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The paintings next to it depict men of different ages, some sitting, some lying, some reading, and some practicing martial arts.

Although they are of different ages, it can be seen from their appearance that they are the same person.

Shen Nanzhi quickly turned around and opened the scrolls on the table, and opened several paintings in succession, all of which were the same.

Even the scrolls on the antique display shelf are the same.

"Your Majesty..."

Shen Nanzhi subconsciously turned his head to look at Xiao Chuyun and called out silently.

However, apart from this sound, Shen Nanzhi didn't even know how to express his feelings at that moment.

For a moment, all words seemed pale and powerless.

The boy in the scroll, Shen Nanzhi, might look familiar, but she could not recognize who he was at first glance. But when she saw the man who had grown into a young man, wearing a black brocade robe, a jade crown on his head, like a jade beauty, hugging a fox fur and half leaning on a bamboo chair, how could Shen Nanzhi not understand.

There is no doubt that the boy is Xiao Chuyun.

The reason why the scenery behind him looked familiar to Shen Nanzhi was because Xiao Chuyun had just brought her over a corner of the wall of Chaohua Palace.

These scrolls piece together Xiao Chuyun's growth trajectory in a disjointed manner.

Shen Nanzhi didn't believe it and opened dozens of scrolls one after another. Without exception, they were all him.

There are pictures of him studying under the back wall of Chaohua Palace, which is like a cold palace; there are pictures of him practicing riding and shooting in the horse farm; there are pictures of him being excluded by other princes at a palace banquet and leaving sadly... There is even a picture of him leading his troops to break through the encirclement of the Northern Barbarians...

In such an underground palace full of weirdness and unknown, how can one not be frightened when faced with a room full of paintings that record Xiao Chuyun's growth trajectory.

No one knew what Xiao Chuyun was thinking about. After seeing these scrolls, he lowered his brows and said nothing.

He didn't even notice Shen Nanzhi's concerned look.

It was not until Shen Nanzhi reached out and tugged at his sleeve that Xiao Chuyun was finally brought back to his senses from his thoughts.

He seemed to want to smile at Shen Nanzhi and not want Shen Nanzhi to worry about him, but it was obvious that his smile was somewhat powerless.

Just at this moment, footsteps were heard again in the corridor outside.

The breath that had left before came back.

The man just stood at the door for a while and did not come in. In addition, the light in the room was dim, so Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun hid behind an antique shelf piled with a large number of scrolls and were not discovered.

But if this person entered the room, even without turning on the lights, it would be easy to see them through the gaps in the antique display cabinet.

The footsteps were even faster and more urgent than before. It was very likely that the other party would come in this time!

But the room was so small, with only a desk, a tall antique display cabinet, and a chair, and no other place to hide.

Thinking of this, Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun looked up at the beams almost at the same time.

Since it is an underground palace, this room must also require support, and the support required underground will be even greater.

Sure enough, at a glance Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun saw the huge beam hanging high above their heads.

The two exchanged glances, then quickly put away the scroll that Shen Nanzhi had just opened and had not had time to put back and returned it to its original place.

After putting it almost in place, Shen Nanzhi was about to turn over and jump onto the beam, but Xiao Chuyun was one step faster than her. He raised his hand and hooked her in his arms, then turned over and jumped up with her.

No matter how wide the beam was, it was not easy to hide two people. However, it was much more spacious than the beam where they hid in Lichun Hall.

But this time, Xiao Chuyun did the same thing as last time. He hugged Shen Nanzhi tightly and, with Shen Nanzhi, they both lay sideways on the beam.

This posture made Shen Nanzhi lean her back against his chest, with his chin just touching the top of Shen Nanzhi's head, and even their long hair were entangled together.

It should be because of the pill that he took that can suppress the cold poison, Xiao Chuyun didn't feel so cold anymore, Shen Nanzhi even felt that his chest was a little hot.

The two bodies were almost touching.

In the past, the thin-skinned Shen Nanzhi would definitely feel embarrassed and blush.

But ever since reading those scrolls, Shen Nanzhi's mood has been restless for a long time. All his thoughts are focused on the present, so he has no time to care about anything else.

They had just laid down on their side and hidden themselves under the cover of the beam when the door was pushed open.

There was clearly no wind outside, but the moment the door was pushed open, even though he was hiding on the beam, Shen Nanzhi felt a chill.

Not knowing the other party's intentions, Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun hid well and did not look out.

Just listen quietly to the movement below.

"what?"

There was that sound of surprise again.

Hearing this, Shen Nanzhi's heart was in his throat.

She tried hard to recall which scroll was not placed properly, revealing the flaw that made this person suspicious.

But the result was that she had just put it there properly. Even if one of them was put in the wrong place, this person hadn't even opened the scroll, so how did he know?

She must have discovered something else.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the woman take a deep breath.

She sniffed it carefully, and then she spoke in her strange voice, "Could it be that the paint smells wrong this time?"

Before, she only uttered one sound, which made people think that her voice was hoarse, but now that she spoke this complete sentence on her own, Shen Nanzhi discovered that there was something wrong with her throat.

It was a bit like the way Jiang Yanran spoke before, and even more hoarse than Jiang Yanran's.

However, Jiang Yanran was once drugged and made mute by Shen Nanzhi, so this woman...

Moreover, not only did she have a strange voice, the tone of her voice was also a little strange, and even the act of talking to herself seemed strange.

How can a normal person talk to himself like this?

When Shen Nanzhi heard this, her heart almost skipped a beat.

This woman has a very keen sense of smell!

No wonder she said that she clearly had no kung fu. She became confused just by standing outside the door. That was because Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun had just come in from outside, and there was still a trace of their breath in the air!

But fortunately, they entered the house in time and closed the door, blocking their breath.

So she stood at the door for a long time without coming in, just trying to identify it. In the end, she found nothing and was about to leave. But not long after she walked out, she remembered this room again and hurried back to check.

She took another deep breath.

Shen Nanzhi's heart was in his throat, afraid that she would find out, but at this moment, he heard a ding sound not far away.

The sound was like a bell, very clear and could be heard from far away.

Hearing that voice, the woman below quickly said: "Here it comes..."

She seemed very nervous about the voice, even the tone of her voice could be heard.

And when she heard the noise, she no longer cared about the strangeness of the place. She turned around and left the house, walking quickly outside.

It was only after she turned around that Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun peeked over from the beams.

All I saw was a young girl running out with brisk steps.

What was surprising was that she was also wearing a palace maid's outfit, which was similar to the ones worn by the corpse in the pit outside.

After she quietly closed the door and left, Shen Nanzhi subconsciously turned her head to look at Xiao Chuyun. She was about to use her eyes to ask him if he wanted to go down, but suddenly she felt that the breath that should have left suddenly came back.

Shen Nanzhi's heart skipped a beat, and almost in the blink of an eye, he quickly retracted his head, which had just been stretched out, into Xiao Chuyun's arms, for fear that he would be noticed if he was a step late.

boom!

At this moment, the door was pushed open again.

The woman's strange voice sounded again.

"Huh? Really no one? It seems I'm overthinking."

This woman not only has a keen sense of smell and excellent reaction, but she can also cheat and pretend to leave. If Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun react a little slower, they will definitely be discovered by her.

Ding dong! Ding dong!

The bell not far away rang again, more urgently than before.

This time the woman did not delay any longer. She finally closed the door and left.

Only after her footsteps faded away did Shen Nanzhi finally breathe a sigh of relief.

They don't know how many people are hiding here and what their skills are, so they must not alert the enemy.

This time, Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun turned over only after they could no longer feel the breath.

Looking at the scrolls on the wall, Shen Nanzhi lowered his voice and asked, "Does your Highness have any clues?"

Since all the paintings are of Xiao Chuyun, the secret here must be related to Xiao Chuyun.

But Xiao Chuyun shook his head.

He really couldn't imagine who could pay so much attention to his every move and even draw them all.

As he was thinking, Xiao Chuyun noticed a scroll on the far right of the antique display shelf.

This is also the place where the woman just stopped.

Xiao Chuyun reached out and opened it directly.

The scene inside also shocked Shen Nanzhi.

This should be the one that the woman just mentioned, the one with the wrong “paint this time”.

The only person on the scroll that Shen Nanzhi had seen before was Xiao Chuyun.

But this time there was one more person on top.

The painting shows her pushing Xiao Chuyun, who is sitting on a bamboo chair, along a path in the woods.

It was unknown what the two were talking about, but they were smiling.

In Shen Nanzhi's memory, there has never been such a scene. It is obviously a fabrication by the painter.

But this also represents a microcosm of a stage in Xiao Chuyun's life.

Ever since they got engaged, she has become part of his world.

It's just horrible.

"Let's go over and have a look."

Unable to figure it out anyway, Xiao Chuyun grabbed Shen Nanzhi's hand and followed the corridor in the direction where the woman's breath had just left.

Before I walked far, I heard the woman dressed as a palace maid with a keen sense of smell exclaim: "Please be quiet, that person will not come today, and it is useless for you to torment me like this."

The other party didn't know what to say in response, and the woman continued, "I am lucky to have not been poisoned by that person, so I can barely speak a few words to you. If I had offended that person, my life would be in danger, and the next person sent here would not be able to say a word. You don't even have anyone to talk to, isn't it even more boring?"

The tone and manner of her voice were just like those of the palace maids who had undergone rigorous training.

Also, judging by the clothes she was wearing, she must have been a palace maid.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud bang.

The maid immediately jumped up and said, "Don't be angry, whichever one you want to see, I'll bring it to you right away! Okay, okay, bring them all here!"

After she finished speaking, she heard the sound of her pushing the door open and walking out.

Xiao Chuyun quickly pulled Shen Nanzhi and hid behind a stone platform nearby.

The palace maid was probably a little anxious, and she was running very fast, wishing to move all the scrolls over immediately, so naturally she didn't notice the presence of Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun not far away.

As soon as she left, Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun hurriedly followed her to the door of the room she had just come out of.

To be cautious, they did not go in immediately, but took a look out the window first.

Just one glance and they both gasped.

There was nothing in the room except an absurdly large bed.

There were long chains as thick as wrists on the four corners of the bed.

There was a woman chained to that chain.

At first, she was facing the bed, and Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun could only see her back, in white clothes, with white hair, and an emaciated figure.

Perhaps she sensed something, but she suddenly turned her head and looked towards the window.

Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun quickly moved away and were unable to even see the man's face clearly.

Not far behind them, footsteps were heard again.

The palace maid who had left before came back.

Xiao Chuyun quickly pulled Shen Nanzhi and turned around and hid behind the stone platform next to them.

Just as I hid myself, I heard the palace maid complain in a broken voice: "I watch this every day, what's so good about it?"

Although she complained, she still obediently delivered the scrolls.

Before she could catch her breath, she heard the woman on the bed suddenly say, "Get lost."

The voice was also very hoarse.

However, it is different from the former state of being mute due to poison.

Although there was only one word, Shen Nanzhi felt that there should be nothing wrong with the woman in white's voice. It was just that her voice was hoarse due to not speaking for a long time or rarely speaking.

"Okay, okay, I'll be leaving right away. Please take your time to look around. Call me if you need anything."

"Oh, by the way, the food Xizi brought this morning is still here. Whenever you are hungry, I will heat it up for you, or make you a bowl of hand-rolled noodles. Anyway, there are only two of us here, so don't embarrass yourself or me."

The white-haired woman in white clothes on the bed still didn't respond at all.

Perhaps because she was afraid that the woman in white would be angry, the palace maid hurriedly retreated after she finished speaking, closed the door, and trotted away.

Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun looked at each other and immediately saw each other's plan.

They had just come all the way here and indeed had not detected any other person's presence. Just as the palace maid had said, there was no one else here but the two of them.

In this case, Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun have nothing to fear.

The most important thing now is to find out the identity of the woman in white and those scrolls.

What does she want these scrolls for, like treasures?

A thought suddenly flashed through Shen Nanzhi's mind.

But it was only a moment before Shen Nanzhi denied it.

The two waited behind the stone platform, and made sure that the breath had not returned, then they gently stood up and came to the window again.

The window was half open.

The woman, bound by a chain made of black iron as thick as her arm, was looking at the scroll intently.