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This kind of underground palace would definitely have traps. Since there were no sounds of mechanisms activating, the only possibility was that they had used poison needles, poison needles, or poison gases.

If they went in rashly, it would definitely not be good for them.

Xiao Qingqian asked the guards to bring out the silver and transport it back to the treasury, while he and Wei Qing stayed at the entrance.

"This is not the only entrance to the Three Caves of Cunning Bunnies." Wei Qing lied on the ground and listened, but did not hear any sound. She felt that if she continued to stand guard here, she would not gain anything.

Xiao Qingqian had sent guards to guard the place, while he pulled Wei Qing to stand guard under a tree at the side.

Wei Qing's thoughts quickly turned, "Tell me, if I were to build such an underground palace, how long would it take?"

"It shouldn't be within a few decades."

Xiao Qingqian held onto her shoulders, "Are you tired?"

Wei Qing shook her head, "It's not that I'm tired, but I was just thinking that the entrance down below feels like a tomb."

Through her prompting, Xiao Qingqian had the same feeling.

"Follow me to the palace now." After Xiao Qingqian finished speaking, he quickly brought her and rushed towards the Imperial Palace.

"Father, this is the entrance that the dark guards found. It's here." Xiao Qingqian opened the map of the Northern Kingdom and pointed to a spot. Old Emperor's expression suddenly changed when he saw the location.

Wei Qing had been firmly locking the position of the Old Emperor the entire time, but seeing the change in his expression, she guessed that the Old Emperor must have known of that position.

"Father, do you know that place?" Wei Qing asked.

Although it was a question, his tone was certain.

Old Emperor sighed as he felt that it would be hard to hide the matter of the forbidden area and the underground palace.

"What should come, will eventually!"

Xiao Qingqian did not understand the meaning behind Old Emperor's words.

Wei Qing quietly waited for Old Emperor to continue.

"Previously, the maids always said that the Forbidden Area was haunted. Actually, that place isn't any ghost at all."

Wei Qing had previously thought that the forbidden grounds were extremely strange, but after hearing what the Old Emperor said, he immediately asked, "Royal father, who exactly is imprisoned there?"

Old Emperor lowered his eyes and retracted the complicated look in them, not speaking for a long time.

"All of you kneel down first!" Old Emperor waved his hands towards them tiredly.

Wei Qing still wanted to continue asking, but was dragged away by Xiao Qingqian.

"I clearly want to know the truth, why did you drag me out?" Just as she left the imperial study, Wei Qing flung Xiao Qingqian's hand unhappily.

Xiao Qingqian understood the Old Emperor too well, if he wanted to say it, he would have told them already.

"Listening in on the side, can't we figure it out?" Xiao Qingqian whispered into her ear.

Wei Qing's small and tense face finally had a smile, as she poked his forehead, "You sure have a lot of schemes!"

Xiao Qingqian brought her and walked towards the palace gate. When the Old Emperor heard that they had left the palace, they headed towards the Tzu Ning Palace.

At this time, Xiao Qingqian had already brought Wei Qing back to the palace.

"Muhou."

The last time the empress dowager was kidnapped by Xiao Hanqi, she suffered from quite a bit of shock. Now, when she slept at night, she would still have nightmares.

Seeing that the Old Emperor had come at this time, she lifted his eyelids and asked, "Is the emperor not busy?"

"Muhou, that person might be making a comeback!"

"What do you mean?" The empress dowager's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly grabbed Old Emperor's hand.

On the roof, Wei Qing took a look at Xiao Qingqian.

That person, had managed to make a comeback …

Could this have something to do with the person in the forbidden area?

Xiao Qingqian shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he wasn't too sure either.

"Back then, royal brother was bewitched by that seedling border woman, he was bewitched by his, and insisted on marrying his, so royal father had no other choice." Old Emperor sighed.

seedling border girl?

Wei Qing was shocked again.

Thinking about the previous time she came out of the desert and met the boss lady from seedling border, she said that she had a senior sister and had not contacted a man for a long time.

Could it be …

Xiao Qingqian had been paying attention to Wei Qing's expression the entire time, so he naturally was able to guess what she was thinking.

He shushed Wei Qing with his finger and indicated for him to pay attention.

Wei Qing understood and nodded.

"What happened that year, This Dowager also feels heartbroken. But what can we do? " The empress dowager felt that it was a pity as well, her voice choked with sobs.

"Imperial Mother, all these years, whenever I went to the forbidden area and saw my Imperial Brother like this, I felt very uncomfortable. It was like my heart was being crushed." Old Emperor's eyes reddened.

"What happened back then is already a thing of the past. It can never be moved back. The Emperor just said that it was possible for that person to make a comeback.

"seedling border's."

When the name entered her ears, the Empress Dowager could not help but shiver.

"Witch!"

"Mother, according to what Ah Qian and the others found out, we can confirm that she has definitely entered royal brother's tomb."

Wei Qing was truly too shocked.

What kind of great love was this, to actually be able to make Ruo Fu do so much for the sake of the one she loved.

"Your majesty, send someone to the mausoleum now and capture them alive!" Her Majesty's voice suddenly became shrill.

Old Emperor sighed, "Since you've heard everything, come out!"

Xiao Qingqian and Wei Qing looked at each other, then jumped down from the stage and walked into the inner hall. They were about to kneel down, but were stopped by the Old Emperor who raised his hand.

"Royal father, you just said that the one locked in the forbidden grounds is your royal uncle's Prince Rui?" Xiao Qingqian went straight to the point.

Old Emperor nodded.

"Then that underground palace is the Prince Rui's mausoleum?" Xiao Qingqian asked again.

Back then, when Emperor Xian tried to stop Prince Rui from marrying Ruo Fu, Prince Rui disagreed, and even brought Ruo Fu away from the capital. Thus, he announced to the world that the Prince Rui had died, but in reality, he was being confined in the forbidden grounds.

As for whether there were any tombstones, Wei Qing was not sure.

Originally, Ruo Fu thought that she would be able to think things through for herself one day, but she didn't expect Ruo Fu to be so smart as to discover the entrance to the mausoleum. As a result, she sneaked into the mausoleum.

It was very likely that during these few years, Ruo Fu had already figured out the location of the forbidden grounds. Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have the guts to bring out silver from the national treasury.

If it wasn't for the failure of Xiao Hanqi's attempt to force the palace into submission, the Old Emperor would not have known about the matter of the treasury even if they tried to find a leader and uproot and remove Xiao Hanqi's power.

Old Emperor nodded, "From then on, Ruo Fu disappeared without a trace and no one saw her again."

Wei Qing pursed her lips and thought about it. If Ruo Fu was really the owner's senior sister, then she and the subGu in Xiao Qingqian's body should have a way to get rid of them.

However, how could all these years of grudges be resolved so easily?