Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 185 Night Break into the Eastern Palace (Part [-])
In fact, even if you don’t know the specific location, Chongren Hall is easy to find.

Before Li Yuqi got married, he always regarded himself as deeply affectionate and never gave up. The so-called "One look at ten thousand years, if you are not a Qing, you will not marry" is what he said. After the wedding, he is also like a husband and wife. Attend together.After the fire in Chongren Hall, everyone knew that His Highness was very sad for a long time, and Chongren Hall has not been renovated yet.

The black skeleton stands there, as if he has placed his wounded heart in front of the world.

There is a lot to show off, so the skeleton stand is very conspicuous. Ji Wuyan even avoided the loose defense of the Eastern Palace without any effort, and sneaked all the way into the formerly glorious Chongren Hall.

In the huge Chongren Hall, the walls are all black, but they are all ruined walls. Under the damaged low walls, there are lush weeds sprouting.The water in the pond has dried up, and there is a thick layer of dead leaves and weeds.

Ji Wuyan stood in the yard, looking at the scenes in front of her, but she couldn't find any traces of Shangguan Yuan's past life. In the huge yard, there wasn't a single apricot flower, and there wasn't the true red that Shangguan Yuan liked. Where did the wind come from, it blew past, like the wailing of the soul in a midnight dream.

And farther away, there is a faint sound of silk and bamboo, which is blown away by the wind, and it seems that the song is out of tune, and the tune is out of tune.

In the deep night, the prince of the East Palace changed his mind from the day and hugged left and right to enjoy things to the fullest.

His nails dug into his palm hard.

There were throbbing pains in her temples, she bit her back teeth, suppressed the urge to cut the man under the sword, dragged her heavy steps, stepped up the steps step by step, and pushed open the dusty door.

Inside, it was empty.

All the furnishings are gone, the vases, tables and chairs are gone, the ground is also black with stains, and the air is full of smoky smell, which is suffocating.

Standing at the door, Ji Wuyan felt that her legs were so heavy that she couldn't step in. There was a sudden jump in her temples. She subconsciously stretched out her hand to hold the door frame, and then she stabilized her figure. The steps moved in small by small steps.

After touching the dark walls, there were strings of burned beads with no color on the floor, and strange sticky puddles of stains.

In the dormitory, the bed is still there, and the three or five cabinets are also there. The cabinets are a little falling apart, and the doors of the cabinets are also burnt out, hanging on the cabinet body precariously.

Ji Wuyan touched it little by little, as if feeling the traces of that person's existence.

But in the end... I can't feel anything.

It's like that person has never lived here, like... In the many months since I came to Yanjing City, I have never felt her traces in any corner of the city.Sometimes I even feel that these traces were cleaned up by Shangguan Yuan herself.

The mottled and rough wall passed between her fingers, and she felt a little tingling due to the force. She walked by step by step, suddenly, her steps paused slightly.

In the dim light, a trace of unevenness was clearly felt under the fingertips.

Ji Wuyan looked up.

It seems to be the place where the painting was hung before. The painting was probably burned, leaving only a shallow pothole. There is no burnt edge on the wall here, and the black is yellowish.

Ji Wuyan reached out and knocked, and there was an echo.

She took off the hairpin on her hair, and scraped the wall along the uneven trace to scrape the wall ash bit by bit. The wall covered with dust and cobwebs rustled and dust fell all over her body.

I don't know how long it took to plan, but the newly patched wall paint was planed off, revealing a blue brick that didn't fit.

With trembling hands, he moved the green brick away, revealing an iron box with a lock inside.Ji Wuyan stared at the lock... His eyes trembled fiercely. The bronze lock and the bronze lock were his wedding present to Shangguan Yuan!

I gave her... a whole bronze box of silver tickets.

Shangguan Yuan disliked her being perfunctory, but Ji Wuyan told her that the city of Yanjing was far away after all, and if something happened, Jiangnan would be beyond reach.Therefore, it is always good to have more money by your side.

Ji Wuyan never thought that the East Palace was a rich and noble refuge, and she never thought that Yanjing City was a rich and peaceful place.

It is impossible for Shangguan Yuan to come here alone, and everything will go smoothly. There is really no better wedding gift than money.

Ji Wuyan was holding the bronze box, and his chest was beating violently, so violently that it seemed that the entire Chongren Hall was filled with the sound of his own heartbeat, thump, thump, violent and chaotic.

The bronze lock is a mechanism lock, which was taught by the master and Ji Wuyan personally modified it. There are probably no more than five people in the whole world who can open this lock.With trembling fingertips, she hesitated to open it.

She was afraid of seeing a whole box of neat and untouched silver bills, and even more afraid of seeing the things Shangguan Yuan put in—she always felt that Shangguan Yuan could take pains to lock it into this bronze box and hide it in this dark place. Gerry's stuff, could be the key to the truth.

It is also... the key to everything that Shangguan Yuan encountered in the Eastern Palace.

The bronze lock buckle snapped open.

In the quiet night, the voice was so clear that it penetrated.

And in the dim light, there is a thick stack of banknotes, which have not moved at all... And on the banknotes, there is a letter, the handwriting on it is so familiar that it makes people tear up.

Present, my Ning'er.

This is... a letter to myself, which looks exactly like all the letters from home, but it has not been sent, and it has been locked layer by layer in this dark place where the sky cannot be burned by fire.

The wind became stronger and stronger, whimpering and blowing, and the withered grass and leaves in the yard were blown into the empty window openings by the wind.

Not too far away, there seemed to be a patrol team coming this way, with the sound of scabbards brushing against armor.

Ji Wuyan quickly restored the blue brick to its original position, and searched the entire dormitory. After finding nothing else, he wrapped the bronze box in a black robe, and prepared to take advantage of the patrolling soldiers to pass by. He quickly left the East Palace.

Perhaps Chongren Hall has become like this, and the guards of the East Palace have also been negligent and slack about this place. There are not many guards here, so it is not difficult to leave.

Can……

Just as the footsteps crossed the threshold, Ji Wuyan felt dizzy again, and the bronze box wrapped in the black robe became unstable and fell to the ground suddenly.

The guards on patrol had left.

Ji Wuyan bent down to pick it up, but it was a step too late. The bronze box fell heavily to the ground, and a whistle suddenly sounded from the corner, accompanied by a steady and loud warning, "A thief has sneaked in!"

"Quick! Catch the assassin!"

"Come here! Catch the assassin!"

Ji Wuyan's complexion changed and he walked towards the nearest wall as chaotic footsteps rushed towards him instantly.

(End of this chapter)