Mo Jiuye raised his knife and dragged Qi Changshun's two servants to death before they could react.
Qi Changshun's body was tied up, and he lost the strength to drag him, and he instantly collapsed to the ground.
Just when he was about to let out a cry of pain, Mo Jiuye's knife was already pressed against his neck.
"If you don't want to die, don't scream."
Qi Changshun has been with Emperor Shunwu for a long time, and he still has a good eye for assessing situations. Especially when it comes to life and death, he naturally does not dare to make mistakes.
Seeing that he was interested, Mo Jiuye put the knife away.
Qi Changshun lowered his head, not daring to look at the visitor, and kept staring at his feet.
However, he could see through the moonlight that the person in front of him was also dressed as a chamberlain. From this, he could confirm that this person was also from the palace. It was not clear where he was working as a servant, and his voice was also very unfamiliar.
"I don't know where you are working as an errand. As long as you can save our family's life, our family will guarantee that you will prosper in the future."
Mo Jiuye snorted disdainfully.
"General Manager Qi, you should first think about whether you can survive!"
After listening to his words, Qi Changshun's body trembled unconsciously. He tried his best to stay calm and said:
"Since you have killed the Queen's people, it means you are not with them, so I know you will not hurt me."
Mo Jiuye has known this person for a long time. He has a lot of tricks and is used to being promoted and suppressed all day long.
However, Qi Changshun's character had nothing to do with him. If she hadn't wanted to get some information from him just now, she wouldn't have bothered to meddle in this nosy matter.
"Let me ask you, where is the Emperor now?"
When it comes to the emperor, Qi Changshun no longer pretends to be quail.
Whether it was for his own future or true loyalty, he raised his head and looked at Mo Jiuye.
He really didn't know the person in front of him. Apart from King Qi's men, there would probably be no other people who could ask such a question.
After all, the one most threatened by this incident is King Qi.
"Go and tell His Highness Prince Qi that the Emperor's condition is not very good. He and the Queen Mother are all locked up in the secret room of Fengxi Palace.
The Queen Mother was old and had passed away three days ago. The Queen ordered that no one be allowed to collect the body, and deliberately placed her body in the same room as the Emperor.
Fortunately, the Emperor is still useful to the Queen. If not, I am afraid that he would be trapped to death like the Queen Mother..."
Qi Changshun kept chattering there. After talking so much, Mo Jiuye felt that the only sentence that was useful to him was that Emperor Shunwu was locked up in the secret room of Fengxi Palace.
"Do you know where the secret room is?" Because in his impression, there were no secret rooms in the palace except the secret passage through which he took He Zhiran to empty the treasury.
And that secret passage only leads to the treasury. It is estimated that after the treasury was stolen, the secret passage had already been blocked by Emperor Shunwu.
This is also the real reason why Mo Jiuye directly chose to climb over the wall.
Especially in the harem where the concubines lived, no secret rooms were allowed to be built.
This is also a way for emperors to prevent their concubines from having affairs with others. All buildings and shelters must be built on the bright side.
"When I was arrested, I was blindfolded, but I could feel that going to the secret room and going to the queen's bedroom were in the same direction."
Mo Jiuye knew that at this time, Qi Changshun would definitely not lie. If he said he didn't know, he definitely didn't know the specific location.
Fortunately, he could also tell the general location of the secret room, which made it easier for him to find it.
After hearing the news, Mo Jiuye had no intention of dealing with Qi Changshun.
Although Qi Changshun was not a good person, he had never offended Mo Jiuye, and there was no need for Mo Jiuye to kill him.
"I won't take your life. Whether you can survive or not depends on your ability."
Qi Changshun was relieved when he heard that the other party was letting him go, and he was smart enough not to ask about his identity again.
"You can just go and inform His Highness Prince Qi to come and rescue the Emperor, and we will leave this place to our family."
Mo Jiuye believed that Qi Changshun could handle the two corpses in front of him. After all, the premise for him to survive was that the later the queen knew about his escape, the better.
Mo Jiuye walked around behind Qi Changshun and jumped up onto the tree.
The conversation between Mo Jiuye and Qi Changshun just now was not loud, and He Zhiran could not hear it clearly.
Before she could ask, Mo Jiuye whispered the news to her.
"Husband, since the specific location of the secret room is unknown, why don't we go to the queen's bedroom to check it out, maybe there will be clues."
"Well, we'll go when Qi Changshun leaves here."
The two watched with their own eyes as Qi Changshun dragged the two corpses away, and then they jumped down from the tree and continued towards the place with strong light.
After all, Fengxi Palace is the queen's residence, and it is much larger than Concubine Yuan's bedroom.
Regardless of the size of the palace, it cannot change the law that the master will live in the most luxurious location in the middle.
Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran avoided the sight of the guards and found the queen's bedroom.
The lights were still bright here, and the palace maids and eunuchs stood neatly on both sides of the doorway waiting for orders.
As the queen of a country, it is not surprising that she has many servants under her command, but it is unusual for such a large group of servants to be standing there waiting in the middle of the night.
Mo Jiuye pulled He Zhiran around to the back of the dormitory. After checking that there was no danger around, they jumped onto the roof together.
After finding the correct location, Mo Jiuye gently opened a tile, and dazzling light shot out from here.
The two of them looked down intently.
This is not the queen's bedroom, but the place where the concubines usually come to pay their respects. To put it bluntly, it is where the queen's office is located.
At this time, the room was brightly lit.
The queen in casual clothes sat at the top and middle position, staring at the few people in front of her with an unhappy expression.
"You said that the people sent by the Imperial Palace to Shangshu Mansion yesterday have not returned yet?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a eunuch wearing the clothes of a steward knelt down.
"I just sent someone to check Xiao Liu's place, but there was no one there at all."
When the queen heard this, she stood up angrily and slapped one hand on the small table beside her.
"Bold Zhang Defu, if I hadn't asked about such a big matter, how dare you hide it?"
Zhang Defu was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and quickly kowtowed to the queen.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have been leading people to inquire about the whereabouts of the Emperor's Jade Seal since this morning. I just left the secret room."
"Then have you asked about the whereabouts of Yuxi?"
Speaking of Yuxi, both Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran felt a sudden realization.
Emperor Shunwu was not a good emperor who was diligent and caring for his people. Logically speaking, except for his morning court, his office would be in the imperial study.
However, because of his laziness, the imperial study room in the palace was just a decoration.
At most, he could read the memorial in his palace on a whim.
