CHAPTER 1481: CHAPTER 1488: TAKE HIM INTO SPACE (2)

Inside, a highly secluded small room appeared, sparsely decorated with only a grass mat on the floor, in front of the mat stood a three-legged bronze tripod. Behind the mat, an aged table was placed, on which lay dozens of ancient, worn books, their pages yellowed with age.

Passing through the small room, they reached another room, a simple bedroom, bare as a snow cave, with only a few pieces of simple furniture, no luxury items. On the table was a clay bottle, containing several Chrysanthemums and a tea set; above the bed hung a cyan mosquito net, and the bedding was extremely plain. His wife was not here.

Exiting this room, he moved further inside and after a while, to his surprise, he discovered that the small bamboo house hid a significant secret. It wasn’t as small as it appeared from outside. Inside the bamboo house, there was a vast space that besides multiple rooms and bedrooms, also contained a refining room, practice room, kitchen, storage, and a secret room.

As he inspected each room, in the refining room, he encountered an Old Turtle refining pills. The Old Turtle showed no surprise upon seeing him and even offered him a kind smile; passing by the secret room, he inadvertently glanced inside, only to see his Second Brother, the deposed prince Nangong Shi, bound together with several men, tied up like pigs.

Nangong Yi was greatly shocked, wondering why he was here. At that moment, Nangong Shi also noticed him and shouted, "Third Brother, what is this about? Did you bring me here? Are you going to kill me?"

Nangong Yi glanced at the disheveled Nangong Shi, did not respond, and turned around to look for his wife.

After searching through the labyrinth-like bamboo house, he finally found her in a room filled with misty vapors.

At that moment, Cai Wei was half-reclining in the hot spring, bathing. In the mist, her shiny black hair loosely tied on top of her head in a bun, from which strands occasionally playfully fell down to her graceful, white as jade neck, making her dark hair and porcelain skin even more striking.

Her eyes closed, she lay lazily in the hot spring, revealing her wonderful curves in all their glory, a truly breathtaking sight!

Nangong Yi paused for a moment, then softly walked over. Had it not been for the shock of the space and the big incident that had happened outside, he would have certainly lost his reason by now.

He sat down beside the hot spring, slowly scooped up a handful of water, and sprinkled it over her bare shoulders, lovingly cleaning her body, as if wiping the most precious treasure in the world.

After a long while, he softly spoke, "Madam, I just saw Nangong Shi and that Jin Zhong with him, why are they here?"

Cai Wei didn’t open her eyes, and lazily said, "I thought you’d ask about the situation outside first. Just now, Brother Parrot reported that there is chaos outside, the substitute you left in the capital has been exposed and thrown into the large prison, the men of Duke Li Guo’s Mansion have all been jailed, the Empress Dowager and Zhao Yue have been arrested, even the Retired Emperor’s Qixia Palace has been sieged..."

"Who did it?"

Nangong Yi’s brow furrowed, his face revealing a trace of ferocity.

Cai Wei said, "Guess?"

"General Li Kaifeng!"

Nangong Yi spoke with certainty, no need to guess, he could even think with his knees who it was, the only one who could mobilize the entire capital’s army, besiege the Palace, and imprison the Empress Dowager, the Retired Emperor and the High Concubines, aside from the powerful General Li Kaifeng, no other came to mind.

Seeing the man’s eyes flicker with cold sharpness and a palpable killing aura, Cai Wei slowly sat up from the water, softly saying, "Yi, no need to worry, this matter started because of me, I will resolve it. I promise you, without using soldiers, I will help you quash the rebellion and return to you a peaceful country."