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Chapter 273 Save me quickly
Ningshuang's eyes were cold, twinkling like cold stars. The dagger in her hand was pressed tightly against Ning Rouer's slender neck, leaving a trace of blood on her fair skin, which was particularly eye-catching under the candlelight.
Ning Rouer's face was already covered with tear marks. Her originally delicate makeup was mottled by the tears. Her eyes were full of fear and pleading. She cried out at the top of her lungs, "Brother Crown Prince, save me, I don't want to die..."
Ning Shuang's face was grim, and she shouted loudly: "Prince, if you don't want Concubine Ning to die in my hands, stop hurting the Imperial Concubine."
After she finished speaking, she increased the strength of her hands, and a small amount of blood seeped out of Ning Rouer's white and slender neck. The situation instantly became more tense.
Everyone's eyes were involuntarily focused on this sudden scene, and everyone was quietly waiting for Yu Gongchen's reaction.
Under the gazes of the crowd, Yu Gongchen's expression instantly turned extremely ugly. With his eyes wide open, he shouted at Ning Shuang, "Who are you? How dare you be so presumptuous in front of this prince? Let Rou'er go!"
Ning Shuang was unmoved, and pressed the dagger in her hand slightly downward. Ning Rouer immediately let out a sharp cry: "Brother Crown Prince, please save me, I'm so scared..."
Yu Gongchen looked at Ning Rouer's pitiful appearance. Although he felt reluctant, his brows were tightly furrowed. A trace of pity flashed in his eyes, and his lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to speak to comfort her.
However, his obsession with the throne was like a ferocious beast, rampaging in his heart, causing him to hesitate again in an instant.
His hands clenched into fists involuntarily, his knuckles turned white from the force, and the veins on his forehead bulged out and were clearly visible, like winding little snakes.
He paced back and forth, each step heavy and struggling, thinking about how to deal with this tricky situation.
At the same time, on the other side, under the guidance of Prime Minister Ren, Ren Jingzhi and his group went through many hardships and finally arrived at the end of the secret passage.
Ren Jingzhi asked nervously: "Father, do you know where the mechanism is?"
Prime Minister Ren shook his head nervously and said anxiously, "I don't know. The situation was really urgent at that time. The emperor pushed me into the secret passage and hastily closed the stone door."
When everyone heard this, they suddenly became anxious, thinking that if the door could not be opened, how could they rescue the emperor? For a moment, everyone was worried.
Seeing this, Shen Yiran hurriedly spoke to comfort them: "Don't worry, let's look around first to see if we can find the mechanism."
As soon as the words fell, everyone took action and looked for the mechanism seriously.
Ren Jingzhi was the first to walk up to the stone gate. He stretched out his hand and carefully felt along the edge of the stone gate, moving his fingers inch by inch on the rough stone surface. His eyes were focused and sharp, not missing any gaps or protrusions that might contain mechanisms.
Yu Gongyu was not idle either. He bent down and carefully inspected the area around the bottom of the stone gate. From time to time, he gently tapped the connection between the ground and the stone gate with the sword in his hand, listening carefully to the sound, trying to determine whether there was any cavity or abnormality.
Wang Lei took a few soldiers and started searching the walls on both sides of the stone gate.
He slapped and pressed the wall vigorously with his big hands, repeatedly testing every spot, muttering to himself from time to time: "Where could this mechanism be hidden? Don't let us not find it."
Although Liu Tiantong's strength had not yet fully recovered, she also forced herself to be alert and carefully observed everyone's actions with her eyes. From time to time, she would remind them: "Everyone, look at those carved patterns. Maybe the mechanism is hidden in them."
Time passed by minute by minute, and everyone searched everywhere they could, but still found nothing. The fire of hope that had been burning gradually went out, and everyone began to feel depressed.
Just when everyone was feeling a little discouraged, suddenly, Yu Gongyu called out anxiously, "Little sister-in-law, come here quickly."
When Shen Yiran heard the call, he hurriedly walked towards Yu Gongyu.
Yu Gongyu pointed at the pattern on the stone door and asked tentatively: "Sister-in-law, have you seen this pattern?"
As soon as Shen Yiran's eyes fell on the patterns on the stone door, her eyes suddenly widened, filled with uncontrollable shock and surprise.
This pattern was exactly the same as the pattern she used to open the mysterious stone door! The familiar leaf pattern and the iconic key groove, every detail was exactly the same, and it appeared before her eyes without any warning. How could she not be shocked?
In her understanding, the pattern that opened the stone door of the mysterious space was so unique and rare that she had never thought that she would see it again on the stone door of the imperial study.
At this moment, her heart was like a raging storm, with all kinds of thoughts flashing through her mind rapidly, but for a moment, she couldn't figure out what the connection was among them.
Shen Yiran was immersed in this great shock and surprise. After a long time, she slowly came back to her senses.
At this point, she didn't want to hide it from Yu Gongyu anymore, so she answered truthfully: "Yes, your dagger is the key to open this stone door."
When Yu Gongyu heard this, his body was shocked, and a mixture of nervousness and expectation instantly appeared on his face. He hurriedly asked, "The dagger... the dagger is with you, right?"
There was a hint of urgency in his tone, and his eyes were fixed on Shen Yiran, full of anxious anticipation.
Seeing this, Shen Yiran didn't say much, but just nodded gently at him, with a hint of affirmation and comfort in his eyes.
"That's great, that's really great, thank you, little sister-in-law." Yu Gongyu was really happy at this moment. You know, he has been worried about this matter since the dagger was lost. After all, his adoptive father had always told him to protect this dagger before his death.
Shen Yiran no longer hesitated. She used her mind to summon the dagger with leaf patterns from the drawer in the space.
There was a faint flash of light, and a dagger appeared in her hand. The dagger still flashed a faint cold light in the dim environment.
Shen Yiran took a deep breath, then gently raised his hand and aimed the dagger at the groove on the stone door.
At this moment, everyone around held their breath, staring at Shen Yiran's movements without blinking. The whole space was so quiet that only the slight breathing of everyone could be heard. The atmosphere was so tense that one could hear the sound of a needle falling to the ground.
Shen Yiran slightly adjusted the angle of the dagger to ensure that it could fit accurately into the groove. Then, she slowly exerted force and pushed the dagger into the groove.
At the moment when the dagger was completely embedded in the groove, the leaf pattern on the stone gate suddenly emitted a soft light. The light was very faint at first, like the twinkling stars in the night sky, but as time passed, the light became brighter and brighter, gradually spreading to the entire stone gate.
Immediately afterwards, a slight "clicking" sound came from inside the stone gate, as if the long-dormant mechanism inside the stone gate was slowly awakened and started working again.
Shen Yiran tightly gripped the handle of the dagger, not daring to relax at all. Her eyes were focused and determined, staring intently at the changes in the stone gate.