The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: The Vault
The Prince's residence stood inside the imperial city, behind a wall of pale gray brick and a gate with six guards.
They did not use the gate.
At the hour of the rat, Shuyao and Qin crouched behind a stone lion at the back of the old storehouse.
They wore black cloth.
The rain was gone, and the moon was a thin white blade.
"The vault is under the third floor," Qin whispered.
"There's a cellar drain big enough for a man. It lets into the ice room."
"The ice room."
"It's cold."
"I can bear cold."
"I know you can."
He lifted a rusted grate and slid down into the dark with a soft grunt.
She followed.
The drain was narrow and wet.
It smelled of old stone.
She crawled behind him through eighty feet of black, her robe snagging on the rough walls.
At last she came out into a cold cellar lit by one gray slot of window.
Blocks of ice stood in the dark, sawdust under them.
"Here," said Qin.
A low door set into the far wall, iron-bound, with a lock as big as her fist.
He took a thin steel pick from his sleeve and knelt.
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