It was originally agreed that Wang Yanzhou and Qinghe would bring Tang Chen and Ouyang Ming into the palace together, but as soon as the two of them left the house, they blocked the door without saying a word.
After banging on the door for a while, Tang Chen realized that he was just doing useless work. He kicked the wall, leaving a big footprint on the wall: "Oh my god, what do these two people mean?"
Ouyang Ming always respected Qinghe's opinions, but not this time. "...Achen, push me to the bed."
"Ah? Oh!"
After Tang Chen pushed Ouyang Ming to the bed in the inner room, he moved the antiques on the bookshelf one by one according to Ouyang Ming's instructions. After a sound, a narrow secret passage appeared in front of the two of them.
For a moment, Tang Chen was a little confused. If the door was blocked and there was a secret passage, wouldn't that be the same as not blocking the door at all? "Wow, did they deliberately lock us up here?"
Ouyang Ming explained, "I secretly opened this secret passage, Qinghe doesn't know about it."
Tang Chen stood in front of the secret passage and felt it. It felt a bit cold inside, with no wind blowing. It seemed a bit long. "Sir, where does this secret passage lead to?"
Ouyang Ming was rummaging through the clothes in the box beside the bed as he said, "It's a bit long, but the exit is near the moat. It won't take long to walk along the river to the palace gate."
Tang Chen took the cloak from Ouyang Ming, put it on, stretched his arms and legs, and drank another large bowl of tea. Once everything was ready, he handed the lantern over. "Sir, I'll leave this important task to you. I'm a top graduate of the wheelbarrow program, so don't be intimidated by my wheelbarrow skills!"
...Emperor Gan Zhao, who was sitting in the palace reading the military report with a tired face, did not know what kind of future was waiting for him.
The eunuch saw that Emperor Gan Zhao was looking at the military report in his hand and thinking about something. After hesitating for a moment, he said while Emperor Gan Zhao was drinking tea: "Your Majesty, the princess wants to see you and has been waiting outside for a while."
Emperor Gan Zhao coughed a few times and waved his hand, saying, "Why is she here at this time? Tell Shu Yang to come and pay her respects later."
The eunuch bent down and whispered, "That's what I said, but the princess also brought someone with her, saying that she must let Your Majesty see her no matter what."
Emperor Gan Zhao frowned slightly. Speaking of Shu Yang bringing people into the palace, he thought of Shi Jun, whom he had seen earlier. That face was truly unpleasant. It seemed that Shu Yang was indeed quite old. If it weren't for the sudden invasion of South Vietnam, she would have been chosen a good husband this year. "Who did she bring with her?"
The eunuch bowed his head and replied, "He is a handsome young man who seems to have a good relationship with the princess. The princess didn't say anything else, and I didn't dare to ask in detail."
Emperor Gan Zhao put down the cinnabar brush in his hand, sighed slightly, and said, "Summon them in."
After hearing the eunuch's call, Yao Chen raised his head, glanced at the gold-plated plaque above his head, smiled bitterly, lowered his head, and followed Shu Yang into the hall.
"Your Majesty, long live the Emperor."
Emperor Gan Zhao carefully examined the kneeling man and nodded. With the precedent of Shi Jun, this man seemed much more pleasing to the eye. "No need to be polite, but please stand."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The eunuch swept the whisk in his hand and asked loudly, "Who is your Highness?"
Upon hearing this, the man in white knelt down again and said with his head bowed, "Your humble servant Yao Chen pays respect to His Majesty."
The eunuchs and Emperor Gan Zhao didn't know whether the word Yao Chen mentioned by the man was what they thought it was, but there was no doubt that the expressions on everyone's faces became extremely serious at this moment.
After observing Emperor Yuangan Zhao's reaction, the eunuch Yu Guang shouted, "How dare you offend the late Crown Prince!"
Upon hearing this, the guards outside the palace wanted to take this person out, but Emperor Gan Zhao waved his hand and signaled them to go out first: "Shu Yang, what exactly do you want to do by bringing this person here?"
Shu Yang smiled helplessly. After all, they were father and son. Even if he couldn't imagine what Yao Chen would look like when he grew up, he should at least recognize his mother's appearance. "Father, can't you tell who he is?"
As Shu Yang finished speaking, Yao Chen slowly rose from the ground, raised his head, and coldly gazed at the emperor on the throne. If the name issue just now was just a joke from Shu Yang, then this person's resemblance to his own was a gross disrespect to the emperor. "...Get out! Shu Yang, I don't care what you do, but do you think you can tease your father with this?"
Emperor Gan Zhao's anger made Shu Yang's heart suddenly beat wildly. Yao Chen pulled her behind him and said softly, "Shu Yang, please step aside first."
Shu Yang just subconsciously took a step back, but his eyes suddenly widened: "Brother!"
Yao Chen pulled out the dagger he had hidden on his body, and with a flick of his body, the cold blade was already against Emperor Gan Zhao's throat. Just a slight force would have killed this man.
Frightened by Yao Chen's words, the eunuchs serving in the palace began to panic: "Someone come, protect the emperor!"
Yao Chen held the knife to Emperor Gan Zhao's throat with one hand and clamped his movements with the other hand, saying, "Shut up, everyone, or I'll kill him."
Seeing this, Shu Yang quickly signaled the guards outside the door and the eunuchs in the hall to leave first: "Stand back, leave this to me!"
When everyone was hesitant, Emperor Gan Zhao spoke, and helplessly, everyone had to retreat outside the palace. After Shu Yang closed the heavy palace door, Emperor Gan Zhao looked at Yao Chen and asked, "Who are you and what do you want to do?"
Yao Chen slapped Emperor Gan Zhao's face with the cold blade and said coldly, "What? Can't you guess what I want to do? Didn't you do the same thing to your own father?"
Emperor Gan Zhao was stunned: "You, are you really Yao Chen?"
Yao Chen looked at Shu Yang and shook his head slightly, "No, to be precise, I should be Shi Jun."
The scarred man gradually overlapped with the young man in front of him, who looked like him when he was young. It was not until this moment that Emperor Gan Zhao suddenly realized that Yao Chen had escaped from the fire in the palace that year.
"How is that possible!"
Yao Chen asked, "What do you think is impossible? Is it that Shi Jun, the scarred Shi Jun you sneered at and sneered out of the palace, can't possibly appear? Or is it that Yao Chen, the Yao Chen you sent to hell with a fire, can't possibly appear?"
Emperor Gan Zhao didn't dare to answer Yao Chen's question, so he could only question Shu Yang guiltily: "Shu Yang, did you know this all along?"
"..." Shu Yang said nothing, but looked at the two people in the hall with a complicated expression. She was worried that Yao Chen would be so blinded by hatred that he would forget what he promised her last night.
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