CH 131.1

Translator – Xiao He Lian

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Chapter 131.1

This room is hidden deeper than the previous room. When you walk in, you will see a dark passage leading to an unknown direction. This dark passage is about two meters wide and can accommodate three or four people walking side by side.

Candlesticks were hung on the walls on both sides of the dark passage and the warm candles dispelled the darkness in it.

The little boy seemed to be very familiar with this secret passage. He casually took a candlestick hanging on the wall and continued walking in.

The two of them, one in front of the other, walked in silence for about a cup of tea1(15 min). After that Wen Chi’s vision suddenly became clear—they finally came to the hidden room2 Refers specifically to places that others cannot see..

The two darkrooms seem to be the same. They were equipped with tables, chairs, couches and soft beds for people to rest but this darkroom is larger and more luxurious, both the tables, chairs and bed frames are made of high-quality mahogany. And there are some pastries on the table,  indicating that someone has lived here before.

Wen Chi’s gaze stayed on the pastries on the table for a moment, then he spoke to the back of the little boy’s head: “Do you live here?”

The little boy paused. Although he didn’t answer Wen Chi’s question, he didn’t deny Wen Chi’s words either.

Wen Chi was very surprised. He didn’t think the Hua family would let the little boy live alone in such a place. He felt it was a bit strange because when he sneaked into the Hua family, he saw with his own eyes how much the Hua family valued the little boy…..

That kind of importance is not like the importance that the elders place on the younger generation but more like the importance that some people place on their own personal belongings, as if the little boy is not a living person, but a valuable and useful object.

Wen Chi suppressed the messy thoughts in his head. Seeing the little boy walking towards the inner room without stopping, he thought for a moment and followed suit.

Who knew there was still an inner chamber inside? They kept walking inside and walked into another inner chamber.

Wen Chi almost lost count of how many rooms they walked through. The further they walked in, the thinner the surrounding air became. Wen Chi was already pregnant and was prone to fatigue. He used to run for a whole day but after walking for a while in the hidden room, it became unbearable.

Fortunately, not long after, the little boy suddenly stopped.

Wen Chi, who was following behind the little boy, seeing this also stopped.

The little boy turned his head and smiled at him with a rather strange expression: “We are here.”

Wen Chi was still a little puzzled: “Where are we?”

He looked around and found that this was just an extremely ordinary room, so ordinary that the furnishings in the room were no different from the rooms he had just passed.

The only difference is that in the center of the room is a… coffin?

The little boy was standing in front of that coffin.

Wen Chi thought he was wrong, so he rubbed his eyes and took a closer look.

What was placed in front of the little boy was indeed a coffin.

The little boy still didn’t answer Wen Chi’s question but turned sideways, silently making room for Wen Chi .

Wen Chi walked forward, and before he could get close to the coffin, he felt a chilling sensation seeping into his bones and for a moment it seemed that even the temperature around him dropped a lot.

Wen Chi subconsciously rubbed his arms and when he approached, he discovered the reason—there was an ice coffin inside.

That’s not the point…

The point is—

Inside the ice coffin lay a woman.

The ice coffin was filled with a white mist visible to the naked eye  and through the looming cold mist, the woman’s face could be seen clearly. The woman’s eyes were closed tightly and her expression was extremely serene, her exposed face and folded hands placed on the abdomen were abnormally white.

And……

The face of this woman…

Wen Chi always felt it was a little familiar. He didn’t care about the cold air coming out of the ice coffin, he leaned forward, narrowed his eyes and took a closer look.

Then, he discovered that this woman’s appearance was somewhat similar to Shi Ye’s. If it wasn’t for the surging cold that blocked Wen Chi’s view, perhaps Wen Chi would have discovered that this woman’s appearance was the female version of Shi Ye from one glance. 

Wen Chi was shocked, as if a huge wave had been set off, his shocked expression froze on his face, he staggered back two steps and turned his head to meet the little boy’s indifferent eyes.

“She is…” Two words came to Wen Chi’s mind, he moved his lips and murmured out those two words, “Empress Hua?”

The little boy said, “It’s her.”

Wen Chi said: “Isn’t she dead?”

The little boy said: “She is dead, does she look like she is alive?”

No.

Not at all.

Empress Hua’s skin was as white as a dead person’s and no living person would lie in an ice coffin.

However, Empress Hua passed away many years ago. Wen Chi heard that her body was burned beyond recognition in the unexplained fire. Later, it was dug up and buried in the royal mausoleum, so why would she appear in this hidden room after so many years?

Or is it that……

Empress Hua had been lying here all along? And that the body buried in the Royal Mausoleum was nothing more than a substitute carefully sought by certain people?

Thinking of this, Wen Chi broke out in a cold sweat.