At this moment, Huangfu Liyue and Mu Jingchen were on their way to the underground palace.
To avoid alerting others, they did not take anyone else there.
Huangfu Liyue is a princess, so she can travel freely in the palace, and the journey is very smooth.
Until we reached the fork of the road to the underground palace.
There are patrolling guards on both sides of the fork.
The two stopped far away.
Mu Jingchen turned his head and looked at Huangfu Liyue: "Wait a few seconds."
He looked at his watch until the second hand pointed to twelve.
The guard at the fork in the road suddenly raised his feet and walked forward.
Mu Jingchen then said to her: "Let's go."
The two of them timed the guard's shift change exactly, and took advantage of the one-minute gap between their shifts to slip into the road leading to the underground palace ahead.
The road to the underground palace is very quiet and there is no one around.
The two of them quickened their pace and headed straight to the underground palace.
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soon.
The entrance to the underground palace.
The two stopped.
Huangfu Liyue approached the stone door and remembered the mechanism that Sanbao told her about opening the door. After observing it, she reached out and touched a pattern on the stone door.
Countless strange patterns are carved on the stone door, which is a few people tall.
Father told Sanbao that the patterns on the stone gate are regular.
The pattern in the center is the mechanism of the stone gate.
If the stone door touches any pattern other than the door mechanism, the stone door will shoot poisonous needles.
When Huangfu Liyue pressed his hand against the pattern, he clearly felt the palm of his hand vibrate slightly, and the pattern bulged a little.
She knew she was in the right place.
When she was about to open the door, Mu Jingchen suddenly grabbed her wrist.
"somebody is coming!"
After his reminder, Huangfu Liyue also heard the footsteps getting closer and closer behind her.
She immediately retracted her hand and did not continue.
The place where the stone door had just bulged returned to its original shape as she retracted her hand.
Both of them looked behind them.
When they saw a group of patrolling guards coming behind them, both of them had a look of surprise on their faces.
When they came to the underground palace, they deliberately avoided these guards.
According to the rules of patrolling in the palace, it is impossible for patrolling guards to appear here during this time.
But now, by chance, a group of patrolling guards came.
They noticed something fishy at the same time.
At the same time, the commander of the patrol guards came over with a group of guards and shouted: "Who is so bold and dares to trespass into the forbidden area!"
Huangfu Liyue stepped forward very calmly and said with a smile: "Commander, it's me."
When the commander of the patrol guards saw it was Huangfu Liyue again, his expression became very ugly.
"Princess, this is the second time you have broken into the underground palace without permission!"
Looking at the stern look on the commander's face, Huangfu Liyue laughed awkwardly and explained: "Commander, don't get me wrong, last time I didn't know this was an underground palace and broke in by mistake, but this time, I was acting on orders."
The leader of the patrol guards asked in confusion: "Then, princess, whose order did you take, and what are you doing here?"
Huangfu Liyue replied without changing his expression: "Of course I am following my father's orders. Otherwise, would I have deliberately trespassed despite knowing that this is a forbidden area?"
The commander of the guards was dubious.
Huangfu Liyue looked at his indifferent face and continued: "In a few days, it will be the death anniversary of the late king, my grandfather. My father ordered me to come and pay my respects in advance. Is there any problem?"
When she said this, Mu Jingchen took out the paper money he had prepared in advance from his loose coat and handed it to the guard commander.
The suspicion in the guard commander's eyes dissipated a bit.
In a few days, it will indeed be the death anniversary of the late king.
If the two of them had not come to worship, they would not have prepared paper money in advance.
The guard commander glanced at the paper money in Mu Jingchen's hand, and his tough attitude softened a bit.
"Princess, Mr. Mu, what you say is unfounded. Trespassing into forbidden areas is a serious crime. Please follow me to see Your Majesty. Your Majesty will make your decision."
Huangfu Liyue nodded naturally.
"good."
Then, she and Mu Jingchen looked at each other and left the underground palace with the group of guards.
Fortunately, the two of them were well prepared. They checked the information about the previous kings of Country Y in advance and learned that the death anniversary of their ancestor happened to be in a few days.
Therefore, the two of them carried some paper money with them, just in case.
Unexpectedly, it actually came in handy.
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After the two were taken away by the patrolling guards, Yiran suddenly appeared on the road in front of the underground palace.
She sneaked in while Huangfu Liyue and Mu Jingchen were being taken away by the guards.
However, looking at the closed door of the underground palace, she was in trouble.
This stone gate looks ordinary. You can't tell where the mechanism is at all. You can only see the intricate patterns on it.
She reached out and groped on the stone door, trying to find out where the mechanism was.
But as soon as his hand touched the pattern on the stone door, three poisonous needles suddenly shot out from the stone door.
She was so frightened that she backed away.
Although she avoided it in time, the three poisonous needles were too fast, and one of them grazed her wrist, and she immediately felt a stinging pain in her wrist.
A painful groan came out of her mouth, and she held her wrist and gasped in pain.
Then, she saw that the skin on her wrist turned black and blue.
She immediately realized that this needle was poisonous!
Without any time to think, she knelt down, took out a dagger from her boot, and instantly cut her wrist.
Then, she put her lips on the wound and sucked out all the poisonous blood.
After a few minutes, the black blue on my wrist finally turned into a normal color.
She fell to the ground and breathed a sigh of relief.
The poisonous blood has been cleared, but I can't use my wrist these days.
She looked at the plain stone door in front of her again, but she didn't dare to step forward or touch it casually.
It seems that we have to figure out the mechanism to open the door. Blindly opening the underground palace will be life-threatening.
She climbed up from the ground in embarrassment. After cleaning up the poisonous blood on the ground, she dragged her heavy poisoned body out of the underground palace.
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The king's bedroom.
Because Huangfu Liyue and Mu Jingchen broke into the underground palace without authorization, the king and queen were awakened.
The two of them put on thick coats and went downstairs.
When the king saw Huangfu Liyue and Mu Jingchen, he frowned deeply and already guessed why they were escorted here late at night by the guards.
¡°Compared to the king¡¯s expression, the queen was obviously much calmer.
There was no surprise on her face, as if she had expected it.
Seeing the guard commander leading Huangfu Liyue and Mu Jingchen through the door, she yawned as if nothing happened and asked, "What's going on? Why is Nuo Xi here in the middle of the night?"
The commander of the guards came forward and reported: "Your Majesty, the Queen, the Princess and Mr. Mu broke into the underground palace late at night."
The queen stopped yawning and pretended to be surprised.
She looked at Huangfu Liyue, smiled and said: "Nuo Xi, if I guessed correctly, it seems that you were punished by your father not long ago for trespassing into the underground palace."
Huangfu Liyue looked at the gloating in the queen's eyes, lowered her head and said, "The queen has a really good memory."
The queen glanced at her briefly, then turned to look at the king.
"Your Majesty, according to the laws of our Country Y, anyone who breaks into the underground palace without permission will be punished by death.
Last time, Your Majesty ignored the law and was extra kind to the princess. How is Your Majesty going to deal with it this time? "(Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com