425 Secret Path
The emperor stopped putting away the jade pendant and asked Ning Yue, “What is your opinion?”
The thoughts in Ning Yue’s mind raced. After thinking about it again and again, she said, “Your Majesty, leave the jade pendant to us. I keep feeling that it’s very unsafe for you to hold this jade pendant.”
“Why? Are you worried that I’ll destroy the jade pendant?” The emperor said with a smile.
Ning Yue shook her head. “No, I’m worried about your safety.”
The emperor frowned. He suddenly recalled the scene of him seeing this jade pendant at the Phoenix when he was still the Crown Prince.
His breathing paused. He asked Ning Yue, “Can you really protect this jade pendant well?”
Ning Yue nodded solemnly. “I swear on my life!”
The emperor took a deep breath and handed the jade pendant to Ning Yue. “I’ll leave the jade to you. You have to investigate everything else.”
This matter had already involved him. The person behind it would definitely not be kind.
After leaving the palace, Ning Yue and Jiang Ying went to that person’s house.
“What’s this person’s name? Is he a local from the capital?” Ning Yue asked.
“According to the results of the current investigation, he’s indeed a local in the capital. His name is Wang Cai. His parents died when he was young. He grew up as a beggar. He isn’t good at interpersonal relationships.”
Hearing Jiang Ying’s words, Ning Yue sighed heavily. It seemed that investigating this person was not so easy.
“In that case, we won’t be able to find anything useful,” Ning Yue said again.
This time, Jiang Ying said nothing, because the investigation was still ongoing. It was too early to say that there were no results.
“Let’s see if there’s anything important in his house. We might have missed something.” With that, Ning Yue stepped forward to check.
Without looking too much, Ning Yue really saw some clues.
“Jiang Ying, come over quickly. Look at this,” Ning Yue said loudly, pointing at the wall.
Initially, she only wanted to find some clues. She did not expect to accidentally discover the secret passage behind the wall.
The two of them looked at each other. Ning Yue hurriedly called Baili over. “Baili, find two people to go in and take a look first. Send a few more people to guard this place. We have to follow them in.”
“Your Highness, this is too dangerous!” Baili disagreed with Ning Yue’s actions.
“That’s why I asked you to send a few people down first,” Ning Yue said.
Unable to dissuade Ning Yue, Baili sighed heavily and called a few guards over. He went in together with them to check the situation first.
Jiang Ying and Ning Yue waited for a while. Seeing that there was nothing unusual inside, they followed them in.
Walking along this secret passage, Jiang Ying and Ning Yue arrived at a backyard.
Seeing this backyard, Ning Yue’s eyes widened.
What was going on? The secret passage in this person’s house actually led to the backyard of the general’s residence. Moreover, from the looks of it, there was no dust at all at the entrance of this secret passage. It seemed that this place was often cleaned.
Without a word, they returned to the secret passage.
As she walked in the secret passage, Ning Yue kept thinking about the current situation.
What was going on? How could the secret passage in this person’s house lead to the General’s Residence?
Could it be that this matter was related to the General’s Residence?
This thought appeared in her mind but was immediately rejected by Ning Yue.
If the general’s residence was still ruled by that old woman, An Yuan, Ning Yue would not be very surprised. After all, that old woman was capable of anything.
But the old woman was paralyzed now and unable to speak. She couldn’t do any of these things.
Ning Feng? That was even more impossible.
Although Ning Yue did not have a good impression of him as a son, husband, and father, he was outstanding and qualified as the emperor’s official.
Therefore, Ning Yue determined that he would not make such a secret passage at all.
Could it be Grandmother? That was unlikely. The general’s residence was completely in Grandmother’s hands now. There was no need for her to do this.
So who exactly created this secret passage? Could it be an enemy of the General’s Residence?
Ning Yue thought about it but couldn’t figure it out. She couldn’t help but ask Jiang Ying, “Jiang Ying, what do you think about the secret passage?”
