Chapter 236: Congratulations Hall's Secret Room?

「Xiao Xi Zi, greet the Princess Consort. 」 Xi Gonggong was about to perform the salute.

Jiang Yunchu quickly raised her hand, "Xi Gonggong, no need."

"This servant thanks the Princess Consort." Xi Gonggong then half-bowed, his face respectful, and whispered, "The items have been found; the matter of the list is under investigation."

Jiang Yunchu nodded, "When the list comes out, there will be too many people; the Princess Consort is a bit tired, I'll go rest a while."

Xi Gonggong immediately understood, "Princess Consort, you might as well rest at Congratulations Hall; it's quieter there."

"The other three academies are estimated to still need a while before they arrive."

After all, not only the Dean has to come, but all the examinees also have to come; gathering these people and leading them takes time.

The two exchanged a glance and nodded at each other.

"All right." Jiang Yunchu nodded; Zi Su supported her from the side, Bai Zhi followed behind, personally protecting the Princess Consort's safety, and the group slowly departed.

"Zi Su, remember the appearance of everything." After entering the room, Jiang Yunchu stopped Bai Zhi and had Zi Su first record the room.

Zi Su has an unforgettable memory; anything she has heard or seen she will not forget.

After Zi Su finished one look, she began to change her own position, recording the locations of all things from different angles.

Subsequently, she closed her eyes, and a three-dimensional image of the room was drawn in her mind.

Until she opened her eyes, she then softly said, "Princess Consort, it's done."

Jiang Yunchu nodded, quickly entered the room, then began observing, "Wrong, this potted plant is not right."

She was about to go over and move it, Bai Zhi came over, "Princess Consort, let me do it; you speak, I'll act."

Regardless of whether it's Gui Shui coming, usually we also try to let the Princess Consort exert less effort.

"Move it a bit, see if we can lift it." Jiang Yunchu smiled helplessly, could only speak; what should have been a simple action now involved many steps, but she also knew that her several fevers had frightened them.

"Sure." Bai Zhi immediately nodded.

However……

Jiang Yunchu walked straight over, behind the potted plant blocking a small lion; normally, how could there be a lion in such a place?

Neither gold nor silver, just an ordinary stone lion.

She gently moved the stone lion, but couldn't shift it; she raised her eyebrows, then gently twisted the stone lion, and the half-wall bookshelf beside it suddenly opened a small door on one side—because of the interlocking pattern, if one hadn't happened to find the mechanism, it would be impossible to notice.

"Princess Consort, may I take a look first?" Zi Su asked.

Jiang Yunchu shook her head, "No need here; Xi Gonggong and the others didn't find the secret room, let's go over and see what's hidden inside."

"Be careful." After she said that, she was about to step forward when her sleeve was grabbed.

Turning around, she saw Bai Zhi with a helpless expression, "Princess Consort, I am the one who protects you, not you protecting me."

The Princess Consort is always like this; whenever there's danger, she always thinks of rushing forward herself, never considering her own status, nor thinking about the consequences.

Protection, to the Princess Consort, seems more like companionship?

……

Jiang Yunchu rubbed her nose; she was also used to it, could only make way, "You go ahead, but be careful with everything."

The people of Congratulations Hall aren't smart, but who knows if the person behind them is a clever one?

This secret room couldn't possibly have been built by Congratulations Hall.

"All right." Bai Zhi's gaze differed from her usual liveliness, instead carrying a hint of sharpness; behind her stood her master, and Zi Su, who knows no martial arts at all—she cannot afford a mistake.

Just after entering the secret passage, the bookshelf immediately closed; lights illuminated all around, shining on the deep secret passage.

The three walked slowly; Bai Zhi held her long sword, constantly probing, stepping forward step by step, but just as they neared the first room, suddenly arrows appeared all around, aimed at the three of them and shot straight.

"Master, be careful." Bai Zhi gave a soft shout, pushing the two people behind her back; her long sword was wielded so tightly that not even wind could pass through.

Those arrows fell to the ground one after another.

"This secret passage is not simple; no one knows what lies ahead; everyone is keeping their spirits up." Jiang Yunchu said.

Afterwards she told Bai Zhi, "I have martial arts; you look after yourself—you're in the most danger walking ahead."

Bai Zhi's first reaction just now was not to hastily swing her sword, but to place her in a safe zone before beginning to wield the sword.

If the arrows are human-controlled, then it's not just a matter of injury; one's life might have to be staked here.

"Bai Zhi, this is an order." Jiang Yunchu, fearing she might act on her own, immediately spoke sternly.

"Yes." Bai Zhi instinctively straightened her back, helplessly glanced at her own master—what kind of master is like this?

But……

Such a master is truly very good, very good.

"Enter the room." The first secret chamber had arrived; the door wasn't locked, nor did it have any mechanism, and several people quickly entered the room.

Jiang Yunchu surveyed the room; the items placed there were box after box of silver, each box sealed with a strip, on which white paper bore the date.

This……

Is this really the secret room of Congratulations Hall?

Jiang Yunchu's brows furrowed; no matter how she thought, it felt wrong.

"Move forward." Now she needs to quickly clarify things, then have Xi Gonggong report the situation to His Majesty; as it stands, the Name List Academy is not a clean place.

How many people are involved inside; could the behind-the-scenes figures be hiding within the academy?

Moreover, why do they want my mother's Mei Qin? What secret does Mei Qin hold that they would sacrifice Congratulations Hall as cannon fodder?

From that jade inkstone to today's list, I always feel that the behind-the-scenes people intend for Congratulations Hall to disappear?

Just how many secrets are there?

In this short time, Jiang Yunchu kept brainstorming; many problems she couldn't figure out, many problems seemed to have something covering them, preventing her from seeing clearly.

Now she can only wait!

"Be careful." Bai Zhi stepped back two paces.

Jiang Yunchu quickly spoke, "Cover your mouth and nose."

In an instant, a burst of mist sprayed from ahead; Jiang Yunchu, feeling a bit sore, took an antidote pill from the exchange space.

This antidote pill can cure a hundred poisons.

But unfortunately it couldn't dispel the poison pressing on her dantian. She took two antidote pills, gave one directly to Zi Su, and told Bai Zhi, "Take it."

She extended her hand; Bai Zhi immediately took it, didn't even look, and tossed it straight into her own mouth.

"Princess Consort, there must have been some mechanism earlier that we didn't notice, which caused this; the mechanism keeps being triggered." Bai Zhi speculated somewhat; the first gate was arrows, the second gate was poison gas. Looking ahead, there are still two rooms—who knows what other mechanisms lie before those two rooms?

Her brows were slightly furrowed; in this unfamiliar environment, she wasn't afraid of getting hurt herself, but afraid she couldn't protect her master well.