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Chapter 253 The Only Way to Break the Situation
There was deathly silence in Qian'an Palace.

Chu Lu raised his head and stared blankly at the intricate carved beams and painted rafters on the roof of the hall; his mind was blank.

It took him a while to recover from his depressed mood.

He patted his face and regained his usual composure.

After all, as a person who has experienced life and death and countless dangers, he will never be scared to stop in his tracks by danger that has not yet happened.

"Qin Su." Chu Lu said calmly, "Let's discuss it. What can we do?"

Qin Su gradually calmed down in this long silence. She thought for a moment and said, "At this point, the only way to break the impasse is to increase the correction value. As long as we max it out, to 100, then it won't matter how many heroines there are."

Chu Lu frowned and said, "But to increase the correction value, you have to end the story line of a certain character, right? As the emperor, I can only move around in the palace, but the main characters in the palace seem to be heroines. If I attack them, I will be exposed immediately.

"But if I want to go out, I can't find a suitable reason. Forcing myself to go out will definitely attract their attention. How can I increase the correction value?"

"I have a solution." Qin Su explained, "According to the plot of the original novel, the author arranged a rather secret and long branch line in the palace. This branch line involves a large number of characters. As long as all their story lines are concluded, we should be able to obtain enough correction value."

"Really? What a coincidence?" Chu Lu was surprised and asked, "What branch line is it?"

Qin Su began to explain in detail: "It's a spy branch. In the middle and late stages of the original novel, after experiencing a series of events, the protagonist of the copy has accumulated considerable strength. Just when he was hesitating whether to completely overthrow this corrupt dynasty, he suddenly received bad news - his close friend, Su Heng, who was also an important official of the court and was appointed Shangshu Ling, was killed by the emperor for promoting reforms that touched the interests of the old nobles and were suspected by the emperor.

"The death of his best friend completely ignited the protagonist's anger, making him determined to start a rebellion. Seeing his resolute determination, his allies revealed a secret to him: they had already planted several spies inside the palace many years ago. The original mission of these spies was to lie in wait and look for opportunities to assassinate the emperor. Now that they are going to attack the imperial city directly, these spies can change the direction of their mission and serve as internal support, so that they can break through the imperial city in one fell swoop!"

"I see, there is such a plot." Chu Lu touched his chin and said, "But since their goal is to cooperate with the protagonist of the dungeon to kill me, how can I wrap up their story line? I can't really let them kill me, right? And the timing is not right."

One extra benefit of today's investigation is that I have a deeper understanding of the background of the dungeon. Shangshu Ling Su Heng is still alive and well, and there is still a long time before the protagonist of the dungeon plans to rebel.

But Chu Lu obviously couldn't wait until then.

Qin Su affirmed: "It doesn't matter. We don't need to follow the original storyline. We just need to find them and end their storyline as 'spies', whether it's arresting, executing, or letting them turn from darkness to light. Anyway, as long as we can put an end to their undercover career, their storyline will be completed. After all, as mentioned before, the judgment of the correction value is very loose, as long as we don't go for the female style."

"Is this possible?!" Chu Lu was very surprised and couldn't help but sigh, "This correction value... is indeed a very powerful authority."

He suddenly felt a little fortunate. If he had not obtained this permission in time, he would probably have failed in this copy.

"Then let's start the action as soon as possible without further delay." Chu Lu cheered up and said, "How many spies are there in this branch line? Which one should we start with?"

"Don't be impatient." Qin Su poured cold water on him. "Our current situation is very delicate. We are surrounded by powerful women who are eyeing us covetously. If we suddenly start arresting spies in the palace, it will definitely arouse their vigilance.

"We must act as naturally as possible and not arouse any suspicion." Qin Su suggested, "So we should not catch the spy directly, but find a suitable entry point, a reason that seems reasonable.

"I suggest that you first ask about the recent events in the palace as the emperor, pretending to be concerned about the latest situation in the palace. Those spies will not lurk forever, they will always do something and leave some clues. In this way, you can start the investigation naturally."

Chu Lu heard this and nodded: "Okay."

The next day, Chu Lu sat in the imperial study, but did not immediately summon the ministers or palace servants to inquire about palace affairs.

He thought about it and felt that although Qin Su's suggestion was sound, it still had some problems. As an emperor, he was inexplicably concerned about trivial matters in the palace, which was not right no matter how he looked at it. In addition, now that he calmed down and thought about it, his behavior yesterday was a bit reckless, and it might have attracted the attention of some people.

Although heroines are generally... not smart, but you only have one life, so you should try to avoid taking risks.

So it's best to keep a low profile and use more covert methods to obtain information now.

Chu Lu frowned and looked around the study. His eyes swept across the pile of memorials and the rows of heavy books on the bookshelf next to him...

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind!
correct!

Daily records! And memorials!

The emperor's daily words and deeds were recorded by the daily recorder, which was called the daily record. The memorials submitted by officials from all over the country and various departments in the palace were a place for information to be collected. If there really was any unusual incident related to spies in the palace recently, there would definitely be no trace of it in these records!

Instead of asking around, it's better to look through these books.

Although the emperor was not allowed to view the daily records in principle, it was only in principle. If the emperor wanted to read it on a whim, who could stop him?
Thinking of this, Chu Lu immediately took action. He went alone to the side room where the recent daily records and memorials were stored, and patiently flipped through them one by one. The daily records were mostly boring daily records, and most of the memorials were just eulogies or trivial matters.

Time passed little by little, and just when Chu Lu was about to lose his patience, he finally discovered an unusual message.

Just two days ago, an incident was recorded in the diary. That afternoon, the commander of the Imperial Guard, Lin Xiao, rushed into the palace and reported that someone had poisoned the imperial kitchen, suspecting it was an assassination attempt on the emperor. The emperor ordered Lin Xiao to investigate immediately and catch the culprit as soon as possible.

found it!
Chu Lu's heart moved, and he immediately called Qin Su in his mind: "Qin Su, take a look at this case of poisoning in the imperial kitchen. Is it one of the assassination operations of spies?"

"Let me see... Yeah, that's right!" Qin Su quickly confirmed, "This case was mentioned in the original storyline, and because the poisoning method was so sophisticated, the court didn't catch the murderer until it was overthrown."

Chu Lu nodded, and a plan came to his mind. It seemed that the breakthrough point was here.

However, he immediately thought of another key question: "Speaking of which, Qin Su, won't this spy branch be affected by those heroines?"

This time, Qin Su's voice was a little hesitant: "Well... Logically speaking, this branch line was very secretive in the original work. Before the final revelation, all the plots were basically skipped over, and there were relatively few characters involved, so it shouldn't be affected. But..."

Qin Su paused, her tone somewhat uncertain: "The situation in this instance is too strange, I can't guarantee it 100%. After all, this is the first time I've seen so many heroines gathered in one instance."

Chu Lu fell silent.

Indeed, at this point, nothing can be 100% guaranteed.

"In short," Chu Lu also knew that it was meaningless to be hesitant and timid, so he made up his mind, "Don't worry about it for now. Now that we have found the clue, let's follow this line and see what happens! It's better than sitting and waiting for death!"

(End of this chapter)