I really don't want to take shortcuts anymore

Luo Qianhuai groped around the dragon couch twice, and the floor tiles on the side of the couch retracted silently, revealing a deep passage.

Nie Xi's pupils shrank instantly. He had served His Majesty for decades, and this was the first time he knew that there was a secret passage in the Chengming Palace!
The call outside the door sounded again: "My son, Yu Jin, and my minister, Jinwu Cui Xiaoben, would like to see your majesty!"

The system raised his head and took a deep look at Simeiren.

She didn't know what inspiration Simei got from it, but she actually smiled and nodded, and then watched Luo Qianhuai, Mr. Mo and Xue Wen disappear at the entrance of the tunnel.

The tunnel is designed very scientifically, and there is a switch to close the exit below.

Simei Ren waited until the tunnel entrance was completely closed, then turned around and picked up the Emperor's Sword. She stood behind Nie Xi and without saying a word, she just struck the sword horizontally.

No matter how powerful Nie Xi was, he was still a human being. If half of his neck was cut off, he would naturally not be able to survive.

It's a pity that he couldn't control his body until his death, so he just remained standing and died.

The people outside the door couldn't wait any longer: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I'm anxious to escort you, and I'm about to come in now!"

A graceful figure was reflected in the window by the candlelight.

Simei Ren opened the door of the palace with heavy steps, tears streaming down her face, and she almost burst into tears:
"Your Majesty has passed away. Nie Lingjian was very sad and followed his Majesty."

She slowly raised her right hand holding the imperial edict to the shocked and inexplicable people outside the door.

His Highness Chengming's tunnel is very long. At first it was always diagonally downward, and it was not until half an hour later that it became a flat road.

The tunnel is about three meters high and two meters wide. It is made of green bricks and glutinous rice mortar. Every ten meters or so, there are luminous pearls emitting fluorescent green light, which can barely provide lighting.

The system walked quickly without saying a word, with Mr. Mo and Xue Wen following closely behind. They kept walking for nearly two hours before the system stopped.

"Warning! Due to insufficient energy, this enforcement has been suspended. The host is asked to make up for the rest."

The system's performance today was remarkable, and Luo Qianhuai was not shy about praising it: "Thank you for the system today. The system is still more reliable than expected at critical times.

"It is about to enter charging mode, which is expected to last for twelve hours. During this period, the system will enter a silent state. Use the shortcut system to reach the peak of life! Thank you again for your trust and support in version 1.3 of the shortcut system!"

When she stopped where she was, Mr. Mo and Xue Wen also stopped and waited for her silently.

After finally waiting until there was no movement in the system, Luo Qianhuai noticed the two of them and deliberately opened his mouth to liven up the atmosphere:
"I'm sorry, I walked in a hurry just now and my feet are a little sore." She didn't lie at all. Every time the system was applied to the body, the body would have a clear sense of dehydration. Saying that bare feet were sore was actually an understatement.

Mr. Mo pondered for a moment, then stretched out his right hand towards her.

The hand was as before, the fingers were as long as jade, and the nails were neatly trimmed, glowing brightly under the reflection of the night pearl.

But Luo Qianhuai only saw the moon-white embroidery on the sleeves of his blue robe. It is a pattern with endless characters, which is exactly the same as the embroidered pattern on the sleeves of Simeiren's robe. She pretended not to see him, opened her legs with some difficulty, and walked past him. Mr. Mo was stunned for a few seconds, and then he strode up to follow him. His face was calm and there was no trace of annoyance at all.

In order to break the embarrassment, Luo Qianhuai took the initiative to speak again:

"This tunnel is really a big project." She expressed her thoughts: "There are special ventilation holes at the top, so even if it has not been used for many years, there is no smell of decay. I really don't know who lives here. Whoever is in charge of its construction doesn’t know where it will lead.”

Hearing this, Mr. Mo and Xue Wen all turned their gazes towards her with very complicated expressions.

Only then did Luo Qianhuai realize it belatedly. Yes, she was the one who opened the tunnel with great proficiency, so she should obviously be an insider. It seems a little unreasonable to say that we don't know the origin and whereabouts of this place.

But it was obviously the system that knew everything. She was really blind, and she didn't even know where she was now.

"Well, I actually saw such a record in an unknown miscellaneous book before. Wasn't the situation urgent just now, so I thought of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor. Who knows where His Majesty's couch is in the Chengming Palace? , there really is such a mechanism that happens to open a tunnel - don't you think this is a coincidence? Haha, hahaha."

She smiled reluctantly, but neither of the two people around her smiled.

"Sir, Mr. Xue, don't you believe it?" Luo Qianhuai blinked his innocent almond eyes and looked around.

Is this a question of belief or not? This kind of secret passage built in the emperor's palace must be used for escape at special times. I am afraid that except for the emperors of Dayu, even the queens have no idea about it. Most of the craftsmen involved in the construction have been silenced long ago.

How could such a secret thing be recorded in any miscellaneous book?

What's more, Mrs. Luo probably forgot that in addition to the tunnel, she also opened the secret compartment under the throne in front of them and took out a secret edict. It was most likely His Majesty's last edict.

Yu Heng should have only handed over these private matters of the emperor to his most trusted eunuch, Ling Nie Xi. Even Simei Ren and Tang Zhan had no way of knowing about it, but Mrs. Luo knew everything.

Along the way, Mr. Mo had already thought about it countless times in his mind, questioning his previous judgments.

Did the deposed Chen family really ever possess such secrets? If this is the case, even if you send someone to sneak into the palace from this way to abolish the establishment, it is possible to succeed. Why stay in the cold palace until the oil is exhausted and the direct clan members are also poked in the neck?
Even she herself still has some illusions about His Majesty, but after her death, those forces under the sinking of the Chen family regarded the Wei family as a thorn in their side and tried every means to get rid of them, so how could they have no resentment towards His Majesty? ?
But if Mrs. Luo was not sent by the Chen family, then who could she be?

Is it possible that there is a fourth, more secretive force behind this, and even His Majesty and he are not aware of it at all?
If this conjecture is true, why should she save him in such a dead situation just now? Since you saved him without any scruples, why are you still unwilling to be honest with him and continue to fool him?

He couldn't figure it out, so he could only follow her thoughts and said: "Madam Luo saved Mo once again. Even if there were some inconveniences in the process, Mo would not get to the bottom of it. Madam Luo, just be relieved. "

This means that she doesn't believe her at all. Luo Qianhuai felt a little powerless, but there was nothing he could do.

Thinking about it from his perspective, if she were in Mr. Mo's position, she would still not believe that she was innocent.

The system is a scam! But without it, it would be impossible for everyone to escape right now.