Chapter 519 I will meet him in person today
Therefore, many people know that Emperor Shunwu's jade seal was placed in his bedroom.
When Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran were checking Emperor Shunwu's bedroom just now, they did not find any trace of the jade seal and thought it was in the hands of the empress.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Shunwu actually had such a trick up his sleeve. No wonder the Queen's party had already controlled most of the court, but had not yet taken the next step.
Perhaps because the queen couldn't find the imperial seal for a long time, her temper became much worse.
He also knew that it was not Zhang Defu's fault that there was no news about Xiao Liu.
"Alright, get up first! Tell me if you've found out the whereabouts of the imperial seal."
Zhang Defu's forehead was covered with sweat again, and he said tremblingly: "Reply... Reply to the Queen, I am incompetent.
In order to give His Majesty a warning, I ordered Qi Changshun, who was beside him, to be taken away. Even so, His Majesty had no intention of saying anything..."
The queen was so angry that her veins popped out and she clenched her fists tightly.
"Humph! I didn't expect that he, who has been a coward and incompetent all his life, would actually become tough at this moment."
After she finished speaking, she strode towards the door.
"I will personally meet him today to see when he becomes so tough."
When Zhang Defu saw the queen walking towards the door, he hurriedly called several eunuchs to follow her.
As soon as she reached the door, a black-clad secret guard appeared in front of her.
The secret guard knelt on one knee, holding a note in both hands and presented it to the queen.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xue sent this to me."
Zhang Defu took the note very tactfully, then bent over and handed it to the queen.
The queen unfolded the note and took a look at it, her expression filled with impatience.
She said to the secret guard, "Go back and tell my father that I will go and ask for the whereabouts of the jade seal tonight, no matter what means I use."
The secret guard saluted and left, and the queen was surrounded by a group of people and walked towards the side room in the courtyard.
When they arrived at the door of the side room, several eunuchs and palace maids consciously stood on both sides. Zhang Defu called on a few people to follow the queen in.
Seeing the Queen and her entourage entering the room, Mo Jiuye changed positions while holding He Zhiran.
Using the same method, Mo Jiuye gently moved a tile and looked inside the room.
Logically, this room should be the residence of the queen's capable palace maids, but there is no bed here. Judging from the things piled inside, it looks more like a storage room.
Unexpectedly, the queen had already made such arrangements and even created a secret room right under her nose.
This really proves the saying that the most dangerous place is the safest.
Who would have thought that the place where servants should live would actually be the entrance to the secret room?
The queen winked at Zhang Defu, and Zhang Defu quickly walked to the innermost part of the room.
There was a broken wooden shelf with a lot of items piled on it. Zhang Defu reached over the pile of miscellaneous items and fumbled inside. Soon, the wooden shelf moved in one direction.
The wooden frame was moved away, and a eunuch hurriedly walked in front holding an oil lamp, followed by the queen and Zhang Defu who entered one after another.
I don’t know if Zhang Defu pressed some switch in the secret room again, but after the group entered, the wooden frame quickly returned to its original position automatically.
From the angle they entered, it can be concluded that the secret room was built underground. Even if Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran changed the angle, they would not be able to observe the situation inside.
Especially since they didn't want to alert the enemy before they knew more about the situation, so all they could do now was wait for the Queen and her entourage to leave.
I don’t know if it was because the Queen had trouble inquiring about the whereabouts of the imperial seal after entering the secret room, but after only a cup of tea, the wooden frame was opened, and the Queen walked out from inside in a rage with a few people.
Zhang Defu shrank his neck like a quail, followed her with his head down, not daring to say a word.
The servants didn't speak, so naturally no one talked to the queen. Therefore, what He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye saw was the queen returning to her bedroom angrily and without saying a word.
The two returned to the roof of the bedroom to observe again.
The queen sat in the main seat for a long time without speaking, as if she was thinking about something.
It wasn't until almost a quarter of an hour later that Zhang Fude mustered the courage to remind her, "Your Majesty, it's getting late. Even if something big happens, you can't afford to miss out on rest. After all, your health is the most important thing."
The queen raised her hand and rubbed her eyebrows. Without saying anything, she stood up and asked Zhang Defu to help her go back and rest.
It was obvious that all the palace servants in the bedroom breathed a sigh of relief when she took a rest.
The queen went to rest, so there was naturally nothing to observe here, so the two of them moved quietly to the room near the entrance of the secret room.
There were still two eunuchs guarding the place, and they had just observed that there were rooms on both sides of the house, and there were no side windows at all. The only way to enter was through the main door.
The two palace guards in charge of guarding were easy to deal with, but there were many people patrolling other places, and it would be impossible to simply get rid of the two of them.
He Zhiran had an idea and took out a few packets of sleeping pills from the space and gave them to Mo Jiuye.
Mo Jiuye took the drug and quickly disappeared from He Zhiran's sight.
He Zhiran looked down again and saw that Mo Jiuye had already knocked out several palace maids at the door of the Queen's bedroom. He then came to the door of the secret room and knocked out two palace maids again.
After sensing the surroundings and finding no strange aura, Mo Jiuye took He Zhiran into the room where the secret room was hidden.
Mo Jiuye remembered clearly what Zhang Defu had just done. He directly found the location of the secret room switch, pressed the switch hard, and the door of the secret room opened.
As they had observed, the entrance was an underground passage, and it was pitch black inside.
He Zhiran took out a flashlight and illuminated the environment in front of him.
The passage is wider than I imagined, and there are steps under my feet.
The two of them groped their way down about ten meters.
A disgusting stench of decay instantly spread.
Immediately afterwards, a hoarse and extremely weak male voice was heard.
"Why? I've made it very clear. I'd rather die than tell you where the Imperial Seal is. So please don't come here again."
This was the voice of Emperor Shunwu, which was very familiar to Mo Jiuye.
A sense of hatred inexplicably rose in his heart.
If he didn't have a bit of rationality left in him, Mo Jiuye would have wanted to chop off his head.
Although He Zhiran was not familiar with Emperor Shunwu, she felt an inexplicable hatred in her heart when she thought of the fate of the entire Mo family.
However, compared to Mo Jiuye's hatred for him, it was somewhat less.
She could feel that Mo Jiuye's body was a little stiff, so in order to prevent him from doing anything impulsive, she quickly squeezed his big hand.
Mo Jiuye held her hand back and shook his head at her, indicating that he was fine.
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