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Xiao Chuyun already had a general understanding of the mechanisms and formations here. Although he didn't know what was inside, he estimated that at least he wouldn't encounter any major danger during the process of entering.

But this is also what confuses Xiao Chuyun.

This secret passage is so secretive and complicated, but there is no murderous intention at all, as if it is just to cover up what is underneath.

But this palace is so big, it is not easy to hide something. Why did Emperor Shunqing go to so much trouble to open a secret passage under the Yuquan Palace?

Just as Shen Nanzhi said, there is something weird here, and there must be some shocking secrets hidden there.

There may not be many hidden weapons and killing moves in the secret passage, but the secrets inside may be more deadly than cold swords.

Xiao Chuyun didn't want Shen Nanzhi to worry about these things. The most important thing was that things were too dark down there.

Shen Nanzhi is afraid of the dark.

But seeing that Shen Nanzhi insisted, Xiao Chuyun no longer stopped him. After entering the secret passage, he naturally held Shen Nanzhi's hand tightly.

The two of them walked down one after the other.

Their bodies were just about to be level with the entrance of the secret passage when they heard another click, and the secret passage closed from both sides to the middle.

The two of them had just taken two steps down when the entrance to the secret passage was completely closed.

Shen Nanzhi was not afraid of being trapped to death in there, after all, the young eunuch named Xizi was in the same situation when he went in.

Anyway, the little eunuch had just come in the morning, so he shouldn't come in so frequently and so soon. She and Xiao Chuyun could just study it slowly.

She believed in Xiao Chuyun's ability.

Even if they can't find the mechanism to get out, their people outside won't wait for them to come back and will definitely follow the tracking incense.

None of this matters.

But Xiao Chuyun's worries were right, Shen Nanzhi was still afraid of the dark.

In her previous life, she was trapped in a dark, narrow and cramped coffin for too long. Now, whenever she fell into darkness, she couldn't stop shaking.

No matter how hard she tried to control herself, the fear and trembling that seemed to be branded into her soul and came from the depths of her soul was still beyond her control.

"Be good, don't be afraid."

Xiao Chuyun originally wanted to pick up Shen Nanzhi horizontally, but one of his hands had to stroke the mechanism on the wall to find the direction and path, so he had to pull Shen Nanzhi closer and whispered: "I'll carry you away."

Holding her with one hand is no problem at all.

But Shen Nanzhi shook his head without even thinking about it and said, "No, I can do it."

It's just a little darkness, but she doesn't believe she can't overcome it!

Shen Nanzhi gritted her teeth, tightened Xiao Chuyun's grip on her palm, and said firmly: "Let's go."

However, just as he finished speaking, there was a crisp cracking sound on the stone wall.

Xiao Chuyun finally found the mechanism on the stone wall and turned over the wall lamp that was originally hidden inside the stone wall.

The wall lamp was also made of a fist-sized luminous pearl. Although it was far less bright than outside, it was enough to allow people to see clearly within arm's length in this dark secret passage.

Further ahead, there is the next Night Pearl Wall Lamp.

In this way, Shen Nanzhi held Xiao Chuyun's hand and walked along behind him.

After persisting for about a quarter of an hour, I finally arrived behind a stone door.

The mechanisms and formations here should correspond to the entrance, and Xiao Chuyun already had a general idea of ​​it after walking along the way, so he opened the stone door without much effort.

Just like the jade bricks at the entrance of the main hall, the stone door closed automatically after they entered.

Compared with the dimness of the secret room, the light behind the stone door seemed a little dazzling.

Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun had just gotten used to the dazzling light source and passed through the heavy stone door. At a glance, they saw an entire wall of luminous pearls. The corners of the wall were made of various jewels. No wonder they were so dazzling. This feeling made Shen Nanzhi think of the luxurious style of Chaohua Palace in an instant.

There was also a huge brazier hanging above their heads.

However, the flame in the brazier had long been extinguished, and under the brazier, the two men saw a huge stone pit.

The bottom of the pit was covered with barbs made of swords and there were even a dozen corpses of similar size stuck in it!

Judging from the size, it should be the corpse of a woman who was half a head shorter than Shen Nanzhi.

However, these corpses had long since turned to white bones, and even the original colors of their clothes could no longer be seen. However, they were all made of almost the same style, and judging by the style, these people should be palace maids serving in some palace.

However, especially under the rule of the recent emperors of the Great Qi Dynasty who governed the former dynasty and the harem with the concept of leniency and benevolence, the arbitrary killing of palace maids and eunuchs rarely occurred.

Everyone in the palace was registered, so even if one person was missing the reason had to be stated, let alone so many missing. Even if they were not missing at the same time but in batches, the total number of missing people was too exaggerated.

In the palace, it is definitely a very important matter.

There is no way an ordinary person could keep it secret.

Even Concubine Zhang and Concubine Liu, who assisted in managing the six palaces, couldn't do it.

But Emperor Shunqing could.

If, before coming here, Shen Nanzhi had only guessed that Xizi's sneaking in and out of here was instructed by Emperor Shunqing, then after seeing the corpses of these palace maids, Shen Nanzhi was more convinced that the strangeness here was related to Emperor Shunqing.

The width and depth of this stone pit are more than ten feet. Ordinary people who don't know martial arts cannot jump over it at all. Moreover, both the bottom and the edges of the pit are paved with marble. In addition, the secret passage is cold and damp, and the originally smooth marble surface has become even more slippery, making it impossible to climb. If you are not careful, you will be stabbed by the barbed swords inside.

Not only that.

After Xiao Chuyun pulled Shen Nanzhi to stand firmly about an inch away from the edge of the stone pit, he took out two small stones that he had just picked up in the secret passage and threw them hard towards the edge of the stone pit on the opposite side and in front of their feet.

The small stone mixed with Xiao Chuyun's internal energy just hit the edge of the stone pit. The originally extremely slippery edge of the stone pit suddenly flipped into the pit, directly bouncing the two small stones into the pit.

Seeing this, Shen Nanzhi broke out in a cold sweat.

Even if someone was skilled in Qinggong and had just stood firm on the opposite side, he would not have time to react in the face of this sudden change, let alone an ordinary person.

There was also a corpse near the edge of the stone pit under their feet. It looked even smaller and thinner than the other corpses, and it was closest to the edge of the stone pit. It seemed that she had relied on her thin body and flexibility to climb to this end with great difficulty. She was about to escape from danger and was about to breathe a sigh of relief when she was suddenly "ambushed" by the edge of the stone pit.

The designer of this "roadblock" is really vicious.

If you are a little careless, you will die here.

Xiao Chuyun picked up two more stones and threw them into the open space in front. This time there was no other reaction from the ground. He then put his arms around Shen Nanzhi's waist, half-hugged Shen Nanzhi, and flew to the safe landing point on the opposite side.

As soon as he landed, Shen Nanzhi felt dizzy.

The ground beneath their feet was clearly firm and motionless, but Shen Nanzhi felt as if the world was spinning around him and he could hardly stand steadily.

Fortunately, Xiao Chuyun, who is unshakable, is by my side.

"It's a formation."

Xiao Chuyun held her hand and whispered, "Close your eyes."

Shen Nanzhi hurriedly did as she was told. The next moment, she felt her body lighten. Xiao Chuyun held her up horizontally, and then he turned and moved all the way. It was unknown how long he walked before he finally stopped and gently put Shen Nanzhi down.

"Okay."

Xiao Chuyun's voice sounded in Shen Nanzhi's ears at the same time.

Shen Nanzhi opened his eyes, and the dizziness that made him unsteady finally faded away.

Only then did she see the scene clearly.

It turned out to be a huge secret room.

Not only is it spacious with carved beams and painted rafters, even the furnishings are no worse than those in the main hall of Yuquan Palace.

Rather than being a secret room, it is more like a side room in a palace.

Moreover, the lighting method here is exactly the same as that in the stone pit, which is simply and crudely built with rare treasures.

It also looks very much like Chaohua Palace.

Xiao Chuyun and Shen Nanzhi were standing at the door of the side room. There were two forked roads here. One of them went further forward and was roughly the main hall and "back garden" of this underground palace.

Shen Nanzhi had also seen such an underground palace layout at the Empress Dowager's hot spring villa. The lower floors of the villa were almost hollowed out to build an underground palace for the Empress Dowager to enjoy herself there.

When Shen Nanzhi saw the underground palace of the hot spring villa, he was already amazed. He couldn't believe how human power alone could carve such an exquisite palace underground, with its well-developed secret passages.

But just by looking at the corner of the side hall in front of him, Shen Nanzhi was already certain that the Queen Mother's hot spring villa was nothing compared to this one.

However, the Queen Mother stayed in the hot spring villa to hide her extravagant and licentious enjoyment from others.

But, this... whose paradise is this?

If Emperor Shunqing liked a woman, he could just put her in the harem. With his current deterrent power, he would be able to protect a woman he liked.

There's no need to go to so much trouble to hide the person.

Shen Nanzhi was lost in thought when Xiao Chuyun suddenly pressed her shoulders and silently reminded her with his mouth: "Someone is here."

Shen Nanzhi also felt it at this moment. There was a breath coming from a distance, coming from the fork in the road where they were standing.

Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun looked up at the same time in the direction where the breath came from, and saw half a slightly damp footprint on the ground.

Just one glance and Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun immediately became alert.

The traces of the footprints are still clear. Was it left by the little eunuch Xizi who came in before? Because it is cold and damp here, it has not completely dried up yet, or was it that someone had gone in before them?

The situation was urgent and the two had no time to think. After looking at each other, they held each other's hands tacitly and hid in the side room in front of them.

Unlike the dazzling and brilliant outside of the palace which was decorated with all kinds of gold, silver and jewels, this side room was extremely dim.

There wasn't even a luminous pearl to illuminate the place, and one could only see some vague shadows with the light coming in from the door.

This side hall was so big that the light coming in from the door was very limited, so just now when Shen Nanzhi was at the door he could only see the general furnishings in the side room.

I vaguely saw a huge display cabinet with rows of scrolls neatly stacked on it. There were also a few paintings hanging on the wall opposite the display cabinet, and even on the desk.

Although the light here is dim, unlike the cold and damp outside, the room is very dry. I don’t know what kind of materials or designs the builder used. Otherwise, it would be difficult to preserve the complete scroll for a long time in such an environment, not to mention that it is directly spread out and hung on the wall.

The aura outside was getting closer. Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun didn't even have time to take a closer look before they quickly hid behind the antique display cabinet.

The man's breathing was extremely shallow, and although his footsteps were light, it seemed that he was not a kung fu master, but simply because of his light figure or thin and petite body.

Although they didn’t see the person, Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun both heard a clear and short “Huh?”

It was vaguely a woman's voice.

The reason why I say vaguely is because the voice sounded so hoarse, and it was a bit difficult to tell whether it was androgynous. One had to listen carefully before one could vaguely guess that the person speaking was a woman.

She walked to the outside of the side hall and stopped.

As her breath approached, Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun turned sideways, using the scrolls piled on the antique display shelf as a cover to hide their figures, and held their breath.

The man stood outside the side hall for a long time, no one knew what he was thinking about, and he didn't come in.

Just when Shen Nanzhi thought they had been discovered, she suddenly heard the man suddenly close the half-open door, then turned around and walked back without coming in.

At this point, Shen Nanzhi's anxiety finally eased a little.

Hearing the man's footsteps getting farther away and his breath gradually disappearing, Shen Nanzhi was about to change her breathing, but she found that Xiao Chuyun was standing beside her, motionless, looking at the painting on the opposite wall through the gap in the antique display cabinet with the faint light coming in from the crack in the door.

Shen Nanzhi also looked over subconsciously.

There were several paintings hanging on the opposite wall, and Xiao Chuyun's eyes fell on the one in the middle.

Although the light was dim, it was clearer than when he was at the door. Shen Nanzhi vaguely saw a boy of seven or eight years old painted on the unfolded scroll. He sat stiffly in front of a stone table, holding a bowl of medicine tightly in his hand, with a frown on his face.

The background of the painting is a red wall, and the tiles on the eaves should be fine glazed tiles, reflecting a dazzling luster under the sun.

A pear tree at the foot of the wall was in full bloom, and the pear petals were flying like snow, falling all over the boy's shoulders.

Although the distance was far and the light was not sufficient, she had not yet seen the boy's appearance clearly, but for some reason, Shen Nanzhi had an inexplicable sense of familiarity when she saw the painting for the first time.

Whether it is the boy in the painting or the background on the scroll.

As soon as this thought popped into his mind, Shen Nanzhi's eyelids twitched.

Xiao Chuyun, who was always calm and composed, was unusually stunned at this moment.

He was stunned for a moment, and when he received Shen Nanzhi's concerned look, he smiled slightly and told Shen Nanzhi that he was fine.

However, when Xiao Chuyun pulled Shen Nanzhi out from behind the antique display cabinet and walked towards the wall where several paintings were hung, the smile on his face froze in an instant.

Not only him, but even Shen Nanzhi who was following closely behind him was suddenly stunned.

The moment he saw clearly the contents of those paintings, the blood in Shen Nanzhi's body seemed to start flowing backwards.

Prince.

Shen Nanzhi opened his mouth and called out silently.