Chapter 662 Is He Chengxuan so self-disciplined?
The reason why Liuzi and his companions were not discovered was because of the medicine that Ran Qingxuan had given them before. The smell of the insect was quite unpleasant, but it could not be smelled by humans.
The night was as dark as ink, and the Blue Rain Palace located halfway up the mountain looked particularly depressing under the moonlight.
Gu Yanchen and Gu Yanjing dressed in night clothes and sneaked into the palace quietly under the cover of shadows. Their goal was clear: to find out who was the master behind the palace maid who left the warning mark.
The palace was heavily guarded, with patrolling guards holding torches, their footsteps particularly clear in the silent night.
Gu Yanchen and Gu Yanjing held their breath and avoided team after team of guards again and again.
The two brothers' heartbeats accelerated with each approach of danger. Even without Ran Qingxuan's space, they could handle it with ease.
The dungeon was deep inside the palace. According to the map drawn by An Er in advance, the two quickly found the dungeon at the location closest to the mountains in the palace.
Just as An Liu had discovered, the guards would change shifts every hour, and the dungeon would only be empty for a few short quarters of an hour.
It is called a dungeon, but in fact it is a cave dug out of a mountain. After all, it is impossible for the prisoners to dig through a mountain without the help of any tools. If they want to leave, they can only rely on entrances and exits.
Through the night vision goggles, the two could clearly see dense white dots crawling on the mountain at the entrance of the dungeon and around the entrance...
After the shift changers came back, they didn't dare to get too close to the dungeon entrance, because they could see that whenever the guards passed by, the poisonous insects would subconsciously gather together.
There should be some kind of restriction at the entrance of the cave, so the poisonous insects were relatively quiet. Gu Yanchen and Gu Yanjing both looked solemn. From this point of view, if they were not sure about the location of the people in the cave, they would not be able to act rashly.
I originally thought that I would wait for the palace maid who left the mark today, but it was already two o'clock in the morning and the two of them had not met.
After waiting for another hour, disappointment flashed across Gu Yanchen's face...
"Sixth brother, don't be discouraged. Maybe the maid was delayed by something. It will be the same if we come again tomorrow..."
"Well, that's the only way."
In fact, both of them knew that Ran Qingxuan still had to be there for this matter. If she came this time, she might be able to get in directly through the distance difference in space...
This feeling made Gu Yanchen a little frustrated, but he didn't think it was shameful to need help from a woman like Ran Qingxuan...
On the second night, after repeatedly assuring himself that he would definitely enter the space if he encountered danger, Gu Yanchen carefully held the person in his arms.
Due to the continuous rain in the past few days, the already gloomy situation in Blue Rain has become even darker.
The night was as dark as ink tonight. Not a single ray of light could penetrate the clouds to illuminate their way. It was so thick that it seemed to swallow up everything.
The palace was so quiet that only the sound of the wind and the occasional cry of a night owl could be heard. In such a silent night, such sudden sounds only added to the eeriness.
The exterior of the Blue Rain Palace looked very different from that of the Northern Qi Palace, but its three palaces, six courtyards, gardens and other places were no different.
The only difference is that the three palaces and six courtyards are as empty as can be. When passing by the places where the concubines live, they are overgrown with weeds and there is no sign of living people at all.
"Is He Chengxuan so self-disciplined?
There is not even a concubine in such a huge harem, and even the queen has already gone to fast and chant Buddhist scriptures, but this man can still endure it..."
After hearing this, Gu Yanchen replied, "Although He Chengxuan has never had a child, he had already written a decree of succession in person in the presence of his ministers several decades ago."
It would be a lie to say I'm not shocked. He was clearly in power, but he had already drafted an imperial decree to pass on the throne. But doesn't he have any children?
"I remember you said before that He Chengxuan and the Queen had a royal heir, but he died suddenly at an early age. So who will he pass the throne to?"
Isn't this operation a bit too psychedelic...
As people from Northern Qi, Gu Yanchen and his companions did not know the contents of the imperial edict very clearly, but after all, Blue Rain had their own spies, so they knew a thing or two.
"He Chengxuan had no offspring, but his uncle still had a son who was still alive and also had a son.
According to the information sent back by the spies, the edict of succession written by He Chengxuan would take effect after he died of natural causes. It seems that the late empress dowager had cast a poison on He Chengxuan in front of all the ministers to determine whether He Chengxuan died of natural causes or not..."
Ran Qingxuan couldn't help but nod repeatedly after hearing this.
"No wonder, no wonder He Chengxuan is already in his seventies and eighties, has no children, and has not abdicated..."
It is okay to abdicate voluntarily, but how can those in high positions easily give up the power to dominate everything?
Moreover, the move of the late Queen Mother was truly brilliant. Doing this in front of all the civil and military officials not only saved He Chengxuan's life, but also served as a warning to those with ulterior motives.
Since there is no harem in the Blue Rain Palace, there are not many people in the entire palace except the emperor's residence.
However, there were too many guards outside the emperor's palace. It could be said that the entire palace was surrounded by patrolling guards.
Ran Qingxuan seriously suspected that the guards who were originally distributed throughout the palace had all gathered here to protect Emperor He Chengxuan.
I already have a life-saving charm, why am I still worried about assassination...
The two men climbed over a short tree and hid. After determining the direction, Ran Qingxuan led them directly into the space. After measuring the distance in the space, they began to walk to the specific location.
When they came out, the two of them indeed appeared in He Chengxuan's bedroom.
The candlelight in the bedroom was very dim, and there was not even a eunuch or palace maid to keep watch in the huge bedroom.
The sedative that was originally prepared was of no use at all, so Ran Qingxuan had no choice but to put it away helplessly.
The wooden bed with dragon carvings looked magnificent, but in the candlelight not far from the bed, it looked like an ornate coffin that had not been closed.
Gu Yanchen held his breath and slowly approached the dragon bed with the sedative given to him by Ran Qingxuan in his hand.
Once He Chengxuan woke up and found them, he would immediately tell him not to make any noise.
Ran Qingxuan slowed down her pace and followed beside him, lifting the curtain very gently, until she saw Gu Yanchen suddenly frowned and stopped moving his hands.
Following his line of sight, Ran Qingxuan's gaze fell on He Chengxuan's face.
The face, which looked 80% like He Fanxiong, was as pale as paper and completely lifeless.
Not only that, Ran Qingxuan didn't even notice any fluctuations in He Chengxuan's body.
I carefully reached out and felt his breath, and then Ran Qingxuan's face suddenly changed.
"He is...dead..."
Gu Yanchen's heart was shocked and he confirmed it again and again in disbelief.
After confirming that the person on the dragon bed was indeed a corpse, he couldn't help but mutter, "How is this possible? He Chengxuan was the Blue Rain Emperor. If he died, whose blood did Balanch obtain?"
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