, no, Hong'er is truly repentant, and the palace master must not blame Ling Shangyu."

Yue'er happened to see Bailifei's face bowed under the bed, she is now a palace maid with light makeup, her age is twenty-seven or eighteen, the corners of her mouth moved slightly when she spoke just now, and there was a touch of hatred in her eyes, Yue'er's heart moved, could it be that Bailifei's mistake was punished by Concubine Yuan, and she had already given birth to a different heart?

"Okay, since that's the case, then you can tell me what you think, now the two of us are discussing, and this palace doesn't blame you!"

"Yes, Hong'er thinks that if she has to do it, she can find an opportunity to do it!"

"No, if you start now, the fish will die and the net will be broken, this is a last resort, it is a good idea!"