"Really?" Xia Jingnian was very surprised, and then left the Jinluan Hall with Yu Chide.

Not far from the Jinluan Palace, Liu Rou was secretly observing Xia Jingnian's movements, watching him and Yu Chide hurrying by, and wanted to follow to find out, but thinking that Yu Chide was by his side, he was a very cautious and extremely loyal person to Xia Jingnian, and after thinking about it, forget it, it would be bad to expose himself.

Inside the dungeon.

This is a secret dungeon built by Xia Jingnian, only a few of Xia Jingnian's henchmen know about it, and Wei Chide is one of them.

The door of the dungeon opened, and it took Xia Jingnian a while to get used to the darkness here, and he squinted in, and in the middle of the dungeon, a person was tied to an iron chain.

"This is a spy from the Western Regions?" Xia Jingnian asked.

Wei Chide nodded and said: "Yes, the emperor, this person is very cunning, and it took a lot of effort for Weichen to arrest him." At this moment, the spy was gagged, his hands and feet were tied to chains, and he could not move.

Wei Chide knew how important this person was to Xia Jingnian, so as soon as he caught him, he took him directly to the dungeon.

"This time it was very thoughtful." Patting Wei Chi De's shoulder appreciatively, Xia Jingnian put his hands on his chest and looked at the spy who was about to kill him with his eyes, and sneered: "Let him go, I'll ask him something." ”

Wei Chide glanced at the two people guarding him, and his subordinates understood and took off the rags from the spies' mouths.

Clearing his throat, Xia Jingnian said casually: "You don't have to look at me with such cannibalistic eyes." I won't do anything to you, ask you anything, you just answer. ”

The spy snorted coldly, only to see that he glanced at Xia Jingnian with great disdain, and before he could even say a word, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, he didn't move, he didn't even blink his eyes, and looked at Xia Jingnian fixedly.

Wei Chide immediately noticed that something was wrong, hurriedly walked up, reached out to his neck, and cursed, "He actually committed suicide!" ”

Commit suicide? Xia Jingnian frowned, his hands and feet were tied, how could he have a chance to commit suicide?

Wei Chide knew that Xia Jingnian had doubts in his heart, so he opened his mouth and fell out of his mouth.

No one needs to explain, Xia Jingnian can also know what this means, his stomach is overturned, but his face is strong, and there is no change at all.

"In that case, then drag him out and throw him away, and don't bury him in this dungeon." Xia Jingnian waved his hand casually, taking a step ahead, and Yu Chide followed behind.

Out of the dungeon, Xia Jingnian took several deep breaths before relieving himself, he turned around and said to Wei Chide: "Since this spy is dead, then our clues will be broken." But you still can't take it lightly, I always feel that something is going on in this palace, and it will take a few days of hard work for you. ”

Wei Chide hurriedly clasped his fists with both hands, bowed his head and said: "What did the emperor say, don't bother the minister." ”

"You know that I have never treated you as a courtier, and you are my brother." Seeing that Wei Chide was so serious, Xia Jingnian was a little unhappy.

Wei Chide still looks serious, "First the monarch and the minister, then the brother." ”

He was very stubborn, and Xia Jingnian didn't argue with him about this, so he let him go.

Back to the Jinluan Palace, Xia Jingnianrao had already washed his body on the dragon couch, but he still couldn't sleep after tossing and turning.

After another sigh, my father-in-law came over and asked with concern, "Your Majesty, can't you sleep?" Do you want the slave to notify which lady to come over and sleep? ”

Xia Jingnian didn't give her father-in-law a good look, "I can't sleep because I'm worried about the queen!" ”

The father-in-law instantly understood, "Then the emperor is worried about the queen's comfort, what good idea is there at this moment?" ”

"Nope." Xia Jingnian shook his head, and somehow, he suddenly felt that Ji Qiang was in a corner of this palace? Flying

"Go get me a night suit!" He wanted to find out what was going on in the palace himself.

As soon as he heard this, his father-in-law was frightened, "Your Majesty, where are the night clothes in this palace, what are you going to do?" ”

Xia Jingnian patted the hat on his father-in-law's head, "There are still things that you can't get from the chief eunuch?" If not, go ahead and do it for me! I'll give you a cup of tea, go ahead! ”

When my father-in-law heard this, he smiled bitterly and hurriedly went down to prepare.

After changing into night clothes, Xia Jingnian planned to turn out of the Jinluan Hall through the window, but his father-in-law just wanted to persuade him, but he was glared back by Xia Jingnian, "Don't tell anyone about my outing!" ”

"Yes!" The father-in-law replied helplessly.

Somehow, Xia Jingnian always felt that there was something wrong with the Beauty Pavilion, and today he has always been a little uneasy in his heart, which made him unable to sleep, and even found a night suit to find out.

Throughout the ages, the emperor who walked back and forth in his palace in night clothes was probably the only one in his Xia Jingnian, right?

Beauty Pavilion.

Xia Jingnian quietly fell from the eaves and came to the room where he and Liu Rou had stayed together before.

Somehow, the last time he was in the Beauty Pavilion, he seemed to hear Ji Qiang's voice calling him? It's just that he didn't hear it clearly at the time, and he was afraid that rash inquiry would arouse Liu Rou's suspicions, and if Ji Qiang was really inside, he would take her away. It is better for him to pretend that he can't hear and seek the right time to find out.

In the secret passage.

Ji Qiang really thinks too much. She thought it would be useful for Liu Rou to keep her in, so she would definitely bring her food and drink.

Unexpectedly, this Liu Rou seemed to have forgotten her existence, and she hadn't seen her since she left that day.

She spends her days in this dark secret passage, and she doesn't know what year it is.

Endure when you are thirsty, and endure when you are hungry.

Because she didn't eat or drink for a long time, she couldn't go to the toilet even if she wanted to, so she could only wake up and fall asleep.

Every now and then she knocked twice on the ground, hoping that someone would hear her and take her away from this dark passage.

At first, she still had some strength, and there was still some sound when she knocked, but gradually, her physical strength was little by little, and the frequency of knocking became lower and lower, and the sound became smaller and smaller.

In the end, Ji Qiang felt that she was ridiculous, in the hands of the enemy, no matter how much she knocked it, no one would pay attention to her.

But she kept knocking, it was her last struggle, right?

Knock, knock, knock.

As soon as Xia Jingnian entered this room, he heard a subtle voice coming from the ground.

Who? Xia Jingnian squinted slightly, now that the night is late, and no one is staying in this hall, who will be knocking out the movement underground?

He padded his feet and walked towards the source of the sound, pricking up his ears to listen carefully, his heartbeat inexplicably accelerated, and he always felt that he should see what was going on here!

Just as he was standing on one of the floor tiles, the secret passage opened.

Inside was Ji Qiang, who was dying, knocking on the ground with the last of his strength!