Bang bang bang!
At midnight, as the people at the naval port and the man who had fallen asleep were greeted by a rapid knocking at the entrance to Yin's courtyard.
Erlu quickly stepped forward to open the door, where Tulichen stood with a bloodstain on his right arm.
"Eru, quickly have the Fourth Prince and Fourth Princess take the young prince and princess through the secret passage to the main courtyard. Some unidentified people have infiltrated the military port!" Tulichen spoke very quickly, and wanted to leave as soon as he finished speaking.
"Wait!" Erlu grabbed Tulichen, took out a small medicine bottle from his pocket, and bandaged Tulichen's wound. "That's a wound medicine that the Fujin specially bought. It's very effective. I'll go and inform her now. How is the situation at the main hospital?"
"We'll meet up inside the secret passage later. Remember, blow up the entrance to the passage." Tulichen told Erlu to close the door quickly. The guards obeyed Erlu's instructions, quickly packed their things, and secretly moved the items from the small kitchen into the secret passage.
"Master, something's happened! Tulichen wants you and the young masters to stay here and quickly descend into the secret passage." Erlu immediately urged some of the guards, and a group of men quickly stayed outside the courtyard.
Qingyan watched as tunnels were being dug in the military port and specifically instructed Tulichen to dig several more entrances. He even suggested that the tunnels should be divided into different levels to better attack the enemy.
His series of explanations impressed Tu Lichen; the secret passage had indeed come in handy today.
Yin quickly woke Qingyan up and told her to change her clothes.
"Hurry, an attack might be coming!" Yin had heard that things were not peaceful at the seaside, and that there might be some pirates lurking around.
Qingyan instantly snapped out of her daze and quickly wrapped the baby up. With a wave of her hand, she put everything that could be used into her spatial storage. Yin poked her forehead.
"Bring out six boxes!" Yin understood that when Qingyan encountered danger, he would first pack away all his daily necessities. However, if these boxes weren't out in the open as a cover, how could the Emperor not know?
oops!
She slapped her forehead, realizing she had forgotten about this.
"Sulan, Su Peisheng, hurry up and carry the rascal out of the room." Qingyan, already dressed in her palace attire, instructed the maids to pack their things quickly.
At this moment, all the secret passages in the room were opened. Under the protection of Saito, Yin and Qingyan went in first, while Su Peisheng led Xiao Sula to quickly transport the boxes downstairs.
Erlu listened cautiously to the sounds outside. The fighting grew louder and louder. Seeing that all the items in the kitchen had been sent into the tunnel entrance, he turned the self-destruct mechanism of the secret passage from the outside.
He watched as things were moved out of the rooms in the shortest possible time. He put his hands to his mouth and made a few bird calls, like birds awakened by the sounds of fighting in the night sky.
The guards outside the courtyard all thought a bloody battle was about to begin, after all, the guards in Yin's courtyard were already fighting each other.
"Quickly, into the tunnel." The captain of the guards directly ordered his men into the tunnel. Now was not the time for a direct confrontation. The Prince Zhi's personal guards were holding back, giving more people time to ensure everyone's safety.
Qingyan followed Yin deeper into the fortified area. Below the main courtyard, Kangxi directly ordered the construction of a vast underground palace for any eventuality.
"Father, where is my elder brother?" Yin came to Kangxi's side and found that he was not there. He was worried that Yin would directly fight with those people.
"Don't worry, I've got people keeping an eye on things. Songkelierha is sleeping in the back. You can let the twins go over there too!" Kangxi sent Yin and Qingyan away. They dared to enter the back room and saw Lady Yingenjueluo looking at her daughter with a helpless expression. Yin was a stubborn man who hoped to fight alongside the guards.
"Brother, why are you tied up?" Consort Tong smiled as she watched the two men enter, noticing that Yin was tied to a grand chair.
"Father said I shouldn't go up!" Yin had been standing at the front leading the troops, but now the guards had knocked him unconscious and handed him over to Tulichen to bring down.
"Don't worry, the guards are all armed. They didn't use them to buy you time. If you waste time, wouldn't that just mean more people will sacrifice themselves for nothing?" Qingyan said helplessly.
Yin was instantly speechless. Yin Genjue Luo secretly gave her a thumbs up. Yin was just a straightforward person. He always refuted what she said. Qing Yan also sided with her.
"Fine, I don't care what you say anymore. I need to see how many of my personal guards are withdrawn later." Yin was still worried; those men had risked their lives for him.
Pfft!
Qingyan said casually, "Brother, there are entrances everywhere in our courtyard and the surrounding area. This underground palace is also divided into four levels to prevent these things."
In fact, Qingyan knew how many lives had been lost at this military port. The designers and craftsmen who designed the underground palace had been secretly shot and killed. The laborers who built it were also people sentenced to death within the Qing Dynasty, supposedly to supplement their family income. After they were executed, the money was secretly sent to their families.
Of course, the families were very grateful and didn't ask where those people had gone.
"Really?!" Yin was unaware of the other entrances to the secret passage. There were entrances in every room of the house, and he had them secretly destroyed before entering.
"All the entrances have been destroyed, alas... it was only used once!" Consort Tong said with some regret.
"Mother, this is the safest way. Once we enter the secret passage, those people will really perish here!" Without a map, it's suicide. There are many traps and mechanisms around the area that actually gets close to their underground palace.
"How do we get out?" Yin was worried, as he had no way to get out, since the entrance had been destroyed.
"Even if it can be used again, it's fine as long as the entrance is changed!" Yin didn't care. What was destroyed was only the mechanism of the entrance. The craftsmen's design required that when one went out from the inside, the mechanism on the inside of the secret passage would be activated to restart the entrance.
ah?!
Yin touched his forehead, feeling that he should learn more from Yin. He had only figured out the entrance to his courtyard, but hadn't seen any mechanism to restore it.
"No wonder Qingyan didn't allow the use of explosives, this is the reason!" Yin also said, "Isn't it best not to use explosives to destroy the mechanism?"
“On the one hand, the explosives will make a sound, which will immediately alert those people. On the other hand, this secret passage entrance can’t be used only once and then left unused, right?” Qingyan knew that, apart from her personal servants, the other servants who followed her out would probably be silenced. Of course, her personal maids would have to stay by her side for life.
Yin nodded, still worried about the battle situation outside, wondering when his personal guards would be able to enter.
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