The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

After she administered the medicine and the person collapsed, she placed him in her spatial storage. Then, she went to the Imperial Academy courtyard, found a secluded corner, and woke the Emperor. She whispered, "Your Majesty, we have arrived."

The Emperor glanced around and saw that it was the Imperial Academy. He got up and walked forward. Du Mingxian followed closely behind and whispered, "I'll wait for you outside once you find the secret passage."

“Come with me. I said I wouldn’t kill you, and I won’t. You don’t seem like a coward.”

Du Mingxian shut her mouth and obediently followed the Emperor.

The emperor walked into a room with books on two walls and a statue on the other wall. It was too dark to see who the statue was. The emperor stepped forward and twisted the statue's hand.

An opening was moved under the altar in front of the statue, revealing complete darkness. Du Mingxian could only sense a faint airflow.

The emperor clearly hadn't thought of this either, saying, "We need to get a torch."

Du Mingxian thought to herself, "It's so dark here, it's hard for people to even breathe. If we put a torch in, the person going in will probably suffocate." She said, "Please wait a moment, I'll go find something."

"Hurry up." The Emperor said, then felt it was too abrupt, and added, "Be careful."

Du Mingxian left. She went outside but didn't go anywhere else. She went straight into her spatial dimension, ate something, rested for a while, and then came out. It was already dawn when she left the spatial dimension and went back into her room.

The Emperor had been waiting anxiously, fearing something might have happened to her. Seeing her return now put him at ease. "Are you alright?"

"It's nothing, I just grabbed a few luminous pearls." Du Mingxian waved the items in her hand. "Let's go down, there aren't any traps down there, are there?"

"No."

Du Mingxian was now protecting the Emperor, and she couldn't let anything happen to him. She went down first, took the luminous pearl to check it, and found it to be very small, only wide enough for two people to walk side by side. It was completely bare, with nothing but chisel marks left by digging.

It wasn't as good as it was portrayed on TV; it wasn't even perfectly smooth with bricks.

It's very rudimentary.

After the emperor came down, he twisted the dusty oil lamp dish on the wall, and the opening was blocked.

Du Mingxian clearly felt a stuffiness. "The airflow is blocked. Will something happen to us?"

She was relatively calm, but her body was not very knowledgeable, so she still had to put on an act in front of a powerful person like the Emperor.

"Let's go, we'll be fine if we leave quickly."

Du Mingxian helped the Emperor walk, and the Emperor also carried two luminous pearls in his hand. Du Mingxian also carried two in her hand. After walking a short distance, they saw three exits.

The Emperor casually pointed to the left, and Du Mingxian followed.

She had previously thought that if the secret passage were discovered, things would definitely fall apart.

But now you see that there are several forks in the road after walking a while, and the path you choose each time is different, so you have to remember them carefully, otherwise it will be a real problem if you take the wrong path.

In the quiet space, only their breathing and the Emperor's panting could be heard; the Emperor was already quite tired.

"Sit down and rest for a while, have some water."

After dark, she went into the room and then into the secret passage. The Emperor didn't notice what she was carrying. He was quite happy to see Du Mingxian hand him a water pouch.

After resting for a while and drinking some water, I felt energetic and continued walking.

Du Mingxian silently calculated the time and distance, "Your Majesty, what would happen if we went the wrong way in here?"

"There is only one road without any traps. If you take one wrong step, you will make a series of mistakes. There are opportunities, but also opportunities, that lead to death."

Du Mingxian was quite impressed; she couldn't believe that such an ordinary secret passage had so many intricacies.

She actually wanted to ask another question: what if the Emperor misremembered and they made a mistake?

After thinking it over, she didn't dare ask anything.

After walking for about an hour, they finally reached the end of the road. Then Du Mingxian saw the Emperor walk forward to look for an opportunity. After a while, a path opened up in front of what had looked like a dead end.

The stone wall was moved aside, and light shone in.

"Let's go."

Du Mingxian quickly followed the Emperor, as they were clearly in the suburbs and it would be troublesome if there was any danger.

The entrance leads to a cave, and from there, you're halfway up the mountain. It looks like a secluded spot deep in the mountains; they really know how to find a place.

No wonder she felt it was downhill at first, but then it gradually became uphill.

Seeing that it was in the mountains, Du Mingxian was genuinely worried that the Emperor wouldn't be able to get out. "Master Huang, let's rest here for a while. What's the fastest way for you to get down the mountain?"

“Go that way, there’s a small path, and if you keep going down that path you’ll find a town.”

"Let's rest for a bit and then go."

Du Mingxian accompanied the Emperor until after 3 p.m., and the two finally arrived in town. With the Emperor around, Du Mingxian dared not put anything in her mouth.

So when she arrived in town, she quickly chose the nearest roadside stall and ordered two bowls of noodles.

The Emperor did not mind and sat down to eat with Du Mingxian.

While waiting for the meal, Du Mingxian froze. She had forgotten to put on makeup for the Emperor before leaving, so that he wouldn't be recognized even if he ran into someone she knew.

This should still be within the capital city limits; even the towns here are more prosperous than small county towns.

After finishing her meal, Du Mingxian asked in a low voice, "Will the people who were supposed to meet us be able to find this place?"

"Cannot be found."

what?

So why did they go through all that trouble to leave Beijing?

The Emperor noticed Du Mingxian's confusion, but he did not explain. "Find an inn to stay in later."

Du Mingxian: "..." She couldn't understand what the Emperor was trying to do anymore, but she had no choice but to obey.

After eating noodles, the two found a place to stay. The Emperor wrote a letter and gave it to Du Mingxian, saying, "Take this letter tonight and give it to the manager of the post station forty miles west of the city. They know what to do."

Du Mingxian held the sealed letter, turning it over and over, but couldn't see anything. The cover was very clean, with nothing on it, not a single word written on it.

"I'm worried about you staying at the inn alone." Now that she's truly Houhai, she shouldn't have listened to the Emperor; it would have been much better if she had just taken Qiu Shu or Mo Dong with her.

The Emperor waved his hand, "If I come out now, no one will know my identity. Everyone will just treat me as an ordinary person, and no one will do anything to me."

"I'm still worried."

The Emperor's attitude was firm: "Your most important task now is to send the letter out. You don't need to worry about anything else. Everything is fine on my end."

Du Mingxian really didn't know what to say. "How about I go to town now and buy a servant to stay and take care of you? Only then can I leave with peace of mind."

The Emperor glanced at the sky outside the window. "This dental clinic has been closed for a long time. The more you do this, the more people will speculate. If you leave quietly at night, who will know you've left?"

Du Mingxian was genuinely worried, but since the Emperor was adamant about this, she couldn't just knock the person unconscious and put them in her spatial dimension, so she had no choice but to give up.

Back in her room, she considered releasing the young eunuch she had previously placed in the space. He was from the palace and would surely do his best to protect the emperor.

But then I thought... even if I'm in the palace, I might not have seen the Emperor. If I haven't seen the Emperor and I'm in an unfamiliar environment, it would be even more troublesome if I went crazy.