Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1271 - 1268 _1

Shangguan Xuanyi looked around, pondering where the mechanism for the secret room might be set up.

He glanced at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, then went over to examine them, but discovered there was no hidden mechanism behind them.

He also moved the ornaments on the desk, but there was no response.

Then he squatted down and looked under the desk, but found nothing unusual there either!

Where is the switch for the secret room mechanism?

Shangguan Xuanyi stood up, looked at the furnishings of the study room, and seemed lost in thought.

Then he turned his gaze to a bonsai tree in the corner: the stand beneath it had two spots that were slightly smoother, as if they had been frequently touched.

Of course, it would be unnoticeable if one didn’t look hard enough.

Shangguan Xuanyi walked over, squatted down next to the stand. He clutched the two smooth areas, and then tried to rotate the stand forcefully.

It moved!

The stand moved!

The wall also moved!

Shangguan Xuanyi stood up and entered.

The secret room was a place for storing important items, all classified documents were stored here!

As Shangguan Xuanyi looked at the things arranged in the secret room, he couldn’t help but break in a smile.

Stealing one thing and stealing two things are both theft, even if you stole everything, it is still theft!

So...

Everything seen by Shangguan Xuanyi was transferred to the void of his ring!

Regardless of their usefulness, taking them away will definitely annoy Gong Qinghua!

After Shangguan Xuanyi put all item present in the secret room into the void, he still hadn’t found the soul-reviving pill.

Then he quickly searched the secret room for hidden compartments.

He finally found a switch under a desk, opened the hidden compartment, within it was a jade bottle and some classified documents.

Shangguan Xuanyi picked up the jade bottle and uncorked it, and inside it was a pill.

Just as Shangguan Xuanyi poured out the pill onto his palm and before he had time to examine it carefully, he heard a noise outside.

Shangguan Xuanyi quickly put the pill back into the bottle, capped it, then took everything from the hidden compartment and put them into the void, and quickly left the secret room.

Outside, Gong Qinghua ascended the stairs one step at a time.

As the guards on either side saluted, they were left dumbfounded!

Didn’t the emperor just enter?

Why is there another emperor?

Could it be that there is a secret passage in the study room, and the emperor has left the study room through the secret passage?

Gong Qinghua noticed the oddity of his guards, he paused and asked coldly, "What’s the matter?"

"When did the emperor leave the study room?"

Gong Qinghua frowned upon hearing this, since when did he leave the study room?

Hadn’t he left the study room at sunset to go to Xiaohua Court?

Were they blind? Or had they been daydreaming on duty?

Besides, since when was it their business when he left his study room?

Forget it! Gong Qinghua was in a good mood today, he wouldn’t fuss over it, and continued to ascend the stairs.

Then, the door of the study room opened, and another emperor walked out!

Another emperor?

Two emperors?

The soldiers looked up and down, they looked at each other, confused!

Which one was the real emperor?

They were clueless!

Because both emperors, whether on the stairs or below them, looked exactly the same!

Gong Qinghua’s face changed when he saw another him appear outside the study room door!

Seeing the real Gong Qinghua return, Shangguan Xuanyi reacted hastily with an accusatory tone, "How dare you impersonate me! Be sure to catch him!"

Gong Qinghua’s face turned black in response to this trenchantly!

This was a case of the thief yelling, "Catch the thief!’

He similarly shouted, "Catch him, he is the fake one!"

The bodyguards looked once again at the emperor outside of the study room, then at the emperor on the stairs, both looked exactly the same! Which one was real?

And besides, their voices also sounded kind of similar!

They couldn’t tell!

For a moment, they dared not act rashly because if they accidentally hurt the real emperor, it would be a grave sin punishable by the extermination of one’s family!

At this time, Shangguan Xuanyi, looking furious, said, "Are you all deaf?! Catch him or be executed!"

Shangguan Xuanyi looked at Gong Qinghua with a hint of provocation in his eyes. He wanted to make his guards fight with him!

Being surrounded by his own guards, that feeling must be extraordinarily frustrating!

"Are you all dead? Can you not recognize me anymore? Kill him!" Gong Qinghua was so provoked by Shangguan Xuanyi that he felt like his lungs were going to explode!

He quickly snatched up a long knife next to him and then began to attack Shangguan Xuanyi.

"Stop him now! If even a single hair of mine is harmed, your whole family will be slaughtered!" Shangguan Xuanyi, mimicking the gaze Gong Qinghua used when he was angry, coldly swept a glance at the two guards at his side!

Dressed in the dragon robe, he exuded an imperial aura that involuntarily caused them to surrender!

The two guards startled subconsciously, and immediately positioned themselves in front of Shangguan Xuanyi!

"Treachery! How dare the assassin disguise himself as the emperor! We need to protect the emperor and catch the imposter quickly!" The guards stationed at the entrance of the study room had higher ranks than those below!

Everyone heard that their immediate superiors had given orders! And since they were closer to the emperor, they naturally couldn’t be mistaken!

If they really mistaken, however, it was they who commanded them to deal with this emperor!

They were but deputies following their superior’s order!

Not a capital offense!

Hence, upon hearing the orders, everyone quickly pointed their spears at Gong Qinghua and stopped him!

"Presumptuous! He is the fake one!" Gong Qinghua’s face turned green! ƒreewebɳovel.com

This type of betrayal is even more painful and humiliating than when his queen secretly communicates with other men.

"Execute all!" Shangguan Xuanyi looked coldly at Gong Qinghua and uttered three words slowly!

His arrogance of standing aloof atop the steps, issuing orders with his hands behind his back!

As if the palace belongs to him! As if the world belongs to him! As if all the soldiers were his!

This confidence, this royal temperament, led soldiers to submit without hesitation!

Such high spirits, if he was not the Emperor then who could be? Who would have such charisma?

Besides, the emperor is always the one standing there and issuing commands!

Which emperor would take action personally to catch assassins!

"Shangguan Xuanyi, you go to hell!" Gong Qinghua vehemently attacked the soldiers who were approaching him!

Shangguan Xuanyi looked at Gong Qinghua, his eyes full of sarcasm: The guards you raised do not even recognize their own master!

You are too incompetent as an emperor!

Fury coursed through Gong Qinghua! Shangguan Xuanyi, you just wait! Today, I will wipe you off the face of the Earth!

I will chop you into pieces and feed you to the dogs!

Gong Qinghua, getting furious, knocked back the rushing guards with his inner strength, then quickly took out the token he always had on him which commanded the Imperial Guard and shouted, "This Imperial token commands you to capture that imposter! Anyone failing to capture the assassin that dared to try to assassinate me today will have his entire family exterminated!"

As soon as the Imperial token was out, all the soldiers stopped in their tracks.