Therefore, many people know that Emperor Shunwu's jade seal is placed in his palace.
When Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran inspected Emperor Shunwu's palace just now, they found no trace of the jade seal and thought it was in the hands of the queen.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Shunwu actually retained such a hand. No wonder the Queen's party has controlled most of the court, but has yet to make the next move.
The queen's temper became very grumpy, perhaps because she could not find the jade seal for a long time.
He also knew that Zhang Defu was not to blame for the lack of news about Xiao Liu.
"Okay, you get up first! Tell me that you found out the whereabouts of Yu Xi."
Zhang Defu felt sweat on his forehead again, and he said tremblingly: "Go back... back to the Queen, I am incompetent.
In order to give the emperor a blow, the servant ordered people to take Qi Changshun away from him. Just like that, the emperor had no intention of saying anything..."
The queen was so angry that her veins bulged and she clenched her fists tightly.
"Hmph! I didn't expect that he would be so cowardly and incompetent all his life that he would become so stubborn at this time."
After saying this, she strode towards the door.
"I will meet him personally today. I want to see when his bones become so hard."
When Zhang Defu saw the queen walking towards the door, he quickly called on several eunuchs to follow her.
As soon as she reached the door, a black-clothed secret guard appeared in front of her.
The secret guard knelt on one knee, holding a note in both hands and sent it to the queen.
"Queen, this is what Prime Minister Xue asked his subordinates to send."
Zhang Defu took the note very discerningly, then bowed and handed the note to the queen.
The queen unfolded the note and took a look, looking very impatient.
She said to the secret guard: "You go back and tell your father. I will go and ask in person tonight. No matter what method I use, I will definitely find out the whereabouts of the jade seal."
The secret guard saluted and left, and the queen was surrounded by a group of people and walked towards the side room in the courtyard.
When they arrived at the door of the side room, several eunuchs and maids consciously dispersed and stood on both sides. Zhang Defu greeted several people and followed the queen in.
Seeing the queen and her entourage enter the room, Mo Jiuye changed positions while holding He Zhiran in his arms.
In the same way, Mo Jiuye gently removed a tile and looked into the room.
Logically speaking, this room should be the residence of the Queen's powerful people, but there is no bed here. Judging from the things piled inside, it looks like a utility room.
Unexpectedly, the queen had already made such an arrangement and created a secret room under her nose.
This is true to the saying, the most dangerous place is the safest.
Who would have thought that the place where the servants should live would be the entrance to the secret room?
The queen winked at Zhang Defu, and Zhang Defu quickly walked to the innermost position of the room.
There was a broken wooden shelf with many items stacked there. Zhang Defu reached over the piled debris and groped inside. Soon, the wooden shelf started to move in one direction.
The wooden frame was moved away, and an eunuch quickly walked in front holding an oil lamp, followed closely by the queen and Zhang Defu one after another.
I wonder if Zhang Defu pressed some switch in the secret room again. After the group entered, the wooden frame quickly returned to its original position.
From the angle they entered, it could be concluded that the secret room was built underground, and Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran could not observe the situation inside even if they changed the angle.
Especially since they didn't want to alert the enemy before they knew more about the situation, so all they could do now was wait for the queen and her party to leave.
I don’t know if the queen entered the secret room and inquired about the whereabouts of the jade seal, but it didn’t go well. After just a cup of tea, the wooden frame opened, and the queen walked out of it angrily with a few people.
Zhang Defu curled his neck up like a quail and followed her with his head lowered, not daring to say a word.
The servants didn't speak, and naturally no one talked to the queen. Therefore, what He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye saw was the queen returning to her dormitory in anger and without saying a word.
The two returned to the roof of the dormitory to observe again.
The queen sat on the main seat for a long time without speaking, as if she was deep in thought.
It wasn't until almost a quarter of an hour passed that Zhang Fude bravely reminded him: "Mother, it's getting late. Even if something big happens, you can't delay your rest. After all, your body is the most important thing."
The queen raised her hand and rubbed the center of her brow without saying anything. She stood up and let Zhang Defu support her back to rest.
As soon as she took a rest, it could be seen that all the palace people in the palace breathed a sigh of relief.
The queen went to rest. There was naturally nothing to observe here, so the two quietly moved to the room near the entrance to the secret room.
There are still two eunuchs responsible for guarding the room, and they have just observed that there are rooms on both sides of the room. There are no side windows at all. The only way to enter is the front door.
The two palace guards in charge are easy to deal with, but there are many people patrolling other places, and it is simply not possible to simply deal with the two of them.
With a thought, He Zhiran took out several packets of poison from the space and handed them to Mo Jiuye.
Mo Jiuye took the drug and quickly disappeared from He Zhiran's eyes.
He Zhiran looked down and saw that Mo Jiuye had stunned several palace residents at the door of the queen's chamber, and then came to the door of the secret room and stunned two palace residents again.
After sensing the surroundings and seeing that there was no strange smell anymore, Mo Jiuye took He Zhiran into the room where the secret room was hidden.
Mo Jiuye remembered Zhang Defu's operation just now clearly. He directly found the location with the secret room switch, pressed the switch hard, and the door of the secret room opened.
Sure enough, as they observed, the entrance was an underground passage, and it was pitch black inside.
He Zhiran took out a flashlight and illuminated the environment in front of him.
The passage is wider than expected, and there are steps at the foot.
The two of them groped down for about ten meters.
A disgusting rancid smell instantly filled the air.
Immediately afterwards, a hoarse and extremely weak male voice sounded.
"What? I have made it very clear. I would rather die than tell you where the jade seal is. You should not come again."
This was Emperor Shunwu's voice, which was very familiar to Mo Jiuye.
An inexplicable hatred arose in his heart.
If there wasn't a shred of reason left, Mo Jiuye would have wanted to take his head.
Although He Zhiran was not familiar with Emperor Shunwu, she still felt inexplicable hatred in her heart when she thought about what happened to the entire Mo family.
However, compared to Mo Jiuye's hatred for him, it was somewhat inferior.
She could feel that Mo Jiuye's body was a little stiff. In order to prevent him from doing anything impulsive, she quickly squeezed his big hand.
Mo Jiuye held her back and shook his head towards her, indicating that he was fine.
