Abandoned by the best children? I just take out the space

Yanran remained silent for a long time, obviously not knowing how to answer Chen Changli.

Seeing her silence, Chen Changli coughed slightly before continuing to ask, "Miss Yanran, I want to know if Prince Rong has contacted Chang Xuewei in the past two days?"

"Why are you asking this?" Yanran was stunned when she heard it, then raised her eyebrows and looked at Chen Changli, as if she was confused and puzzled.

"My children are in the hands of Prince Rong. You also said that Prince Rong and His Majesty have fallen out. I am a little worried about my children." Chen Changli's tone was weak, as if he was asking with one last breath.

Yanran noticed that he looked melancholy, totally unlike his usual easy-going and calm self, and she couldn't help but feel a little inexplicably sad.

Prince Rong wants to be the emperor. Liu Yaoyao's master seems to support him, but he actually has his own agenda.

Since Chen Changli was excluded by the emperor, he would naturally be targeted by these two groups.

Now that Chen Changli asked about his own children, he was also worried that they would be pushed out by Prince Rong as a shield.

Yanran thought about herself and felt sympathy for Chen Xiyun and the others, but she didn't know how Prince Rong would treat them.

When Chen Changli asked her about it, she didn't know how to answer, so she could only say, "Prince Rong will not harm your children until his goal is achieved."

After a moment of silence, she continued, "Liu Yaoyao is right beside Prince Rong. According to her personality, she will make the best use of her, so your children should be safe for a short time."

"The master behind Liu Yaoyao and Prince Rong have only reached a superficial cooperation, and they don't share honor and disgrace." After hearing Yanran's words, Chen Changli suddenly spoke in a firm tone.

Yanran's eyelids twitched slightly, and then her face tensed and alert, "Chen Changli, if you have something to say, just say it. There's no need to test it."

"I didn't try it because I was really worried about the children. After all, Prince Rong was staying in the General's Mansion before. He and the Emperor had a falling out, and Prince Rong's Mansion was ransacked by the Emperor's men. I'm afraid the General's Mansion didn't escape this disaster either."

Chen Changli's expression was complicated, as if he was lamenting the emperor's thundering measures.

"The most important thing is that Xu Qinglu's body is still in the General's Mansion. After all, she was the leader of the White Lotus Sect. Your Majesty has shown her favor, so the people in the General's Mansion must bury her."

"But Prince Rong has taken my children away. What will happen to Xu Qinglu's body? We can't just leave it in the general's mansion."

On the surface, he seemed to be talking about Xu Qinglu, but in fact he was talking about the emperor.

The fact that the emperor ordered a search of Prince Rong's mansion meant that he did not care about the lives of Chen Xiyun and others.

Now he could only hope that Ye Xuan and Lin Jing would do their best to rescue Chen Xiyun and the others for his sake, instead of letting them suffer at the hands of Prince Rong.

"Xiyun is very smart. Besides, there is also the Crown Princess. I believe they will be fine."

Wan Shufang understood what Chen Changli meant, and was worried in her heart, but she did not show it on her face so as not to add to Chen Changli's worries.

Upon hearing this, Chen Changli looked at Wan Shufang, and when he met her eyes full of worry, his heart softened.

He reached out and held Wan Shufang's hand, his tone lingering and weak: "You are absolutely right, I was too worried."

Holding his hand, Wan Shufang said gently, "If Yanran didn't lie to us, we can leave this underground palace now. Then my husband and I will find a way to find them and rescue them."

When she said this, she deliberately glanced at Yanran, and saw that she lowered her eyes, as if avoiding her sight, and she sighed slightly in her heart.

Yanran had her own little plan and did not intend to hide it from them.

No matter how much she sympathized with her, she could only give up that thought. Otherwise, Yanran would use them to the end to achieve her goals, and it would be too late for her to regret.

"This dry well is quite deep. It will take some effort to get out from here." Wei Mingzhou heard the conversation between the couple and deliberately glanced at Yanran.

Seeing that she lowered her head, as if unwilling to communicate with others, Wei Mingzhou stroked his chin and thought for a while, then deliberately looked up and stared at the dry well through which the moonlight shone.

It didn't take long for him to have a guess, but Yanran didn't speak up, so he didn't want to say it out loud. He could only think about how to get out.

"There is a mechanism. We have to find it and activate it so that we can leave." Chen Changli immediately perked up, looked around, and then examined the ground. After confirming that there was a mechanism hidden in the dark, he took the initiative to look for it.

Wan Shufang was worried about him and followed him closely.

Wei Mingzhou came to Yanran and asked in confusion: "Miss, since you brought us here, it means you want us to leave the underground palace, but why don't you want to tell us where the mechanism is?"

"I don't know where the mechanism is." Yanran twisted her hands together, obviously feeling very uneasy.

She was willing to help them and wanted them to escape from the underground palace, but this exit was not the one she had used. Liu Yaoyao had brought her here before and received news from the outside world from above.

She also knew from that moment on that this exit could connect with Princess An Qing, and that Princess An Qing's people were guarding the outside world.

She thought that Chen Changli and his wife had already torn their faces with Princess An Qing. If the two sides bumped into each other outside, they might make a big fuss about escaping from the underground palace and attract the emperor's attention.

The emperor was arbitrary and overbearing. He could not even tolerate Prince Rong, a well-known sickly person. How could he allow an underground palace to be built right under his nose for rebels to raise poisonous insects?

Once the emperor knew this exit, he would certainly try his best to uproot the underground palace. By then, the mysterious and frightening master might be caught by the emperor.

She could also use the emperor's hand to avenge her family, but such an idea was too vicious.

Although Yanran had had malicious thoughts before and put them into action, she had never had the malicious intention of taking advantage of the emperor.

When Chen Changli asked about the dry well, Yanran suspected that Chen Changli had guessed what the outside world was and was deliberately testing her, wanting to confirm his guess from her expression.

She was very nervous, but she kept a tense expression on her face, not wanting Chen Changli to see her true emotions.

Now that he mentioned the mechanism, Yanran was also quite surprised.

Liu Yaoyao didn't use any tricks in front of her, so why would Chen Changli say that?

"Few people come here. Even if there are such things as mechanisms, they can't be discovered so easily."

As Yanran spoke, she stared at Chen Changli with burning eyes, as if waiting for his reaction.

Chen Changli said calmly, "You are right. Few people come to this place, but because of this, some traces are obvious."

"For example, there are traces of soil being turned over on the ground, which clearly shows that there is a platform below that can be raised."

After he said that, he walked around the corner of the small secret room, but in a moment he saw a padlock the size of a fingernail under the corner of the wall in front of the left.

He looked at the lock and frowned: "It turns out that we need a key to open the lock, and then use the lock to pull the platform up. Unfortunately, we don't have the key. If we want to get out from here, I'm afraid we have to use a rope."