"Queen Mother, be careful!"
Cheng Wanwan stepped over and yanked the Queen Mother in front of him. She blocked the knife with her back.
However, the knife did not pierce her body, because before attending the palace banquet, she knew that there would be danger tonight, so she was covered with stab-proof equipment.
The Queen Mother looked at Cheng Wanwan in disbelief: "Thank you, Sui Shu."
At such a critical moment, the person who rescued her was not Rongqing, whom she had raised since childhood, but a fateful woman with whom she had never had a close friendship.
"Is the Queen Mother okay?" Empress Rongqing realized later and immediately supported the Queen Mother's arm, "I, I was so scared just now. I thought of the palace incident more than ten years ago, when Princess Duan Min and her parents were I'm so scared to die so tragically in front of me, really scared..."
"I don't blame you." The Queen Mother patted the back of her hand. "It's too dangerous here. Leave quickly."
After He Xiao opened the door to the secret passage, he turned around again and got entangled with the man in black.
After everyone entered the secret passage, He Xiao immediately stepped in and pressed the button on the side of the stone wall. The stone door slowly fell, isolating all dangers from the outside.
This is the secret room of the royal family, and only each emperor knows the entrance and exit.
But now, the emperor has brought so many people into the secret room.
Cheng Wanwan had to admit that this was a good emperor who did not hesitate to show his trump card, but there were also benefits to doing so. Everyone present would remember this kindness and become more loyal to the emperor.
The secret room was very narrow. After walking for a while, it finally became spacious. After walking down the steps for about a quarter of an hour, I saw a large hall.
Everyone present was shocked and started talking in low voices.
"Below the imperial palace, such a large palace was built."
"This place is similar to the Baohe Palace. It can accommodate at least a thousand people."
"I wonder how many days can a thousand people survive with water and food?"
The emperor said calmly: "There is a granary on the left, and on the right is spring water dripping from the rockery pool above. It is enough to keep thousands of people alive for a month."
The total number of people here was only a few hundred. After hearing the emperor's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
However, if they really stay here for a month, everyone should be worried, because it means that the weather outside has changed.
Everyone was frightened a lot, so they each found a place to sit down and rest. Some people were injured, and they temporarily tore up their clothes and bandaged them, which was a relief.
Mrs. Ruan had worry on her face: "I don't know if Lao Ruan can catch Xiao Jue. It's really worrying."
For this palace change, the emperor had made arrangements in advance. The palace was protected by He Xiao. Outside the palace was the General Hussars attacking. There were also imperial guards led by King Qin lurking inside. Attacking from both inside and outside, Xiao Jue's head was bound to be taken. .
The only thing the emperor didn't understand was why Cheng Wanwan could write the name of the rebellious minister so accurately, so he asked this question.
"Because I always wanted to deal with the He family before." Cheng Wanwan lowered his head and said, "My wife has very little strength, so I wanted to ask for foreign help, so I did an in-depth analysis of the power background of the ministers in the DPRK, and I noticed some clues before. , but did not dare to say it openly...it was not until the He family's affairs were exposed that I dared to explain it to the emperor. Facts have proved that my conjecture was not wrong. "
The Queen Mother looked at her with a lot of admiration in her eyes: "Sui Shu has analyzed the situation of the court so thoroughly in less than half a year since she first entered the capital. She is really a smart person. It's a pity that she is a woman."
"Being a woman also has the advantages of being a woman. Otherwise, if my wife analyzes the court like this, I will definitely make the emperor jealous." Cheng Wanwan said bluntly, "And even if she is a woman, didn't the emperor give me the status of a third-grade lady? , this is my wife’s greatest honor and confidence.”
The Queen Mother held her hand: "If we had known that Sui Shuren was alert and intelligent, the Ai family should have summoned you earlier, but it is not too late now. You should go to the palace more often to talk to the Ai family..."
Rongqing, who was standing by the side, had a dark expression on his face.
She is the Queen Mother's favorite person, but now, Sui Shuren has taken her place!
After taking away the Sixth Brother, he also took away the Queen Mother. Wasn't this bitch born to be against her?
"There seems to be a sound." Mrs. Ruan kept paying close attention to the outside, with surprise on her face. "Old Ruan must have controlled the situation in the palace and came to greet the emperor."
He Xiao's expression was heavy: "The former prince has placed secret sentries everywhere in the palace. It is impossible to kill him so quickly. Everyone is standing behind me. We cannot take it lightly."
The courtiers and ladies who were sitting and resting immediately stood up and hid in the safety protection circle formed by He Xiao and the imperial guards.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
A crazy voice suddenly came from above.
On the steps at the entrance of the hall, a group of people suddenly walked down. The leader was Xiao Jue, who was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe. Behind him was He Ling, and behind him were countless people in black.
"Second Emperor Brother, you didn't expect it, did you?" Xiao Jue pinched his fingers, "I actually know about this secret palace that belongs exclusively to the emperor. Are you surprised?"
There was a slight surprise on the emperor's calm face, but he quickly suppressed it.
Xiao Jue must have been well prepared for being able to lurk for more than ten years. It is not surprising that he was able to detect the entrance to the underground palace.
It's just that he didn't think of this beforehand, so he fell behind.
Even if Ruan Jingwei led his troops to control the palace at this moment, he would not be able to escape Xiao Jue's grasp.
Twenty years ago, the two of them were mortal enemies. Twenty years later, they faced each other again, and once again faced a situation where it was either you die or I live.
"Why did I wait for more than ten years to take action, just to explore the entrance and exit of the underground palace." Xiao Jue sneered and said, "Fortunately, the emperor paid off his hard work. No, it should be said that what belongs to me will always come back to me. In my hands. This underground palace turned out to be my territory. After going round and round, it returned to my hands again. If you take the initiative to enter here, you have entered the cage I carefully prepared. "
He raised his hand and snapped his fingers lightly.
"Click!"
A stone gate fell down on the east side.
"Click!"
The stone gate on the west side also fell.
Immediately afterwards, the door to the south was also closed.
Only the north door where Xiao Jue was was still open.
"I have blocked all the passages." Xiao Jue laughed arrogantly, "This palace is your tomb, enjoy it."
He took out the fire stick from his sleeve, blew on it, and the flames jumped up.
Cheng Wanwan frowned. The palace was made of rocks outside and wood inside. Once the fire spread, everyone here would be dead.
He was not burned to death by fire, but was suffocated to death by poisonous smoke that could not escape before being burned to death.
"If I die, your throne will never be justified." The current emperor said slowly, "The jade seal in the Hall of Supreme Harmony is not the real jade seal. The real jade seal has been hidden by me a long time ago."
He Ling immediately took out a bundle, took out a square thing wrapped in yellow silk, and carefully handed it to Xiao Jue's hand.
Xiao Jue took out the jade seal, dug at the bottom, then suddenly raised his hand and smashed the fake jade seal to the ground, making a loud bang.
