The rules of this game originally stated that teams can be formed freely.
Duan Yong watched all this with great interest.
The prince rarely does anything unexpected and always behaves well and submissively.
If he and Madam Fu formed a team today, I wonder what interesting things would happen.
This is just a treasure hunt game. There is no such thing as physical contact between men and women. As long as Prince Fu feels it is okay, everything is fine.
Fu Xiuqi clenched his teeth, not letting himself show any displeasure.
"Then Prince Fu, I will be in the same group with your wife." Duan Junhuan said.
Duan Junhuan's tone was very polite.
Fu Xiuqi didn't know what to say.
Everyone took a map and started the game.
Everyone starts from a different position, but whether they can obtain the puzzle piece depends on their own ability.
Gu Yufei and Duan Junhuan set out near the cold palace.
After coming here, Duan Junhuan felt something was wrong.
Gu Yufei could clearly feel his low mood.
How could he feel depressed in a place like this?
Has he been here before?
Gu Yufei thought.
"I feel uncomfortable here. Let's leave here quickly." Duan Junhuan turned his face away.
In order to make the gaming experience more realistic, there are no guards or maids in the cold palace except for the imprisoned concubines.
The surroundings seemed unusually deserted.
It was so quiet that it was a little creepy.
Perhaps they had greeted the people here in advance, so the rumored crazy talk, screams, and crying did not come out.
"Are the concubines imprisoned here forbidden to go out for the rest of their lives? Where do they usually go on weekdays? Can they only be locked up in their own rooms?" Gu Yufei asked casually.
"People who are imprisoned here can only stay here for the rest of their lives. Moreover, they can only move around in the room. The food they eat is cold or even rotten. If you want to get some fresh food, you need to ask the palace servants." Duan Junhuan's detailed answer.
"Is that so? Then they are miserable."
"So, if I can really become the emperor one day, I must abandon the harem. There are many ways to punish them... Never mind, let's not talk about it anymore. These are all things for the future." Perhaps because he felt that he had said too much, Duan Junhuan shut up.
Maybe there really are memories here that he doesn't want to look back on.
Gu Yufei changed the subject: "Many of them are better than me. Why did Your Highness choose me as your teammate? There were many people who wanted to be on the same team with you at that time."
"You have heard my secret, and I know your secret. Although we are not friends, we can fight side by side." Duan Junhuan said with a smile.
"It's not really a secret." Gu Yufei chuckled.
"Does anyone else know about this?" Duan Junhuan's eyes fell on Gu Yufei's belly.
"Let's not talk about this for now and just focus on finding the puzzle pieces." Gu Yufei changed the subject.
After joking with Gu Yufei just now, Duan Junhuan felt that his mood had recovered a little.
Here's the second room.
He and his mother once lived here.
Duan Junhuan originally thought that he could still control himself, but when he smelled the familiar smell of moldy wood, saw the dust on the ground, and the yellowed window paper, the past came back to him vividly.
"Mother, are we going to live here forever? Why doesn't Father come to see us?"
"Mother, the red bean paste buns we had last time were so delicious. I want to eat more."
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He has lived here since he can remember.
My mother was originally just a maid in the palace.
Once, the emperor got drunk and favored her. After that, he was born.
Because of her mother's low status, she had no support in the palace. Soon after she became a concubine, she was framed and sent to the cold palace.
He was born in the cold winter.
"Huan'er, your father is the current emperor. Remember, in this life, your mother does not ask for you to hold a high position, glory and wealth, but only asks for you to be safe and sound and to be able to leave the cold palace."
Every year on his birthday, his mother would repeat the same words to him.
"Look at this box, it looks very special and brand new. Everything here is so worn out, except this one. Could there be a puzzle inside?" Gu Yufei said as she picked up the box.
If that’s the case, then the puzzle pieces are too easy to find, right?
"Open it and take a look."
As soon as Gu Yufei opened a crack, a foul smell came out.
"What is this?" she said, throwing the box to the ground.
A rotten rat rolled out from inside.
“………”
“………”
They both took a breath.
Gu Yufei was really speechless. Why would such a game be played at the Empress Dowager's birthday party?
"It seems that nothing can be opened casually from now on."
The two of them carefully searched the room for any clues.
Suddenly, Gu Yufei found a silver bracelet.
"Look at what this is! There's actually a silver bracelet in the cold palace."
Duan Junhuan's face changed and he snatched it away.
There was disbelief in his eyes.
My mother's belongings are still here.
When he left the cold palace, he searched everywhere but couldn't find her. But today she found her.
"It's just a bracelet, why are you trying to snatch it?" Gu Yufei shook her aching hand.
"This is a relic of my mother. I'm sorry for offending you just now." Duan Junhuan carefully wiped the bracelet with his clothes.
The surface of the silver bracelet is slightly oxidized.
But from the pattern, you can still tell that it is my mother's bracelet.
"How come your mother's bracelet is here?" Gu Yufei asked.
The book contains very little description of Duan Junhuan, let alone his mother. Gu Yufei has no idea what happened.
"This is the room where I lived back then. I grew up here. I lived here before Duan Yu was exiled." Duan Junhuan tried to speak of these sad memories in a normal tone.
"I'm sorry, if you don't want to answer, you don't have to." Gu Yufei saw his emotions.
Duan Junhuan stopped talking.
Gu Yufei continued to search.
After a while, she found the puzzle piece in the mirror on the windowsill.
The two prepared to leave the cold palace.
"Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the grass is green and endless. The evening wind blows the willows, the sound of the flute is fading, the sunset is beyond the mountain. Half of the friends are gone at the end of the world and the corner of the earth. I will drink a pot of turbid wine to end the remaining joy. Don't dream of the cold tonight..." A sad singing voice was heard.
Gu Yufei thought she had heard wrongly.
This song comes from the 21st century.
Who is imprisoned in this cold palace?
"This is Concubine Shu. She has been singing this song since I was a child. She is usually very nice to us, but sometimes she says things that we can't understand."
Gu Yufei took a deep breath.
There is actually another time traveler here!
But it’s not appropriate to ask her directly now. I must find another opportunity to enter the cold palace in the future. Gu Yufei thought.
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