Modxin was shocked: "Are you sure?"
Lin Anan nodded affirmatively without any hesitation.
"The means of controlling him are rather... cruel. It is necessary to erase his consciousness before we can completely control him." He whispered, his eyes dim and unclear, "In other words, my father actually has no consciousness at all now."
Modsin asked, "Does unconsciousness mean coma? Or -"
Lin Anan closed her eyes: "Brain death."
Modxin took a breath, and Feng Wu also raised his eyes and glanced in the direction of Xia Jiyuan.
"For mild control, it only requires the controlled person to be unconscious. But looking at my father's situation, he has been controlled for a long time." Lin Anan lowered his eyes and analyzed, "It is not enough to just make him comatose. His self-awareness must be completely erased."
With Modxin's cover, Feng Wu grabbed Lin Anan's hand hanging by her side, squeezed it gently, and then let go.
"Is there any hope?" he asked.
Lin Anan shook her head: "Even if we help him escape control, brain death is irreversible, and physical death is only a matter of time."
In other words, Xia Jiyuan is now actually no different from death.
The hidden little corner fell into silence.
Before coming, none of them had thought that this would be the case.
Finally, it was Lin Anan who broke the silence: "Okay, let's not talk about this for now."
Their original plan was to take the opportunity to chat with Xia Changluo at the birthday party and send him a message to arrange a meeting at another time.
But now that Xia Changluo had left early, they could only find other ways. At least they had to get in touch with Xia Changluo first before they could find other opportunities to talk.
Lin Anan said: "During the luncheon, Big Brother will definitely be there to have lunch with everyone. Let's wait and see if we can find an opportunity to contact him."
The banquet proceeded in an orderly manner, and the royal chefs quickly replaced the wine and food on the table with the main course of lunch.
At such a banquet, everyone's seats have already been fixed in advance.
As expected, Modxin was sitting at the same table with Yu Jin and Xia Yuanhan. Xia Jiyuan and Xia Changluo were at another table, with other members of the royal family sitting around them.
Lin Anan and Feng Wu were arranged at another table, not far from Modxin and Xia Changluo's table, and the three tables formed a triangle.
Lin Anan secretly observed and found that the guards who had always followed Xia Changluo were not in the hall. Only Lu Bo was sitting next to Xia Changluo.
——That's right. Even if Xia Yuanhan wanted to monitor Xia Changluo's every move, it was impossible for him to have several guards follow him closely during the other party's birthday lunch.
This is too strange and will easily arouse suspicion from those present.
Lin Anan's heart moved and she thought this might be a good opportunity.
Perhaps because he was not feeling well, Xia Changluo ate very little. Soon he put down his chopsticks and sipped a cup of tea slowly.
Seeing this, Lu Bo beside him came over and asked him something.
Lin Anan was sitting in a position where he could see the two of them. He stared at their mouths covertly, trying to decipher their lip language.
Lu Bo: "Your Highness, would you like to go back and rest first?"
Xia Changluo shook his head gently and said, "No, it's rare that they are not around, I just want to sit here for a while."
"Okay." Luber nodded, "If you feel uncomfortable, tell me."
"Don't worry, Uncle Lu." Xia Changluo smiled, "Eat more quickly. Without them here today, your appetite should be much better than usual."
Lin Anan has been paying attention to their every move.
Lu Bo finished his lunch quickly. After sitting with Xia Changluo at the dining table for a while, he stood up and prepared to help him go back to rest.
When Xia Changluo left early, he would go through the back door of the hall. To get to the back door from their table, they had to pass by Lin Anan and Feng Wu's table, unless the two of them took a detour.
But Xia Changluo was not feeling well, and considering Lu Bo was concerned about him, he would definitely not let him walk more, even if it was just a few steps.
Three steps, two steps, one step...
Feng Wu calculated the time accurately. When the distance between Xia Changluo and him was reduced to the shortest, a barely perceptible strand of mental power shot out and accurately penetrated into Xia Changluo's ear.
"If you want to know about Xia Lin, come to the second floor of the hall after the banquet. There is a balcony with an angel sculpture."
The disguised voice sounded almost right next to his ears. Xia Changluo's pupils suddenly shrank and he subconsciously paused.
Lu Bo noticed that something was wrong with him and asked with concern: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"
His reaction clearly showed that he didn't hear the sound just now.
"Nothing." Xia Changluo quickly adjusted his mood and waved his hand, "Maybe I walked too fast and felt a little dizzy."
Luber's worry remained unabated: "Okay, let's go slowly then."
Xia Changluo nodded, and with the help of the polished decorations in the hall, he observed the rows of dining tables in the back, trying to find out who had just given him the message.
However, everyone was concentrating on eating, and occasionally someone would secretly look at him, but the emotions on their faces were mostly the regret, emotion, and curiosity that he was extremely familiar with...
He found nothing and did not find the person who had communicated with him.
Xia Changluo lowered his eyes. It seemed that he could only wait until the dinner was over.
After lunch, the banquet prepared many entertainment and leisure activities for everyone, but everyone was not required to participate.
Yu Jin seemed to have made up his mind to involve Modxin in everything he did today, so Modxin was forced to participate in the afternoon activities.
Lin Anan and Feng Wu gained a certain degree of freedom.
The two stayed in the hall for a while, and talked to some people who came to talk to them. Fortunately, the characters they played were taciturn, and seeing that they were not interested in chatting, those people left soon.
There was a separate training ground in the palace. Yu Jin took Modxin and many others to the training ground. After Lin Anan and Feng Wu followed them, they took the opportunity to sneak away while the crowd's attention was on the ground.
Most of the people who come to the birthday party now are participating in different activities, and a small number of people go back to the villa to take a rest.
Lin Anan and Feng Wu found an excuse to go back and rest, and after returning to the room, they secretly ran out.
Their target was the main palace where Xia Changluo lived.
The main palace is not far behind the main hall. Lin Anan is very familiar with this place. The place where he lived before was also in the main palace, but he was allowed to leave the main palace very rarely.
There is a back garden between the main hall and the main palace. Seeing this garden, Lin Anan suddenly hooked Feng Wu's finger and said, "Brother Wolf, you were in this garden when I first met you."
Feng Wu was slightly startled: "This garden?" He frowned and thought for a long time, "Sorry, I... have no impression."
"Of course you have no impression." Lin Anan smiled, "Because I saw you from one side. You were in the garden, and I saw you from the window in the room."
Lin Anan pointed to a room on the third floor, and vaguely saw a bare small flowerpot with nothing in it behind the window.
"That's the room." Lin Anan said, "I live there."
"…The third floor?"
"Yes, the third floor." Lin Anan nodded, as if she didn't understand the real meaning of Feng Wu's words.
The main palace of the imperial palace was for the royal family to rest. The higher the status, the higher the floor they lived in. The top floor was where Xia Jiyuan, the ruler of the country, and the queen lived together, and the second top floor was where all the princes had their rooms.
However, Lin Anan's room was not on the second top floor.
Feng Wu pursed his lips and didn't say much. He just gently held Lin Anan's hand, as if he wanted to comfort him in this way.
The two walked around the main palace and soon realized something was wrong.
"There are too many guards here." Lin Anan frowned slightly. "Compared to when I lived here before, the number has increased several times."
"More than just guards." Feng Wu's eyes were solemn, "The main palace's defense system is also different from what I remember."
There are so many guards guarding here, and the defense system has been specially replaced. Is it all for monitoring Xia Changluo?
Lin Anan shook her head in her heart, denying her own speculation.
Xia Changluo was in poor health. If it was just him and Lu Bo, it would be a fantasy for them to escape from the palace when there were already several guards watching them closely. There was no need to add so many extra guards outside the main palace for defense.
Xia Jiyuan is already completely under Xia Yuanhan's control, so there is no need to worry about him doing anything out of line.
As for the other people living in the main palace...
By Lin Anan's generation, the number of royal family members had become very small. In the entire main palace, apart from Xia Jiyuan and his four sons, there was only a child who was less than ten years old living there.
The child was Xia Youyou, the only daughter of Xia Jiyuan's younger brother. Xia Youyou's parents died early. Lin Anan had met her a few times before, but not many times, and her relationship with her could not be said to be close.
Obviously, Xia Yuanhan would do this for more than just a young child.
As for Xia Lin, who had long been abandoned by Xia Yuanhan and had already "died" in the poisonous fog forest, it was naturally even more impossible.
But if it wasn't them, who else would Xia Yuanhan be on guard against? He wouldn't be on guard against himself, right?
Thinking of this, Lin Anan's heart suddenly moved.
...to defend himself?
No, that's not right. Xia Yuanhan was not trying to guard against the people in the main palace, but to protect the people in the main palace, or in other words, something.
What could it be? What made him go to such great lengths, even spending a huge amount of money to replace the entire main palace's defense system...
Lin Anan's eyebrows jumped, and she subconsciously turned to look at Feng Wu, but her eyes met the other's golden eyes.
Seeing Feng Wu's expression, Lin Anan suddenly smiled: "Brother Wolf, it seems that we are thinking the same thing."
Feng Wu nodded: "Yeah."
"It seems that what we want is hidden in the main palace by Xia Yuanhan."
Lin Anan murmured, looking towards the second top floor with bright eyes, the room that belonged to Xia Yuanhan.
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