Chapter 263 I would rather work in vain a thousand times
"You two princes, please don't act rashly!" Li Bing dissuaded.
Ximen Hao ignored Li Bing's words, raised his hand, jumped up with all his strength, and hit the top of the secret room.
Not to be outdone, Ximen Yi followed up with a palm strike.
Combining the two powerful internal forces, the ground of Jinyang Palace was shaking violently, and a hole was opened in the sky above the secret room. You can clearly see the gradually brightening light coming from Jinyang Palace.
Concubine Shu was staying with Ximen Xianchu in Jinyang Palace when she suddenly felt a tremor and a roar, as if something collapsed behind the large screen.
After all, Concubine Shu was a person who had experienced storms in the palace, so she did not show much panic. On the contrary, the palace maids and eunuchs turned to the mysterious screen in panic one by one.
Ximen Xianchu lazily stood up and walked slowly behind the screen.
Concubine Shu followed silently. At this time, although she was still worried about Ximen Yi, the emperor ignored him, so she could only pretend to be calm.
"Yi'er!" As soon as she walked around the screen, Concubine Shu saw Ximen Yi standing at the entrance of a cave.
A hole suddenly opened in the ground of Jinyang Palace, and Ximen Yi and Ximen Hao appeared together. This was a big deal!
Ximen Xianchu lowered his eyelids and glanced at the smashed ground, then turned his attention to his two sons.
This situation is really strange. In Ximen Xianchu's impression, his two sons have never stood on the same line, but now they are facing him together.
"What? Have you found anyone?" Ximen Xianchu asked calmly, with an aura of calmness and power all over his body.
"Yi'er, what are you doing!" Concubine Shu pulled Ximen Yi away from Ximen Hao and said angrily.
"I'm just helping the emperor's brother find the emperor's wife." Ximen Yi said disapprovingly.
"Are you tired of living?" Concubine Shu whispered in Ximen Yi's ear.
Ximen Yi deliberately avoided looking at Concubine Shu.
"Back to my father, I didn't find Su Ranhua, but -" Ximen Hao glanced at the opening on one side that led directly to the underground secret room.
"But what?" Ximen Xianchu said tepidly, interrupting Ximen Hao, "You spent the whole night just to smash the ground of Jinyang Palace?"
"To be honest with my father, I am extremely curious about this secret passage." Ximen Hao said directly.
"What do you mean? You can't find anyone, so you suspect this secret passage?" Ximen Xianchu's expression turned sharp. He knew that as long as Ximen Hao was asked to search, he would definitely find the secret passage that had been destroyed by someone.
entrance, but he did not expect that Ximen Hao would dare to break open the roof of the secret room and jump to Jinyang Palace to face him.
"I don't dare." Ximen Hao lowered his head and secretly looked at Ximen Xianchu and Ximen Yi on his side.
The disappearance of Su Ranhua must be related to one of these two people. Did Ximen Yi deliberately lead him into this secret passage, or was the emperor pretending to be calm?
"This is nonsense!" Ximen Xianchu reprimanded, his bright eyes sliding from Ximen Hao to Ximen Yi, "Why not build a secret passage under Jinyang Palace? Besides, this secret passage is very old, how can you judge it?
Did I build it? This is a matter that belongs to the emperor. If you want to know all the secrets of the royal family, wait until you are in my position."
The emperor's affairs are not allowed to be interfered with, and it is natural that some secrets should not be told to them. Ximen Hao and Ximen Yi broke the ground of Jinyang Palace without any scruples, which was a taboo and disobedience to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, calm down!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Concubine Shu quickly pulled Ximen Yi to kneel down.
"Father, calm down!" Ximen Hao then knelt down, pondering every detail of Ximen Xianchu's expression in his heart. He could not find any flaws in Ximen Xianchu's body, but he did something disobedient to the emperor in full view of everyone.
thing.
He did this on purpose. Without any clues, he could only test it with all his might. Without any news about Su Ranhua, she would be in danger for a while, so he didn't care about using scheming with the emperor.
Able to confront others head-on.
"I will send people to find Su Ranhua. As for you, go to Ye Tingxuan to suffer." Ximen Xianchu glanced at his two sons coldly and said.
"Please, Your Majesty, have mercy!" Concubine Shu quickly interceded for Ximen Yi.
"My son made a mistake and deserves to be punished." Ximen Yi showed that he was not afraid of danger.
"You are simply crazy. Don't you know where Ye Tingxuan is? Why don't you quickly ask your father for forgiveness!" Concubine Shu turned her head to warn this disobedient son who suddenly did things behind her back.
Everyone knows that the most cruel punishment method in the palace is housed in Yetingxuan. The room Su Ranhua went to that day was one of the punishments, and there are all kinds of incredible torture instruments in other rooms.
Only when the emperor decided to punish someone severely would he send that person to Yetingxuan.
But now, he wanted to send his two sons and two princes to Ye Tingxuan to be punished. This intensity surprised everyone present.
"Father, what happened today was caused by my son's search for the princess. The third emperor's brother was just out of a desire to help others. I am willing to bear all the punishment. Please let my father let him go."
Ximen Hao's words were even more surprising than Ximen Xianchu's, because he actually said that he would be punished for Ximen. This was like the sun rising from the west.
"Are you really going to suffer for King Nan?" Ximen Xianchu looked at Ximen Hao, secretly thinking about his intentions.
"Yes." Ximen Hao said resolutely. Now the only place in the palace that has not been checked is Yi Tingxuan. Yi Tingxuan has ancestral rules. Even if there is an imperial edict, it cannot be checked and can only be followed.
So even if assassins or the like sneak into the palace, they can only be surrounded by people hiding in Yitingxuan, but they cannot go in and be hunted out.
This was a rule that had been set since the establishment of the Qingyuan Dynasty. Ximen Hao knew this, so he had another purpose in destroying Jinyang Palace, which was to offend Ximen Xianchu and make him punish him heavily.
He remembered that Su Ranhua was unceremoniously sent to Yetingxuan by the emperor last time. Taking advantage of Ximen Xianchu's murderous intention towards Su Ranhua at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, he might have secretly imprisoned her in Yetingxuan again.
It's also very possible.
Therefore, Ximen Hao decided to take this risk alone. He took the opportunity to go to Yitingxuan to investigate in person.
Ximen Yi also thought of this before he accepted the punishment, but he quickly rejected the idea.
The emperor could send them to Ye Tingxuan without any scruples, so how could there be Su Ran's paintings hidden there?
But Ximen Hao didn't think so. The emperor, who was equally scheming, might have deliberately created this illusion to confuse everyone. He couldn't use the safety of Su Ran's paintings as a test. Regardless of whether it was true or false, even Jinyang Palace
If it was revealed, he would not let go of the last place in the palace that had not been searched.
For the sake of Su Ranhua, he would rather work a thousand times in vain than reveal anything suspicious.
Therefore, he would not plead with Ximen Xianchu to forgive his sins, but would take the blame for Ximen Yi's sins and enter Yetingxuan alone.