Leaked underground palace terrain map! (One more update)

  "Hehe," Yu Sheng Jun smiled softly, his eyes filled with doting affection as he pinched Tang Lin's cheeks, a habit he had developed since falling in love with her. "Foolish girl, do you really have so little confidence in yourself?"

  "Tang Lin's eyes narrowed slightly, with a hint of resentment, 'Is it that your self-control is too strong, and you can't blame me?'"

  He looked into her eyes with a serious expression, "Ling Ling?"

  "Hmm?" Tang Lin slightly furrowed her brow in response, as if he had something to say to her.

  "My dear, I must confess that I have long been unable to resist you, and have been tempted by your various charms. Just now... I was just deceiving you. I want to ask you, if there is ever a time when my self-control collapses and I take away your innocence, will you hate me?"

  Tang Lin said without thinking: "Won't it?"?

  "Huh?" Yu Sheng Jun slightly furrowed his brow, somewhat surprised by Tang Lin's response.

  Tang Lin smiled lightly, then wrapped her arms around his neck, leaned in close to his face and said: "Because you're my boyfriend, everything of mine is yours, but some things need to be said beforehand. If you dare not marry me, I'll...".

  Suddenly, he stretched out his hand to cover her mouth, with an irrepressible sense of panic in his heart, fearing that Tang Lin's words would come true. "Don't say the next thing?"

  Tang Lin was somewhat perplexed, "Why?"?

  The Holy Lord said: "If I say it, it's me who says it. How can you have half a thing? Tang Lin, listen well, if I, the Holy Lord, do not marry you Tang Lin in this life, let the heavens come and collect me, whether it's lightning or..."

  Suddenly, her lips covered his, blocking the words he had yet to say.

  His Majesty exerted a slight force, pressing her down onto the bed, his sturdy body pinning her beneath him. Although they were separated by two layers of clothing, he could still feel the fullness of her chest, that hard yet soft sensation, and his lower body couldn't help but tense up.

  His body was heavy, which was unexpected by Tang Lin. The weight pressed down on her, making it hard for her to breathe, but precisely because of this weight, she felt that she was truly being pressed down by a man.

  He opened her pearly whites, his domineering tongue thrusting in, recklessly plundering the fragrance within her mouth.

  Tang Lin felt like she had entered a turbulent world, and Yu Sheng Jun was that wave, she was a small castle, he wanted to knock her down.

  His holy lord left her lips, his mouth wandering down her white neck.

  "Uh..." A shiver ran through her body like an electric shock, causing Tang Lin to let out a soft hum.

  Just as Yu Sheng Jun was about to tear off her only covering, a low-cut suspender dress -

  Knock, knock, knock?

  Three consecutive knocks on the door came in rhythmically?

  His Majesty closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and clenched his fists in the dark, revealing how angry he was at the sudden knock on the door.

  Tang Lin opened her eyes?

  He kissed her forehead and cheek, then pulled up her clothes, pulled the quilt over to cover her pale body, and said softly: "If you're sleepy, go to sleep first. I'll go out for a while and come back soon?"

  Tang Lin nodded quietly and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you?"

  "Hmm?" The Holy Lord responded with a sound, and then got up and walked towards the door.

  When Tang Lin saw his figure disappear behind the bead curtain, she withdrew her gaze and looked up at the bed, feeling a little empty. She touched her lips, smiled unconsciously, thinking of being kissed by Yu Sheng Jun to the point of almost suffocating, her face involuntarily reddening.

  The door opened and it was a hall with frost. The face of the Holy Lord had only coldness, without much disturbance, as if he knew that the person knocking on the door must be one of these two.

  That's right, those three knocks on the door were a signal.

  The house door was closed, and Yu Shengjun and Yidang Yishuang went downstairs.

  After a while, the three of them stood by a river near the Xijiang Moon Inn.

  The Holy Emperor stood by the river and turned around, asking the two: "I have ordered you that if there is no urgent matter, you cannot come to the inn to find me, nor can you disturb Tang Lin. What's going on?"

  Yi Feng bowed his head and made a gesture of respect, then solemnly said: "Master, we subordinates have three things to report. We just received a letter from General Shao Qi Shao sent by carrier pigeon, which says that on his way back, he encountered two groups of people attempting to assassinate him?"

  His Majesty's eyes narrowed, a cold glint flashed across, "Ambushed by two groups of people, what's going on?"

  Yi Feng said, "Reporting to Master, General Shao's letter didn't explicitly state the specific situation. He mentioned that he has already escaped safely, but for safety reasons, he had his troops slow down their pace back to the Imperial Capital. As for him, he disguised himself and took a detour back."

  "What are the other two things left?"

  "This is a report: 'Reporting to Your Excellency, General Zhang's envoy has returned with some news. I thought you would be anxious to know, so I came to inform you at the earliest opportunity.'"

  "One more thing, I don't need to ask Your Majesty," said Xue Zhen spontaneously. "There is a secret report that this time's Imperial Guard selection has people from the Anti-Royal Party and spies from enemy countries participating. They may have two purposes: one is to use the selection as an opportunity to assassinate you, Your Majesty; the other is to be selected by you as a true Imperial Guard, which would allow them to easily infiltrate the palace. Your Majesty, this matter needs to be handled carefully?"

  The Holy Emperor turned around, gazing at the river surface, his eyes growing increasingly cold. After a moment, he instructed Yi Tang and Yi Shuang: "As for Shaoyi, I am not worried; I believe he will return safely to the Imperial Capital. As for the news about Empress Chenghuan... we will discuss it again when I return to the palace tomorrow. Order that no one secretly observe the selection of the Imperial Guard; as for the details of the selection... let me think about it and make arrangements later? That is all, you two may withdraw?"

  "Yes?" The two bowed their heads and then left together.

  The holy lord returned to the inn, entered Tang Lin's room, walked to the bedside, and found that she had already snuggled into bed and fallen asleep.

  Tang Lin flipped over, her face buried in the bed, sleeping soundly like a pig.

  She said she'd wait for him to come back, but ended up falling asleep first?

  Not long after sitting down, the Holy Lord went to blow out the lights, leaving only one lamp lit, and suddenly the room was a bit dim. He pulled down the bed curtains of Tang Lin's bed and did not sleep beside her, but instead went out after pulling down the curtains.

  ——?

  The next day.

  After breakfast, Emperor Sheng directly returned to his study, where Zhang Xiangyang and a guard were already waiting outside.

  The Holy Emperor walked into the imperial study and immediately sat down on the treasure seat.

  An Lin followed quietly and stood on one side.

  Zhang Xiangyang and the guard took a few steps forward, both kneeling down on one knee, "Your subordinate pays respects to your lordship, may your lordship live for ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand times ten thousand years?"

  "Needless to be overly polite?" Yu Sheng Jun said hastily to the two kneeling people, "Get up, say whatever you want to say now, especially about the Empress Cheng Huan's matter?"

  The two nodded: "Is it?"

  His Majesty looked at the man in black, wearing a black mask, giving off an intangible chill, and asked hastily: "An Leng, you are one of the people I value greatly, just like Yi Tang and Yi Shuang. I believe you can bring back good news. I sent you to lead half of the Imperial Guards to pursue Empress Chenghuan, is there any progress?"

  "Are you incompetent?" Suddenly, a guard known as Dark Cold knelt down.

  The emperor's expression changed instantly, his voice low and angry: "Half of the imperial guards have been mobilized for a month or two, I've been waiting, and it's just this one sentence?"

  The guard's face turned cold and he bowed his head even lower, "Your subordinate is incompetent, please punish me, Your Lordship?"

  "What's going on?" The Holy Emperor spoke in a cold tone, his face devoid of warmth, making Zhang Xiangyang and An Lin dare not speak out. "Explain your incompetence to me clearly?"

  "Is it?" An Qing nodded slightly.

  The holy lord's icy expression faded a bit, "Get up and talk?"

  "Thank you, Master?" he said, standing up quietly.

  To these incompetent attendants, the emperor couldn't scold them enough and was too disheartened to lecture them. "Half of you imperial guards are only responsible for capturing one woman, how do you people get things done?"

  "Reporting back to Master, we went to the Empress's residence and investigated. We found that she has no relatives at all. When we asked around the neighborhood, not a single person said they had seen her true face, nor did anyone know of the existence of this 'Empress'. Therefore, we were unable to obtain the Empress's portrait."

  "What's going on?" The emperor frowned, sensing that something was off. "Didn't the Imperial Household Department specifically send someone to investigate the Empress's background before she entered the palace? Shi He is the daughter of General Shi Hong from Qing County, and she grew up in Qing County since childhood. How could it be that no one has seen her before? Moreover, the people from the Imperial Household Department said that she also had a mother, with whom she grew up together?"

  "Master, what I said is true," An Leng replied coldly. "General Shi's family was already extinct in Qing County over a decade ago. There isn't even a single household with the surname Shi."

  His Majesty coldly said: "Is it possible that the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are fake?" and nodded.

  An Leng continued: "Your Excellency, I think the information verified by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is true. But when we arrived in Qing County, someone had already tampered with it and erased all traces of the Empress?"

  Finally, a sentence made the Emperor calm down a lot. "Yes, how can I forget the day when the Empress escaped from the palace? If someone has the ability to take the Empress out of the palace, they can naturally erase her past as well?"

  An Leng said: "The subordinates have found all the relatives of the empress, and they all say that General Shi has no orphaned children?"

  Zhang Xiangyang sighed and worriedly said: "Master, this is not simple. He was able to take the Empress away from the Imperial Palace, so he must have a map of the palace. Otherwise, how could he escape the eunuchs and the Imperial Guard? He must have found a breakthrough point on the map. But the palace map has never been leaked outside, how did it fall into his hands? There are only fifteen people who have the complete map of the palace layout and the underground palace map. Except for the five subordinates, there's only you, Master, the Second Prince, the two Chancellors, and the six Ministers. Could it be...?"

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