I am His Majesty's favorite

As soon as he drank like this, the black shadow behind the rockery suddenly moved slightly, but it only moved a little, and immediately remained silent.

It seems that he is much shrewd than before, and beware of bluff and deceit.

Mu Chen said angrily, "Why are you hiding, I can already see the corner of your clothes."

After the words fell, the black shadow behind the rockery group slowly appeared, and the eyebrows and eyes gradually became clear under the warm yellow candlelight.

It was indeed Lin Heng.

Mu Chen raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Yo, His Majesty the Emperor is so interested, are you here again?"

The deliberately bitten "you" made the monarch's already somewhat embarrassed face even redder.

"Gu...... Gu doesn't mean anything else, just stop by to see (dao) and see (qian)."

very good.

The night was dark and the wind was high, so I walked along the five stone bridges and the eight-fold palace gate, spanning half of the palace, and walked in through the secret passage to have a look.

It's really ingenious.

Mu Li leaned on the red pine wood doorpost: "Then dare to ask Your Majesty, what did you see?"

Across the barrier, the beautiful scenery is of course not in the slightest.

Lin Heng thought of the vague shadow in the room just now, and his cheeks felt hot unconsciously.

God knows why there are hoes and dead branches beside the rockery.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly and did not step on the ground, otherwise he would not only be captured alive by His Royal Highness, but the movement might also attract other palace officials.

Mu Zhen accurately caught the message from his eyes that he was too busy hiding, and didn't have time to get down to business, so he gave a cool snort.

"Your Majesty will come again next time. Send someone to inform me in advance. Chiqing Palace has enough staff, so it's not too troublesome to clean it up."

After that, he picked up the hoe that had been made into a new shape for the swing during the day, and weighed it in his hand.

The blade of the hoe flashed a cold light, and Lin Heng couldn't help being startled.

Just as he was about to say, 'Next time I will go to the front door alone', suddenly I found that Mu Chen was only wearing a thin coat, and his thin neck and wrists exposed were reddened by the wind.

Not allowing His Royal Highness to react, he took off his fox fur cloak, and covered the head and feet tightly.

Mu Chi didn't resist too much, stroking the soft fur on the front and mockingly said: "Don't worry, as long as Your Majesty comes here a few times while I'm taking a bath, I won't catch the cold."

Lin Heng lowered his eyelids, and pinched his elbow lightly as a gesture of goodwill.

"......Can you keep your voice down?"

After all, he sneaked here at night, and it would be a matter of time before he was discovered after standing in the yard for a long time.

The Lord Monarch looked around and made sure there were no other abnormalities, so he whispered: "Give me a chance, I have something to say to you."

Mu Chi really wanted to hear what flowers he could come up with, so he followed Rao across the rockery and walked sideways into the narrow gap.

He thought that the inside was also so cramped, but unexpectedly, the unusually wide space made him slightly startled.

"Are you...another imperial study built under the Chiqing Palace?"

Lin Heng was checking whether the lock of the mechanism was completely closed. Hearing this, he raised his eyes and looked around in doubt.

Even if it is a dark passage, the inside is not very dark.

On the contrary, the road wall is obviously carefully repaired, and there are fish fat oil lamps for lighting every few tens of steps.

There is a huge bookshelf at the entrance, two carved rattan chairs, and a small table next to it are matching furnishings.

Mu Jian looked at the exquisitely crafted inkstone on the small table, the body of which was engraved with embossed patterns, like some ancient tribal characters.

After a closer look, I suddenly felt that the words seemed familiar, but I never remembered where I had seen similar ones.

There is still an indistinct gap at the bottom of the inkstone, and a compartment is vaguely hidden inside.

He sat down with great interest, and wanted to fiddle with it with his hand.

Lin Heng moved very quickly, and hurriedly held him down. "Be careful, there is another layer of mechanism."

The inkstone was turned left and right, and after a while, there was a soft humming from the stone wall behind His Highness the Crown Prince.

Immediately, in a corner where the oil lamp could not illuminate, a long stone step was exposed.

Lin Heng first explained: "The inkstone is connected to the organs, and if it is out of balance, it will trigger poisonous arrows."

Well.......

It's a mechanism again, and Mu Chen is not surprised by this, but he didn't expect the switch to be designed in such an obvious position.

After all, those who can break into the secret passage must be thoughtful, and they may not move rashly.

What's more, the organ is connected to the inkstone, if an illiterate idiot comes, why don't you just skip it?

Lin Heng seemed to see what he was thinking, and said quietly: "You think the balance mechanism is only this heavy?"

"From the moment you step in, the balance mechanism has been activated. If you don't close it in order within a certain period of time, or move around randomly, you will attract more poisonous arrows."

Mu Chen's face was calm and calm, but in his heart he wished to wring his head off on the spot.

Why didn't we talk about so many strange things earlier?

Almost suffered a cultural loss.

Lin Heng blinked innocently: "I said it alone, but you didn't listen."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince snorted.

He was going to cover up the fact that he did mention it, but he was so focused on the inkstone that he didn't even pay attention to it.

"If you want to say something, say it quickly, the prince is still in a hurry to go back to eat some snacks."

Lin Heng pursed his lips and pointed to the stone steps. "There's a dark room over there, let's go inside."

The interior of the dark room made Mu Chen startled again.

The same arrangement as the outside room made him suspicious for a moment, as if the stone steps were in a circle, and if you go around, you will return to the original point.

This time, His Royal Highness did not dare to walk around casually, and the appearance of staying peacefully at the door was inexplicably cute.

Although Lin Heng didn't curl his lips, there was a little smile in his eyes. "It's okay, come and sit."

Hearing what he said, Mu Chi approached impatiently and leaned firmly on the armrest of the wooden chair.

"So many twists and turns, what's the matter? You want to give me the secret of your Nanchong throne to make amends?"

He originally thought that His Majesty the Emperor would scoff at this empty talk.

Unexpectedly, Lin Heng handed over a thin book and said seriously, "Almost."

Mu Chen was taken aback.

what happened.

That bucket of water ruined the monarch's mind?

He dubiously opened the thin book in hand, glanced at it briefly, and his expression turned serious.

"Are you crazy, Lin Heng?!"

Not bad for him to complain.

That thin thing is not an ordinary scroll, it records the underground passages and mechanism opening methods of the Nanchong Imperial Palace, and even knows where the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom and the treasure letter are stored.

Ruo Muzhen has a heart.

You don't have to wait for Lin Heng to die, you can directly ascend the throne after supper.

"Are you explaining the funeral? Or testing my intentions in coming to Nanchong?!"

Lin Heng was hit by the thin book he threw back, and a blue mark appeared on his brow bone.

He probably didn't expect His Highness the Crown Prince's reaction to be so big, his expression was extremely flustered, and he didn't even have time to take care of himself.

"No! How could I have that meaning? I'm afraid of you... I'm afraid that if you accidentally enter the secret passage one day, the agency will not be able to deal with it."

Mu Chi was even annoyed by his far-fetched explanation.

"Isn't it enough to have the lesson from Chaomu Pavilion? Well, what am I going to do in the secret passage, to assassinate you?!"

Lin Heng's brows and eyes suddenly felt sad.

After being silent for a while, he took out the things prepared in his sleeve and gave them to him.

It is a whole jade token the size of a palm.

"It must be very boring for you to stay in Chiqing Palace all day long. With this signboard, you can go anywhere you want in the entire Nandun Palace. No one will dare to stop you if the signboard comes to you alone."

Mu Chen was dumbfounded.

It turned out that the purpose of going around so many detours was to give him this thing.

Facts have proved how easy it is to misunderstand things without prioritization.

Lin Heng closed his lips, and when his complexion calmed down, he honestly told the ins and outs of the apology letter, and successfully directed the offense to the little uncle who was packing his bags in the general's mansion and was about to be exiled.

Seeing the jade token tightly clenched in someone's hand, he sighed inaudibly, his voice hard to hide his sincerity.

"I have never had the slightest distrust of you, and I don't care why you agreed to come to Nanchang."

"For others, what is recorded in this notebook is top secret in the palace, but for me, your safety is at stake."

"Always trumps everything else."