Shen Yuexi stepped on the last jade step, just as Pei Jingyun in the Jinluan Hall turned around slowly.

After countless twists and turns, she and she finally met each other's eyes again.

The two first met in Seungkyung.At that time, Pei Jingyun was wearing exquisite palace attire, covered with a veil, and surrounded by a group of attendants, furious and wanted to take the opportunity to punish her with death.After Su Mo pleaded for her, Pei Jingyun turned into a dimple in an instant, and her every move made it impossible to see her thoughts.Even when she drank the poison, Pei Jingyun's expression showed no flaws.

Now Pei Jingyun is wearing sackcloth filial piety, her face is pale and haggard without any makeup, and with white hair all over her head, she looks like a person made entirely of ice and snow, standing alone in the resplendent and resplendent hall, revealing all the beauty and complexity. Isolated outside, she was blindingly white and bitingly icy, making one feel that no matter how warm the sun was, it would be difficult to melt her shell.

When Shen Yuexi looked at her, she was also looking at Shen Yuexi, her expression was like the ice that would never melt for thousands of years, there was no joy, anger, sorrow, joy, or unexpected confusion, she was as calm as if she knew Shen Yuexi would come here a long time ago.But her gaze is extremely complicated, it seems to have admiration, surprise, and appreciation...

Until her gaze landed on Shen Yuexi's lower abdomen, all the previously ignited emotions were overwhelmed by an emotion called hatred.

Shen Yuexi didn't avoid Pei Jingyun's hateful gaze, and greeted him without fear.

The war in the interior has subsided, and the civil servants headed by the prime minister and the military generals headed by the general Zhao Mu are all looking forward to Xiao Zhuo's lead.Now everyone is waiting for Xiao Zhuo to return to the capital to become emperor.In the west, the rebellious king of Siron Doma has also been punished.Qiang Lin will become the new king to rule the entire Xirong.With her relationship with Qianglin, Xirong will no longer be a problem for Xiliang.

Internal and external troubles have been resolved, and as long as she resolves the grievances of many years ago, she can let her children usher in a bright future without conflicts and wars.

This is the goal she must achieve.She has gone through so many difficulties with Xiao Zhuo, no matter how powerful Pei Jingyun is, she still has the confidence to become the final winner.

Xiao Zhuo also walked up the jade steps, his tender eyes rested on her for a moment, then he calmly walked towards Pei Jingyun.

Shen Yuexi also wanted to follow, Mei Dai held her hand from behind, and said in a low voice: "Sister, Mrs. Pei is waiting for us here alone, it's a bit weird, don't come close, let Wang An talk to Mrs. Pei."

Hearing this, Shen Yuexi looked into the Jinluan Hall vigilantly.

The entire hall was spotless, exuding the smell of undried paint, as if it had just been built.Two rows of tall white stone pillars are propped up under the tall roof painted with dragons and phoenixes. The noon sun shines into the hall through the side window lattice, and there is no place to hide the assassin.

Only the back of the emperor's throne reveals a trace of strangeness.There is no screen there, but a white wall with a door opening, one and a half people tall, which can accommodate three people walking side by side.The doorway seemed to be very deep, and a pale yellow light shone on the wall from inside.

Whose house will have such a gate on the Golden Luan Hall?Could it be that there are many soldiers hiding here, waiting for Pei Jingyun's order to come out?

Just wondering, Shen Lan quickly walked up the steps, grabbed her hand and said: "Sister, let's catch up with brother-in-law, the pursuers are coming."

Shen Yuexi looked back and saw that the gate of the imperial city had been pushed open, and a large group of soldiers were pouring into the square with their swords and guns raised high, rushing towards the Jinluan Hall.Many of them, with their clothes on and their hair still wet, were soldiers who had been washed up on the beach and who had found weapons again somewhere.

She hurriedly ran forward with Mei Chen and the two, and called Xiao Zhuo at the same time: "Husband, the pursuers are here, the pursuers are here."

Xiao Zhuo also heard the shouts from the square, quickened his pace, stretched out his hand and shouted to Pei Jingyun: "Mother, please stay."

Pei Jingyun glanced at them, did not answer Xiao Zhuo's call, turned around and walked quickly behind the throne, and disappeared into the doorway.

Xiao Zhuo stopped and said to Shen Yuexi: "Yuexi, we will follow."

"That's necessary," Shen Yuexi ran up to him, "There is such a large group of soldiers behind me, I can't deal with them anymore."

On the beach Big Bear created huge waves with collected sea water.Now there is no sea water to deal with many soldiers.

The four of them walked quickly past Danchi, climbed the steps in front of the imperial seat, bypassed the imperial case, and came to the entrance.Xiao Zhuo rushed to the front first, drew out his long sword and leaned in to have a look, then turned his head and said to the three of them: "It's a downward passage, and there are lamps and candles on the wall."

Mei Dai said: "There is no place in the whole hall to defend against the enemy, we all enter here. King An holds the sword to block the entrance of the cave, even though the opponent has many people, they cannot easily enter." Xiao Zhuo nodded, stood at the entrance of the cave and said: "Go in quickly , I will block the pursuers."

Shen Yuexi thought: "There won't be any traps inside, right?"

In such a narrow tunnel in ancient times, there was always something strange.For example, there are movable boards on the ground, and when people step on them, they fall into the pit. The pit is full of sharp iron cones, and they die miserably.Or when walking, there is a crackling sound on the wall, and iron arrows are shot out of the holes, shooting people into arrow stacks.Otherwise, the stone slab under your feet will be concave, and a huge boulder of ten thousand catties will fall from the top of your head...

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the cave was full of danger, so she couldn't help but hesitate, and stood there without moving.

Seeing that she was not moving, Shen Lan pulled her and said, "Sister, there is no way to defend against so many enemies outside. Even if there is danger inside, we just need to proceed carefully."

Seeing that the two sisters said so, Shen Yuexi had no choice but to nod.

Mei Dai drew out a dagger to explore the way ahead, she followed behind Mei Dai, Shen Lan was last.The three entered the corridor.Parrot Liuli seemed very curious, left her shoulder, landed on Mei Dai's arm, looked around and quacked.

Entering the corridor, Shen Yuexi discovered that the corridor was made of smooth stone walls up, down, left, and right.An ever-burning lamp was lit every three meters, so that there was no dark place in the entire corridor just right.Down is a level of steps, flat and delicate, it seems that it has just been built.About 70 levels down is the end, and there is a light on the left side of the end.

The three walked down the stone steps cautiously, Mei Dai and Shen Lan touched the wall from time to time to see if there was an ambush like a trap.

Shen Yuexi turned her head to look at Xiao Zhuo who was guarding the entrance of the cave. Hearing the approaching shouts, she couldn't help feeling worried, and said to Xiao Zhuo, "Husband, come quickly too."

Xiao Zhuo didn't look back, he stood there holding his sword and said, "You guys go down first."

At this time, Mei Dai had already come to the end, she turned her head and said to her: "Sister, here is still the same downward step."

Shen Yuexi counted the steps as she walked down, and it happened to be 75.She rushed to Mei Dai's side to look, and found that the downward steps were just a ninety-degree right-angle turn, and then went down another 75 steps to the end, and the light was still shining on the left side at the end.

She calculated in her mind that a step is considered to be 75 centimeters high, and level 15 is 15 centimeters, which is 15 meters. Everyone has walked down [-] meters from the height of the throne of the Golden Temple, and there are still [-] meters left. This seems to be going underground all the time.

Shen Lan said to Mei Dai: "Queen, did you see Mrs. Pei just now?"

Mei Dai said: "She should have walked all the way, let's catch up with her."

Shen Yuexi said to the two: "Sisters, where do these steps lead to?"

Xiao Zhuo's voice sounded behind the three of them: "Should it be for refuge?"

Shen Yuexi turned her head and saw Xiao Zhuo standing behind her, she was surprised and said, "Husband, you have come down too, where are the pursuers?"

"They all stopped at the entrance of the Golden Luan Hall and didn't come in," Xiao Zhuo said. "It seems that mother has a ban and they are not allowed to step into this place. I don't think they chased after them, so they came down to look for you."

Seeing that the pursuers did not come, Shen Yuexi felt a little relieved.So far, no matter whether this downward passage is used for refuge or what to do, there is only one way to go anyway.

If she encounters danger on the way, she will let Big Bear open the way.Just like the time he rescued people in Xia Yuangu, he opened a road directly to the ground.As for what Mei Dai and Shen Lan would think, she didn't care anymore.Life-saving is the first.

To be on the safe side, she called Big Bear again in her heart: "Big Bear, are you there?"

"Dear master, Big Bear is here, what do you want to make?" After Big Bear's cheerful voice sounded, he followed up, "The energy stored by Big Bear may not be able to support the next construction, and the owner needs to replenish it in time."

Shen Yuexi was stunned for a moment, Big Bear's energy was about to run out.

Thinking about it, Daxiong saved her and Xiao Zhuo at the bottom of the sea, and then scattered the soldiers with waves on the beach.These are extremely energy consuming.All the way to the Golden Luan Hall, Da Xiong didn't have time to recharge at all.

It is impossible to exit the passage, there are enemies outside, so we can only continue to go down.The universal maker doesn't know how much energy is left.It's really worrying, why didn't I think of designing a remaining battery indicator function at the beginning.

She was annoyed when there were a few clicks from the bottom of the passage, like small stones rolling on the steps, which sounded very clear in this dark passage.

"Come on, let's continue down." Shen Yuexi greeted everyone.

No matter what, Pei Jingyun walked down from here, and she didn't touch any traps like secret doors along the way.If he wanted to see Pei Jingyun, he had no choice but to continue.

The four of them descended another 75 steps, turned a right-angle turn, and descended another 75 steps... and so on, they always saw the same corridor and the same lamp.Go to the end and turn left, and there is another downward step.

Walking to the back, Shen Yuexi couldn't remember how many times she turned around, but felt that the air was getting hotter and hotter.

"The passage is so long," she couldn't help but shouted, "Where does it lead to?"

She didn't want to ask Xiao Zhuo, Mei Dai or Shen Lan specifically, she just felt that the steps were too long and people were confused, and wanted to vent her dissatisfaction.

"Leading to my husband's tomb."

From the end of the steps came Pei Jingyun's cold response.

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