No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 283 Goodbye Qu Tiange

In the palace, Xie Yan walked out of the palace of the Empress Dowager with a calm expression.

The Empress Dowager's spirit was getting weaker and weaker. Even though she summoned Xie Yan into the palace, she fell into a drowsy sleep without saying a few words.

Both the imperial physician and the divine physician Xue said that the empress dowager's deep sleep would only get longer and longer as she went on, until one day she couldn't sleep and it was over.

Xie Yan recalled the Empress Dowager's words in his ears, and the expression in his eyes became more and more serious.

"My lord." Two servants blocked Xie Yan's footsteps when he was about to leave the palace, Xie Yan frowned and said, "What's the matter?"

The servant said respectfully: "Report to the lord, the empress dowager invites the lord to go over and talk about it."

Xie Yan said coldly: "Tell the queen mother that the king has important matters to attend to, so he has no time to talk to the queen mother."

"This..." The servants were a little embarrassed, they naturally didn't dare to stop His Royal Highness the Regent, but the Queen Mother's order...

Xie Yan, however, was impatient to say more to them, ignoring the two walking towards the direction of leaving the palace.The two servants looked at his back as he strolled away, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, so they sighed and turned back to the Queen Mother's Palace to report.

These days the Queen Mother's temper has become worse and worse, and they will inevitably be punished if they mess up their errands and go back.

When Xie Yan returned to the Prince Regent's Mansion, Luo Junyao was talking with Luo Jinxing and Cai Shang in the study.

Cai Shang is worthy of being Luo Jinyan's capable confidant, and his work efficiency is very high.It only took more than a day, and he had already brought the results to the Regent's Palace.

This made Luo Junyao couldn't help wondering, what on earth were those officials in Shangyonghuang City doing all these years?Even if the government doesn't have nothing to do to investigate the situation underground, it's not like they haven't found anything for so many years, right?
The regent princess obviously forgot that this ancient tomb did not appear under Shangyong Land in the past few decades, and no one had discovered it hundreds of thousands of years ago.

If they hadn't already known that there is indeed an underground palace, Cai Shang would not be idle to find out what is under Shangyong.

Seeing Xie Yan coming in, Luo Jun shook his head and waved cheerfully, "A Yan, it's just right that you are back, come and have a look."

Luo Jinxing and Cai Shang got up to salute, Xie Yan waved his hands to signal that they don't need to be too polite, and then walked to Luo Junyao with his hands behind his back.

Glancing at the map on the table, Xie Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Have you found the entrance to the underground palace?"

Luo Jun smiled and said: "Let Mr. Cai talk about it."

Cai Shang bowed his hands to the three people in the study respectfully, and then stepped forward and said: "I would like to report to my lord and concubine, I speculate that there is indeed an ancient tomb in the west of Shangyong City, the area is about half the size of the entire Shangyong, according to this scale , it can be confirmed that it is indeed an imperial mausoleum underground palace. The location roughly starts from Mingyue Lake and Yongning Lane, and ends about three miles away from the western suburbs. However, there is no exit from the underground palace outside the western suburbs. My subordinates speculate that there should be one to three secret passages leading to Among the mountains in the western suburbs."

Hearing this, Luo Jinxing couldn't help touching his chin and said, "Lao Cai, so you haven't found a single entrance?"

Cai Shang couldn't help but glanced at him, "Second Young Master, it's only been a day, even if I point out a random place for you to dig, you still can't dig the underground palace yet."

Luo Jinxing asked, "Then what's the use of your speculations?"

Cai Shang snorted softly, and said, "I can find the most likely route outside the city where secret passages will be built, so as to find out where these secret passages will lead to in the end."

Luo Jinxing made a powerful gesture to him silently, motioning for himself to shut up and let him continue.

Xie Yan asked, "Are there any other exits in the city?"

Cai Shang thought for a moment before replying: "There might be an exit for a small number of people, but if the prince is talking about a place that can accommodate a large group of people, my subordinates think it is unlikely."

"Oh? Why?" Xie Yan asked.

Cai Shangdao: "Yesterday, my subordinates looked up all the ancient books related to the imperial city, including the craftsmen's manuscripts of the construction and expansion of the imperial city. There has never been a record about the ancient tomb. There has never been a commoner in the past thousands of years. Or there are signs that the government excavated the ancient tomb because of the large-scale construction. It can be seen that the ancient tomb is extremely deep in the ground as the prince and princess have seen. If only one or two narrow passages are dug out, it may be possible to connect rivers, dry wells, etc. as entrances and exits, but If you need a secret passage that can pass through a large number of troops, it can be said that it is as difficult as climbing the sky. You must know that not only the entrance and exit that can pass through the troops, but also the place where the troops can hide. Otherwise, once the soldiers and horses stationed in the capital learn the news, the secret The road is not only useless, but it is a dead end. In addition, since two secret roads have been dug in the west of the city, I think that no one will take the risk of digging another one."

Xie Yan nodded, "I know, I have to trouble Mr. Cai for the secret road in the western suburbs."

Cai Shang bowed his hand, knowing that Xie Yan still had something to say to the concubine and Mr. Luo, so he bowed and left.

After Cai Shang went out, Luo Jinxing told him about Luo Jinyan asking him to secretly transfer troops into the city in the afternoon.Xie Yan looked at the defense map drawn by Luo Jinyan, and a little appreciation flashed in his eyes. He nodded and said, "Thanks for your hard work, just follow Jinyan's arrangement."

Luo Jinyan's defense points are all on several key points in Shangyonghuang City. If these places are guarded by the Xuanjia Army, it will not be a big problem even if someone suddenly emerges from the ground.Perhaps, the only thing they have to worry about is the west of the city.But now that the west of the city is guarded by the military guards, it is not so worrying.

Xie Yan was actually more worried about whether Ceremony Luan would hide in the dark again if he failed this time, compared to what turmoil Ceremony Luan caused in Shangyong.The reason why he hasn't done anything to Mingyin Pavilion is that he hopes to catch all of them.It's always uncomfortable to have someone spying on something in the dark.

Luo Jinxing nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord."

After seeing off Luo Jinxing, Xie Yan and Luo Junyao sat down at the table outside the courtyard.Now that the weather is getting colder, Xie Yan raised his hand to shake the cloak around Luo Jun's body, and said softly, "Don't catch a cold."

Luo Junyao smiled and said, "It's okay, you're in a bad mood? In the palace... what did the imperial aunt say?"

Xie Yan sighed lightly, stretched out his hand and pulled her into his arms, and said in a low voice, "It's nothing, Aunt Huang just asked about the Dingyanghou's family."

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Aunt Huang wants you to Baoding Yanghou Mansion?"

Xie Yan shook his head and said: "No, Auntie said... I don't care about the affairs of the Yao family. It's best not to interfere. If you must intervene, you can do whatever you want. What Auntie is worried about is not Dingyanghoufu, but Mu Palace."

Luo Jun shook his eyes, and instantly understood.

No matter how much Xie Yan hated the people in Prince Mu's residence, King Mu and Princess Mu were still his biological parents.If his uncle killed his biological parents, it would be considered unfilial to outsiders.But if he prevents his uncle from revenge and favors his parents, he is not only unfilial but also unrighteous.

In short, no matter what Xie Yan did, he would inevitably be gossiped about.

Xie Yan leaned his handsome chin on her shoulder, and said softly: "Dingyang Hou Mansion... Auntie said that it is a matter between her and uncle and brother. If Ah Cheng can govern himself, then it is Ah Cheng's matter. Now uncle and the emperor My brother is gone, Ah Cheng is too young to take care of things, my aunt wants to see my uncle. If it still doesn't work, then it can only be regarded as the Xie family's failure of the merchant."

After all, what the Marquis of Shang did back then was of course for the people of Qinan, but also for the Xie family.

At that time, the Xie family was unable to provide money and food for disaster relief, which led to Shang Hou having to take a slant.These years, Gaozu and the late emperor tried their best to suppress the family and Yao Zhong who hated the merchants. Now that the Gaozu and the late emperor are gone, the empress dowager is seriously ill, and the little emperor Xie Cheng is too young to govern, they are no longer able to protect the merchants.

Luo Junyao turned around and put his arms around Xie Yan's waist, saying: "Auntie is very kind to you."

The Empress Dowager did not ask Xie Yan to inherit the responsibilities of Gaozu and the late emperor to the merchants, which saved Xie Yan from a dilemma.Although because of the existence of King Mu and his wife, Xie Yan still couldn't stay out of the matter, and as the regent of Dasheng, it was impossible for him to stay out of the matter.

"What are you going to do now?" Luo Junyao asked.

Xie Yan said: "What uncle wants to do is his business. As he said, he can only choose to start but cannot stop. The most important thing right now is what Yisi Luan wants to do."

In the final analysis, Yao Zhong just used and provoked the forces of all parties. The forces in his hands are not many, and they are not enough to cause any stormy waves.

He threw out the Jinluan Talisman first, motivating all parties to move.But what these people will do in the end is beyond Yao Zhong's control.He obviously doesn't care about these, he just wants to kill those he wants to take revenge on, and he doesn't care about the plans and schemes of the people and forces he uses.

Luo Jun shook his head and nodded, "Then...do you leave Prince Mu's residence alone?"

Xie Yan was silent for a long time before he said lightly: "This is their own business, does Yao Yao think I'm too cruel?"

Luo Junyao leaned against his chest and shook his head, "I hope he...don't really mess with..."

Yao Zhong obviously couldn't accept the idea of ​​using court laws to punish the murderer behind the scenes, or not only Yao Zhong couldn't accept it, but even the businessmen couldn't accept it.

Dingyanghou's attitude is obvious, he can die, but Dingyanghou's mansion will not publicly confess to the court.

Everything they know is speculation. If Marquis Dingyang hadn't admitted it himself, no one would have been able to catch evidence that Marquis Dingyang's mansion participated in the bloodbath of Yao's family after more than 20 years.

As for Mu Wang's mansion, I don't know what happened to Mu Wang and Mu Wangfei back then.

Because the atmosphere in Shangyong is obviously weird these days, there are many people from the rivers and lakes in and out of the city, even Anlan Academy has temporarily suspended classes, and all the students of Anlan Academy are resting at home and will not go to the academy for classes.

Hearing the news, Luo Junyao just smiled, feeling that the gentlemen of Anlan Academy had considered it very carefully.In today's situation, girls are really not suitable for running around in and out of the city every day. You must know that many people in the rivers and lakes are not very law-abiding people.

Luo Junyao also sent a letter to Su Rui and the others, asking them not to wander around outside recently.

"Why are these weird people everywhere these days? Something is going to happen."

Luo Junyao was sitting in Pinyiju with a teacup and was drinking tea when he heard a sigh from the next door.Looking sideways, there were a few scholars sitting obliquely behind them. Although they lowered their voices to speak, Luo Junyao, who was the closest, could still hear them clearly.

It was a few people from the rivers and lakes who came up from downstairs that made them express their emotions.

Pinyiju is considered a relatively expensive place in Shangyong, and ordinary people in the Jianghu would not set foot in it, but there are also rich people in the Jianghu, so it is not surprising to see these people here.But for the nobles and scholars of Shangyong who are accustomed to elegance, these strange people with weapons and short jackets cannot but make them look sideways and be dissatisfied.

Sitting opposite Luo Junyao, Qin Yao'er turned her head and glanced over, then leaned close to Luo Junyao and whispered: "Princess, those people seem to be well-known masters in Mobei."

Hearing this, Luo Junyao slightly raised his eyebrows, "What does it have to do with Qu Fang?"

Qin Yao'er nodded, and whispered: "Although Qu Fang has retired for many years, there are still many people and forces in Mobei who are loyal to him. These people are probably..." She hadn't finished speaking yet After speaking, he suddenly closed his mouth, and his cheeks puffed up.

Luo Jun shook his head and looked over, and another person appeared at the stairs.

Dressed in black, he was tall and slender.His complexion is slightly darker than that of the Shangyong man, but his features are as handsome and handsome as carved.

Most importantly, Luo Junyao knew this person.

"Qu Tiange." Luo Junyao said softly.

Qu Tiange seemed to hear her voice, and turned his head to look towards the window.Seeing Luo Junyao who was sitting at the window, his expression didn't change much, as if he saw an ordinary person who had met once, he quickly turned his head and walked towards the few Jianghu people who came up before him.

Seeing this, Qin Yao'er was relieved, and couldn't help lowering her voice: "It's really Qu Tiange? Why is he here?"

Luo Junyao looked at her, raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you afraid of him?"

Qin Yao'er patted her heart, and quickly widened her eyes and said dissatisfiedly: "I'm not afraid of him."

"Really?" Luo Junyao was noncommittal, Qin Yao'er rolled her eyes and said in a low voice, "Well, I'm a little afraid of him."

"Your poison technique can't help him?" Luo Junyao asked.

Qin Yao'er sighed and said, "If my poison technique can defeat him, then you don't have to be afraid of the prince. You know, martial arts have reached a certain level, and poison can only be fed into their mouths or mixed into their blood." Otherwise, most of them are useless. But..." It is extremely difficult for masters like Xie Yan and Qu Tiange to injure them or make them take poison.

Even if it succeeds, the poison that ordinary people swallow may not be effective immediately for them, and a blow before death is enough to make a waste of martial arts like her feel uncomfortable.

"Why did he come to the capital?" Qin Yao'er said somewhat disconsolately.

Luo Junyao was not surprised, and said lightly: "For his master."

Qin Yao'er blinked her eyes and said: "I remember, the princess has a grudge against him."

Luo Jun smiled and said: "There is indeed a grudge, are you going to help me kill him?"

Qin Yao'er said: "I have no ability to kill him, but I can help the princess. Just ask for any medicine you want, and I guarantee that Musa will never have a chance to save people if the medicine is taken out."

Luo Junyao held his chin and smiled thinking, "Okay, let me think about how to take care of him."

After kidnapping the eldest sister and being wanted by the whole Dasheng, he even dared to show up in Shangyong swaggeringly. It seems inappropriate not to teach him a lesson.

(End of this chapter)