Doctor Li looked around and examined the scroll carefully.
The destination vaguely mentioned in the mountain and sea map was right under his feet, so why couldn't he see the entrance?
Doctor Li trotted all the way to the mountains on both sides to observe.
Suddenly I saw something hidden under a dense bush?
"Come and help."
Doctor Li waved to everyone. Zhao Yunzhu ordered the secret guards to go and help, and she walked slowly forward with Linglong's support.
When she got closer, she saw that the bushes had already been cut open by the secret guards with their swords.
What I saw was a pitch-black cave.
There were secret guards holding torches in front, and Doctor Li followed behind.
Zhao Yunzhu paused for a few seconds and then ran after him.
There are secret guards behind him to cover his retreat.
I originally thought that the road was not very long, but I found that this cave seemed to have no end.
The further you go into the cave, the colder the temperature becomes.
When Zhao Yunzhu was feeling a little discouraged, she heard an exclamation from the doctor of Li Mansion.
She finally saw a glimmer of hope.
I quickened my pace to catch up, and saw a stone wall.
"There's a mechanism here!"
Doctor Li pointed to the gap in the wall and said firmly,
Zhao Yunzhu looked over and saw that this was obviously the mechanism to open the stone door.
"This key..."
Zhao Yunzhu looked at Doctor Li, after all, he was from the Tian family.
Doctor Li examined it carefully, sighed softly, and a hint of helplessness appeared in his eyes. "I know the key, but it's not with me."
"What kind of key is it?" Zhao Yunzhu asked. "Why don't you have someone make one based on your memory?"
Doctor Li shook his head after hearing this.
"This is not an ordinary key..."
"That's a jade pendant carved from white jade with a pattern of twin lotus flowers, passed down from my ancestors in the Tian family. I don't know what it's worth, but it's been passed down from my ancestors. They once taught that the jade pendant must be passed down from generation to generation in the eldest son's family."
"That thing was in my nephew's hands, but I don't know where it went later."
Zhao Yunzhu was shocked when she heard this.
She took out a white jade pendant from her purse. It had been broken before, and King An had found a skilled craftsman to repair it. Later, when she became pregnant, King An gave her the pendant.
Because I thought this was the only relic of Prince An's mother,
Therefore, I wear it close to my body every day.
Doctor Li took the thing suspiciously, and at a glance, he recognized that this was something passed down from the ancestors of the Tian family.
"Where did this thing come from? How did it end up in your hands?"
Zhao Yunzhu did not respond to Li Fuyi's questioning, but only urged, "Since the things are right, open them quickly."
Doctor Li frowned and embedded the thing into the wall.
There was a loud rumbling sound.
The stone door slowly opened.
There was only a long and narrow tunnel, and everyone walked forward carefully.
Doctor Li handed the jade pendant to Zhao Yunzhu, although he had many questions in his mind.
But now is not the time to ask questions, let’s deal with the things at hand first.
After walking about ten meters, the tunnel had two forks on the right. Everyone went to the right first. After a while, they saw the narrow tunnel widening little by little until a stone gate three meters high came into view.
When they walked into the stone gate, they saw more than a dozen large boxes placed in the dark room. A secret guard stepped forward and opened the boxes with his sword.
Under the illumination of the fire, the alley was emitting a dazzling golden light, so bright that people could not open their eyes.
As the boxes were opened one by one, they were filled with gold bars.
Zhao Yunzhu was stunned.
Then everyone went to the other fork in the road. Behind the stone door was a dark room as well. However, the three boxes in this dark room were filled with worn-out armor neatly placed in them.
There was a sword placed on the iron rack nearby.
There was a sunken area on the wall, and inside it was a scroll placed on a black lacquered nanmu stand.
Doctor Li took it down and handed the scroll to Zhao Yunzhu.
Zhao Yunzhu didn't open it. She looked at Doctor Li and said, "Doctor Li, let's go back first."
"Yeah, that's fine."
Everyone walked out of the dark room and the stone door behind them closed again.
After walking out of the cave, the secret guard found a lot of hay and covered the cave entrance.
After going down the mountain and getting on the carriage, everyone headed straight for Chang'an.
Everyone was silent along the way.
As soon as the carriage entered the city, Zhao Yunzhu got off the carriage and looked at the Li family doctor behind him. She said, "Li family doctor, please go to the prince's study to talk."
Doctor Li nodded and followed Zhao Yunzhu.
In the study.
After Linglong entered the room, she closed the door of the study. Zhao Yunzhu walked to the desk and slowly pushed the scroll onto the desk.
The bright yellow imperial edict was full of traces of time.
Doctor Li watched from the side.
But my heart sank little by little.
The content of the imperial edict concerns the past of the Tian family.
The ancestors of the Tian family built the country together with the retired emperor.
Originally, everyone recommended the ancestor of the Tian family to be the emperor, but the ancestor of the Tian family had a deep affection for his first wife. As long as he had no control over everything after becoming the emperor, he did not want to let his wife down.
The throne was then passed into the hands of the Qin family.
The retired emperor was grateful for the Tian family's grace in giving up the throne, so he left an imperial edict to the Tian family, which could guarantee the Tian family's title of marquis for five generations. If future generations disobeyed the edict, they could use the imperial edict in their hands to conquer the country and become king.
Doctor Li sighed softly. He had not been raised in Chang'an since he was a child, so he knew very little about the affairs of his family.
Back then, the Tian family was confiscated by the previous emperor on false charges.
However, after only two generations, the emperor had forgotten the will of the retired emperor.
Back then, the Tian family was willing to die for the sake of the country and the people, and was not willing to use the imperial edict left by the retired emperor to attack the country.
"Concubine Yun, tell me first, where did you get this jade pendant?"
After reading the imperial edict, Doctor Li knew what happened that year and asked about Zhao Yun's pearl jade pendant.
"Doctor Li, you should ask the prince. I can't tell you about this matter."
Seeing Zhao Yunzhu's firm attitude, Doctor Li had to give up. The only thing he could do now was to wait patiently for Prince An to come back.
She hid the imperial edict left by the Tian family in the dark room of the study.
Two guards were left behind to guard the study.
…
"The young lady is finally back. I've been worried all day!"
When Aunt Hua saw the young lady returning, she finally felt relieved after being worried for the whole day.
"Young lady, I'm afraid you're upset. I'll go and tell someone to prepare some food."
Aunt Hua hurriedly ordered someone to bring food.
Zhao Yunzhu smiled and looked at Aunt Hua who was busy.
After lunch, she lay on the bed to rest as usual.
But before she could sleep for a while, Aunt Hua came forward and nudged her, "Miss..."
Zhao Yunzhu opened her eyes dazedly and looked at Aunt Hua in confusion, "Aunt, what's wrong?"
"Miss, the steward came back and said that Madam Lan is waiting to see you in the hall."
Zhao Yunzhu's eyes paused.
Thinking of Concubine Rong in the palace, why did Madam Lan suddenly come today?
Seeing her stand up, Aunt Hua personally helped her wash and dress.
Half a cup of tea passed before Zhao Yunzhu went out.
Along the way, she was thinking about the purpose of Mrs. Lan's visit today.
Is it for Concubine Rong?
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