The weather outside is clear and clear, but the secret passage is dark and shadowy, with no boundaries.

Leng Yiyao walked along this path for about ten minutes, and found that it was still dark all around. If it wasn't for the lighting with her mobile phone, it is estimated that the people around her would have bumped into each other.

"Where does this secret passage lead?" She didn't stop at her feet, but asked.

Lu Chen was a little embarrassed: "I don't know." He really didn't know, and the reason why he knew this secret passage was also by chance and by accident. It was impossible for him to rip off his mattress and play under his own father's nose.

Leng Yiyao suddenly felt that she might have overestimated someone's IQ.

With a sigh, he walked forward as usual.

Lu Chen saw that her back was straight. In such a dark and narrow place, only two people could walk side by side in the widest place, and in most places, even her limbs could not be fully stretched, but she seemed to be unaware and walked smoothly. extremely fast.

Subconsciously, he wanted to move forward a little to avoid her standing at the front alone. In case of emergencies, there is someone to help her out.

She lazily stood in front of her: "Don't make trouble."

Only two words caused the people behind to look at each other in dismay.

If it weren't for the current situation, they would have almost laughed out loud.

His Highness was coaxed by people like a child, which really doesn't fit his temperament.

"What are you laughing at!" Lu Chen's face suddenly darkened, he almost forgot, Leng Yiyao became domineering and was simply lawless. Don't say it's to give him face, it's clearly that as long as she wants, she can do it every day.

The captain of the guard lowered his head, his expression almost at a loss for words.

Your Highness, in fact, in such a situation, it was already very turbulent, but your attitude of pity for fragrance and jade just now was a little too arrogant. In particular, the other party is only a seventeen-year-old girl. You can't stand up in front of her, that's not good, very bad.

Leng Yiyao felt that these people were indeed Lu Chen's confidants, and they all followed his temperament - big heart!

This secret passage is the emperor's exclusive passage anyway, how come every one's brain hole has been opened to 108,000 miles?

"It's here." She raised her head and was about to complain when she vaguely saw a light source not far away. Looking at the distance, it should be not far away.

As her voice fell, sure enough, everyone behind her suddenly straightened up subconsciously, and their expressions were no longer as relaxed as they had just joked.

The guards took out their weapons one after another. This time, Lu Chen didn't care about Leng Yiyao's reaction, he hurried forward and rushed to the front.

The exit of the passage was unexpectedly wide. Lu Chen held a gun in one hand and stopped Leng Yiyao in the other. Immediately, the guards behind him rushed up.

For a moment, the eyes cannot adapt to the light source in front of them. After walking down the darkened secret passage for a long time, facing the slightly brighter light, he subconsciously blocked it in front of his eyes. After a few seconds, he slowly regained his vision.

When everyone opened their eyes and looked at everything in front of them, they couldn't help but take a deep breath.

It turned out to be a huge dark palace.

The inside is resplendent and meticulous, and it is no worse than the palace outside.

There are all kinds of food and water storage tanks in the corners, which are full, and it seems that they are often replaced.

In the middle is the largest palace, and the decoration specifications inside are not inferior to the main hall outside.

"This, this is the underground palace?" The head guard was stunned for a moment, turned his head, and looked at Lu Chen subconsciously. Legend has it that in order to avoid the possibility of being captured or assassinated, the royal family will build an identical bedroom under the palace. In times of crisis, the emperor can take refuge in the underground palace. The food, clothing, housing and transportation inside are not inferior to the palace itself. I thought it was just a legend of adults cheating children, but I never thought that there really is such a place!

"It should be." Lu Chen looked around and found that the structure of the building was extremely complex, and there was not even a single gap in the wall tiles or the ground. I touched the wall, but it didn't look like a craftsmanship in recent years, it should be an antique built many years ago. If you guessed correctly, it should be a secret passed down by word of mouth from generations of emperors to the next generation of princes before they were in danger. Otherwise, he would not have seen such a place for the first time in the palace for so many years.

At this time, Leng Yiyao walked out of the secret passage slowly.

Different from the dark underground palace in the imagination, lighting systems are installed everywhere, and the light is bright, allowing people to see everything clearly: "Go Soso and see if the imperial doctor is here."

She frowned, the strange smell in the air made her have a bad premonition.

Sure enough, as soon as her voice fell, everyone's expressions were shocked. Lu Chen's head guard and others didn't need to look at the master's eyes, they immediately divided into four teams according to Leng Yiyao's instructions, and spread out in the directions of the south, east, and northwest. .

For a while, there were only Leng Yiyao and Lu Chen left in the main hall, and the atmosphere became a little subtle.

"I heard that you spent the night at the Marshal's Mansion?" Lu Chen lowered his head, quietly found a clean place, and let Leng Yiyao sit down, but there was a bleak look on his face. A royal feast, I thought it would be an opportunity for me to turn around, and let the news of my love for Leng Yiyao spread to every corner of the imperial capital and announce it to the world. Who would have thought, but it was self-defeating. That day, when the marshal appeared, although he did not take off his mask, Frey's bowing and serving had made everyone acquiesce in their identity. As a result, even the news that Leng Yiyao was in and out of the Marshal's Mansion a while ago, and the news that the Marshal had arranged for his own guard to accompany her back to City D with her, all caused a stir. It can be said that the distance between the two of them is getting farther and farther.

Leng Yiyao looked at Lu Chen's face. Unlike Hemo, who was as steady as a mountain at any time and place, although his everything had gone a thousand miles in front of others, in front of him, Lu Chen always seemed to take off his mask subconsciously and put his original state presented in front of her.

"Overnight?" She thought about it for a while. If you say these two words in the depths, you can be in the same room, and if you say them in the shallows, it means staying in a marshal's mansion. "What do you think I'm doing at my age with a sleepover with Homer?"

A flash of light suddenly flashed in Lu Chen's eyes. It was an expression that he was about to reach a dead end, but found that he had not completely fallen into the Jedi. In an instant, he was suddenly enlightened and pleasantly surprised, and various expressions flashed across his face.

Leng Yiyao looked very helpless, but before he could continue to speak, she said again: "However, I did stay in the Marshal's Mansion for a few nights. And..." She paused, and simply said clearly: "Where I live now is also arranged by Homer."

Lu Chen's eyes looked like fireworks had disappeared, but what was left after the ecstasy was desolation. He lowered his head, his expression was blank for a moment, but after a long time, he smiled bleakly, and the voice in his mouth became more and more low: "I know."

From that day, Frey had heard the news when he knocked on his father's door. Just, tell yourself again and again, those are not important. After all, it was not surprising that Homer helped her arrange these things when she first arrived in the imperial capital...

However, now it has always been just self-deception.

Judging from the character of Homer who has never been involved with the opposite sex for so many years, she is refusing to be thousands of miles away, indifferent and arrogant, but for her sake, she puts down her body and arranges everything in advance...

"I can't compare to him at all?" The corners of his lips trembled slightly, and his expression was silent. For a moment, what Leng Yiyao saw on him was bleak and dejected.

She still remembered the first time they met, when she walked across the corridor of the D City Hotel and walked into the suite where Homer stayed in front of him. He looked at the closed door angrily and ordered someone to slam the door directly!

At that time, how straightforward!

Straight to the point, no disguise.

Even if he knew that it was unwise to hit Hemo on the bar, he had no scruples.

At that time, he was clearly still a eldest prince who had not grown up at all, but now, he is already the heir to the royal family who walks on a tightrope and has an abyss beneath his feet.

"You are completely different from him." Leng Yiyao sighed. Lu Chen is too used to smooth things, he has always grown up in good times, all things, the emperor has arranged for him in advance. Therefore, it is possible to develop such a pampered character in such a fierce royal family. Unlike Homer...

Leng Yiyao recalled last night that the other party really put her down at the intersection, and couldn't help but smile.

That man is confident enough. Even if it is a road paved with blood, he can step on it without hesitation and walk smoothly!

He didn't ask himself why he insisted on getting involved in the royal strife, because he trusted her. It was as if he knew that he might have too much contact with Lu Chen because of this, but he didn't stop it blindly.

He gave her complete respect and freedom. All of this, in this desert country where men are superior to women, is simply unimaginable!

Lu Chen looked at Leng Yiyao's slightly soft profile, and his facial features exuded a soft luster in the shadow of the lamp. It was an emotion that was rarely shown in front of him, and he felt a little numb in his heart, knowing that she might be thinking of another person...

"I don't want to give up." He bowed his head and said this. The voice was low, almost murmured.

Leng Yiyao didn't hear clearly, and was about to ask him what he was talking about when suddenly, a shout came from the north -

"His Royal Highness! Miss Leng! The imperial doctor has been found!"

The voice came from the room on the north side, with a slight trembling, as if the speaker was trembling slightly.

The expressions of the two were stunned for a moment, and in an instant, they got up and rushed towards the north room at the same time.

This is a completely different arrangement from the main hall. The layout is not particularly large, but the winding corridors are cleverly designed. There is actually a living spring in the distance. It seems that it is a bath. The water outlet is not large, and the sound of the water flow is far away, so it is not particularly clear to hear, but depending on the size of the pool, it can accommodate three people.

At this moment, Chief Guard Lu Chen knelt on one knee in front of the first step, with a wet corpse lying on the ground in front of him.

Obviously, it was just fished out of the bathtub, and the water stains on his body were obvious, and that face...

Lu Chen subconsciously wanted to cover Leng Yiyao's eyes, but when he met her slightly smiling eyes, he subconsciously realized that the other party's courage was still higher than his own, so how could he be afraid of seeing dead people?

For a while, his face was slightly hot, as if diverting his attention, he said to the head guard who was squatting over there: "What's going on?"

The head guard carefully inspected the body, confirmed that the other party had lost his breath, shook his head, and sighed: "Your Highness, Miss Leng, the imperial doctor is dead."

The two of them changed their faces slightly and took a step forward. Sure enough, the silent corpse lying on the ground was the doctor who treated His Majesty the Emperor last night. The long robe has been stuck to the body, and his face is dead white. There was panic and despair on his face, and it seemed that he found that his life was going to die soon. The struggle and panic were almost obvious at a glance.

It seemed that he had died a long time ago. After soaking in this place, the skin began to swell. If the time is longer, I am afraid that even the human body will almost disappear.

"Can you find out the cause of death?" Leng Yiyao looked at it carefully. The clothes were covered, and the exposed skin was soaked in water for too long, and there was no obvious injury. It was difficult to determine him. 's cause of death.

The head of the guard's face was ugly, and he shook his head with difficulty: "I'm afraid it will take an autopsy to determine the real cause of death."

Because the hot spring has a temperature, it is difficult to determine the death time of the imperial doctor from the body temperature. It is difficult to determine the cause of death based on appearance alone.

Lu Chen's eyes turned cold, and he looked up and looked around.

Except for this bath, there are simple tables and chairs next to it, no murder weapon, and no conspicuous things.

Was the imperial doctor himself caught here and drowned, or was there another secret?

"His Royal Highness, what should I do now?" The head of the guard raised his head hesitantly. The emperor was seriously ill. The only people who stayed in the palace last night were His Highness and the imperial doctor. Now that the imperial doctor has died mysteriously, and there is no proof of death, if everyone investigates His Majesty's condition, they will only think of His Highness Lu Chen...

The captain of the guard trembled slightly, his expression a little frozen.

At this moment, the rest of the guards were also attracted by the sound and surrounded them. When he saw the corpses on the ground, his expressions became uglier than the last.

The death of the head guard Lu has not been found out, yet another one died?

Who is poking around behind the scenes, and who has designed this chain of murders?

"Call the police." In the icy cold, a soft and gentle female voice sounded faintly, waking everyone up from their contemplation.

Everyone looked at Leng Yiyao in astonishment, what did she say?

Leng Yiyao was tired of the cold corpse on the ground, and in this unspeakable silence, she smiled lazily. "I said, call the police."

"However, His Highness will be regarded as the first suspect." The captain of the guard was excited and suddenly stood up. No matter what else, just last night in the emperor's palace, there were only Lu Chen, the imperial doctor and the sleepy majesty. The monitoring equipment could not detect the departure of the imperial doctor, even if His Highness insisted that he was drugged and unconscious, but there is no evidence!

His Majesty's bedroom is equivalent to a secret room with three people in total, and the emperor himself has no ability to act. The mysterious death of the imperial doctor was still the corpse found in this underground palace. The whole palace was up and down, even the princess didn't know about it. Who else would know such a hidden location?

If they were not the confidants of His Highness Lu Chen and stayed out of the matter, they would immediately cast their doubts on His Highness.

"Do you think that if you hide the corpse here, you can pretend that nothing happened?" Leng Yiyao smiled, her eyes calm, but with great pressure. For a while, everyone shut up, but subconsciously looked in the direction of Lu Chen. It has to be said that the final decision rests with His Royal Highness. Now, the two Grand Dukes have almost stabbed the scandal out, and there are rumors that His Majesty's throne is not right.

With a heavy breath, Lu Chen's eyes swept across the faces of his subordinates. After a long time, he slowly closed his eyes and said quietly, "Listen to her."

"Your Highness!" The head guard raised his head in disbelief, raising his voice almost subconsciously.

"I said, listen to her!" Lu Chen opened his eyes, and a sternness rushed towards him, stunned everyone. For a while, the chief guard was speechless, unable to believe that this was the person he had always been loyal to. How could His Highness be so determined and capricious about Miss Leng's words, without any doubt?

Leng Yiyao calmly watched Lu Chen's eyes deepening, hooked his lips lightly, and pointed at the two guards behind him at will: "You guys, take the body out and call the police directly."

"Yes." Seeing that His Highness's face had completely sunk, the two guards did not dare to say anything, and honestly moved out the body of the Imperial Physician along the secret passage when they came.

The two princesses were sitting in the bedroom. Seeing that Lu Chen and the others had been down for a long time, there was no movement at all, and they did not dare to call anyone in to check. Suddenly, a sound was heard from under the bed, and the two of them suddenly stood up.

The next moment, saw a group of people carrying a corpse up, which was a royal doctor who disappeared out of thin air. For a time, the two princesses leaned back in astonishment and almost fell directly to the ground.

"Someone!" The eldest princess raised her voice subconsciously and wanted to call someone, but saw that Lu Chen suddenly walked out of the secret passage with a cold face, followed by Leng Yiyao, with a light face, and suddenly, There was a turmoil inside.

"No need." Lu Chen waved his hand, instead of looking at the princess' expression, he had someone call the police directly.

The call was made directly to the police officer who came to the masquerade last night. When the other party heard that there was another murder case, he almost fell off the chair in shock.

Serial murder?

How could this happen again and again in a place like the palace?

Unbelievable, unbelievable, expressions drifted across his face. He quickly picked up his emotions and told him to save the scene, and he immediately brought someone to check it out.

Less than 24 hours before the death of the chief guard of Lu, there was another murder in the palace. If this kind of news was released, it would probably cause chaos in the imperial capital.

Realizing the importance of the matter, the police officer kept going straight to the palace with people.

When saw the crime scene, it turned out to be in the emperor's palace, and for a while, couldn't even say a word.

This, how is this good?

Secret roads, underground palaces, legends, the emperor's secrets were passed down by word of mouth to the prince before the funeral, and the deceased was found there?

The police officer's expression was a little embarrassed, he seemed to hesitate for a long time, and finally came to Lu Chen. "His Royal Highness, please allow me to take you to the police station. In any case, this time, I need your cooperation to record your statement." It's okay to say what happened last night, after all, everyone has alibi, everyone is in the banquet hall, from Judging from the time of death of Guard Lu, none of the people in the banquet hall were direct murderers. But today is different. It is clear that His Royal Highness Lu Chen was the last person the deceased saw before his death.

"What did you say!" The second princess woke up from her dizziness, and when she heard the police officer say this, she stood up suddenly with a cold expression.

This, this is downright funny! A police officer, who dared to let the first heir to the royal family go to the police station to record a statement, who gave him the courage!

"Mother!" Lu Chen suddenly shouted. There was silence in the whole bedroom. The second princess looked at his son in astonishment, her lips trembling, and a terrible premonition struck her heart.

"I'm not afraid of shadows. In the end, finding out the truth as soon as possible is the most important thing." He gave Leng Yiyao a fixed look, then, without saying a word, he walked out of the bedroom first.

The second princess was stimulated, and suddenly crooked to the ground. Even the eldest princess, who was standing on the side, did not expect that Lu Chen, who had always been eating, drinking, and having fun, would have such an air of magnanimity. For a while, for some unknown reason, she looked at Leng Yiyao subconsciously. However, he saw that the other party raised his eyebrows lightly, without the slightest expression of surprise.

This, what exactly happened in the underground palace?

Leng Yiyao glanced at His Majesty the Emperor, who was lying on the bed. His slightly open lips were dry and peeling, and he had no strength at all. He seemed to hear the noise around him, but he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes. His breath was slightly heavier, but he seemed to be stunned by a nightmare. He didn't have the strength to get up at all, like a living dead, paralyzed on the bed, motionless.

Leng Yiyao shook his head, but he didn't see him for a day. His Majesty the Emperor, who was still aloof last night, turned out to be like this.

"That, Miss Leng..." The police officer's expression was a bit dignified. Although he knew that Leng Yiyao was behind the Marshal, he still opened his mouth: "Can you please come to the police station with me?"

She looked up and glanced at the police officer.

The political world was pulled into the water by the two grand dukes, and he had no choice but to intervene in the disputes of the royal family. People who can be valued by the political world are obviously not stupid. The police officer's skills are probably not small.

"Okay." She nodded, with a very easy-to-talk look on her face, which made everyone stunned for a moment.

Just as they were shocked, Leng Yiyao had already followed Lu Chen's footsteps and left together.

The subordinates brought by the police officer suddenly became more and more strange. With this thought, is it a joy to go to the police station? Why are each one's footsteps so fast?

It's just that the doubts in my heart dare not say it casually. After the group returned to the police station, according to the management, Leng Yiyao, Lu Chen, and the royal guards were separated into different rooms, and their statements were recorded at the same time.

According to the results of the autopsy, the time of death of the imperial doctor was about one or two in the morning.

Because the incident was quite sensitive and involved a wide range of issues, the police officer "invited" the two princes to the police station to record a statement together.

After all, last night's reporters were two grand dukes, but today's reporters were replaced by His Royal Highness Lu Chen. The matter was too strange. We must first find out what the royal family was doing when the crime happened.

As soon as the two grand dukes heard that another person had died, he was still the emperor's imperial physician, with a strange expression, hummed, but did not refuse.

Grand Duke Lu Yun's temper was fierce, and he spoke directly: "At one or two in the morning, of course I slept in my own house. Can't I go out and hang out at that time?"

Grand Duke Lu Chong's temperament is relatively deep. He only smiled lightly and had no mood swings: "I was eating supper in the restaurant at that time, and the servants were all there. You can ask any questions."

There seems to be nothing suspicious about everyone's confessions. The officer frowned and tapped the tip of the pen lightly on the table. With no evidence and no clues, this serial murder case is so intractable that people can't figure it out.

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and it took a lot of time to record the confession. Seeing that the expressions of the two Grand Dukes became more and more impatient.

He quickly gave his subordinates a wink and decided to send them back.

Who knows, by such a coincidence, Leng Yiyao and Lu Chen happened to meet the two grand dukes when they were walking at the door.

"After walking down the road at night, there will always be ghosts. Do you think so, my good nephew." Grand Duke Lu Yun smiled complacently, as if joking, but also pointedly at Lu Yun. Chen hinted that everything now is the emperor's own fault for murdering his younger brother.

Grand Duke Lu Chong stood aside, watching with cold eyes, without making a sound.

Before Lu Chen spoke, the guards behind him were already looking ugly, and they were about to jump out to defend their master.

Suddenly, at the entrance of the police station, a pitch-black lengthened sedan slowly stopped.

The slender and straight army green legs stepped out from the inside, and the next moment, the handsome and angry face appeared from the car.

The people who were standing on the steps quarreling were stunned for a moment, looking strange.

But I saw that Hemo stepped up the steps step by step, ignoring everyone's eyes, quietly walked in front of Leng Yiyao, stretched out his right hand, and smiled lightly: "Go, come home with me."