Chapter 337 Entering the hot spring pool again
On Su Yue's side, when Shangguan Nanxing came back, it was already dark. After he went out to get Concubine Qin's information, he followed his memory and found the hot spring pool courtyard.
After the fire in the courtyard was put out, the guarding became tighter. Shangguan Nanxing memorized the fastest route to get there and then returned to Su Yue's room.
There are three rooms in this yard. Bai Ning has no maid to serve her. She used to live with her biological mother. After her biological mother died, she was left alone.
Through the conversation with Bai Ning during the day, Su Yue also understood why Bai Ning fell into such a situation.
Bai Ning was extremely smart when she was young, and was deeply loved by the owner's father. However, her biological mother was an illiterate maid, and she did not know how to teach Bai Ning to avoid being criticized. Oftentimes, young Bai Ning would suppress Bai Fei, so Bai Fei and the owner's wife always hated her.
This led to Bai Fei and her daughter suppressing and framing Bai Ning in private. Bai Ning's temper gradually changed, and the owner of the manor disliked her more and more.
After Bai Ning's biological mother died, he didn't care about her anymore, which led to the situation where Bai Ning was the only one living in such a huge dilapidated yard.
Thinking of this, Su Yue secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It really made their actions much more convenient with only Bai Ning around.
"Nanxing, I have a plan after it gets dark." Su Yue saw Shangguan Nanxing coming back and walked straight forward.
"What plans does Yue'er have?" Shangguan Nanxing was just about to talk to Su Yue about Concubine Qin, and when he heard Su Yue say this, he asked.
"After dark, the two of us went to the hot spring pool. I heard from Bai Ning that Imperial Concubine Qin had just come back a few days ago. I guess Imperial Concubine Qin should know about the fire in the hot spring pool. But she is an imperial concubine, so naturally she can't come whenever she wants."
Su Yue stopped here and looked at Shangguan Nanxing.
"Yuer means that we should take action tonight before Concubine Qin comes to transfer the Crown Princess?" Shangguan Nanxing continued, taking up Su Yue's words.
"Let's capture two people tonight, then disguise ourselves as them to find out the Crown Princess's location. If we really can't find her, we'll take the risk and wait for Concubine Qin to come. What do you think, Nanxing?"
After Su Yue finished speaking, she motioned for Shangguan Nanxing to share his thoughts as well.
"Yuer's method is excellent. Let's take action after dark." Shangguan Nanxing walked forward with a smile, ruffled Su Yue's long hair, and completely agreed with Su Yue's plan.
Night soon came.
Under the cover of night, Su Yue and Shangguan Nanxing carefully approached the yard of the hot spring pool.
There were six or seven guards standing in front of the gate of the courtyard, and a few others were patrolling around, it looked extremely tight.
After waiting for a while, Shangguan Nanxing and Su Yue finally waited for the time for the guards to be handed over.
Shangguan Nanxing signaled Su Yue to stay in the dark and not move. Then he took advantage of the chaos to knock out a guard and dragged him over. Then he knocked out another one using the same method.
"Yu'er, we have to hurry. Once the handover is over, they will definitely notice that there are fewer people." Shangguan Nanxing said as he quickly changed his clothes. Su Yue didn't hesitate and took the clothes that Shangguan Nanxing had taken off and put them on.
After the two people were replaced, Su Yue gave the two unconscious people a few more times to make sure they would not wake up in the middle of the process. Then he lowered his head and followed the team that was going in to rest.
As soon as she entered the yard, Su Yue smelled a burnt smell. She quietly raised her head and looked in the direction where the smell came from. Because it was dark, she couldn't see clearly, but she could still make out an outline.
It seems that the fire she set before did not burn down the house. But it is normal to think about it. There is water in the middle of the house, and there is nothing else that can be easily burned. The fire before only burned the outer curtains and something, which is not too serious.
"Nanxing, let's go in and take a look." Su Yue walked quickly forward and spoke in a voice that the two of them could hear.
Shangguan Nanxing understood, and when the two of them were only a few steps away from the main entrance of the hot spring pool, he directly took Su Yue and brought her in.
Shangguan Nanxing was moving very fast, and because of their clothes and the cover of night, no one noticed anything unusual.
As soon as he entered the room, the smell of burning became stronger. The room was extremely quiet with only the sound of splashing water. Su Yue was in a hurry when he came here before and did not notice where the sound of water came from.
Now looking up, he saw a phoenix statue on the hot spring pool spitting out water from its mouth continuously, which fell into the pool. After Su Yue glanced at the phoenix, he and Shangguan Nanxing separated to look for it, wanting to see if there was anything unusual.
The room with the hot spring pool is very large, with a square pool in the middle of the house. There are only a few screen racks and flower pots for decoration outside. Su Yue looked around and even touched every flower pot to see if there was any mechanism, but returned empty-handed.
"There is no mechanism here. Maybe the Crown Princess is not here?" Su Yue looked at Shangguan Nanxing with a somewhat disappointed tone.
"Yun Ye means that the Crown Princess is very likely here, but he hasn't found her either." Shangguan Nanxing responded softly, and his brows furrowed in the dark.
"But Bai Ning said that every time Concubine Qin comes here, she stays the longest." After Su Yue finished speaking, she thought carefully again, wondering if she had missed something.
"Yuer, do you want to look somewhere else?" Shangguan Nanxing heard Su Yue say this and followed suit.
"Well, let's go out and look for it first." Su Yue nodded slightly and stopped talking.
Then the clear sound of water splashing was heard again in the quiet room. Su Yue listened to the sound and turned to look at the statue in the middle of the hot spring pool as if she had thought of something.
"Nanxing." Su Yue suddenly stopped and pulled Shangguan Nanxing who was walking in front of her.
"Yuer, what's wrong?" Shangguan Nanxing stopped and turned to ask.
"Nanxing, we don't seem to have checked the statue." Su Yue lowered his voice and pointed with his finger.
Shangguan Nanxing looked up and saw that under the dim light, the phoenix statue looked lifelike, as if it would break free from its restraints and soar into the sky in the next moment.
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