The prince is very cruel

Chapter 751

"But I heard from some old people in the palace that the word empress is taboo, and we should not ask or inquire about it."

Guan Ning nodded and changed the subject: "Was she banished to the cold palace?"

Xiao Shouzi shook his head: "I don't know that either."

"However, there are indeed many palace maids and concubines under house arrest in the Ye Ting. But no one is allowed to enter that place without a written order."

"Sir, why are you asking about this?"

Guan Ning smiled and said, "No, I'm just curious."

"Come on, let's take a walk around." He took the initiative to end the topic. Xiao Shouzi knew very little, so it seemed that he still had to go there by himself and take a look inside the Ye Ting.

"Yes." Xiao Shouzi nodded, and then explained the scenery of the palace to Guan Ning.

"Sir, look over there! That's the Weiyang Palace, used by His Majesty for entertaining guests..."

"That's Sun Moon Lake over there. Rumor has it..."

"Further ahead is..."

Guan Ning strolled along patiently. Although this place was magnificent and beautiful like a heavenly palace, he was just taking a quick look and his mind was not there.

Soon, the two arrived at the Buddha statue which was said to be the largest in the entire Central Plains. It stood at the center where the front court, the harem and the cold palace intersected.

It was more than ten feet high and about ten meters wide. Guan Ning was shocked at the first sight. Wow, this is bigger than the giant Buddha on a certain mountain in later generations, right?

Where did the palace get so many stones...

Guan Ning looked at it seriously, and then was dumbfounded. It was really hard to imagine how these ancient people built such a huge project.

"Sir, this is the Great Buddha of the Capital."

"Many monks perform rituals and chant sutras here every day. They should have finished when we arrived. Do you want to go in and take a look?"

"Of course." Guan Ning grinned, then his eyes swept around and finally stopped at the desolate palace.

The high wall separates the two interfaces and also separates the years. The mottled and mossy walls convey the weight of history. The area behind the wall is obviously different from the imperial palace.

There are no tall buildings or palaces, no prosperity and majesty, and no flowers and splendours like in the harem. Instead, it gives people a cold, desolate and bleak feeling.

Guan Ning's eyes flashed, and he saw a huge shackle locking the palace gate.

In just a moment, he was sure that it was the cold palace, and the Ye Ting was the most famous palace in the cold palace, because three generations of queens of the previous dynasty had been imprisoned here, hence the name.

"Prince, Prince." Xiao Shouzi called out several times.

When Guan Ning came to his senses, he found that he had walked to the foot of the Great Buddha in the Capital. There was a circle of temples built around this huge Buddha statue, which seemed to be built for sacrifices and chanting of scriptures and prayers.

There were many imperial guards standing in a row at the door, but there were none inside.

"Young Master Shouzi, I want to go in alone to pay my respects, light a stick of incense, and make a wish. How about you wait for me here?" Guan Ning said.

"it is good!"

"Please, my lord. I will be waiting here for you. Please enter from the side and exit from the east gate."

"Remember not to go the wrong way, this location is quite sensitive." Xiao Shouzi reminded.

"it is good!"

Guan Ning nodded, then took a big step and walked into the gate. He first looked around to make sure that there was no one under the feet of the Buddha and confirmed the location of the imperial guards before taking action.

He entered a meditation room and made a simple mannequin out of miscellaneous items. From the outside, it looked like a person kneeling devoutly before a Buddha statue.

After doing all this, Guan Ning immediately turned into a civet cat, and his agile figure disappeared in an instant. Relying on his ability to climb walls and fly over eaves, he passed through the surrounded buildings, and finally jumped from the window onto the palm of the giant Buddha statue, avoiding the guards of the imperial guards and jumping into the cold palace!

boom!

The moment Guan Ning jumped into the cold palace with great effort, he felt a chill running through his body, making his spine inexplicably shiver!

It was a sunny day, but the entire harem was lifeless and even very cold!

Looking around, there was no living person walking around at all, as if it was a forgotten and exiled place.