Palace Rooms.

Under the dim light, Zhuoya locked the door, then quickly took off her maid's dress, revealing a set of tight black leather armor for combat.

When she turned around, she found that Duke Weilan, who had been drunk before, had sat up, his face looked normal and his eyes were clear.

This made her secretly relieved: "It seems that your hangover spell is very effective."

Rosen nodded and looked around at Zhuoya, then he found that Zhuoya was taller than Irene, mainly in her legs, with a pair of straight long legs.

Perhaps because the gaze was too aggressive, Zhuo Ya subconsciously crossed her arms across her chest and gave a warning look.

He shrugged and said, "Ms. Zhuoya, it's just a look. Why are you so sensitive?"

"Hmph~"

Zhuo Ya sneered: "I know your character very well. Just now, you must have had all kinds of dirty thoughts in your mind!"

"So what? I have the final say over my own brain. Can Miss Zhuoya control what others think?"

"I don't have time to argue with you."

Zhuoya handed a long wooden box to Rosen: "Here, your magic weapon."

Rosen couldn't bring his own magic weapon in, so he handed the latest research results of the Imperial Ministry of Magic to the Queen's Political Secretariat.

Then it was handed over by the Queen.

He opened the wooden box and inside were his three ghost resonance staffs and a life and death ring.

Rosen took it with him immediately.

"Put on these two bracelets too."

Zhuoya handed over the magic weapon again and explained its function.

"The invisibility detection bracelet, once worn, can evade the active detection array of the imperial palace."

After a pause, she explained: "The active detection array of the palace is the latest achievement of the Magic Department, and I have the greatest control over the Magic Department."

Rosen understood.

In other words, within the palace, the Lord of Light is the greatest and almost the absolute ruler.

The reason why I use the word "almost" is because there are still some loopholes. For example, it is impossible for Zhuoya to disguise herself as a maid and carry magic tools to sneak into the guest room area.

Outside the palace, Zoya, who has ruled the empire for forty years, is in control.

Rosen put on the bracelet immediately.

Zhuo Ya quickly walked to the innermost side of the guest room and pointed at a wardrobe against the wall and said, "Push the wardrobe open. Push it gently and don't use magic. Don't let anyone hear the noise."

Rosen did so.

Fortunately, the wardrobe was not heavy, and his body had been specially strengthened to increase his strength, so he was able to easily move the wardrobe aside.

Behind the cabinet was a square wooden board that was more than one meter long and wide, and there was a hidden buckle at the bottom edge of the board.

Zhuoya grabbed the secret button and pulled it gently, and the wooden board opened, revealing a dark round hole with a diameter of less than one meter.

Rosen was surprised: "Why would there be such a secret passage hidden in the guest room for entertaining foreign guests?"

Zhuo Ya smiled with a hint of pride.

"The Glorious Empire was established more than 700 years ago, and I have been in charge for 40 years. During this period, the Never-Sleeping Palace has undergone ten major renovations and reconstructions. Isn't it reasonable for me to quietly lay out some secret passages underground?"

After saying that, she lit a windproof candle lamp and went into the secret passage: "Follow me, it's better to close the wardrobe from the inside."

Rosen did as he was told.

Fortunately, he had enough strength, otherwise he would not have been able to complete such an operation silently by relying on physical strength.

After returning the wardrobe to its original position as far as possible, he closed the wooden board again and followed Zhuoya, crawling deeper into the narrow secret passage.

"I say, can't the secret passage be widened?"

"The original purpose of this secret passage was to inspect the underground sewer pipes. It was later abandoned. I had planned to block it, but my grandfather's arrogant attitude made me think that I should leave myself a way out."

“So, the pipeline was quietly preserved.”

Rosen understood: "Then there should be a lot of such pipelines, right?"

"Yes, there are many, many. Through these secret pipelines, you can reach almost any corner of the Nevernight Palace, and I am the only one who knows the specific layout of the pipelines."

There was a hint of pride in Zhuoya's voice.

She had reason to be proud, because this thing was really suitable for assassination.

The pipe was dark and damp. From time to time, one could hear some strange humming sounds of air flow, and occasionally one could see rats.

To be honest, it's quite creepy.

Rosen didn't care, because he only had one combat clone, so it didn't matter even if it was lost.

But Zhuoya seemed to be very affected. Once a strange sound appeared or a mouse jumped out, she had to stop.

After another pause, Rosen couldn't help but ask, "I say, the Queen of the Glorious Empire is afraid of mice?"

Zhuoya, who was crawling in front, simply sat down and placed the windproof candle lamp beside her.

"If I could use magic, I wouldn't be afraid of mice, but I can't use magic now."

Any spell that releases the body could expose their tracks and cause the assassination to fail.

Through the dim light of the candle, Rosen saw that her cheeks were pale and she was really scared, so he said, "How about I walk in front and you follow behind to show me the way?"

Having said that, he actually quite liked climbing behind Zhuoya because the scenery was great.

Zhuo Ya thought about it and nodded: "Okay."

Then he reminded softly.

"We should be near the Shadowless Palace now. We must be extremely careful. Not only can we not use magic, we can't even make any loud noises."

"Because my grandfather is an extremely cautious person, he set up many magic arrays in Wuying Palace to detect abnormal sounds. They are very powerful and very sensitive."

Rosen felt a little toothache, so he said, "How sensitive is it? Give me an analogy."

"The crisp sound of two stones colliding one mile away should be detected by it and attract its attention."

"Well, this guy is really cautious."

As he spoke, he crawled forward, trying to get to the front over Zhuoya's body.

The underground pipe was very narrow, and both of them were tall, so they had to stick together.

"Ugh~ Stop pushing forward, I'm almost stuck!"

"Stop, stop, stop~ Stop for a moment~"

Rosen had no choice but to obey, and the two of them were stuck in the narrow pipe.

"Oh~ you really came up with a bad idea."

Zhuoya complained, "Don't move, I'll step back."

Rosen did as he was told.

Soon, he felt Zhuoya squirming back little by little, pressed against him, and with this movement, he could clearly feel the curves of her body through her thin summer clothes.

The nose smells of damp mud from the pipes, as well as a hint of fragrance.

Zhuo Ya complained again: "Rosen, I really admire you. You still have time to think about random things at a time like this."

Rosen knew what she was referring to, and laughed softly, "Some things are out of control. This is true not only for us men, but also for women."

"nonsense."

Rosen smiled: "Then let me ask you, why are the buttons on your chest standing up?"

“.”

Zhuoya had nothing to say because Rosen was right.

After some trouble, I finally changed the position.

Rosen crawled forward carrying the candle lamp, and Zhuoya followed behind him.

As they moved forward, Rosen began to share his intelligence: "I got the news that Misai had found demons and elves as guards. Do you have any relevant clues?"

Zhuo Ya was slightly surprised: "I knew there were three more powerful people in Wuying Palace, but I didn't know they were demons and elves. Grandfather did it without telling me."

"Obviously, he is very afraid of you. Once the time is right, he will make you abdicate or even kill you."

Zhuo Ya nodded: "That's right. I can feel that in the past half month, he has wanted to kill me at least three times."

"But he could use me, and he couldn't find a replacement for me for the time being, so he endured it."

At this point, she sighed and asked, "Then we may be facing four legendary masters, and we must resolve the battle in a short time. Are you sure?"

Rosen shook his head: "There is too little intelligence to make any tactical deductions. We can only do our best."

After a pause, he added, "Leave the battle to me. Don't show up. If I lose, leave immediately."

Zhuo Ya was shocked when she heard this: "If the two of us work together, perhaps the chances of success will be greater. And I told you, I will never let you die."

Apparently, she hadn't realized that Rosen was a clone.

Rosen certainly didn't intend to explain.

He stopped, turned around and smiled at her: "I just lost, not dead. I have my own way to get out of this."

Seeing that Zhuoya still insisted, his face became stern.

"Okay, you listen to me about the battle, or I won't do it."

Zhuoya pursed her lips: "Since you insist, then fine."

After that, the two of them didn't speak on the road, but just walked quietly in the narrow pipe.

After climbing for about half an hour, the passage reached the end and turned into a slightly wider square secret room.

There is a pool in the middle of the secret room, and a faint silver light can be seen in the water.

Zhuo Ya said softly, "Enter the pool and follow the waterway forward. After about forty meters, you will reach a well. Climb out along the well and you will reach the garden of Wuying Palace."

"You already know the layout of the garden. But I don't know what the current situation is. I can only rely on you to figure it out."

Rosen nodded to show that he understood: "Then I'll go."

After saying that, he was about to jump into the pool.

"etc."

Zhuo Ya called him, bit her lip and looked at him for a long time, then said in a very soft voice: "My promise is valid. If you die, I will not live either."

Rosen immediately shook his head: "No, you have to stay alive, and you have to avenge me."

Zhuo Ya's eyes trembled, and she nodded firmly: "I will avenge you for the rest of my life!"

Seeing how serious she was, Rosen wanted to tell her that this was his clone, but he held back the words.

This is his biggest life-saving trump card, so he can't talk about it carelessly.

Zhuoya was very perceptive and sensed his abnormality, so she immediately asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Rosen reacted very quickly and immediately came up with a reasonable excuse: "I'm working with my life on the line, shouldn't you give me some compensation?"

Zhuo Ya was stunned: "Remuneration? Didn't we agree on this?"

Rosen shook his head: "That's the national level reward. What I'm talking about now is the private reward."

As he spoke, he stared at the other's chest, which was tightly wrapped in leather armor but still standing tall.

Zhuoya was deeply touched by Rosen's actions.

Now seeing him like this, thinking that the other party is risking his life, it would be too harsh for me to be pretentious about this little detail.

She took a deep breath and gently unbuttoned her collar, revealing a snow-white mountain peak: "Look if you like."

"Just looking is not enough, I want to climb it."

"You're such a jerk, but okay."

Rosen began to climb the mountain.

Seeing that he was getting more and more excessive, Zhuo Ya still tried to hold back, but finally couldn't hold it back anymore, she groaned and said angrily: "Have you had enough?"

"That's enough."

Rosen decided to quit while he was ahead and turned back to the pool. "Your Majesty, if this succeeds, will you please give me a night of pleasure?"

After saying this, he didn't wait for Zhuoya to answer. He took a step back and entered the pool.

Zhuo Ya looked at the ripples on the water and felt her cheeks burning hot. She couldn't help but think to herself, "Hey~ this guy is such a rare bastard~"

If it were someone else, she would definitely give him a severe lesson, but she couldn't hate this bastard.

"You must stay alive. Otherwise, I won't be able to fight against the Lord of Truth by myself."

As she thought about it, she decided that she couldn't just sit there and wait: "I have to help, too."

(End of this chapter)