Bai Chi looked at the new exit given by Xiao Hei, his whole face was in dismay.

That was not an exit at all; it was clearly an underwater culvert. It was more than ten meters long, pitch black, and covered in aquatic plants.

"Take a closer look and see what's in this culvert."

Xiao Hei examined it carefully in confusion, but Bai Chi had already brought the snacks to the woman.

The woman sat on the doorstep, holding a torn pillow in her arms, singing an inaudible song and gently rocking the pillow, as if she was coaxing a child to sleep.

Bai Chi shook his head. The woman must have been stimulated, so she went crazy. Moreover, she had been crazy for too long. It would be difficult to cure her in a short time.

Bai Chi placed the pastries in front of her, and the woman's attention was immediately attracted. Then she saw Bai Chi squatting in front of her. Her eyes suddenly lit up and she smiled the most innocently.

"Baoer,"

Then he held the pillow with one hand and picked up a piece of pastry with the other. His nails were too long and his black nails poked directly into the pastry.

Bai Chi's eyebrows twitched as he watched. How could he forget that he should cut her nails first?

However, what made his eyebrows twitch even more was that the woman held the snacks directly in front of Bai Chi.

"Baoer, eat."

Bai Chi couldn't open his mouth, so he could only hold her wrist and push the snack to her mouth.

"I've eaten, you eat."

The woman was easy to fool and started eating it herself.

However, before Bai Chi could breathe a sigh of relief, another woman rushed out of the room. Before Bai Chi could see who she was, she reached out and grabbed the bowl.

Fortunately, Bai Chi was quick-witted and caught the hand just before it reached into the bowl.

"Food, give me food, give me food quickly."

'Wow, Master, this is another crazy woman!'

Bai Chi also noticed that the woman looked older and her hair was gray.

He is also very thin, but very strong.

Bai Chi took a piece of cake and put it in her hand. The woman immediately stopped screaming and quickly hid behind the door to eat.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Bai Chi also had a headache. How many people had been driven crazy by this cold palace?

"Xiao Hei, take a look at all the people in the cold palace."

"Oh my god, master, there are so many bones under that culvert!"

Everyone spoke at the same time.

They paused for a second and then spoke again at the same time.

'Good Master.'

'I guessed it.'

Seeing that the two women were fine for the time being, Bai Chi also prepared to go take a look around, and first went to the small lake that Xiao Hei mentioned, where there were many bones.

The lakes in this palace are all connected. Even if you can't see it on the surface, there are hidden channels underneath.

Just like the small lake in front of us, it’s better to say it’s a small pool than a lake, only about ten square meters in size, but there are also underground channels connecting to the outside.

As for the bones under the culvert, it is difficult to say whether someone jumped into the lake and was carried there by the current, or whether someone wanted to escape from that place and stayed there forever.

But looking at it now, the lake is very beautiful, and it is the only place in the cold palace that can be considered scenic.

The small lake was full of lotus flowers and many lotus pods. The original owner wanted to pick the lotus pods, but then he slipped and fell.

The lake was not deep, but the original owner was a complete landlubber and could not swim at all. He was struggling in the lake alone, but fortunately he was rescued by a woman passing by.

"Master, there are now twenty-one people left in this cold palace. The oldest one is the one you just saw. According to records, she has been here for twenty years. Although her hair is all white, she is actually only in her thirties."

"The latest case was a few days ago. There was a young beauty who had just entered the palace. She was said to have scratched the old emperor while serving him in bed, and she was banished to the cold palace."

As Xiao Hei said this, he also let Bai Chi take a look at the little beauty.

Looking at the girl who was just in her teens, Bai Chi's brows were almost wrinkled into a "川" shape.

The old emperor is almost sixty years old, and this girl is more than qualified to be his granddaughter!

But Bai Chi soon discovered that the girl's face was not panicked, but even relaxed, as if she had escaped a disaster.

Could it be that she scratched the emperor on purpose just to go to the cold palace?

If you think about it carefully, it seems that this possibility is not impossible.

However, Bai Chi did not think too much about it. He felt that the most important thing now was to control the fight for the throne. After all, the emperor only had half a year left.

Just as I was thinking about it, Xiao Hei sent the information over.

"Master, I've checked. The emperor has over thirty sons. Excluding those with disabilities, those who were disinherited by the emperor years ago, those under twelve years old, and those who have no one behind them or are not strong enough and have no chance at all, there are still three princes who are the most capable contenders for the throne."

They are the fifth prince, the seventh prince, and the eighth prince.

The eldest, the fifth prince, is already in his thirties, and the eighth prince is also in his twenties.

This emperor lived too long and had children too early, so some older princes were deposed early in their early years because they were too outstanding. The emperor was worried that his sons would be more powerful than himself.

Bai Chi looked at the information of the three most competitive princes at present. It can be said that they are in a three-way competition, and the strength behind each of them is comparable.

Judging from this point alone, it is hard to tell who will become the emperor in the end.

"Why didn't the original owner ask which prince ascended the throne?"

When the time comes, just kill him directly, so he doesn’t have to grope around here.

Xiao Hei jumped onto Bai Chi's shoulder and said, "Master, how about we not choose any of these three? Let's try a new one?"

Then he was rubbed by Bai Chi.

"As expected of Xiao Hei, he thinks the same as me!"