Jiapingguan Chronicle

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"What brother said is that the intention to win over father and mother is already obvious, and it is not concealed at all."

"At that time, although the Qinglian Sect was declining, its strength was still there. Even if the late emperor attacked the Qinglian Sect again and again, he still had to take into account the face of the Empress Dowager and the royal family. He always had to turn a blind eye. Close one eye."

"What I'm talking about is that even if they are not biological mothers and sons, they are indeed mothers and sons by name. If the late emperor attacked the empress dowager, he would always be charged with unfilial piety." Shen Cha sighed, "This is something that neither of us I would like to see it, but it is the empress dowager's dependence, which is the main reason why she is so bold." She blinked her eyes and said in a low voice, "Fortunately... isn't it?"

"Yes!" Shen Haolin stretched out his hand to touch her head, "Fortunately, otherwise, I don't know how to get rid of it!"

"Father and mother are very lucky, aren't they?"

"Yes, very good." Shen Haolin sighed deeply, "They are blessed people, in every sense."

"En!" Shen Cha nodded, put down the Buddha statue, picked up a incense holder, and looked at it carefully, "Brother, what kind of words are these engraved?" She yawned, with a sleepy face, and said, "Night I see too many things, my eyes are not very good, and I can't see clearly."

"Let me see." Shen Haolin took the incense holder, turned it over, first touched it with his hands, there were indeed traces of lettering, took the candlestick next to it and shined it for a long time before he could see clearly what the words were on it. "Longevity to Our Lady."

"Longevity to the Holy Mother?" Shen Cha rubbed his chin and thought for a while, "Doesn't this mean that the Holy Mother of Qinglian is dedicated? That's what it means, right?"

"That should be the meaning." Shen Haolin nodded, "It seems that our direction is right, the Empress Dowager..."

"The Empress Dowager is the Holy Mother of Qinglian?" Shen Cha thought for a while, then shook his head lightly, "No, no, if you count the age, the Holy Mother of Qinglian should be from the generation of the Empress Dowager's grandmother, right?"

"Cha'er, the Holy Mother of Qinglian cannot be alone, right?"

"That's true." Shen Cha thought for a while, "There should be an inheritance, but..." Shen Cha picked up the bronze statue of Our Lady of Qinglian on the table, looked carefully, and handed it to Shen Haolin, "Brother You should have met the Empress Dowager, right?" Seeing Shen Haolin nodding, she continued, "Like it?"

"Hmm..." Shen Haolin shook his head lightly, "It doesn't look like it, but if it's connected with the empress dowager's blood, it's possible that it doesn't look like the empress dowager's grandmother. But..."

"Choosing a concubine for the East Palace requires a lot of investigation into such a relationship. If the Empress Dowager and the Holy Mother of Qinglian are related by blood, the emperor's grandfather will not agree, right?"

"We didn't live at that time, and we didn't know how the selection was carried out at that time, and what conditions were there." Shen Haolin patted her on the shoulder, "Let's put this aside first, and then look at other things."

"Okay, let's look at the second floor."

Shen Cha stood up, pulled Shen Haolin to the front of the display cabinet, stood on the small stool, put the bronze statue and the incense holder back to their original positions, and put the small notes below them back one by one.

"What is this layer below?"

"Let me see, why haven't these things been noticed before?"

Shen Cha held up the Ye Mingzhu and looked over one by one. Like the top layer, there was a small note written by Shen Guogong's wife under each item. She could not help but click her tongue twice while reading.

"What's the matter? What's it all about?"

"It's every gift that my father gave to my mother. The mother marked on it, when these gifts were received, and what was my father's intention."

"is it?"

"Yeah, but I've never seen it, or... I haven't noticed it. It can be seen how much my mother likes and cherishes these gifts. Even we haven't seen them before!"

Seeing Shen Cha's envious look, Shen Haolin chuckled, but did not continue what she said.

Shen Cha originally wanted to make fun of it, but suddenly found that after he took down all the night pearls on the top layer, two faint lights shot out from the body of the Buddha statue, to be precise, from the mechanism of the Buddha statue.

"Brother?"

"Yes, got it."

The two looked for the light, and a dark space appeared on the opposite wall, and the two looked at each other.

"Father and mother are really..."

"Speak carefully."

Shen Haolin helped Shen Cha down, took the small stool by the side of the opposite wall,

"You're down there, I'll go up." Shen Haolin patted Shen Cha on the head, "Stay farther away, be good."

Shen Cha nodded, she didn't stand too far away, she just took two steps back.

Shen Haolin reached out his hand and tapped lightly on the wall twice, touched the place where the faint light came from the opposite side, and felt a little gap at what seemed to be the edge.

He felt that the mechanism designed by his father and mother should not allow them to open it roughly, and there must be other places to open this secret compartment.

Shen Cha had the same thought as Shen Haolin, she wandered around the study, but couldn't find a place to open it.Suddenly she saw the incense holder just now, thought for a while, found another small stool, stood on it, and took down the incense holder.

"Brother, try it."

Shen Haolin took the censer, and slowly approached the gap of the secret compartment. When approaching the right side, he heard a sound of gada, and the secret compartment opened in response. He quickly jumped off the chair, and pulled Shen Cha to the I took a few steps back, but nothing happened.

"Brother, you are too careful." Shen Cha chuckled, "There must be soil, but there should be no others. After all, in the eyes of parents, no one is smarter than us."

Shen Haolin smiled, and pulled her back. He didn't know why he jumped off the chair just now when his head got hot. Now that he stood up again, he suddenly felt that his actions just now were a little silly.

"What's in the secret compartment?"

"It's a dossier."

Shen Haolin took out the bamboo slips and files and handed them to Shen Cha, and took a candlestick to shine a light into the dark compartment, "Wait a minute, there is another box." He reached out and took out the long box and handed it to Shen Cha , checked again, and found that nothing was left behind, so he closed the door of the hidden compartment and jumped off the small stool by himself.

Shen Cha put away everything else, and opened the long box that was taken down last, which contained a scroll.

(End of this chapter)