Chapter 318: Those Things in the Secret Passage
How could Dezong not blame himself, he raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and sighed for a long time: "To put it bluntly, I didn't handle everything well back then, otherwise you wouldn't have suffered those sins."
"Chen'er, I'm sorry for you for my father."
Over the years, he has been very self-blaming for not being able to let Chen'er recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors.
Mo Chen squatted in front of him and said softly, "Father, don't blame yourself anymore, the past is in the past, and the most important thing now is that we are all well."
Dezong touched his head with his old hand, and the old tears flowed: "Chen'er, I'm afraid that after I go down, your mother will definitely complain about me." She asked me to take care of you before she died, but I didn't take care of you."
In that situation at that time, it was a pity that he couldn't see the last side of his concubine. However, he didn't take good care of Chen'er, making him suffer so much.
Mo Chen understood that this was his father's heart knot, and it was not something he could coax in a few words: "Mother Concubine will not blame my father. The mother concubine knows her father's difficulties best, and she will not blame her father for this."
After the death of the mother concubine in childbirth, the palace turmoil had not completely subsided, and his father did not dare to bring him back to the palace when he was born, for fear of any accidents, so he asked King An to take care of him and continue to deal with the follow-up of the palace turmoil.
This treatment is several years.
When the palace chaos is dealt with, my father wants to recognize him, how can it be so easy.
Dezong felt uncomfortable and sad: "I failed to protect your mother and concubine, and I didn't protect you. Chen'er, I am a failed husband and father."
Mo Chen patiently accompanied him: "Father, you are not, you have done a good job."
The quiet Tang Yingying sighed in her heart, she could only blame the creation of people.
When Dezong calmed down a little, he issued an order to cancel the marriage between Tang Yingying and King Hua, and handed over the power to Mo Chen: "Chen'er, my father doesn't want to take care of things anymore. For the rest of the day, my father wants to live quietly for a few years."
"Back then, your mother always said that if you could live quietly for a few years, it would be so comfortable."
He failed to bring his concubine a day of peace.
Mo Chen agreed: "Father, please rest assured, I will take care of the Western Dynasty and choose the most suitable successor."
Dezong is interested in Mo Chen, but he also knows that his son's temperament is not suitable for being an emperor: "You can just have an idea about these things. Chen'er, you and Tang Yingying will be good in the future, don't be like me and your mother, you know?"
Mo Chen wrote it down, accompanied Dezong for a while, and then helped him to rest.
Tang Yingying stood outside the hall and waited.
After a while, there was another person beside her: "Your Majesty is asleep?"
Mo Chen snorted, "Yingying, is there no way?"
Tang Yingying understood how uncomfortable he was: "It's really no way. Your Majesty's current dragon body is like a tattered cup, which can barely be repaired, but it cannot be repaired."
"If you have time, you can accompany Your Majesty more. Your Majesty's mood is better, and people will be much better."
Mo Chen covered his face with his hand, "I never thought of such a thing. It seems to me that Your Majesty will live many more years."
Tang Yingying couldn't bear to tell him that even if there was no such thing, His Majesty would not have lived for many years.
She stood there quietly with Mo Chen.
I don't know how long it took, Mo Chen lowered his head: "Yingying, can we live in the palace for the time being?"
Tang Yingying knew that he wanted to accompany His Majesty more: "I live in the palace, and my name is not right, and I am also worried about my family. In this way, you will stay in the palace for the time being, and the next day I will enter the palace to ask for your majesty's pulse."
Mo Chen was not reluctant: "Thank you for your hard work. I'll send you back to Xin's house first, and then I'll go back to the palace to deal with things."
"His Royal Highness the Regent!" A eunuch walked over quickly and saluted, "I have seen His Royal Highness the Regent, Miss Tang. Your Royal Highness the Regent, there is progress over there, please come and take a look."
Mo Chen and Tang Yingying diverted to Princess Lanyue's bedroom.
When the two arrived at the secret passage, a torch was handed by the forbidden army.
Mo Chen held the torch and helped Tang Yingying to carefully go down the secret passage.
Tang Yingying noticed that all the gems on the stairs of the secret passage had been pried down, so the handrails were pitted. Oil lamps hung on the walls, illuminating most of the staircase, but there were still some places where they could not be illuminated.
When you go down the stairs, you will see a luxurious and ostentatious palace, like a miniature version of the imperial palace.
"Princess Lanyue is really extravagant." She pursed her lips, "From this alone, it can be seen that Princess Lanyue is a person who likes luxury. If she becomes the empress, I am afraid that the entire Western Dynasty will have to satisfy her endless luxury."
In the previous life, all dynasties were not without emperors who liked luxury, but without exception, they all became the kings of the dead country.
Mo Chen took her hand and walked forward with a torch: "Princess Lanyue's life in Jingci Nunnery has not been easy recently, she is not used to living a simple life, she can't eat well and sleep well."
Tang Yingying snorted coldly: "That's what she deserves!" Think about how many people she has killed for her own selfishness, and still delusionally want to be an empress, if she doesn't clean her up a little, she will even forget who she is."
Mo Chen hummed in agreement.
When the two of them entered, they saw a middle-aged man greet them, one of the three people who had begun to explore the secret passage.
"Lord, princess." The middle-aged man saluted and led Mo Chen and Tang Yingying to one of the palaces: "We found a lot of weapons in one palace. Judging from the newness of these weapons, they have been used for a long time."
When Tang Yingying and Mo Chen heard this, their first reaction was: Private soldiers!
"Princess Lanyue raised a private soldier?" Tang Yingying guessed.
Mo Chen: "It's hard to say. The people who know this secret passage may not be the only one who knows this secret passage, it may be someone else, but Princess Lanyue is the most likely."
Tang Yingying hummed, and Mochen followed the middle-aged man to the palace with weapons.
"This palace was originally very ordinary, and all the weapons were hidden in the dark compartment." The middle-aged man pointed to the dark compartment in the palace.
Tang Yingying swept around the dark grids and found that these dark grids were everywhere, even under the chairs. If these compartments are restored, no one will find out that there are weapons hidden here.
"How many weapons are there?"
Middle-aged man: "The weapons hidden here are probably for 2,000 people. My subordinates have asked someone to see it, and the oldest weapon has been in use for more than a year."
"More than a year ......" Tang Yingying thought that Princess Lanyue was still waiting in Jingci Nunnery more than a year ago, but there were private soldiers training in the palace here.
Mo Chen suddenly said, "Private soldiers are not trained here."
Tang Yingying: "Why do you say that?"
Mo Chen pointed to the ground, "The newness of the ground tells me. If you were training here, the ground wouldn't be like this, and there would have been a lot of marks. Besides, it shouldn't be possible for Princess Lanyue to train private soldiers here, it's too loud."
"I'm guessing she's putting her weapon here and taking it out when she's going to use it."
A question mark popped up on Tang Yingying's head: "Isn't it troublesome to do this?" Weapons are brought and frought."
Mo Chen: "Maybe in Princess Lanyue's opinion, it is not safe for the weapon to remain in the hands of those private soldiers, and it has to be placed here to be safe."
Tang Yingying couldn't quite understand Princess Lanyue's brain circuit, and she didn't plan to understand, "What are you going to do with these weapons? If we take it, Princess Lanyue will find out."
Mo Chen already had an idea: "Stay here. You have to have conclusive evidence to convict Princess Lanyue, isn't it?"
Tang Yingying: "That's what you said. If there is no conclusive evidence, Princess Lanyue will not admit it."
"There are weapons hidden in this palace, but what about the other palaces?"
The middle-aged man said, "Except for the three palaces leading to other places, the palace in the middle has the Jinluan Palace, and there is a set of dragon robes on the dragon chair of the Jinluan Palace. Judging from the size and pattern of the dragon robe, it should be worn by a woman."
Tang Yingying and Mo Chen glanced at each other, and look, how well prepared Princess Lanyue was, even the dragon robe and the Jinluan Palace were ready, which showed how much she wanted to ascend the throne as the emperor.
The middle-aged man continued, "There is also a place called the Harem, which is large and small
There are more than a dozen palaces, each with a different layout, and the most prosperous is the Zhongjing Palace......
Tang Yingying sighed twice: "Princess Lanyue not only wants to be the empress, but also wants to have a harem of three thousand."
She really admired Princess Lanyue, who was whimsical to such an extent.
Mo Chen was even more disgusted with Princess Lanyue, and this woman had these sweet dreams all day long: "Is there anything else to discover?"
Middle-aged man: "My subordinates didn't dare to easily explore those three passages, for fear that they would startle the snakes, and the rest were not found for the time being."
Mo Chen knew that he couldn't explore the three secret passages for the time being: "Check this palace again. Wait until the detective is careful to restore the original state, so that no one will notice the problem."
When the words fell, he led Tang Yingying out of the secret passage.
Tang Yingying exhaled and moved her neck: "I see that Princess Lanyue often goes to the secret passage, we have to be vigilant, lest she suddenly appear."
Mo Chen: "In the next two days, we will investigate the secret passage."
"Let's go, I'll send you back to Xin's house." The matter of marriage is settled, and the matter of our marriage should be put on a daily basis."
Tang Yingying chuckled lightly: "This can be regarded as the regent's wishes."
Mo Chen's thin lips curled slightly: "Yes, it's finally as I wanted. Next, I just need to prepare the matters related to marriage, and I can marry you, and I don't have to worry about anything going wrong."
The two walked out as they spoke.
"It's Tang in a few days...... Xin Wen'an's farewell banquet, have they all been arranged?" Mo Chen asked.
Tang Yingying sighed, "It should be all arranged." My aunt was busy with the matter of the step. It's better to keep my aunt busy, so that she doesn't always worry about Xin Xing and be in a bad mood."
Xin Xing's situation has improved a lot, but she still doesn't want to go back to the Western Capital, she wants to live in Zhuangzi all the time. This means that her mental illness has not improved, and she subconsciously resists Xidu.
Mo Chen: "After the banquet, let's go see Xin Xing together. The process that should be followed is to be followed, so that no one will make irresponsible remarks."