After explaining about Chishui, Qin Su remembered the hidden compartment behind the painting that he saw at the back of Weiyang Palace.

Standing up, Qin Su couldn't fall asleep anyway, so he went to see what it was.

Without taking anyone with him, Qin Su went to Weiyang Palace by himself, looked at the portrait still hanging on the wall, stepped on a chair, and took the portrait down.

You can't see the hidden compartment at the back unless you look carefully. Qin Su looked at it for a long time, but couldn't find a place to open it.

Knocking left and right for a long time, Qin Su looked at the tightly-fitted hidden compartment, and she really couldn't help it.

Just when Qin Su was about to smash open the hidden compartment, he looked at the candlesticks placed on both sides.

When Qin Su was young, he also liked to play in Emperor Yongle's imperial study, and there were such candlesticks in Emperor Yongle's imperial study, and those two candlesticks were switches leading to a secret room behind the imperial study.

With the mentality of trying, Qin Su turned the candlestick three times to the left and two and a half times to the right according to the switch method of Emperor Yongle's royal study, and then pressed down to open it...

"Isn't this a secret compartment set up by my father?"

Looking at the hidden compartment that popped open, Qin Su hesitated, but the hesitation was only a matter of that moment. Anyway, it is now open, and it is not for nothing.

Qin Su stood on the chair and opened the secret compartment door.

I saw three sandalwood boxes neatly placed inside, with a thick stack of paper pressed underneath.

There was no lock on the box, so Qin Su took down the top box, followed by candlelight, and glanced at the engraving on it...

Did not recognize it.

They all look familiar, but they are quite different from the current fonts.

Qin Su recalled that Emperor Yongle had always liked to study these strange things, such as the obscure characters of the small countries in the Western Regions, as well as the ancient characters that were lost in the long river of history. Emperor Yongle was very proficient. I want to teach Qin Su these things, but I have no choice. Qin Su can recognize these now. It’s good. I’m really not interested, so I didn’t learn it. Now Qin Su regrets it a bit.

Qin Su didn't feel compelled to understand, opened the box, and Qin Su's eyes widened slightly due to the contents inside.

Picking up the things carefully, Qin Su rubbed his eyes.

"Tiger Talisman? Why is it here?"

Qin Su looked at the tiger shape made of brass again, and it was true.

Now the soldiers and horses in the world, the barracks guarding the capital are in the hands of Qin Su, and the 80 soldiers and horses in the North Pass, Donghai and Xijiang are in the hands of the Yu Mansion. In addition, there are local soldiers and horses in various counties. There are few, the world adds up, it is around one million.

The Tiger Talisman that Qin Su is holding now is a token that can command the soldiers and horses of the world. Not only the millions of soldiers and horses in the counties, but also the millions of soldiers and horses under Qin Su and the Yu Mansion must also obey the Tiger Talisman order, even if It was Qin Su's previous life, and he only got the Tiger Talisman when Emperor Yong Le died.

The point is why is such an important thing placed in Weiyang Palace?

Qin Su couldn't figure it out, so he put the tiger amulet back, and took down the remaining two boxes inside.

The first box was the Tiger Talisman. Qin Su thought that she would not be surprised when she found anything next, but when she opened the second box, she remained silent.

Imperial jade seal.

So why is Yuxi here?

Qin Su pinched his brows, saw that there was something under the jade seal, put the jade seal aside first, and picked up what was placed under it.

Taking it out from the curtain, Qin Su found that it was an imperial decree.

"How many treasures has Royal Father hidden?"

While murmuring, Qin Su opened the imperial decree, moved a candlestick to illuminate it, and looked at the writing on it.

It was written by Emperor Yongle himself. Qin Su read every sentence and found that it was actually an edict to establish the crown prince.

With cold hands and feet, Qin Su glanced at the name, the second prince, Qin Miao, has both ability and political integrity...

The payment was made a month ago, when I was still in Jiangnan.

It turned out that the father had already made preparations for the crown prince, and the candidate was the second brother. This throne was what the father wanted to leave to the second brother.

Sitting down on the chair, Qin Su looked at the imperial decree without saying a word. In the previous life, there was no establishment of a prince. Did no one find out this imperial decree, or did something in this life make the emperor change his mind?Does Qin Miao know this imperial decree?

After sitting for a while, Qin Su put away the imperial decree, put it back, and opened the third box.

This time, there are no jade seals and tiger charms in it, but letters, all of which are written by my love.

After laying out the letters one by one, Qin Su opened them one by one to read.

It was written by Emperor Yongle to Empress Deren. There are a total of 34 letters. I have seen the date and inscription. It is from the death of Empress Deren. In the past 17 years, every year on the death day of Empress Deren and the day of the empress’s wedding, Yongle God will write a letter and put it here.

Each letter is very thick and written on a few pages. The first letter of the first year was written by Emperor Yongle to Empress Deren on the day of the emperor's wedding and two months after Empress Deren passed away. It is full of sorrowful thoughts, and the physical condition of the Ninth Prince and Qin Su, so Empress Deren should not worry about it, every word is sad, and Qin Su's eyes are slightly hot.

The second letter was much better. It was on the anniversary of Empress Deren's death. It said that Qin Su could walk, had baby teeth, could talk, and pulled people's hair. It's just that the Ninth Prince's body It's not good, I can't stand the severe weather in central Beijing, so I have to send it to the south for the winter, everything is fine.

The third letter said that Emperor Yong Le dreamed of Empress Deren again, dreaming that she was in a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, like a fairy in the mountains, living freely and briskly, with a smile on his face that he had never seen before. Dare to disturb, afraid of disturbing Empress Naruhito, and never falling into his dream again.

The fourth letter said that Qin Su had grown a lot taller and was very mischievous. He was always willing to rummage through the imperial study, squatting on the dragon table with Zhu Zhu's writing brush dipped in ink, and drawing on the minister's notebook the little things that Qin Miao had just taught her. Bastard, in addition, Qin Su also learned to roll, often rolling himself into a ball, rolling around, just like a mud monkey.

The fifth letter reads...

The sixth letter...

seventh……

……

The next thirty letters all recorded the details of Qin Su's growth, and the letter written by Emperor Yongle to Empress Deren when Qin Su was 13 years old. Emperor Zhongyongle was worried and sad, and begged to heaven and Empress Deren to bless Qin Su's safe return.

After reading all the letters, Qin Su wiped his eyes and put them back one by one. When he put them back into the box, he saw a few thumb-sized pearls in the corner, which were pitted and pitted.

Qin Su remembered that these were the beads he used to play with as marbles when he was a child. There were gems, agates, and pearls. He often dug holes in the imperial garden to play with marbles. Later, he got tired of playing with marbles. I didn't know where the sprinkles went, but I didn't want Emperor Yong Le to keep a few here.

Putting the third box away, Qin Su looked at the papers pressed underneath.

The words on the paper are densely packed, writing about various secrets of the former dynasty and the harem, it can also be said to be the handle of the adults and concubines, as well as the customs and customs of various places in Dayong, and various types of records.

Taking a cursory glance, Qin Su let out a sigh of relief. If these things are grasped by someone with a heart, I'm afraid...

Qin Su sat on a chair, staring at the pile of things in front of him in a daze.

The tiger amulet to mobilize the world's soldiers and horses, command the world's jade seal to pass on the country, enshrine the imperial decree of the prince, and master the secrets of the court place...

The 20 army is just outside the capital, and the Imperial Forest Army within the capital is commanded by Jin Shaoyun. If Qin Su thinks now, taking these things, it would be an easy task to force Emperor Yongle to abdicate with a large army.

Although the name is not right, but as long as I sit in that seat, no matter what, no one will dare to rebel, not to mention that I have my back to the Yu Mansion, and half of the world's elite soldiers and horses belong to me, and the rest are nothing but stragglers and mobs. this……

But if he did this, what should the father do?What should the second brother do?Haven't I become an unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous person?

Qin Su took another look at the letter in the box, and finally suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and put everything back in place.

When putting back the jade seal and the imperial decree to enshrine the crown prince, Qin Su hesitated. Does Qin Su know about this imperial decree?

If it was someone else's name on it, the imperial decree would be ashes now, but this is Qin Miao, and Qin Su couldn't get rid of that hand.

Now Qin Miao's body was still on the verge of danger, and he promised to help Qin Miao find an antidote, but this holy decree was a thorn in Qin Su's heart after all.

Clenching his hands slowly, Qin Su finally put it back as it was, and closed the secret compartment door, as if nothing had happened just now.

After hanging the portrait of Empress Deren, Qin Su sat on the chair with his knees hugged, looking up at Empress Deren's face.

"Queen, what do you think I should do?"

Qin Su knew that it was Empress Deren who had a spirit in heaven to let herself find these things, but now that she has found them, she still doesn't know what to do.

This time there was no wind, the huge palace was very quiet, there was no sound at all, except for the occasional sound of wind blowing grass leaves from outside, rustling.

Sitting and sleeping in Weiyang Palace all night, when Qin Su opened his eyes the next day, the sky was already bright, and the palace was in chaos, everyone was looking for Qin Su.

Stretching, Qin Su walked out of the gate of Weiyang Palace, leisurely returned to Zhengyang Palace, just entering the palace gate, almost ran into someone.

Supporting Shen Yi who was in a hurry in front of him, Qin Su didn't know what happened, "What is Anping doing in such a hurry this early in the morning?"

Seeing Qin Su who suddenly appeared in front of him, not only Shen Yi, but also the chaotic Zhengyang Palace fell silent.

"Your Highness, where have you been all night?"

Shen Yi regained consciousness first, she tasted a little wine last night, but she didn't want to drink it by herself, then fell unconscious and didn't know anything.

When I woke up again, I was lying on Qin Su's bed, looking at the palace people who couldn't hide their panic, and after inquiring, I found out that after Qin Su sent him back last night, he disappeared. Everyone didn't take it back at first After all, Qin Su is such an adult, it might be normal to find a place to be quiet.

But no one expected that Qin Su's silence lasted all night, which made everyone completely panicked.

In addition, early this morning, Emperor Yong Le sent someone to invite Qin Su to the imperial study, saying that he had something important to discuss, which made everyone confused.

"I just went to Weiyang Palace to talk to the queen mother last night, but I accidentally fell asleep in Weiyang Palace, Ah Choe..."

Qin Su turned sideways and sneezed, rubbed his nose, "I seem to have caught a cold."

"Come here, hurry up and make some ginger tea, and let your Highness go down to get rid of the cold. Although the sky is getting warmer, it is still cold at night. How can you be so careless?"

Shen Yi raised his hand and touched Qin Su's forehead, but fortunately there was no sign of fever.

Standing beside Chishui was ordered to make ginger tea. Qin Su looked at Shen Yi who was in a hurry, and while leading the people back to the palace, he laughed and joked, "Anping looks like the mistress of Zhengyang Palace."

When Qin Su said this, Shen Yi felt something was wrong, and a little annoyed appeared on his face, "Zixun is still smiling..."

Just now, Shen Yi's mind was on Qin Su, and he also regarded this place as her courtyard. Obviously this is Zhengyang Palace, so why should she remind her?

Seeing Shen Yi's annoyance, Qin Su held Shen Yi's hand, "Anping should be like this, you have to get used to it, anyway, you will be the hostess of Zhengyang Palace in the future, you can't always look like a guest now. "

Qin Su and Shen Yi entered the main hall while talking, Qin Su took the hot tea handed over by Luyan, thinking about what happened last night, "Anping, I may have to travel far away again."

"What's the matter?"

Shen Yi looked at Qin Su, it was fairly peaceful recently, there should be nothing serious.

"I found some clues before, saying that there are some bandits in the coastal area, colluding with some forces, and it is not very peaceful. Whether this matter is big or small, it is better to investigate it as soon as possible. Zhang Yang, I don't have anyone around me that I can use, so I have no choice but to go by myself."

About Shen Jingyan, Qin Su didn't tell Shen Yi much. First, he was not sure, and second, Qin Su didn't intend to tell Shen Yi about these bad things. As long as she took care of everything, Shen Yi would never don't know.

Shen Yi is not a person without measure, knowing that there are many things that cannot be said, she doesn't ask too many questions, but just tells Qin Su to be careful.

After eating breakfast in Zhengyang Palace, Shen Yi went back to the Prime Minister's Mansion early, after all he didn't return all night, Mrs. Shen and Prime Minister Shen should also be worried.

After sending Shen Yi away, Qin Su also went to the imperial study.

Originally thought that Emperor Yong Le had some serious business looking for her, but in the end, Emperor Yong Le asked her what was upset about yesterday's birthday banquet in a roundabout way.

"Father, you just ask my son this?"

"... Xun'er is there anything else?" Emperor Yong Le felt that this matter was very important, but looking at Qin Su's current appearance, it seemed a bit wrong.

"Father, my son was not unhappy yesterday. I have discussed everything arranged by the empress of the Jin Dynasty with my son. I think there is nothing wrong with it. It's just that in front of all the officials, my son has to maintain the royal face and pretend Be more dignified, after leaving the palace banquet, when you are in the apse, the ministers and others are naturally much more at ease, and because of this, even the emperor didn't take care of him, why are you unhappy?"

Qin Su explained clearly, and then talked about her matter, "Father, I have one more matter."

Hearing that Qin Su had no opinion, Emperor Yong Le felt relieved, "What else is there for Xun'er?"

"I heard that bandits seem to be rampant in the south. My son has been troubled by the Jiangnan case these days. My son always feels uncomfortable. I want to ask myself to go and suppress the bandits. I wonder if my father will allow it?"

Naturally, Qin Su couldn't be stupid enough to speak clearly, he was just looking for a name, the more casually he spoke, the easier it was for Emperor Yong Le to agree.

"What's not allowed? Xun'er just go. This time, Xun'er made great contributions in the Jiangnan case. After this matter is over, when Xun'er returns from suppressing the bandits, he will be awarded another reward."

When mentioning the Jiangnan case, Emperor Yong Le was in a low mood. After all, the fifth prince was still involved in the Jiangnan case. Although Emperor Yong Le usually didn't care about many princes, he was his own flesh and blood who grew up in front of him. How could he be ruthless? ?

The same is true in Qin Su's heart, "Father, Brother Wuhuang..."

"Xun'er," Emperor Yong Le interrupted Qin Su, "in the future, you will not have the fifth prince. The fifth prince committed such a heinous mistake, and his death was not a pity, so he was stripped of his honor, demoted to a commoner, and imprisoned by the emperor. Mausoleum, you are not allowed to take half a step in your life."

After Qin Miao handed over the papers that day, Emperor Yong Le and all the officials should have discussed it, and this should be the final verdict.

Anyway, there is still a life left.

Qin Su had another conversation with Emperor Yong Le, then returned to Zhengyang Palace.

It was agreed with Emperor Yong Le just now that we will set off tomorrow, Qin Su did not delay, he has gone on expeditions all year round, this matter is already familiar to him.

Qin Su and others went to the barracks, counting troops and generals, and scheduled to leave early tomorrow morning.

There were clues that had been investigated before, and now Twelve knew the exact location and secret passage, so it was just right to set off now and send someone to investigate in advance.

This side started to prepare for departure in full swing, and Chishui also handed over the things he had just inquired from Twelve to Qiu Luan in the secret camp according to Qin Su's explanation, waiting for him to investigate and verify them one by one.

Departing early the next morning, Qin Su asked Chishui to bring Twelve out from the palace, and set off directly from the barracks.

As soon as he set off, Qin Su received a message from Yu Chen.

Counting the days, Yu Chen has already set off for Jingguo for more than a month, so news should come back.

"What did cousin Chen say?"

Qin Su sat on the horse, and the cool morning breeze made him very comfortable.

"Young General Yu sent back news that the three counties of Jingguo have been captured, and that Prince Jinlie of Fuliang has also occupied three counties. In less than a month, it will be time for the final battle. General Yu said thank you for your highness's recommendation. , that person repeatedly made strange moves and helped a lot.”

Chishui watched the news from Yu Chen's side, and gave Qin Su a general summary.

As Qin Su expected, Yu Chen and Jin Lie were both overqualified in such a tiny place as Jingguo.

"Then wait for the good news from cousin Chen."

Qin Su asked Chishui to write back to Yu Chen, and after he finished speaking, he thought about it again, "Send another letter to Miss Shen, saying that the purpose of my trip is uncertain, and maybe I can't send the letter on time, so Miss Shen must never Be concerned."

Chishui should go down and prepare.

Qin Su's mouth seemed to be open, and this business really did what she said.

When he arrived at the place he had investigated in advance, Qin Su realized that he had plunged headlong into the deep mountains, not to mention letters, even oral messages could not be passed on at all. After leaving the large army, the messenger might be lost in the deep mountains and even die. Can't keep it all.

After wandering in the deep mountains for half a month, fortunately, the supplies are sufficient, and the resources in the deep mountains are rich and affordable.

"Your Highness! There is smoke ahead!"

The spies ahead came to report back, and Qin Su and the others, who were resting, were suddenly refreshed, "Finally found it, let's go, go and have a look with Ben Gong."

With a small group of people, Qin Su and others followed the place where they reported just now, and touched it.

It was in a unique and dangerous place, with three or four mountains connected together to form a natural barrier, and a wisp of green smoke slowly rose from the hinterland in the middle.

"Where did this person from the deep mountains and old forests come from?"

Qin Su pulled Twelve over, "Is it here?"

Twelve was originally swearing, but it was only after he came that he realized that it might be because he and others defected. Over the past year or so, Shen Shen had changed a lot around here, which made Twelve a little confused and couldn't find it for a while. It's time to go.

Twelve stood beside Qin Su and looked down, "That's right, it's here."

Twelve nodded resolutely, "But it's a little strange. There was no smoke here before. Shen Shen was extremely careful and never let Ariaki smoke appear. Could it be that something happened?"

Qin Su became a little suspicious when Twelve said it, "Well, Luyan, Ziyun, and Twelve, you all come with me, go down and have a look, Twelve will lead the way."

"it is good."

Chi Shui stood beside him, although he wanted to speak out to stop them, but these four people have the highest martial arts now, and they were the safest in the past, "Your Highness, be careful, if anything goes wrong, you must get out in time, green smoke and purple cloud, you protect me!" Your Majesty, I am here to meet you."

"Yes!"

The four of them put on night clothes, disguised their figures, and disappeared into the deep forest within a few breaths.

Twelve led the way, Qin Su followed closely behind, and Luyan and Ziyun followed behind Qin Su, paying attention to the surroundings and always on guard.

When Twelve arrived here, he was a little familiar. He walked down the path and became familiar with the road. After a while, he saw two people standing guard at the door.

"At the beginning, my adoptive father dug out several surrounding mountains and built this extremely secret base. Few people could find it. This is the most important entrance, and basically all the people coming and going inside are here."

Twelve explained to Qin Su.

"Don't startle the snake, go to the secret passage to have a look."

Qin Su took note of the location, and then glanced at the narrow cave entrance. It can only accommodate three people at a time, and it is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Twelve responded, "Follow me."

Twelve took Qin Su and the others around for another half circle, and when they reached the back of the mountain, they looked left and right for a long time. Twelve found a stone from among the three big trees, moved the stone away, and swept away the fallen leaves, revealing a board.

Qin Su walked over and took a look, "That's all?"

Twelve didn't know, so he nodded.

Looking at the secret passage that can only accommodate one person, Qin Su frowned, "Didn't you say that there are nearly ten thousand people in this mountain? Don't you all stay in the mountain and don't need to come out?"

The mountain is quite big, but isn't this a bit too... like a mouse hole?

"Your Highness doesn't know. Although there are tens of thousands of people, it doesn't mean that there are really ten thousand living people. There are many dead corpses in them. These are all the killer weapons secretly cultivated by the adoptive father back then. It's a pity that they haven't been put to use yet. That villain Shen Shen..."

Twelve was still indignant when he mentioned this matter, and was too angry to speak, while Qin Su was interested in the living corpse that Twelve just mentioned.

"Assassin? Is it dead or alive? What's so great about it?"

"Smelted from a living person, it becomes an invulnerable killing machine. It is powerful. Your Highness, may I go and see it now?"

Twelve glanced at the secret passage, his eyes rekindled anger, the enemy is close at hand, as long as he thinks of this, Twelve can't wait to rush down to fight Shen Shen now.

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