Chapter 1334 The Concubine Should Not Be a Great Enemy (9)

The fire grew bigger and bigger, and the crackling sound finally woke up a young eunuch on duty at the outer gate. The young eunuch got up and looked, and saw a fiery red flame not far away, like a demon in the dark night, as if it was going to devour the entire Fangyun Palace.

His eyes widened with shock. When he realized what had happened, he fled in panic, tumbling and screaming, "Fire! Fire! Someone come and put out the fire!"

His loud screams soon woke up the other palace servants. Seeing the raging fire, they were all frightened and turned pale. The timid ones stood there frozen, not knowing what to do; the braver ones shouted for help while looking for water to put out the fire.

But no matter how noisy it was outside, Wen Congyun's bedroom was still quiet. Her night watch maid was drugged by Fang Zheng and would not wake up in less than three hours. Fang Zheng himself and Wen Congyun were drugged by Lu Shichu and also fainted on the bed... He probably didn't expect that while the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is behind, and he would become the mantis, right?

Lu Shichu hid in a big tree outside Wen Congyun's dormitory, watching everything in front of him quietly.

Although Fangyun Palace is located in a remote area, it is quiet at night. The noisy and panicked voices of the palace servants and the knocking on doors of people seeking help still woke up the other concubines who lived nearby. When the other concubines heard the palace servants report that there was a fire in Fangyun Palace, they immediately awoke and quickly got up, changed their clothes, and prepared to go to Fangyun Palace to watch the excitement. Oh no, to put out the fire.

Many concubines soon gathered outside Fangyun Palace. It was strange to say, because the fire was obviously a serious accident and everyone should have been panicking and rushing to help in an unkempt manner. However, all the emperor's concubines were dressed up and had beautiful makeup. They were like flowers in the imperial garden, vying for beauty.

They all knew that if Fangyun Palace caught fire, how could the emperor not show up? They dressed up like this, wasn't it to win the emperor's favor? But they couldn't go too far, so they all had the same anxious and worried look on their faces, ordering their palace servants to put out the fire, and they were worried about Wen Congyun and the third prince, muttering to the Buddha to bless them and their son to be safe... They were all kind-hearted and gentle beautiful women.

The emperor was sleeping soundly when he was awakened by the chief eunuch: "Your Majesty! There is a fire in Fangyun Palace, and the fire is now raging..."

The emperor was about to fly into a rage when he was woken up, but when he heard the eunuch's words, his sleepiness was instantly frightened away. He stared at the eunuch with an unpleasant expression and said, "What did you say?!"

"Your Majesty, there is a fire in Fangyun Palace!" the eunuch replied anxiously.

"Why did the fire suddenly break out? What did Wen do?!" The emperor was furious. A fire in the palace was a very serious matter. It was easy for the court officials and the people to take advantage of it and think that the emperor had done something wrong, which led to the fire from the sky as a warning to the emperor. What kind of reputation would this emperor have? In a hundred years, he might even be considered a tyrant, which was why he was warned by God.

The current emperor is very self-aware. He knows that he is just an emperor who is barely maintaining the status quo. He has not made any achievements and cannot become the greatest emperor of all time. However, he also does not want to be labeled as a tyrant and be infamous for all eternity while he is in power. Therefore, he is very angry about the fire in Fangyun Palace.

"Your Majesty, the fire is raging now and everyone is rushing to put it out, but we haven't yet found out the cause of the fire..." the eunuch answered tremblingly.

The emperor was so angry that he kicked the leg of the bed, but only hurt his own foot. He felt even more aggrieved, but he had to quickly change his clothes and rush to Fangyun Palace.

"Your Majesty is here!" With the arrival of the imperial chariot, the concubines who had been acting for a while suddenly rushed towards the emperor like flies seeing shit, telling him how worried they were about Wen Congyun and the third prince, and how they had anxiously sent people to put out the fire, while not forgetting to make their most beautiful expressions to the emperor...

"Your Majesty! You are finally here! Wen Zhaorong has not been rescued yet..."

"Your Majesty, I am so worried about Wen Zhaorong..."

"Your Majesty, I don't know what happened to the Third Prince now. I have sent people to rescue him, but... wuwu..."

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"Shut up!" The emperor was so annoyed by the chattering of the concubines that he could hardly bear it. He could not help but scold them loudly, "What time is it now? Why are you making trouble? Don't get in the way here!"

After scolding the concubines, the emperor called the chief of the night patrol guards and asked him what was going on.

The chief of the guards was sweating all over and nervously answered the emperor's questions. He only said that when he was leading his men on patrol, he heard palace servants shouting that there was a fire in Fangyun Palace, so he hurried to put out the fire. He didn't know what was going on for the time being.

The emperor was so angry that he scolded him for not discovering the fire in advance. He asked him to atone for his sins and sent him to put out the fire.

Fortunately, there were enough people to put out the fire, including palace maids brought by concubines from various places and guards on patrol, so even though the fire was very fierce, it was finally put out with everyone's efforts.

"Where is the third prince? Why haven't you rescued him yet?" The emperor questioned the chief guard while looking at the dark ruins in front of him. The chief guard's body was torn and tattered from fighting the fire, and his face was black. When he heard the emperor's question, he hurriedly said that he had gone to rescue him.

As soon as he finished speaking, a young guard whose true face could not be seen ran out holding the unconscious third prince.

"Go and call the imperial physician!" the emperor shouted hurriedly. Seeing the Third Prince fainted in the guard's arms, with his face, mouth and nose all covered in black and gray, he asked anxiously, "What happened to the Third Prince? Why is he fainted? Is he burned?"

"Your Majesty, the third prince was not burned, he just fainted from the smoke." The guard replied quickly.

"That's good, that's good..." The emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, there is also Wen Zhaorong. Sister Wen has not been rescued yet..." It was the imperial concubine who was speaking. She was very satisfied that the emperor didn't care about Wen Congyun at all, but she didn't mind seeing Wen Congyun in a miserable state. It would be even better if her face was disfigured by fire.

"Oh, yes, where is Wen Zhaorong?" The emperor was embarrassed for a moment. He had indeed forgotten that Wen Congyun had not been rescued yet, so he hurriedly made amends.

Indeed, a palace servant had gone in to look for Wen Congyun. As soon as the emperor finished speaking, a shocked scream came from inside: "Ah!"

The one who screamed was a eunuch, and his voice was very sharp. The emperor was startled and angrily scolded: "Why are you screaming? Didn't I tell you to save Wen Zhaorong?"

"Wen, there is a man on Wen Zhaorong's bed!" The eunuch didn't know if he was too frightened or too stunned, but he actually shouted out this shocking thing loudly.

(End of this chapter)