34. I’m the Best at Making Things Up
Now, there was one thing that still needed to be figured out.
Although the method of obtaining the internal map was right in front of her, the quest description was very vague.
What did “victory in the struggle” mean?
If this “struggle” referred to the royal family’s power struggle, then she wouldn’t have had to go to the trouble of taking control of the capital’s pharmaceutical companies.
Unless that princess was as ambitious as her brother.
But if it wasn’t a power struggle, then what could this “struggle” be? A polo match? Would winning that count as completing the quest?
No matter how she thought about it, the latter seemed too unreliable.
Therefore, after dealing with the pharmaceutical companies, the two focused on the map.
This was quite easy to start. First, the Lingxiao Pavilion’s bidding.
According to Chen Wanchun, the bidding had always been directly handled by the head of the Lingxiao Pavilion. Given the relationship between Murong Yun and Yuan Qin, it was likely that Murong Yun was also at the bidding, perhaps in a private room on the second or third floor.
However, it was worth mentioning that Yan Chuyue did not come this time.
From more than half of the participants to the final decision-maker, they were all part of the dark curtain. Gong Yiling just needed to go and show her face.
As for Yan Chuyue herself, at the beginning of the bidding, she had probably accepted the Emperor’s invitation to stroll in the royal garden.
Of course, Yan Chuyue had a mission this time to get close to the Emperor. She needed to inadvertently reveal the fact that she had the key, and then wait for his first move.
“But… if Miss Yan is not here—”
The one who accompanied her this time naturally became Chen Wanchun.
Although Gong Yiling was not in a hurry at all, Chen Wanchun, who did not know the situation, was still a little cautious.
Miss Gong didn’t want to tell a partner the whole story, so she just let this old man think whatever he wanted.
After she arrived at the venue, under Yuan Qin’s instructions, she found Murong Yun in a VIP private room on the third floor.
“It’s you?” Murong Yun was a bit surprised to see Gong Yiling.
Gong Yiling walked into the room alone and bowed slightly to Murong Yun. “It’s been a few days. How is Your Highness’s complexion today?”
“The pill your young lady gave me before I left that day was very effective.” Murong Yun couldn’t help but chuckle. “But why didn’t your young lady come today?”
“To be honest,” Gong Yiling smiled wryly with some difficulty. “My young lady was originally going to come in person today, but unfortunately, she ran into His Majesty who suddenly came to find her, so…”
There was no “and then.”
“My royal brother?” Murong Yun frowned. “He knows it’s the bidding day. Why did he take Miss Yan away?”
“It seems… it’s because of a very important matter.” Gong Yiling continued to probe. “I didn’t hear the specifics, but I think I heard my young lady say something to His Majesty, about a key.”
“A key!?”
Hearing this, Murong Yun was clearly very surprised.
It seemed that it was true. Both Murong Yun and Murong Jing knew about that underground palace, and who held the key to enter it.
“Yes, a key.” Miss Gong was still acting, muttering with confusion, “I was wondering, why would a dignified Emperor discuss a key with my young lady?”
The speaker was feigning innocence, but the listener had some ideas.
Murong Yun immediately sat down beside Gong Yiling and asked curiously, “Girl, do you know who your young lady is?”
“Huh?” Gong Yiling blinked curiously. “Isn’t my young lady just my young lady? Who else could she be?”
Murong Yun rubbed her head to show her affection, then said, “Your young lady is a descendant of the legendary divine physician, and that divine physician was in charge of a very, very large courtyard. Now, the key to this courtyard is probably on your young lady.”
Hearing her description, Gong Yiling couldn’t help but sigh. She then stood up, walked to the opposite side of Murong Yun, and sat down again.
“Hua’er?”
“Since you want to get information from me, Your Highness, why don’t you be more direct?” Gong Yiling raised an eyebrow and said, “What? Is it necessary to be wary of a little kid like me?”
Her attitude was something Murong Yun had never seen before. The princess was stunned.
“If I were to say that my young lady’s master is clearly from the old sect and not some divine physician, would you be able to continue?”
Hearing this, Murong Yun frowned with some vigilance. “Who are you?”
“My young lady has never said that her medicine boy is just an ordinary little medicine boy.” Gong Yiling said, “You’re looking for the key to the underground palace. So, you should know where the entrance to the underground palace is, right?”
This Murong Yun was not some sheltered person who had never seen the world. She was only surprised for a moment, then chuckled. “I knew it. How could that girl entrust so many things to a child?”
“That’s right. Whether it’s me or my brother, what we care about is this, the key to the underground palace of the Desolate God.”
Since both sides had already laid their cards on the table, Miss Gong naturally didn’t hide it and directly took out the key to the underground palace and placed it gently on the table.
“This is what you’re looking for, right?”
“The key is on you!?”
“Because the divine physician’s successor you’re looking for is not my young lady, but me.” Miss Gong, seeing that the other party’s interest was completely drawn to her, began to make things up with a straight face.
“My young lady’s master is the hermit from the old sect who likes to travel the world. That senior was originally a person with superb medical skills, and I am the successor of the divine physician. Including the matter of the Twin Gu, it was I who told my young lady.”
Murong Yun, hearing this, actually felt it was highly credible.
The more unnoticed, the more important. This sentence was very suitable for this girl, and it sounded more reasonable.
“Say it, Your Highness.” Gong Yiling gently tapped the table with her hand. “About everything about the underground palace, my master only left me this key and a piece of advice, but I don’t know what’s inside.”
“You and His Majesty, what are you here for?”
Murong Yun looked at the key on the table and, instead of answering this question, asked in return, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll snatch this thing?”
“If you can.”
As she finished speaking, the aura of a peak Hunyuan realm cultivator instantly filled the entire room.
The chestnut-haired little girl tilted her head and chuckled. “You can try.”
