Mommy Alert! The CEO Daddy Won't Stop Courting-Chapter 353 Secret Passage Forcefully Dug Open…
Ava Parker, the fake Princess Butterfly, was eager to open the secret passage to solidify her identity as the Crown Prince. Without even asking Muir a question, she directly said, "Then I’ll trouble you, Queen."
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The secret passage hiding Whitehill’s treasure is located about ten miles away from the royal palace.
Queen Lisa, accompanied by Virgil Davies, Ava Parker, and the palace guards, set off from the palace and arrived at the site in grand procession.
Upon stepping into the area of the secret passage, everyone couldn’t help but hold their breath.
The place was built with grandeur and majesty, with natural stones polished by skilled craftsmanship, enhancing rather than diminishing its original imposing and wandering aura, adding a mysterious touch.
After passing through a series of guard posts, they finally reached their destination.
In front of them stood a huge green stone door carved with a butterfly mark; Whitehill’s treasure was hidden behind this green stone door.
That entire block of green stone was engraved with a two-butterfly marked pattern, Whitehill’s totem and a mark borne by generations of the Prince Butterfly/Princess Butterfly.
As they approached the green stone door, it unexpectedly lit up.
The butterflies carved on the green stone door shimmered under the sunlight, as if they had come alive.
Queen Lisa stepped towards the green stone door, reached out and pressed on the butterfly’s eyes.
It turned out the butterfly’s eyes were the button to open the green stone door.
After pressing it, Queen Lisa stepped back, and the thick green stone door slowly opened before everyone’s eyes.
Behind the green stone door lay a long passageway.
After going through the stone door, they walked inside the passageway for about ten minutes before being blocked by another massive door.
This time, the door was no longer a green stone door but a golden one, as if made of pure gold.
However, it wasn’t truly made of pure gold, but rather crafted through special techniques, its hardness even surpassing real stone, a special bronze door.
Virgil Davies’s eyes lit up upon seeing this golden door.
If the door guarding the treasure was already so luxurious, one could only imagine the treasure concealed behind it.
Like the previous green stone door, the golden door was also engraved with Whitehill’s totem, the magical butterfly mark.
But unlike the green stone door, the butterfly mark on the golden door had a recessed spot, a connecting link between the two butterflies.
Moreover, the shape matched that of the Jade Pendant, requiring the Butterfly Clan’s heirloom Butterfly Jade Pendant to be embedded to open it.
Lisa, without any hesitation, picked up the Jade Pendant and placed it there.
Once the Jade Pendant was embedded, the whole pattern was completed.
Within the larger butterfly was the smaller one, four butterflies nestled together, dancing in companionship.
However, upon close inspection, one would find that the smaller butterfly seemed to lack a soul.
Yet there wasn’t even an opportunity for close examination; the passageway suddenly roared, and even the entire floor of the passageway shook, as if an earthquake were occurring.
Once the commotion ceased, Lisa and the group found that the anticipated events had not occurred, as the golden door remained firmly standing, without any trace of having moved.
Lisa turned to a nearby subordinate, asking perplexedly, "What’s going on?"
The subordinate quickly stepped forward, resolving Lisa’s query, "Queen, you may not know, but opening the treasure door requires not only the Jade Pendant but also a drop of royal blood. Without either of these, the secret passage cannot be opened."
"That’s simple enough. I’ll just drop a bit of blood." Ava Parker immediately responded, preparing to bite her finger to draw blood.
Lisa glared at Ava Parker and decisively stopped her, saying, "Not you, just stand there properly."
Internally dissing: What use is the blood of an imposter, daring to defile Whitehill’s sacred object—the Butterfly Jade Pendant.
Ava Parker’s actions were driven by the overwhelming prospect of impending wealth and power, losing all sense.
She was hypnotized by herself, truly believing she was the genuine Princess Butterfly, hence stepping forward without any hesitation.
Receiving Lisa’s gaze, Ava Parker immediately snapped back to reality: she was not the true Princess Butterfly, her blood was useless and might even expose her false identity.
Without hesitation, she obediently retreated.
Lisa turned towards Ellie, who accompanied her, speaking softly, "Ellie, you do it."
After all, Ellie possessed genuine Butterfly Clan blood.
"Yes, Mother." Ellie responded respectfully, approaching the golden door, biting her finger to let a drop of blood fall in.
The group watched the door ahead, holding their breath and waiting...
Yet the door remained unmoving, as it was when first seen, firmly standing in its place, blocking everyone from peering into its secrets.
Seeing no movement from the door, Queen Lisa grew anxious.
Simultaneously, she was angry.
Could it be that to open a mere door, the blood of Una Sutcliffe’s illegitimate spawn is essential?
My daughter Ellie is of the highest noble lineage, the Eldest Princess of Whitehill, the future choice for queen!
Lisa feared exposure and embarrassment.
She immediately turned to the nearby general, coldly ordering, "Is this door faulty from disuse? You, send someone to check what’s wrong immediately!"
"Yes, Queen." The general responded at once, leading people to ’repair’ the door.
Their ’repair’ was rather rough, directly using brute force to pry the unmovable door.
Watching all this, Virgil Davies was shocked!
The queen stopped Ava Parker from spilling blood; could she know Ava is fake?
Yet Princess Ellie’s blood clearly hasn’t worked either, as the unmoving door shows.
This was all too bizarre. If the door remained unopened today, his exposure would be minor, while Lisa would be utterly humiliated.
Thus, Lisa would stop at nothing to open this door!
She was letting them pry the door! Could such a method suffice?
Wouldn’t this brute prying trip a mechanism, burying everyone here?
Virgil Davies stared without blinking at the men prying the door, attentively listening to the surrounding sounds, prepared to prioritize escaping in case of any anomaly.
Then he witnessed with his own eyes as they, prying the door with weapons, touched a piece of butterfly jade at the entrance, which emitted golden light.
Then with a rumble, the golden door suddenly opened.
With the door opening, the mysterious things inside, which the group had long coveted, were now separated by merely a thin veil.
