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Chapter 344 Rescuing the Underground Palace
Lan Xi's eyes were startled, she looked at Xiao Lingyi puzzled, and after a while she said, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty did it on purpose?"

Xiao Lingyi pursed her thin lips slightly, and looked at Lan Xi steadily, without speaking, as if she was thinking about something.

Lan Xi was a little confused, so, being looked at by Xiao Lingyi like this, she was a little at a loss, blinked, and didn't know whether to speak again.

Xiao Lingyi looked at it for a while, then lowered her eyes.

Yes, today she intentionally angered Emperor Zhao.

——In fact, she met Xiao Zhuo two days ago.

It was also late at night at that time, because she suddenly saw Shen Chuhan and Song Qinghuan, she was a little restless, although it was already night, she still tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

At this time, he suddenly heard a slight movement at the entrance of the main hall, and couldn't help but tremble.

Shen Chuhan left in a hurry that day, and only said that he would find a chance to see her after he made a plan to rescue her.In order to make it easier for him to come and go, she did not lock the door of the main hall after dark these few days.

After pricking up his ears, the palace seemed to be calm again.

Frowning, she took the coat and put it on, and went down to the ground barefoot. Just as she was about to leave the inner hall, she suddenly heard the bead curtain move slightly. When she looked up, she saw a strong wind blowing in. The letter landed beside the pillow.

Xiao Lingyi glanced at the flimsy letter, her mind moved slightly, she opened the curtain and walked out of the inner hall.

Sweeping his gaze forward, he saw a black shadow walking silently towards the entrance of the hall.Hearing the movement, the black shadow turned around, saw him under the halo, seemed to be stunned, and soon realized something, stepped forward, knelt down in front of Xiao Lingyi, pulled the black cloth underneath, He choked up and said, "Mother!"

Hearing that the voice was not Shen Chuhan's, Xiao Lingyi was slightly stunned, her eyes swept over the face of the man in black.

Seeing him looking up, the eyes of the two meet in the air.

Looking at that handsome face, Xiao Lingyi always felt that the young man in front of him seemed somewhat familiar, so she couldn't help frowning.

Seemingly seeing Xiao Lingyi's doubts, the man raised his brows slightly, with a joyful smile on his lips, "Your Majesty, it's me, Xiao Zhuo."

"Zhuo'er?" Xiao Lingyi was slightly startled, and when he took a closer look, he saw the shadow of the boy from many years ago.

Seeing her old friend suddenly, Xiao Lingyi was also overjoyed, looked at the entrance of the hall, and said in a low voice, "Zhuo'er, why are you here?"

"I went back to Lindu with Your Highness." Knowing that this is not the time to reminisce about the old days, Xiao Zhuo said simply and concisely, "I was in charge of patrolling the Leng Palace recently, and Your Highness sent me to deliver a letter to your empress. Our plans are all written in After reading the letter, the empress, get ready and wait for us to rescue you."

"Okay." Xiao Lingyi only thought that this is not a place where he would stay for a long time, and nodded, "I see, you should go back quickly."

Xiao Zhuo took a deep breath, "Then I'll take my leave first, and please be patient for a few more days, we will definitely rescue your mother as soon as possible."

"En." Xiao Lingyi nodded heavily, watched Xiao Zhuo get up quickly, and his figure quickly disappeared outside the palace gate, then took a deep breath and returned to the palace.

"Niang Niang?" Seeing that Xiao Lingyi seemed to be lost in thought, after waiting for a while, but she still didn't make a sound, Lan Xi had to speak cautiously.

Xiao Lingyi returned to her senses, moved her fingers slightly, and stroked the pillow beside her.

The letter was hiding in the pillow.

The letter stated that they would come to the underground palace to rescue her in five days. At that time, they would first send people to arrest Emperor Zhao, and then put drugs to stun the maid in the underground palace. Take it by herself first, she doesn't have to worry about other things, she just waits for their people to come to the rescue with peace of mind.

Xiao Lingyi knew very well that she was limited in her actions and couldn't help much, the only person who could help was Emperor Zhao.

Emperor Zhao has a weird personality, and often does not play cards according to common sense. She doesn't know what method Shen Chuhan intends to use to hold Emperor Zhao back, but to be on the safe side, she decided to use both approaches, which is why she was so tough towards him just now.

With Emperor Zhao's temperament, since he had disobeyed him this time, and had such an argument with him, he probably wouldn't come to the underground palace for several days.And this is exactly what she wanted.

What she is hesitating now is whether to tell Lan Xi about this matter.

Naturally, Lan Xi didn't know what Xiao Lingyi was thinking at this moment, thinking that she was still thinking about the past, and suddenly knelt down with a "plop", her voice was sincere and sincere, with a little choking, "Mother, this servant knows, What the servant did back then really hurt the empress's heart, and the servant once thought of apologizing with death. But the servant... the servant is really worried about letting the mother live in such a cold underground palace alone, even if the concubine does not like the servant, the servant... the servant also I just want to serve my empress as well as possible.”

This passage was held in her heart for a long time, but she never had the courage to say it.I'm afraid that once these words come out, the empress will only think that she is making excuses, and will dislike herself even more.

But Xiao Lingyi's attitude today made her feel a little hopeful again.

Maybe, maybe I have opened my mouth, and the empress still has the possibility to forgive me?

Xiao Lingyi fixedly looked at her, the water in his eyes welled up slightly.

In all fairness, Lan Xi has been loyal to her for so many years.

The reason why I have alienated her these years, apart from the resentment she survived because she told Emperor Zhao the location of Wuming Valley, is partly because of Jingqing.

Jingqing and Lan Xi were once the two most useful maids by her side.

Unexpectedly, the person who betrayed her in the end was the person she trusted the most.Jingqing was bribed by the empress, and she put chronic poison in her diet, which led to her death from poisoning.

Therefore, although she came back to life, her trust in Lan Xi was not as good as before.

After a long silence, she said quietly, "Lan Xi, do you want to leave here?"

Lan Xi was stunned, with a puzzled expression on his face, and after a while he seemed to think of something, and his face turned pale, "I don't want to leave my mother, my mother is lonely in this underground palace, and I don't want to go anywhere, I just want to be here Stay with your empress." She thought that Xiao Lingyi said this because she hated her, so she inevitably panicked.

Xiao Lingyi's heart moved, and there seemed to be water in her eyes. After a long time, she finally made up her mind.

"Lan Xi." She looked at Lan Xi again with firm eyes, "I didn't mean you leave here alone, I mean, do you want to leave here with me?"

Lan Xi was completely stunned, looking at Xiao Lingyi in surprise, for a while, his expression darkened, and he said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you know, the Emperor will not let you out."

Although she is just a bystander, she has already seen clearly that Emperor Zhao's affection for the empress is almost abnormal. He doesn't care whether the empress is happy or not, he only cares about being able to tie the empress by his side.

How could such a terrible possessive desire agree to let the empress leave the underground palace?

"No." Xiao Lingyi shook her head, knowing that she had misunderstood her own words, "I mean, escape, you... dare?"

An expression of disbelief appeared in Lan Xi's eyes.

Escape...escape?
How easy is it to escape from this heavily guarded underground palace?Empress today...why do you suddenly have such thoughts?Could it be... that the emperor's actions just now completely broke her heart?But the empress should never have hoped for the emperor?
My heart was full of doubts and puzzles, but looking at Xiao Lingyi's clear eyebrows, for some reason, my restless heart suddenly settled down.She nodded, with a solemn tone, "If my lady wants to escape from this underground palace, this servant will definitely do her best to succeed. But..." She raised her eyes to look at Xiao Lingyi, her eyes were full of worry, "There are strict guards inside and outside the underground palace, It's really difficult to rely on the servant girl and the empress alone."

Xiao Lingyi breathed a sigh of relief and made up her mind completely.

She glanced outside the bead curtain, and ordered cautiously, "You first check to see if Huaying and the others have gone back, and then close the palace door."

Seeing Xiao Lingyi's serious expression, Lan Xi's heart skipped a beat, knowing that she might have something important to tell him, she nodded and got up, and hurried out of the inner hall.

After a while, he turned back again.

"Your Majesty, Huaying and the others have already returned to their rooms, and the palace door has been locked."

Xiao Lingyi nodded, and glanced out of the window, the silhouette of the phoenix in full bloom was dimly projected on the window screen.She clenched her five fingers, turned to look at Lan Xi, and said in a rare solemn voice, "You must listen carefully to what I'm going to say next."

*
a few days later.

The shadow of the moon is slanting, and the night is colorful.

It was late at night, most people had already fallen asleep, and everything was quiet.

At this time, several figures of men in black suddenly appeared near the Lenggong. The men in black had extraordinary skills and moved quickly, and they entered the lush oleander forest in an instant.

The leader is Shen Chuhan.

I saw him silently reciting the formation formula in his mouth, and led the few people behind him to the two big rocks with ease.He stooped forward, stretched out his hand and pressed against the stone, and the stone moved away silently.

Shen Chuhan waved back, and took the lead to enter the tunnel.

Soon, they came to the end of the tunnel, and what appeared in front of them was still the same colorful and vibrant long-haired couple. The high-hanging luminous pearl emitted a soft light, which made their expressions a little on and off.

Shen Chuhan looked at the two of them and made a gesture.The two people understood, rolled on the ground, and soon arrived under the window of the side hall, took out a stick of incense from their arms, lighted it quietly, then poked open the window paper, and stuck the incense in.

Shen Chuhan led the remaining two people to the main hall.

With a push, the door of the main hall opened, Shen Chuhan waved again, and the three of them quickly entered the hall.

At this time, Concubine Xiao Gui, who had already been prepared in the palace, came out when she heard the movement, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw that the leader was Shen Chuhan.

Shen Chuhan walked in front of her, "Concubine Mu, are you ready?"

Concubine Xiao nodded, "Shu'er, I have to take one person away."

Shen Chuhan raised his brows with a slight strange expression, "Who?"

"Lan Xi."

Shen Chuhan was slightly startled.

Of course he knew who Lan Xi was, but he thought that Emperor Zhao had killed everyone in Langhuan Palace, but he still kept Lan Xi?Fortunately, just in case, he ordered someone to bring a few more sets of night clothes.

"Okay, is she here?" Before he had time to think about it, Shen Chuhan answered.

Concubine Xiao Gui nodded, "Inner Palace."

Shen Chuhan also nodded, then turned to look at Mu Bai, "Night Walker."

Mu Bai should be, took out the prepared two sets of night clothes from his arms and handed them over, "Niang Niang."

"Concubine Mu, you and Lan Xi quickly change into your clothes."

Concubine Xiao Gui took the night clothes and hurriedly turned around and entered the hall.After a while, the two of them changed their clothes and came out. Like Shen Chuhan and the others, they were all covered with black cloth masks. After a rough look, they would never have guessed that the slender woman in front of them was Concubine Xiao Gui who had once crowned the harem .

Lan Xi panicked and went forward to salute Shen Chuhan.

Shen Chuhan waved his hand, without saying much, he led a few people out of the main hall quietly.

As soon as he left the palace gate, he saw Xuanying leading Yin Shisan to this side.

"How about it?"

Shen Chuhan asked in a low voice.

"Everything is in order." Xuan Ying replied in a deep voice, with a gloomy expression.

"Okay, let's go!" Shen Chuhan raised his hand and led a few people to the tunnel.Lan Xi looked back at Piandian, wanted to ask something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

The figures of a group of people quickly disappeared into the tunnel.

In the underground palace, the halo of the night pearl is still so soft, quietly sprinkled in the courtyard, and some light shines into the side hall through the window screen.On the beds in the side hall, there were a few women who looked like court ladies, all of them had peaceful faces, but they were already not breathing.

Shen Chuhan has never been a kind person.

Concubine Xiao disappeared in the underground palace. These court ladies must be to blame. How could Emperor Zhao bypass them?It would be better to take their lives first, and leave them a whole body.

The underground palace fell into a deathly silence.

At this time, Shen Chuhan and the others had already left the tunnel, and the moonlight was cold, casting a light veil on the night.

Concubine Xiao Gui's feet fell to the ground, and a soreness welled up in her eyes.

This is not the first time she has set foot on real land, but it is the first time she feels the air on the ground is so fresh.Taking a deep breath greedily, she quickly adjusted her mood, escorted by Shen Chuhan, and headed for the Taolin exit.

There was silence all around.

It was the time when the Iron Armored Guards near Lenggong were handing over, and with Xiao Zhuo present, Shen Chuhan was not worried that there would be patrolling Iron Armored Guards coming over.

A group of people left Taolin smoothly.

Shen Chuhan looked at Concubine Xiao Gui, "Concubine Mother, I will take you out with lightness kung fu, if you are afraid, close your eyes." Then, he signaled Xuanying to rest on the ground.

Concubine Xiao Gui took a deep breath and nodded heavily.

Shen Chuhan hugged her and jumped, and quickly disappeared into the night.

A few people behind him followed suit, only to see a few black shadows flashing past, and quickly disappeared without a trace.

Because they got the patrol schedule of the armored guards from Xiao Zhuo, several people successfully avoided the night patrol of the armored guards and left the palace unimpeded.In the alley not far from the palace, there is a carriage that has been waiting here for a long time.

Shen Chuhan helped Concubine Xiao into the car, and Lan Xi followed closely, sat down in the carriage with a little panic, lowered her head, not daring to look at Shen Chuhan.

Shen Chuhan gave instructions to the outside of the carriage, and the carriage quickly drove towards the city gate like a sword leaving the string.

The sky is getting brighter, and the sky is gradually showing a white belly.

The deserted streets gradually became bustling, early-rising hawkers appeared, and the closed city gates were opened. The armored guards guarding the gates yawned with a sleepy look on their faces.

The number of people leaving the city gradually increased.

At this time, an unremarkable carriage drove towards the city gate and stopped at the city gate.

The armored guard who guarded the door lifted the curtain to take a look, and saw a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance and his wife sitting inside, so he didn't look too much, waved his hand, and let him go.

The curtain of the car was lowered again, and the carriage quickly left the city gate and galloped towards the outskirts of the city.

At this moment, the palace is also bustling.

"His Royal Highness King Han." Shen Chuhan, who was dressed in court clothes, was walking on the way to the Chongzheng Hall when he suddenly heard someone calling him behind him.Turning around to look, it was Shu Deyi who was smiling all over his face.

Shen Chuhan frowned, and stopped walking.

Shu Deyi stepped forward quickly, and bowed to Shen Chuhan.

Shen Chuhan bowed slightly and returned the salute, "Does Master Shu have anything to do with this king?"

Shu Deyi smiled and said haha, "It's nothing important, but just happened to meet His Highness, how about...how about going to Chongzheng Palace together?"

As if aware of Shu Deyi's intentions, Shen Chuhan raised his eyebrows noncommittally, "Master Shu, please."

Some time ago, the Shu family failed to show affection to Shen Chuhan, and their original attitude towards him faded.But recently, Junche is in power, and his actions have become more rampant, which has weakened a lot of the power of the Shu family in the court. Shu Deyi couldn't sit still anymore, and he couldn't care less about his lofty heart, so Baba came to find Shen Chuhan.

He knew that the only person in this court who could compete with Jun Che was Shen Chuhan.

Shen Chuhan wanted to speed up the pace of seizing power recently, so he no longer held a cold attitude towards the Shu family's initiative to show favor.He glanced at Shu Deyi who was speaking to him with a half-smile, his eyes darkened.

Perhaps, I can give the Shu family a sweet date to eat recently.

While the two were chatting, Chongzheng Hall arrived.

Jun Che had already arrived in the hall at this time, and when he saw the two of them entering side by side, a stern look flashed in his eyes, and he quickly covered it up.

It was almost time for all the ministers to arrive, and Emperor Zhao also entered the Chongzheng Hall accompanied by Wang Xi.

As usual, the ministers who have something to report come out first.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the morning court, a small servant suddenly jumped out of the side hall, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, he seemed to be jogging all the way, staring at Wang Xi anxiously.

Wang Xi frowned, and quietly walked towards the side hall.

The little servant whispered a few words in Wang Xi's ear, Wang Xi's face turned pale suddenly, he ignored the ministers who were discussing political affairs, hurried up the steps, and whispered a few words in Emperor Zhao's ear.

In Emperor Zhao's eyes, a dark mist surged in an instant, exuding a cold air all over his body.

(End of this chapter)