Chapter 117

The palace has entered the most depressed season of the year, the flowers in the imperial garden have withered, and the former majestic palace has now become a little more depressed under the reflection of the slanting sun in late autumn.

The people in the palace also put on late autumn costumes early, and soon the cold winter will come.

As the sun set, Li Zhen and Long Xiao quietly sneaked into this centuries-old building complex.

"Be careful!" Long Xiao pulled back Li Zhen, who was about to rush out.

"Don't you see a patrol over there?" Long Xiao pointed with a finger, and a team of patrols behind him was walking towards this side.

"Why are there so many guards in the palace?" Li Zhen said impatiently, they finally sneaked into the palace, they had been hiding in this dark corner for a long time, and they had not yet found the time to go out.

"Nonsense, this is the Imperial Palace, do you think it's your back garden?" Long Xiao said to Li Zhen in a low voice.

"Then what should I do? I can't stay here all the time, can we? When it gets dawn, you and I will wait to be a live target!" Li Zhen saw that he always had no chance to move forward, so he simply sat down.

"Hurry up! Let's go!" Long Xiao has been observing here for a long time, the soldiers on night patrol will take a slightly longer rest every half an hour, he saw that there was no one patrolling the palace road at this moment, and hurriedly urged Li Zhen to continue walking.

"Lao Tzu doesn't sit down, you won't leave!" Li Zhen glanced at Long Xiao fiercely, he said impatiently, but he still quickly got up and followed closely behind Long Xiao.

"Duanshou Palace?"

They walked to a secluded building, and in the moonlight, Long Xiao saw three big characters written on the plaque at the door.

"This is the residence of the old queen mother, and it is a strange thing to hear that the queen mother was not persecuted after the emperor was imprisoned. Long Xiao whispered to Li Zhen.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhh

They stood at the door of Duanshou Palace, and heard soldiers patrolling on the left and right, if they were discovered by the patrol and made a noise, then whether they could find Liu Zhi and said that it was probably not so simple for them to retreat with their whole body.

The two of them looked around for a place to hide, but there were no flowers and plants around them, and there was really no place to hide, Li Zhen tugged at Long Xiao's clothes with his hand and pointed to the rear.

Long Xiao understood, and they jumped into the Duanshou Palace.

Liu Zhi became the emperor, even if it was the land of the Empress Dowager of the previous dynasty, it was naturally cold and deserted, and there was no need to say much, but this Empress Dowager Jinghui was the daughter of Feng Kun, a scholar of Wenshu Pavilion, and Liu Ji was Feng Kun's disciple, so the Liu family was grateful to Feng Kun, although Jinghui's son was imprisoned, Liu Zhi still let Jinghui live in Duanshou Palace.

As soon as Long Xiao and Li Zhen landed, they were about to look around to observe the situation here, when the black light was blinding, and suddenly a human face appeared in front of them.

Li Zhen and Long Xiao each covered their mouths, staring at frightened eyes, and no one dared to scream, for fear of letting the patrol officers and soldiers hear.

Li Zhen looked at the person who came carefully, and it turned out to be a very old woman, but she still had a beautiful demeanor, could it be that this person was the queen mother of the former dynasty?

The woman shook her hand at both of them and motioned for them to come into the house.

Li Zhen and Long Xiao looked at each other, but they didn't expect that the old queen mother didn't report them, but let them into the house.

"Sit down!" After the old queen mother entered the house, she pointed to the chair next to her, and her tone was very easy-going, and she did not have the posture of the queen mother at all, perhaps it was also the reason for the loss of power! The old queen mother personally made a pot of tea and brought it over.

"Please drink tea!" Although the old woman is the queen mother, her tea-making skills are very delicate and skillful, and every movement is just right, not slow.

"Thank you!" Long Xiao saw that the Queen Mother was still holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, knowing that she was also a believer, he naturally felt more cordial in his heart, and he clasped his hands together to express his gratitude.

"I'm tired!" Li Zhen probably never thought in his life that one day the queen mother in the palace would pour tea for herself, this is incredible.

"Where did you come from, and where are you going?" said the old woman, as she sat down slowly, word by word.

"We entered the palace this time to find out the real reason for the turmoil in the imperial court?" Long Xiao said without concealment, in fact, he did not completely reveal their true intentions to the Queen Mother, although the Queen Mother has been deprived of nothing left, but she still retains the dignity and glory of the royal family.

"I have already told Ling'er that we must guard against the people of the Liu family in the court, but our orphans and widows are not the opponents of the powerful ministers, and we ended up like this, and I will not be buried by the side of the first emperor after I die. When the Queen Mother talked about this, she burst into tears.

"I want to ask, do you know where our Liu Zhi lives at night?" Li Zhen asked while drinking tea.

"Two knights, since they can enter the palace, they are definitely not ordinary people, what are you going to do with Liu Zhi?" the Queen Mother still said slowly.

"How did you know that we were going to deal with Liu Zhi?" said Long Xiao with a smile.

"Liu Zhi is disloyal and unfilial, and he has never been seen in the history books! But all flesh-and-blood people want to be punished quickly, I see the two of them, righteous and awe-inspiring, and will never tolerate a villain like Liu Zhi in charge!" The Queen Mother looked at Long Xiao and Li Zhen, and coughed twice, after all, she was old, and it was particularly difficult to breathe when she coughed slightly.

"The Queen Mother thinks too highly of us, we just want Liu Zhi to abdicate, the 100,000 Wang Lang army outside the city will attack the city at any time, and the garrison of the Beijing division alone is not enough for Wang Lang's army!" Li Zhen said with a miserable smile.

"Are you going to talk about it with white teeth, and Liu Zhi will willingly give up the Nine Dragons Treasure Chair?" the Queen Mother looked at the two of them suspiciously.

"We have to find Liu Zhi before we can force him to comply!" Li Zhen suddenly stood up and said.

"Young man, don't be impulsive, Liu Zhi can't move yet!" the Queen Mother suddenly said sternly.

"Why can't you move?" Long Xiao also felt a little incredulous.

"Maybe you don't know Liu Zhi quite well, Liu Zhi followed Liu Ji not only learned to meet in the officialdom, but also secretly taught him a set of royal mastery, this set of royal mastery is powerful, Liu Zhi has only mastered Sancheng, and his cultivation has been superb. If the two of you really want to do something with Liu Zhi, you may not be able to take advantage of anything. The Queen Mother said.

"Is it so powerful? What kind of trick is the royal mastery, Liu Zhi has mastered thirty percent, and he is already superb. Is it okay to continue cultivating?" Long Xiao said with palpitations.

"Even if you kill this emperor, there will be the next Liu Zhi appear, and now Liu Zhi is still the eldest son of the Liu family, people from all walks of life take advantage of Liu Ji's residual power, and they are still obedient, and the decree can barely be conveyed, if it is replaced by someone other than Liu Ji's father and son, the machine of this country will be paralyzed. ”

"I advise you to stop the assassination of Liu Zhi for the time being, and wait until the situation stabilizes for a period of time to do this. ”

The Queen Mother spoke in a very gentle tone, completely devoid of the majesty and heaviness of the mother's world.

"It's easy to go up the mountain, but it's hard to go down. Now the two of us are trapped in the palace, the sky is about to dawn, how can we get out in vain?" Li Zhen pondered.

"We can't just leave, where is Liu Zhi's palace, we have to go and find out. Long Xiao didn't think so, he felt that since he was here, he couldn't run in vain.

"You two don't know the height of the sky, you broke into the muzzle of the gun, don't blame me for not reminding you. Seeing that the two of them insisted on breaking through, the Queen Mother was unwilling to do too much persuasion.

After going out from my gate, turn right, cross the three palace roads, and you will see the Panlong Palace, where Liu Zhi lives. Hu Gonggong

Li Zhen and Long Xiao said goodbye to the Queen Mother and ran straight to the Panlong Palace.

At this time, the night watch soldiers were the most sleepy time of the day, and the two of them tiptoed to their feet, and they did not encounter any obstacles along the way.

Li Zhen felt that the spiritual power in his body was constantly beating, as if something had changed. They turned over and entered the hospital, and the scene in front of them was indeed beyond Li Zhen's expectations.

In this Panlong Palace, there are few guards, and it is not at all like the palace of the king of a country.

"What's going on?" Long Xiao could also see that this place was unusual.

"Shhhhhh

The two of them continued to walk inside, and there were only one or two lights in the huge Panlong Palace at the moment, making a squeaky sound under the moonscape.

"Haha......" Suddenly a hearty laugh came from the room.

"What's the sound?" Long Xiao looked around vigilantly.

"Come on, come on, what are you doing sneakily?" was Liu Zhi's gloomy voice.

"I'm still bothering you to show up!" Long Xiao could only hear the person talking, but he didn't know where the person was, and he felt a little creepy in his heart.

"Haha...... Interesting young man!" As soon as Liu Zhi's words fell, he appeared in front of Li Zhen and Long Xiao, as if he appeared out of thin air, without any premonition.

"Are you Liu Zhi?" Li Zhen carefully observed the middle-aged man in front of him who was not too old and had a mustache.

"What is it, what is it, what is not? Wang Lang's 100,000 army is eyeing the tiger, nothing can happen to the imperial court at this moment, you are also knights of righteousness in the rivers and lakes, and now in the face of national righteousness, you should not trespass into the palace, and ignore the laws of the world!" Liu Zhi suddenly said coldly to Li Zhen and Long Xiao.

"Liu Zhi, you are too unkind to do things! Don't talk about driving away the old emperor, you still dare to call yourself the emperor privately, you can do this thing in vain. Li Zhen pointed at Liu Zhi unceremoniously.

"Dare to ask the young man's name, where does he come from?" Liu Zhi was not in a hurry when he heard what Li Zhen said, he saw that Li Zhen had a beautiful face, red lips and white teeth, and a domineering atmosphere when he walked, and he was secretly surprised that this person would definitely be unavoidable in the future.