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Palace guest room.

Under the dim light, Zhuoya locked the door and quickly took off her maid's dress, revealing a black tight leather armor for combat.

When she looked back, she found that the drunk Duke Weilan had sat up, his face was normal and his eyes were clear.

This made her secretly relieved: "It seems that your hangover spell is very effective."

Rosen nodded, his eyes turned around Zhuoya, and then he found that Zhuoya was taller than Irene, mainly in her legs, with a pair of straight long legs.

Perhaps because the eyes were too aggressive, Zhuoya subconsciously crossed her arms and her eyes showed a warning.

He shrugged: "Miss Zhuoya, just take a look, why are you so sensitive."

"Humph~"

Zhuoya sneered: "I know your character very well. Just now, you must have all kinds of dirty thoughts in your mind!"

"So what? I have my own mind, can Miss Zhuoya control what others think?"

"I don't have time to debate with you."

Zhuoya handed a long wooden box to Rosen: "Here, your magic weapon."

Rosen couldn't bring his magic weapon in, so he handed it to the Queen's Political Affairs Secretariat with the latest research results of the Imperial Magic Department.

Then the Queen handed it over.

Open the wooden box, inside are his three ghost resonance staffs and a life and death ring.

Rosen immediately put it on.

"Put on these two bracelets too."

Zhuoya handed over the magic weapon again and explained its function at the same time.

"Detection invisible bracelet, after wearing it, you can avoid the active detection array of the palace."

After a pause, she explained: "The active detection array of the palace is the latest achievement of the magic department, and I have the greatest control over the magic department."

Rosen understood.

That is to say, within the palace, the Lord of Light is the most powerful, almost the absolute ruler.

The reason why I use almost is because there are still some loopholes. It is impossible for Zhuoya to disguise as a maid and bring magic tools to sneak into the guest room area.

And outside the palace, Zhuoya, who has been in charge of the empire for forty years, controls the situation.

Rosen immediately put on the bracelet.

Zhuoya walked quickly to the innermost side of the guest room and pointed to a wardrobe against the wall and said:

"Push the wardrobe open, push it gently, and don't use magic, don't let people hear the movement."

Rosen did it.

Fortunately, the wardrobe was not heavy, and his body was specially strengthened, so he easily moved the wardrobe aside.

Behind the wardrobe was a square wooden board more than one meter long and wide, and there was a hidden buckle at the bottom edge of the wooden board.

Zhuoya grabbed the hidden button and pulled it gently, and the wooden board was opened, revealing a dark circular hole with a diameter of less than one meter.

Rosen was surprised: "Why is there such a secret passage hidden in the guest room for entertaining foreign guests?"

Zhuoya smiled with a little complacency.

"The Glorious Empire has been established for more than 700 years, and I have been in charge for 40 years. During this period, the Never-Night Palace has undergone ten major renovations and reconstructions. Isn't it reasonable for me to quietly arrange some secret passages underground?"

After saying that, she lit a windproof candle lamp and went into the secret passage: "Follow me, it's better to pull the wardrobe from the inside."

Rosen did it.

Fortunately, he had enough strength, otherwise he really couldn't do such an operation quietly with physical strength.

After returning the wardrobe to its position as much as possible, he closed the wooden board again, and then followed Zhuoya and crawled into the narrow secret passage.

"I say, can't the secret passage be widened?"

"The original purpose of this secret passage was to inspect the underground sewer pipes. Later, it was abandoned. I originally planned to block it, but my grandfather's arrogant attitude made me think that I should leave myself a way out."

"So, I secretly kept the pipes."

Rosen understood: "Then there should be a lot of such pipes, right?"

"Yes, a lot. Through these secret pipes, you can almost reach any corner of the Never Night Palace, and I am the only one who knows the specific layout of the pipes."

Zhuoya's voice revealed a hint of pride.

She also had reason to be proud, because this thing was really suitable for assassination.

The pipe was dark and humid, and from time to time you could hear some strange sounds of air flow humming, and occasionally you could see rats.

To be honest, it was really creepy.

Rosen didn't care, because he only had one combat clone, so it didn't matter if he lost it.

But Zhuoya seemed to be affected. Once a strange sound appeared, or a rat jumped out, she had to stop for a while.

After another pause, Rosen couldn't help but ask, "I say, is the empress of the Glorious Empire afraid of mice?"

Zhuoya, who was crawling in front, simply sat down and put the windproof candle lamp beside her.

"If I can use magic, I'm certainly not afraid of mice, but now I can't use magic."

Any magic that releases the body may expose their tracks and cause the assassination to fail.

Through the dim light of the candle lamp, Rosen saw that her cheeks were pale, and she was really scared, so he said, "How about I walk in front and you show me the way behind?"

By the way, he actually likes to crawl behind Zhuoya because the scenery is very good.

Zhuoya thought about it and nodded: "Okay."

Then he reminded softly.

"We should have arrived near the Shadowless Palace now. We must be careful. Not only can we not use magic, but we can't even make a big noise."

"Because my grandfather is an extremely cautious person, he set up many magic arrays in the Shadowless Palace to detect abnormal sounds. The performance is very high and very sensitive."

Rosen felt a bit toothache, so he said: "How sensitive it is, please give me an analogy."

"The crisp collision sound of two stones a mile away should be able to be detected by it and attract attention."

"Well, this guy is really cautious."

As he spoke, he crawled forward, trying to get over Zhuo Ya's body to the front.

The underground pipeline was really narrow, and both of them were tall, so they had to stick together.

"Hmm~ Don't keep pushing forward, I'm going to be stuck by you!"

"Stop, stop, stop~stop for a while~"

After a while, Zhuo Ya shouted to stop, her voice urgent.

Rosen had no choice but to obey, so the two of them got stuck in the narrow pipe.

"Oh~ you really have a bad idea."

Zhuo Ya complained: "Don't move, I'll step back."

Rosen complied.

Soon, he felt Zhuo Ya squirming back little by little against him, and with this movement, he could clearly feel the curve of the other person's body through the thin summer clothes.

There is both the smell of damp mud in the pipes and the slightest hint of aroma in the nose.

Zhuo Ya complained again: "Rosen, I really admire you. At this time, you still have time to think wildly."

Of course Rosen knew what she was referring to, and smiled lowly: "Some things are out of control. Not only us men, but women too."

"nonsense."

Rosen smiled: "Then let me ask you, why are the buttons on your chest standing up?"

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Zhuo Ya had nothing to say, because Rosen was indeed right.

After a lot of fuss, I finally changed my position.

Rosen climbed forward with the candle lantern, and Zhuo Ya followed behind.

As they moved forward, Rosen began to share his intelligence: "I got news that Messai has hired demons and elves as guards. Do you have any clues about it?"

Zhuo Ya was slightly surprised: "I knew that there were three more powerful men in the Shadowless Palace, but I didn't know that it was the demons and elves. My grandfather did it without telling me."

"Obviously, he is already very afraid of you. Once the time is right, he will ask you to abdicate or even kill you."

Zhuo Ya nodded: "Yes. I can feel that in the past half month, he has had murderous intentions towards me at least three times."

"But he needed me and couldn't find a replacement for me for the time being, so he endured it."

Speaking of this, she sighed softly and asked: "Then we may face four legendary powerhouses, and the battle must be resolved in a short time. Are you sure?"

Rosen shook his head: "There is too little information, so we can't do any tactical deductions. We can only do our best."

After a pause, he added: "Just leave the fighting to me. Don't show up. If I lose, you leave immediately."

Zhuo Ya was shocked when she heard this: "If the two of us work together, we may have a greater chance of success, and I said, I will never let you die."

Obviously, she didn't realize that Rosen was a doppelganger at all.

Of course Rosen didn't intend to explain.

He stopped, turned around and smiled at her: "I just lost, not dead. I have my own way to escape."

Seeing that Zhuo Ya still persisted, his face turned serious.

"Okay, you listen to me about fighting, or I won't do it."

Zhuo Ya pursed her lips: "Since you insist, then okay."

After that, the two of them didn't talk to each other on the way, and just moved forward quietly in the narrow pipe.

After climbing for about half an hour, the passage reached the end and turned into a slightly wider square secret room.

There is a pool in the middle of the secret room, with a faint silvery light visible in the water.

Zhuo Ya said softly: "Enter the pool and follow the water channel. After about forty meters, you will reach a well. Climb out along the well and you will find the garden of Wuying Palace."

"You already know the layout of the garden. But I don't know what the situation is now. I can only rely on you to figure it out."

Rosen nodded to express his understanding: "Then I'll go."

After saying that, he was about to jump into the pool.

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Zhuo Ya stopped him, bit her lip and looked at him for a long time, and said in a very soft voice: "My promise is effective. If you die, I will not be alive."

Rosen immediately shook his head: "That won't work, you have to live, and you have to avenge me."

Zhuo Ya's eyes trembled and she nodded firmly: "I will avenge you for the rest of my life!"

Seeing how serious she was, Rosen wanted to tell her that this was his clone, but he still held back the words.

This is his biggest life-saving trump card, so don't talk nonsense.

Zhuo Ya was very keen and sensed his abnormality and immediately asked: "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Rosen reacted very quickly and immediately came up with a reasonable excuse: "I am working with my head on my head this time. Shouldn't you give me some reward?"

Zhuo Ya was startled: "Remuneration? Didn't we agree?"

Rosen shook his head: "That's remuneration at the national level. What I'm talking about now is private remuneration."

As he spoke, he stared at the mountain peak on the other person's chest that was tightly wrapped in leather armor but still stood tall with effort.

Zhuo Ya was very touched by Rosen's actions.

Seeing him like this now, thinking that the other person is risking his life, it would be too harsh if I were to be pretentious about this little detail at the moment.

She took a deep breath and gently unbuttoned her collar, revealing a snow-white mountain peak: "You can watch it if you like."

"Seeing it is not enough, I want to climb down."

"You're such a jerk, but okay."

Rosen began climbing the mountain.

Seeing that he was getting more and more excessive, Zhuo Ya still tried hard to hold it in, but finally couldn't hold it in any longer. She snorted and said angrily: "Have you had enough?"

"That's enough."

Rosen stopped when he saw that, turned around and retreated to the pool: "Your Majesty the Queen, if you succeed, can you reward me with a night of fun?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Zhuo Ya's answer, she took a step back and entered the pool.

Zhuo Ya looked at the rippling microwaves on the water and felt her cheeks were burning hot. She couldn't help but think to herself: "Hey~ this guy is really a rare bastard~"

If it were anyone else, she would definitely teach him a lesson, but she couldn't get enough of this bastard.

"You have to be alive, otherwise I won't be able to fight against the Lord of Truth by myself."

As her mind raced, she decided that she couldn't wait any longer: 'I have to help too. ’