Chapter 288: The Secret Passage

"One of the biggest reasons is that I don't want to be your enemy!"

Being able to make peace with King's Landing was something she couldn't have imagined at the beginning. The famous Four Princes are here, even if she has confidence in herself, she can't underestimate him.

At night, Mu Qingyan's voice sounded slowly.

The two of them are by mistake, and it is also the arrangement of fate.

Mu Qingyan didn't expect it, and King's Landing didn't expect that one day the two would be happy with each other.

Even if King's Landing just stood on the ground, he was a person who killed all directions, and he couldn't be easily provoked, but at this moment, when he was pulled into his arms to warm up, Mu Qingyan actually had a good feeling in a trance in front of him.

Embracing the man into his arms, King's Landing lowered his head and kissed her on the lips...... Their hearts beat in unison......

Mu Qingyan's hand also moved, gently stroking his cheek......

The night passed, and the day passed in the blink of an eye.

Mu Qingyan didn't know when she fell asleep, and when she woke up, King's Landing had already left as before.

The sun came out slightly, the wind was sunny, a little more warm, at this moment, there was a rare comfort and comfort.

The chaos at yesterday's banquet was too shrouded in haze.

I didn't expect that this time King's Landing was not like what happened before, but directly confronted the fake Queen Mother Shui Linglong.

It's just that I don't know what the situation is in Cining Palace now?

Once, she had nowhere to vent her frustration, and many things she didn't figure out, but after yesterday, she realized that it was the fake queen mother who was behind her back.

It's hard for King's Landing to be misunderstood by her, and she has to endure her temper and then solve the problem.

"Princess, it's time for breakfast!" Luan'er watched Yan'er bring bird's nest porridge and reminded softly.

Hearing this, Mu Qingyan retracted her thoughts, took the porridge handed over by Yan'er, and after a few sips, Xiaolianzi's father-in-law came to pass on the message, and the emperor woke up and wanted to see her.

"What is the emperor's status now?" Putting down the bird's nest porridge in her hand, Mu Qingyan asked lightly.

Xiao Lianzi's father-in-law naturally didn't dare to have any dissatisfaction with Mu Qingyan who was sitting there, and hurriedly said: "After the lord of Baili Valley gave the emperor an injection, the emperor's face was a little more energetic than when he woke up. ”

Hearing this, Mu Qingyan thought for a moment, looked at Xiao Lianzi's father-in-law, and said, "I suddenly remembered that there were some things to take and then go over, and I asked Xiao Lianzi's father-in-law to go back to the emperor first, and I will arrive later." ”

When Xiao Lianzi heard this, he hurriedly smiled and replied: "Fourth princess, you are serious, this is the slave's business. ”

Mu Qingyan asked casually, "Are there still four princes in the emperor's bedroom?" As she spoke, she gestured to Luan'er and Yan'er to clean up.

"Back to the fourth princess, the fourth prince is not in the emperor's bedroom. Xiao Lianzi replied.

"Then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still going?" Mu Qingyan got up from her seat and asked solemnly, "Are there many Praetorian Guards outside the emperor's bedroom?"

When Xiao Lianzi heard this, he hurriedly replied: "The princess is really powerful, and I know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to see the emperor, but after the emperor woke up, he couldn't see it and turned the prince away." No matter how long His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been standing outside the palace, he will not see it, and as for the Praetorian Guards, it seems that there are really too many......"

"The queen, the queen mother, haven't you ever been to the emperor's bedroom?" Mu Qingyan said lightly.

These words were like a thunderbolt in the sky.

Xiao Lianzi's heart was suddenly shocked, and in a trance, he almost thought that he had heard it wrong, and when he heard this, he instinctively felt dangerous, and asked with a white face: "Fourth princess...... You, what do you mean by that?"

As the most powerful eunuch beside Gonggong Gui, his vision naturally sees farther and clearer than ordinary little eunuchs.

Mu Qingyan said indifferently: "It's nothing, this princess just asked casually." You go back first, and I'll be there later. ”

"Yes, yes, the slave will go back and tell the emperor......" Xiao Lianzi's back was sweating, and he felt as if he had heard something he shouldn't have heard, and he had the illusion that he was going to be killed as soon as he came out of this door.

Looking at the back of Xiao Lianzi fleeing in a hurry, Mu Qingyan turned around abruptly and met the puzzled eyes of Luan'er and Yan'er.

"What are you looking at me for?" Mu Qingyan said without changing her face: "You can't blame me, it's really the situation like yesterday that makes me have to think about it more, besides, you two are also around, how can I not make good plans." ”

"Princess, why do you say that it seems to be a palace change?" Yan'er opened her mouth to complain.

As soon as the words fell, he immediately received an iron sand slap from Luan'er.

Mu Qingyan looked at Luan'er with satisfaction, fortunately, there is also a maid who is reliable, however, such an idea has not been implemented to the end.

In the next second, Luan'er's words made her feel the urge to pump herself.

"It's not like, it's true!" Luan'er looked at Yan'er with disgust and said, "I know don't say it, I'm stupid!" Princess, am I right?"

"......" Forget it, when she didn't say and thought that Luan'er was reliable!

Mu Qingyan asked Luan'er to go out with the medical box and walk towards the emperor's bedroom.

"Princess, that female assassin died yesterday, I can't figure it out, she has been searched and her body is also heavily guarded by the Praetorian Guards, how can she still commit suicide on the way to escort?" Yan'er followed behind Mu Qingyan and asked.

Hearing this, Mu Qingyan raised her eyebrows, and said as she walked: "That female assassin is indeed strange, as for why she died so violently, I have to see it to know." ”

"However, I heard that the female assassin has been abandoned in a mass grave by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Yan'er said seriously.

This matter, but when she was in the morning, she knew it from Zhang Qing's mouth, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with it.

At that time, Zhang Qing happened to report to the fourth prince, and the prince had not yet gotten up, and when she was free, she asked Zhang Qing at the door.

Hearing this, Mu Qingyan stopped, raised her eyes and looked at Luan'er, Luan'er received the gaze and nodded slightly with tacit understanding.

The color in his eyes was instantly solemn, he didn't expect the prince to do this, was it to destroy the corpse, or did he really feel the ignorance of the need to keep evidence when people died?

"Zhang Heng didn't come back to be on duty last night?"

This was obviously asked by Luan'er, Mu Qingyan's eyes rolled slightly, and then she continued to walk into the door of the emperor's bedroom not far away.

"Didn't come back!" Luan'er followed.

When the words fell, Xiao Lianzi's father-in-law had already walked out of the hall quickly.

"Fourth princess, you're here!

Mu Qingyan bowed slightly, and walked into the emperor's bedroom with Xiao Lianzi's personal guidance, only to see one out of a hundred busy before and after, doing a series of inspections for the emperor.

"Knock to see the emperor!" Seeing this, she stepped forward and saluted.

When the emperor heard Mu Qingyan's voice, he opened his mouth and said weakly: "Excuse me, give a seat!"

"Emperor Xie!" Mu Qingyan sat on the chair that Gonggong Gui had brought to him, and the chair was close to the emperor's dragon bed.

One of the hundred miles bowed slightly to her, and she didn't mean to discuss the emperor's illness with her. In addition to this polite gesture, I did it in front of the bookcase on the side and began to write the prescription.

In such a position, she naturally followed the position to take the pulse of the emperor.

The emperor was also very cooperative, but his eyes kept staring at Mu Qingyan's face, until Mu Qingyan let go of his wrist, and then he said: "My body, I know it very well, you two don't have to hide it from me." ”

"Don't worry too much, the lord of Baili Valley is the medicine king's personal heir, and he is the world's miracle doctor, so there will be a way. Mu Qingyan said lightly.

In the face of the patient's negativity, at this moment, no matter which identity she is, she can't tell him directly, and time is running out.

"There are a lot of Praetorian Guards outside the Emperor's Bedroom!" Mu Qingyan said softly to the one of the hundred who also came out of the Emperor's Bedroom.

Standing in the spacious corridor, looking at the magnificent palace outside, he groaned for a while, and replied: "You don't have to turn around and ask me, you can see it, don't you!"

"Hmm!" replied lightly, and Mu Qingyan's eyes also looked at the magnificent palace.

"Are you worried about him?" Baili looked back at her and raised an eyebrow.

"Obviously!" Mu Qingyan replied unabashedly: "I'm so obvious that I can't see it, this is really a problem with your eyes!"

When he heard the words, he was silent.

After a long time, he spoke: "Since you came in, your eyes have been searching, looking for him to see if he is here. It might be dangerous now, and you're going to go too?"

Mu Qingyan was silent and answered him firmly in silence.

After all, Mu Qingyan still walked to Cining Palace in person......

The three big characters of Cining Palace are presented in front of you, and there are already many people in front of the door.

Mu Qingyan's appearance made the guards get out of the way.

The palace that was supposed to be prosperous, at this moment, is depressed and deserted.

"Where's the prince?"

The secret guard guarding here bowed down and replied last time: "The prince personally led people to chase and escape......

Mu Qingyan listened and nodded, it turned out that these remaining secret guards were fish to prevent leakage, and it was not surprising that King's Landing would deliberately bring someone to catch Shui Linglong.

The leader of the guard here is Zhang Qing, and Zhang Qing heard Mu Qingyan coming inside, and hurriedly came out to greet him.

is different from Zhang Heng's sophistication and tactfulness, Zhang Qing has always been an afterthought, although he can see that his master has a different attitude towards Mu Qingyan. However, he never grasped the scale, so much so that he was punished every time.

"Princess, why are you here?" Zhang Qing saw Mu Qingyan, and his heart smacked his tongue, and he quickly stepped forward, his attitude was as respectful and respectful as when he saw King's Landing.

Mu Qingyan's expression was faint, and she said, "What's the situation here?"

"After a battle last night, she still escaped...... Zhang Qing heard Mu Qingyan's words, so he told in detail.

When Mu Qingyan heard this, her brows furrowed tightly, and she took the initiative to take a step forward and walk inside.

When Zhang Qing saw it, he hurriedly stopped it and said, "Princess, there are a lot of filthy things in it, I'm afraid it will get dirty if you go in!"

He was telling the truth, there were still a lot of corpses in it that had not had time to be destroyed.

Filth?

The corners of Mu Qingyan's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, for a forensic doctor, what kind of filthy thing has he never seen?

"I've dissected the corpses, so I don't need to mention this mess, I'm not so incompetent. ”

Mu Qingyan couldn't help but smile as she spoke, she still remembered the first time she saw Zhang Qing, at that time, Zhang Qing was not as enthusiastic as she is now.

Embarrassment flashed on Zhang Qing's face, and he immediately said, "Princess, what are you looking for inside?"

Mu Qingyan lowered her eyes and thought for a while, and said, "I'm just curious about what you told me, if you are so well prepared, then how can she easily escape in front of your eyes?"

"My subordinates, I am also puzzled, but we have all seen her escape from here with our own eyes......" Zhang Qing replied solemnly: "Moreover, I didn't expect that there was a secret passage in the dormitory of Cining Palace, when we brought someone to intercept her, she disappeared in front of our eyes from the secret passage of the dormitory." ”

After getting important information from Zhang Qing's mouth, Mu Qingyan's eyes flashed a little gloomy, and then, he said, "Take me inside!"

"Yes!" Zhang Qing heard Mu Qingyan's words, and naturally led the way obediently.

The layout of Cining Palace is very grand, the luxury that can be thought of in the palace can be seen here, the main hall building is even more beautiful, and when you enter the queen mother's bedroom, you can see that there are four pillars inlaid with jewels, and the gems are shining in the light.

This is something she has never seen before, even if she has seen many treasures, but at this moment, she is still surprised by the luxury of the Queen Mother.

Every time I come, it is only in the front hall of Cining Palace, I thought that the front hall was already very extravagant, but I didn't expect that it was not very extravagant, only more extravagant.

The apse of Cining Palace, it is a rockery, flowing water, and the garden landscape are all available, all of which are exquisite and exquisite, and the scale of the entire apse is simply breathtaking.

Just following Zhang Qing's lead, it has taken an hour, and it hasn't been done yet.

Mu Qingyan followed the path Zhang Qing said, walked on the uneven stone road, walked slowly, and looked at those beautiful scenery......

Minute by minute.

Mu Qingyan had already walked through all the places she could go, and in the end, she returned to the queen mother's bedroom.

"You said this was searched inside and out?"

Zhang Qing replied: "Yes, the secret guards have searched the palace courtyard here, from the inside to the outside, except for those who resisted and were killed, there are no fake queen mothers here." ”

Mu Qingyan listened, looked at the palace of Cining Palace in silence, and didn't see anything after looking at it for so long, but this place in the General Administration was very strange.

In fact, there is still a question in her heart, if Shui Linglong planned to escape from the beginning, then why, when Zhang Qing and Zhang Heng were killed, they would escape in front of their eyes...... But I can't figure it out.

Isn't this also going to expose the secret of the secret passage in Cining Palace?

I always felt heavy in my heart, and reminded her all the time that there was something strange about this.

Looking at those bloodstained places, there were still some corpses that had not been carried away, if, at that time, the fake Empress Dowager Shui Linglong wanted to escape, then these killed people were blocked for enough time for her to easily escape from the secret passage.

Then why, is there still a scene as Zhang Qing said?

Of course, I haven't forgotten that Shui Linglong has anything to do with the water tribe, this woman has been dominating the entire harem for many years, and she has always watched everyone with a tiger's eye, how can she be less calculating in secret, her minions will definitely not be kind, Shui Linglong's people are definitely ruthless, and they are definitely poisons hidden in the secret to give people a fatal blow.

However, instead of making her feel joyful, these scenes in front of her made her more confused and worried.

She always felt that Shui Linglong was not so simple to solve!

I'm afraid, this is a bureau, a bureau that leads all of them to go inside.

For Shui Linglong, she was by no means unprepared, the only thing that made her uneasy was that she didn't know how much eyeliner Shui Linglong had in the capital, and whether the assassination at yesterday's banquet was related to Shui Linglong?

Is the mention of letting the emperor abdicate and give way to the crown prince a naked provocation, or is it another implication with a meaning?

The spring ploughing banquet was personally prepared by the empress, but there was an assassination on the same day, and then, Shui Linglong deliberately said that to the emperor in front of her and King's Landing.

Shui Linglong was able to be the victor many years ago, and for so many years, no one could suspect that she was a fake queen mother, which is enough to show that she is an extremely smart person.

So, how could such a smart person make a mistake that should not have been made at that time?

The spring ploughing banquet was arranged by the queen, and it was the queen's responsibility if something happened......

It happened that the emperor had an accident that day, and the prince took control of the scene to save the car, is this really just a coincidence?

Now think about everything, the emperor should not be closely protected on weekdays, and the spring ploughing banquet is the best opportunity to assassinate, but it is well known that the emperor has not recovered for a long time, and it looks like he is in his last years.

The queen and the crown prince wouldn't be stupid enough to arrange a killer to assassinate the emperor, right? Could it be that the fake queen mother deliberately confuses the public?

Mu Qingyan stood in front of the palace, thinking about it for a while, and then walked into the dormitory of the fake queen mother, walking casually, until her eyes touched the books on the wall, she came back from her contemplation, and asked suspiciously: "Have you searched this book?"

Zhang Qing replied respectfully: "Back to the princess, it has been searched, and there is nothing abnormal. ”

Hearing this, Mu Qingyan stepped forward to rummage through here and there.

"I really didn't expect that there would be such a wall of books in the splendid place. Mu Qingyan sneered, flipped through the books on the shelves, and said, "There is even a lone book, and it feels like a lot of dust." It's a pity, it's a waste to put it here, Luan'er, Yan'er, come here, take inventory, and let people bring boxes to take away. ”

"Yes, princess!" Luan'er, Yan'er immediately stepped forward to start the counting.

When Zhang Qing heard this, he naturally didn't dare to say no, and hurriedly said: "Princess, my subordinates will go and ask people to bring these books back to you now." ”

Mu Qingyan looked at one book after another with great interest, and when her eyes came to a corner on the wall, the corners of her mouth hooked, she stepped forward and said curiously: "Do you say that someone only reads one corner of the book?

"The subordinates think that what the princess said is right!" Zhang Qing heard this, and also looked at Mu Qingyan's line of sight, and saw that a certain thick book on the corner of the bookshelf on the wall was really slightly different from other books.

"You go take it down and take a look. ”

When Zhang Qing heard this, he naturally stepped forward to get it, only to find that the thick book was so high that he had to step on his feet to touch it.

However, I touched it, but I couldn't take it down.

Zhang Qing worked for a while, and continued with great difficulty, but he still couldn't take the book out of the book, he was tired and sweaty, and he gasped and said, "I can't take it out, it seems to be glued." ”

Mu Qingyan saw it in her eyes, her eyes were heavy, and she said, "You try to turn around." ”

When the words fell, Zhang Qing followed, but he didn't expect that the thick book that he couldn't take out was easily turned.

With a push of the palm, the book tilted, making a 'click' sound.

Then, the bookshelves on the wall parted in the middle, revealing an iron door with no lock on it, but a keyhole attached to the door.

"Except for a lock hole in the door, there is no gap in this iron door, and the workmanship is precise, and it can't be opened without a key, right?"

Zhang Qing stared at the iron door and said, Mu Qingyan had already turned over her palm, and she didn't know where to conjure up a wire out, so she stepped forward and inserted it into the keyhole of the barbed wire, and opened the lock of the door in three or two clicks.

"Boom ......"

The iron door slowly lifted up, and suddenly the door opened to reveal a dark hole, which did not have the strange smell of a cave, only a breeze blowing in his face.

Zhang Qing: "......"

Mu Qingyan is also too powerful, Zhang Qing hasn't even seen how she unlocked the lock, the lock of the integrated iron door is not a simple lock at first glance, but it looks like a gadget in her hands.

The most, the most, and most importantly, as a princess, why can she casually touch the seemingly professional lock-picking wire?

A wall of dusty books didn't even get a trace of dust out of it when they were opened.

Luan'er and Yan'er were very surprised, put down the counting work in their hands, followed behind Mu Qingyan, and looked at the black hole in front of them.

"This is also a secret passage?" Yan'er asked curiously.

Mu Qingyan's eyes were gloomy, and she said, "It seems that it is!"

She said that the situation Zhang Qing said was really very delicate, and besides, the cover-up of the bookshelf in front of her was too much, making it difficult for people to find flaws.

"Princess, are you going to go in?" Luan'er couldn't help but worry when she saw Mu Qingyan walking forward.

When Zhang Qing saw it, he hurriedly spoke up and said, "Princess, I don't know what danger there is in front of me here, so let's let my subordinates bring someone to investigate!"

"Don't get in the way!" Mu Qingyan still wanted to go in to see where this place leads, and ordered: "Go and find me a candle, the ground here is very clean, but it looks like people often walk." ”

Luan'er, Yan'er naturally couldn't resist it, and she could only quickly find a candle from the outside to light it.

One by one, after entering the dark passage, the darkness was suddenly illuminated.

Luan'er walked in the front, Mu Qingyan walked in the middle, and Yan'er walked last......

Seeing that he couldn't stop it, Zhang Qing hurriedly summoned the secret guard to report it to King's Landing......