late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 47
"Then according to what Liu Ye said, our third mother will move out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation tonight." Lan Er gave An Dehai a look and made him step aside.

"In this way, the minister and the prince will make some preparations in the Hall of Mental Cultivation to welcome the eminent monk." I said immediately.

In fact, I was worried that the murderer behind the scenes would take advantage of this opportunity to do something. After all, we only have the clue of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. If the person behind the scenes can take advantage of it, there will definitely be endless troubles.

"Go, the Ai family and the emperor are going to pack their things now." The Empress Dowager Ci'an said, beckoning to the six-year-old Emperor Tongzhi, signaling the little emperor to come to her side.

The little emperor made a face at me, and reluctantly came to Ci'an's side, "Emperor Niang, I don't want to leave here!"

"Your Majesty, we need to do a ritual here. Be obedient, let's go back to live in the Queen's mother's palace first, okay?" The Empress Dowager Ci'an gently coaxed the little emperor.

"No! I don't want to leave here! I want to live here!" Tongzhi still refused to let go.

"Ahem!" At this time, Lan'er coughed twice, then looked at Emperor Tongzhi with a serious face, "You are the king of a country, you must not do anything willful!"

After being said by Lan'er, Emperor Tongzhi immediately languished, nestled beside Empress Dowager Ci'an in aggrieved manner, bowed his head and remained silent.

"Okay, he's still young, so don't get angry, let's go." Empress Dowager Ci'an got up, picked up six-year-old Tongzhi, and left the Hall of Mental Cultivation without even packing her things.

Judging by her appearance, she should be a little angry. From this, it can be seen that the Empress Dowager Ci'an really doted on Emperor Tongzhi very much as the history books said.

Lan'er sighed and shook her head, with a helpless expression on her face, "If this goes on, the emperor will be spoiled sooner or later. My Qing Dynasty has internal and external troubles. If the emperor is not talented in the future, wouldn't this thousand miles of land fall into the hands of others for nothing? !"

"Empress Dowager, please be at ease, I feel that this matter is not difficult to handle, as long as you find a capable master for the emperor, and teach him carefully." Yixin suggested.

"Yeah, the Ai family is also thinking about this matter. Since the sixth master mentioned it, then help the emperor to look for it and see if there is any suitable candidate."

"Yes, I must carefully consider it."

"En." Lan'er nodded, and then looked at me with deep meaning, "Master Tang, the Ai family will order someone to draw up a decree in a short while, but you must be extremely careful when you go this time."

"I obey the order." I stroked my body and replied.

"Ai's family is going back first. If you have a result, go directly to Shouchun Palace to report." Lan'er said, she had already stood up.

"I respectfully send off the Queen Mother." Yixin and I saluted Lan'er, and didn't stand up until Lan'er left.

"Zhongzheng, hurry up, you and I will split up." Yixin couldn't wait to start searching.

Judging from his appearance, he should be very experienced in handling cases, and he searched every corner very carefully.

I followed behind him, and said a little worriedly, "Sixth Master, I'd better be with you, in case someone sneaks up, I'll have someone to take care of me."

Now most of the people in the Palace of Mental Cultivation have left, and only Yixin and I are left. The huge palace is empty, and it even feels a bit eerie.

"Hehe, okay, let's go together." Yixin smiled and replied.

I know that he must have thought that I was afraid, but he didn't tell the truth. After all, in his heart, I was a weak civil servant, so to speak, I was powerless.

As for me, I was worried that Yixin would be attacked by people behind the scenes. After all, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the dark, so I have to be extremely careful.

"Master Liu, did you hear anything?"

I stopped suddenly and listened carefully to the sounds around me, but I heard a 'dong' just now, but now I can't hear anything.

When I asked Yixin, she listened carefully, but after a long time, there was no more sound.

"You may have heard it wrong, so hurry up and look for it, where can you hide so many people!" Yi Xin said, and started searching again.

I stood where I was and looked at the palace seriously. If I want to hide so many people here, I must have a secret room big enough.

However, looking at the periphery of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, compared with the interior space, there is no place to build a large secret room at all.

Therefore, if there is a secret room here, there is only one possibility...

That is the secret room is underground!

If there is really a secret room in the underground, then the entrance must be extremely secret. It must be the place where several generations of emperors worked, and it must be different from other places.

"Zhongzheng, come and see, there is actually dirt here!" Yixin waved at me, still focusing on the dirt on the ground.

I walked over quickly, and beside the bookshelf in the corner of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, there was indeed a handful of soil, which formed a sharp contrast with the surrounding smooth ground.

"It stands to reason that this Hall of Mental Cultivation is being cleaned all the time, so it's impossible for there to be dirt here." Yi Xin asked suspiciously.

I gently pinched a little soil, and pushed it away with my thumb and index finger, "This soil should have been left behind by someone just now, and this soil should have come from the koi pond in the imperial garden."

"How do you know that?" Yixin looked at me suspiciously.

"It hasn't rained in the past few days, and the soil is very dry. Therefore, in the entire palace, only the koi pond has such wet and sticky soil."

I lightly patted the dirt off my fingers, and deduced very firmly, and I also knew that the person who left the dirt was An Dehai.

Yi Xin seemed to have thought of that person too, and suddenly realized, "An Dehai was ordered by the queen mother to feed the fish in the koi pond just now, and he must have left this soil behind!"

"Master Liu, let's look around here to see if there is an entrance leading to the underground." As I spoke, I squatted down and tapped the floor lightly.

The floor made a 'dong dong' sound, and it seemed to be solid. Yixin and I searched the surrounding area again, but still found nothing.

"Zhongzheng, I think you may be worrying too much. How could there be an underground secret room in the Hall of Mental Cultivation? It's definitely impossible." Yi Xin sat on the steps right there, with sweat dripping from her forehead.

I also took advantage of the situation and sat not far from him, "Sixth Master, if there is no underground secret room here, then those court ladies must not be in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

"I have lived in this palace for so many years, and I often come to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. I have never heard of any secret room underground. I think you are thinking too much..."

"boom!"

Before Yixin could finish speaking, a clear sound suddenly came from somewhere, and Yixin and I could hear it clearly.

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