Chapter 309 Opening (Part 1)

Seeing Yan Qing's unmoved look, Yu Linglong punched the iron railing in anger, "I don't understand! You obviously don't have to do this! They've all left, gone to a place that the Second Prince can't reach, what's the point of your insistence?"

Yan Qing sighed imperceptibly, "I didn't understand it before. I can only say that some things must be experienced before you can truly understand them."

"..." Yu Linglong was silent for a long time, "I will come to see you again."

"It's better not to come, I can't guarantee that I can still talk to you in good condition later." Yan Qing pretended to be relaxed, "That will only add to your troubles."

"I..." Just as she was about to say something, footsteps sounded in the prison.

Yu Linglong immediately raised her voice, "Didn't I ask you to stay outside!"

But she soon realized that there were many footsteps, and there was more than one person entering the prison.

"Who is it?"

The shadow had raised the longbow in his hand.

Under the dim firelight, the figures of the newcomers gradually emerged - there were four people in total, three of whom were wearing swords and dressed like guards, and the leader was wearing a red brocade robe and a jade crown, looking like a nobleman.

"Ning Chu Nan?" Yu Linglong raised his eyebrows slightly.

"The correct name is His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince." The shadow muttered, "He is a nasty guy. But what is he doing here?"

"Who are you? Tell me your name." Ning Chu Nan stopped, he didn't expect to meet the alchemist of the Privy Council in the prison.

"I... Yu Linglong," she arched her hand nonchalantly, "I am the third-rank guard of the Privy Council, and I am inspecting the prison. I wonder what the prince is doing here?"

"I don't need to report my whereabouts to you, right?" Ning Chu Nan passed by her and wanted to go deeper into the prison. "Just do your job well."

However, the Fourth Prince had not taken a few steps when a cold light suddenly shot out from the dark passage and almost penetrated into the ground next to his feet!

It was a completely black arrow.

"Who, who is it!" Ning Chu Nan was frightened and took several steps back. The guards also drew their swords and surrounded the fourth prince.

"There is no one over there. I am the one who shot the arrow." Yu Linglong shrugged, "Of course, I have no intention of harming Your Highness. I just want to remind you that there are important prisoners of the Privy Council imprisoned over there. If you go there directly, you may be in danger."

"Bold, what is your tone!"

"Are you threatening Your Highness?" The guard scolded loudly.

She was clearly behind him, but the arrow was shot from the front. Is this... also the ability of a Taoist priest? Ning Chu Nan's face gradually darkened. But no matter what, she did shoot this arrow at him.

How ridiculous! A third-rank official can actually threaten the safety of the royal family, and treat the status as nothing - and what drives them to act so recklessly is their ability far beyond that of ordinary people. "Qi Sensing", he hated this word even more.

It's just that today is a day of celebration, and he doesn't want to waste his energy on arguing with the other party.

"Okay, put away your swords! Is the prisoner you are talking about the ambassador of the Holy Wing Islands, Olina Okan?"

"That's the person."

"I have had some interactions with her, so I came to visit her. This matter has also been agreed by my eldest brother. Now you have no doubts, right? Besides, as long as the shackles are not removed, how can she hurt me? The shackles of your Privy Council can't even control a prisoner."

The prince has something to say to Olina? Yu Linglong frowned slightly. This may be an opportunity to get information, but it is really the first time that the prince would ask this useless fourth brother to do something. Many thoughts emerged in her mind, but when she saw Yan Qing, who was covered with scars in the prison, she suddenly lost interest in everything.

Olina also had an interrogator watching her, and the fourth prince, an ordinary person, obviously couldn't make any waves. Yu Linglong waved her hand and was about to let him go - it was at this moment that she noticed Ning Chuannan staring at the green sword on the rack, with a strong greed in his eyes.

One of Yu Linglong's usual pleasures was to visit brothels, and occasionally she would see similar expressions in the eyes of some vulgar customers. But the Fourth Prince was not just that. In addition to greed, there were other emotions mixed in - hatred, pleasure, and a strong sense of tyranny. He seemed to want to possess the other person and destroy the other person.

An irresistible feeling of nausea surged into Yu Linglong's heart.

She couldn't help but think of another possibility.

That is, the Fourth Prince's so-called "something to say" was just an excuse.

Such things are not uncommon in the Ministry of Justice Prison, and she has heard of them - using power to find happiness from such forgotten women, and relying on the other party's pain to satisfy their own desires. Moreover, the Fourth Prince's abnormal obsession with the Qi Sensing People is not a secret among the senior officials of the Privy Council.

She had no control over the Ministry of Justice, nor did she want to, but this was the prison of the Privy Council. Even if Olina was an enemy, she would not humiliate her in this way.

Yu Linglong looked at the face of the fourth prince and felt sick.

Ning Chu Nan withdrew his gaze from Yan Qing and was about to move forward when Yu Linglong called him coldly.

"Stop."

This time, he was also a little impatient.

The coronation ceremony was about to begin, and the eldest and second brothers had no time to pay attention to him. It was at this time that he had the opportunity to come to the prison. Who would have thought that he would be hindered again and again by a guard, which was extremely annoying.

"Enough! You give me--"

Ning Chu Nan had just started talking when a deafening roar suddenly came from above his head!

Instantly, the prison seemed to be shaken by an earthquake!

Dust fell like rain in the violent shaking, and the torches also shook. The already dim cell was dark for a while, as if it would collapse at any time.

"Earth, earthquake!"

For a while, there were constant exclamations in the prison, and the fourth prince was pale and grabbed the guards. Only Yu Linglong showed surprise, and then looked towards the northwest with a serious expression.

She realized that the shaking just now did not come from under her feet, but spread from the palace!

Something happened at the coronation ceremony.

...

A quarter of an hour ago, Xicheng District

"Little sister, where are your family members? Are they lost?"

This is the fourth resident who took the initiative to ask Qianyan, and Qianyan put on a sweet smile as usual, "My parents went to buy me candied haws. They told me to sit on the side of the road and not move, saying they would be back soon."

"Then you must wait until they come!"

"Got it!"

After the people left, Qianyan turned his attention back to the ditch at his feet.

As a large-scale city, Shangyuan took into account drainage and sewage issues at the beginning of its construction. The closer to the palace, the wider and deeper these ditches will be. Even in the rainy season, when the roads in the outer city are muddy, the palace can still maintain a clean and tidy appearance.

In addition, these ditches are connected to the landscape of the royal gardens through secret passages. The landscape water level can be maintained by retracting and releasing the gates. At the same time, water can be discharged actively on weekdays to flush the underground ditches by the water level difference to prevent them from being blocked by mud or fallen leaves.

A hundred years ago, Qian Yan had visited the garden landscape in the palace with the ancestor of the Fang family and witnessed the whole process of water discharge from the river. Now Shangyuan City has expanded outwards, but the layout and direction of the internal drainage system have not changed at all, just as it was a hundred years ago.