3698. Chapter 3698 Secrets of the Underground Palace 【05】
But when Shen Mingzhu and others were looking for the entrance to the maze, they were still stopped by a group of guards, "Which palace are you from? Why are you wandering around here?"
Shen Mingzhu came to her senses in a hurry and said with a cry: "Brother, guard, we are from Ruikun Palace. The bracelet on my hand fell off. We searched around and found this place."
Ruikun Palace is now occupied by Princess Zheng'er. Princess Zheng'er has always been stingy and often beats and punishes the maids. Everyone is afraid of her.
If she knew she had lost her gold bracelet, I'm afraid the princess would be furious.
Because many people know that Zheng'er collects all the monthly records and jewelry of the maids in his palace, and then distributes the jewelry according to who goes out to do errands.
Standard jewelry includes headdress, earrings, rings and bracelets. If anyone loses it, he has to pay for it himself.
Shen Mingzhu also heard the complaints from the palace maids before, so she remembered it, but she didn't expect that it would come in handy temporarily.
The leaders of the guards asked: "Have you found it?"
Shen Mingzhu shook his head, and several girls lowered their heads to help her search.
The guard glanced at them and said nothing more, letting them find it themselves, and they continued to patrol.
This is why Shen Mingzhu can only bring women here, because women pretending to be palace maids will not arouse suspicion, but men pretending to be guards or eunuchs will not get through so easily.
As soon as they left, Shen Mingzhu immediately made a gesture, and the three teams immediately separated and took action. Every four people walked a secret passage to search for Xiao Xian's whereabouts.
There were also two groups of people. One group went to the three informants to look for an opportunity to take them away, and the other group went to the Cold Palace to take away the empress.
Of course, it can't be too early. She has to wait until she finds Xiao Xian and leaves before giving them a signal, otherwise it will be easy to alert them.
When everyone was ready, they split up and quickly entered the entrance of the secret passage, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the palace banquet also reached its climax. Whether it was true or false, everyone was very excited to raise their glasses and drink together.
But I guess it was more of a pretense, because the palace banquets in the past were not held at this time. Everyone spent this kind of wake-up time at their own homes, and it was impossible to enter the palace. They could only enter the palace on the next day, New Year's Day.
Congratulations.
But because Feng Qinran's mother and sister are not around, she doesn't like other so-called relatives, but she can't bear that other people's homes are so lively and her own is deserted, so she has to liven things up.
So he brought the ministers and servants to the palace to celebrate the New Year.
Let's say that Shen Mingzhu and others entered the underground palace in three groups. She led three female guards alone, two in front, one in the middle, and one in the back.
The two people in the front are Mei Feng's subordinates Lu Cai and Hong Mei, and the one in the back is Ju Yun's subordinate Ju Qing.
Several people have memorized the map of the secret passage by heart, and are confident that they will not go wrong even with their eyes closed.
As soon as a person enters the secret passage, the mechanism at the entrance is activated, blocking the entrance tightly. There is no light inside, and suddenly you can't see your fingers.
Fortunately, Shen Mingzhu had already prepared. They took out the luminous pearls and small lantern balls that they had prepared. In order not to burn oxygen, they chose to use the luminous pearls first.
For them, the faint light is enough illumination.
When the light came on, they found themselves in a dark and deep tunnel, with walls built of large bluestones on both sides.
