After reading the whole family's minds, the eldest daughter awakened

Although the ministers were very dissatisfied with the fact that there was only one person in Huldan's harem, no one dared to say it at this time. They felt that the future was long.

Maybe by then, without them having to say anything, His Majesty himself would take the initiative to invite the harem.

Now that the new emperor and the empress are newly married, they will not get into trouble.

King Anliang had been preparing to proclaim himself emperor, and as he won the hearts of the people, he quickly stabilized the turbulent situation.

At the mansion where Li Youwei and others were staying, Hu Erdan and Yi Ai came to see them off in person.

"Vice General Li, Princess An Ning, thank you very much this time."

"Your Majesty, you are welcome. We hope that we will abide by the ten-year truce we made between Beiliang and Nanchen."

"That's natural. Please keep this truce."

"Thank you."

Li Youwei and Nalan Ling had already packed their things and were just waiting to get the truce letter before leaving.

"Vice General Li, the wind and snow are still very heavy now. Why don't you wait until the snow melts in two months before leaving?"

"No need." The nights are long and the dreams are many. The sooner we return to Beiguan City, the sooner we will be safe.

"Well, you have helped us so much this time. If there is anything else we need to do, just let us know."

"Queen, I want you to help me find someone."

"Oh? Is there a portrait?"

"Please look."

Li Youwei unfolded a portrait he carried with him and showed it to Yi Ai and Hu Erdan.

The two of them looked at it carefully for a while, and Hu Erdan tentatively said, "Is this the Queen Mother Miaoyin of your country in the painting?"

Empress Dowager Miaoyin became famous in the four countries, and was even known to the descendants of the four countries. This shows her great intimidation power.

It was because of her disappearance that the other three countries frequently started thinking about Nan Chen.

"Exactly."

"Sorry, I haven't seen it before." Huldan thought carefully and gave the answer.

Yi Ai thought for a while and then said with some uncertainty.

"Vice General Li, I seem to have seen him before, but I can't remember where he was."

After hearing Yi Ai's words, Li Youwei and Nalan Ling were both surprised. Maybe Queen Mother Miaoyin was in Beiliang.

"Don't be anxious, think slowly." Huldan gently hugged Il Ai's slender waist and coaxed softly.

"Well, it seems to have been more than ten years ago. I was only five or six years old at the time, so my memory is very vague..."

Yi Ai murmured to himself, while Li Youwei secretly remembered every word.

After Yi Ai stopped recalling, Li Youwei started asking.

"Empress, were you living in the East Palace or the Prince's Mansion at that time?"

In the Northern Liang Kingdom, the prince would live in the East Palace when he was a minor, and when he became an adult, the prince's residence would be built outside the palace.

"I remember this very clearly. My father was still the prince at that time and lived in the prince's residence outside the palace."

"That is to say, you met Queen Mother Miaoyin at the Prince's Mansion outside the palace."

"It stands to reason, but I'm not sure I've seen it before. I just feel a little familiar."

"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we will not give up. Can you take us to the Prince's Mansion now?"

"Of course, come with me."

Yi Ai did not ask Huldan for his opinion and was about to take the two of them out of the house immediately.

Huldan stroked his forehead, with a doting and helpless curve on his lips. He is a silly queen. Does she know that Queen Mother Miaoyin's return to Nanchen is not a good thing for Beiliang.

The three of them and two horses soon arrived at the former Prince's Mansion.

Because it is the place where the late emperor lived, there have always been dedicated people cleaning and managing it. Compared with more than ten years ago, the entire Prince's Mansion has not changed much. “Queen, when you visit your old place again, do you remember anything?”

Yi Ai shook his head, "Sorry, no."

"Okay, can we search for it ourselves in the mansion?"

Without the help of Li Youwei and Nalan Ling this time, Huldan would not have been able to sit on the throne of the emperor so smoothly. As long as it was not a matter that was dangerous to the country, Yierai would not refuse easily.

"Of course, I'll go with you."

The Prince's Mansion is not small. Several people searched around but found nothing.

Especially in the study room, where the most secrets are hidden, we have already dug three feet into the ground, but no clues have been found.

"Vice General Li, maybe my memory is wrong, or the person is no longer here. But don't worry, I will order a nationwide search."

In Yi Ai's heart, she already regarded Li Youwei and Nalan Ling as friends.

"Look again."

Intuition told Li Youwei that they must have missed something.

Master once told her that the Queen Mother disappeared at a palace banquet, and the Prince of Beiliang Kingdom was also there at that time.

The prince of Beiliang Kingdom at that time was Yi Ai's father.

The Queen Mother has not been found for so many years. She must have been hidden, maybe here.

Yi Ai no longer tried to persuade him, but continued to search with him. Huldan still had government affairs to deal with, so he returned to the palace first.

"You Wei, as the prince of a country, there must be a secret room in the house. We have been looking for it for so long, but we haven't seen one." Nalan Ling couldn't help but muttered.

"Sister Ling is right, let's go to the master bedroom and have a look."

Pushing open the door of the master bedroom, the decoration inside is very elegant, and there is a faint smell of ambergris.

The master bedroom had also been searched just now. This time Li Youwei asked Nalan Ling to search the outside room, while she was responsible for searching the inner room.

Li Youwei searched all the places where the trap might be hidden, but still found nothing. Just when they thought it was really just an ordinary master bedroom, an inconspicuous pattern on the bedside caught her attention. It is a carved lifelike red turtle.

"You Wei, did you find anything?"

While Nalan Ling was speaking, someone had already come over. When he followed Li Youwei's line of sight and saw the turtle, he blinked in confusion.

"The late Emperor of Beiliang Kingdom wanted to live longer, so he carved a red turtle on his bedside."

"It's not that simple. It's more like a totem."

After Li Youwei finished speaking, he pressed hard on the turtle pattern. As expected, a stone door opened on the wall behind the bed.

It turned out that after searching for a long time, this was the key to opening the mechanism.

The two looked at each other, then Li Youwei walked in front and Nalan Ling followed.

First there was a flight of stairs going down. As we went down, our eyes gradually became brighter.

My feet were on the ground, and there was a cave in front of me.

Nalan Ling tugged on Li Youwei's sleeve, "Youwei, I'm so excited."

"I'm excited too, let's go over and have a look."

The cave was very dark and humid, and you could still hear the sound of dripping water. After walking for about half a quarter of an hour, there was light in front.

It could be seen by the faint light that a person was chained there.

The two of them stepped forward quickly, and the chained person seemed to notice that someone was coming, and the chain that locked her made a rattling sound.

"Who?"

Maybe it was because he hadn't spoken for a long time, but the voice of the locked man was rough and harsh, making people subconsciously want to cover their ears.

And Li Youwei also saw her face clearly. Although she was much older than the person in the portrait, she still recognized her. She was the Queen Mother Miaoyin.