Although he felt afraid, he did not cry out.
He simply slowed his pace, wary that sothing might suddenly erge.
He had already explored ancient tombs before, so there was little left that could truly frighten him.
Fortunately, the passage was not very long and he soon reached the end.
At the end of the passage stood a magnificent and resplendent palace.
The layout of this palace was strikingly similar to his own chamber, though the style appeared more mature and refined.
He guessed that this must have been his mother’s residence.
Could it be that this hidden passage connected his room to his mother’s palace?
If so, then the place where he now stood was where his mother had once lived.
With these questions in mind, Yue Mingxuan turned his gaze toward his mother’s dressing table.
As expected, there was a box on it that looked exactly the sa as the one in his own room.
He rotated the box and discovered that the hidden passage closed once more.
Why had his mother built a secret passage between his room and hers?
They were mother and son, so could there really have been so hidden secret between them?
Yue Mingxuan was filled with confusion.
However, his mother was no longer by his side.
Even though he had countless questions, there was no one who could answer them.
"Although I do not know why this hidden passage exists, since it is here, there must be a reason for it," Yue Mingxuan thought carefully, then began searching his mother’s room.
After a thorough search, he indeed found a very old key.
He did not know what it was used for, but it had a delicate and sowhat charming appearance.
Yue Mingxuan examined it for a while before placing it into his storage jade bracelet. Then, he continued to look around, searching for anything else that might provide clues.
He noticed a blueprint and quickly put it away as well.
After making sure everything was in order, he returned to his room through the sa hidden passage.
Only then did he allow Su Yin to enter.
However, as soon as she stepped in, she questioned him, "His Majesty ca earlier. Why was the Prince not present?"
There was a hint of reproach in her tone, which imdiately angered Yue Mingxuan. He did not express it outright, but instead said, "I understand. You may leave now."
"His Majesty said that if you do not give an explanation, you will not be allowed to sleep tonight."
Her tone was serious, which only made Yue Mingxuan even more irritated. She was rely a maid, yet she dared to act with such authority. So he replied, "It seems that I am the prince here."
"But within this palace, you cannot act so willfully..."
Yue Mingxuan narrowed his eyes, and an ice needle brushed past Su Yin’s throat. He said coldly, "I told you to leave."
Only then did Su Yin fall silent.
The more Yue Mingxuan thought about it, the more sothing felt wrong.
He imdiately called Xie Yunlan over to question him.
Fortunately, Xie Yunlan had not followed him into the hidden passage earlier.
Instead, he had stayed behind, anticipating that sothing might happen to Yue Mingxuan or that Su Yin might suddenly enter the room.
This maid, at a glance, did not seem like a loyal servant at all.
"When she entered the room just now, what was it like inside?" Yue Mingxuan asked.
"Before she ca in, the hidden passage had just been opened. She wandered around the room for quite a while, as if she was searching for sothing," Xie Yunlan recounted everything he had seen without leaving out a single detail.
He despised those who sought personal gain by betraying their masters and had no tolerance for such people.
From the beginning, he had already felt that Su Yin behaved sowhat suspiciously and he had thought that she absolutely could not be trusted with important matters.
Unexpectedly, before he even found a reason to deal with her, Su Yin had already exposed herself.
No matter the circumstances, Su Yin was still only a maid.
Even though Yue Mingxuan had once said things like treating her as a sister, a master was still a master, and a palace maid was still a palace maid.
Su Yin had no right to question Yue Mingxuan’s whereabouts.
Moreover, the emperor had not co at all.
Even though Dongyue was a small country, there were still many state affairs that required attention.
Yue Mingxuan’s father had indeed been soone who doted on his child, but he was not foolish.
He understood clearly what should be done at any given ti.
Even if that father was a fake, Yue Mingxuan was well aware of it.
"I wonder whose subordinate that Su Yin really is, acting so brazenly. Does she really think that I is such an easy prince to deal with?" he said, his anger evident.
In the past, Sui He had betrayed him, but Yue Mingxuan knew that it was because he had not been strong enough at the ti.
But now, Su Yin had also chosen to betray him.
He was not soone who would tolerate such things or remain silent in the face of them.
He would stand up and resist.
Although he was filled with anger, his expression did not reveal it too clearly.
He simply ordered the Ten Thousand Wisdom Hall to thoroughly investigate Su Yin’s background.
Even though nothing had been uncovered before, that did not an the sa would hold true now.
Su Yin was most likely a mber of the Nine Abyssal Gate.
As for that place, it had already beco one he had resolved to destroy.
Yue Mingxuan held no goodwill toward the Nine Abyssal Gate.
That place was filled with his unpleasant mories.
Whether it was Rong Qinglei, Rong Zishen, or Keshun Sanfeng, there was not a single one among them that he liked.
At the thought of the Nine Abyssal Gate, Yue Mingxuan felt an intense discomfort.
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