Flower Street is still very lively in the morning.

The NPC trio is eating meat patties. The meat patties are just out of the pan and are sizzling with oil. They must be eaten right away to be fully satisfied.

Guo Xiaogong took a bite, squinted his eyes in satisfaction, and handed one to Li San and Jiang Er respectively.

Li San was about to eat when he suddenly saw a carriage passing by in a hurry.

"That seems to be the Qin family's carriage, right?"

Young Master Guo took a look and nodded: "It's the Qin family. Prince Ruyang must be here too. This kid has never seen a woman in his life. He often comes to the red-light district after returning."

Li San shook his head: "No, he is not here to look for women. I heard that the Qin family has property here."

Jiang Er asked curiously: "What industry? The prostitute's industry?"

Li San nodded.

Guo Xiaogong curled his lips and said disdainfully: "The Qin family is too wicked. The girls finally earned some hard-earned money, but they took half of it..."

He tutted.

"The Qin family's carriage is in such a hurry... is there something wrong?" Li San asked suspiciously.

Mr. Guo touched his lower body, thought for a while and nodded: "What you said is really possible..."

…

As the palace was under closure, the Qin family only learned about what happened last night this morning.

Prince Ruyang originally wanted to make great plans in the capital and do something good for the emperor.

Bai 罭 had just received news from his mother in the palace that the emperor was really ill. That night he conspired with Qin Biao on how to deal with the emperor.

As a result, before he could come up with a plan, news came from the palace, and he learned that the Queen Mother and Wang Decai had committed such a scandal.

"Damn it! The emperor didn't even cover it up. Wouldn't this bring shame to the royal family?" Qin Biao complained angrily. Although he cursed the queen mother countless times in his heart, Prince Ruyang was there, so he couldn't directly criticize the queen mother and could only complain about the emperor's inaction.

Prince Ruyang hasn't said a word since he heard the news. Obviously, he also felt ashamed.

Very, very, very embarrassing.

But the Queen Mother is his mother.

What can he say?

We can only hope that the impact of this incident will be minimized.

and……

Why did the emperor do nothing?

Generally speaking, no matter how deep the hatred is, the royal family's face is more important. The Queen Mother is his mother in name only. If such a thing happens, what will the civil and military officials think? What do the servants think of him as the emperor?

The fact is, it's not that the emperor doesn't want to take care of it, but because the emperor was "not there" last night, the tyrant insisted on listening to stories and stayed up all night, and the more he listened, the more excited he became. Eunuch Li was as anxious as an ant on the hot pot, asking the emperor to deal with it. Even if he didn't deal with it, he had to go and see the empress dowager...

Otherwise it's too suspicious...

Moreover, the Cining Palace was on fire.

But the tyrant didn't care about that. He said coldly, "I'll let the old vicious woman die."

An Jiu rolled his eyes when he saw him.

Eunuch Li left with a bitter look on his face.

Since the emperor was not around, he did not dare to issue orders at will and could only try his best to keep the news secret.

But how to block this news?

The women in the harem were all gossipy. Last night, when they were all asleep, she braved the cold wind and went to the Cining Palace in the middle of the night, under the pretext of "visiting the Queen Mother."

After watching it, everyone in the harem knew about it.

These concubines in the harem were sent by families from outside, and at most they could pass on some information to the outside world.

So, outside the palace, the powerful officials in the capital knew the news almost at the same time as Prince Ruyang.

"It's ridiculous. It's really ridiculous."

The old royal relatives were furious.

The royal face.

It's all lost.

"That woman is not tall and petty. If she hadn't been a concubine, the late emperor wouldn't have made her the queen."

"That's right, what queen, what legitimate wife? Look at the foolish look of Prince Ruyang, he just took after that woman."

These people didn't say that before. They attached great importance to the succession of the legitimate heir. No matter how smart the emperor was, he was still a concubine after all.

But now...

Everyone was relieved.

The late emperor was a talented person, and he overcame all objections and allowed the Four Emperors to ascend the throne.

If Prince Ruyang became the emperor and the Queen Mother did such a thing, the royal family would be really ashamed.

The nobles and officials in the court were also very surprised, so they all went to court earlier than usual.

When we arrived, everyone looked at each other, wanting to talk, but no one wanted to speak first.

In the end, the emperor didn't come.

Because the cold he had suffered two days ago had not healed, and because there was a fire in the Cining Palace last night, the emperor was worried about the empress dowager, and his condition worsened.

The officials had different thoughts. As soon as they got out of the door, they made an appointment to go drink together. If they couldn't say anything in the court, they could always say it at the wine table...

The entire palace looked very peaceful, but this kind of peacefulness was like being followed by a ghost in the middle of the night, without any human or ghostly feeling.

The only exception is Guanghua Hall.

The emperor is in a very, very, very good mood today.

Not only did he not attend the morning court, he could also hide away and laugh at the Queen Mother.

As for the embarrassing thing...

She is not his biological mother, so only he knows who is embarrassed.

The emperor was sitting back in his chair, his posture was lazy, his curly hair was not combed at all, just hanging up randomly, he looked really relaxed, but as soon as he relaxed he started to behave like a dog.

He said he wanted to eat an apple, so Anjiu cut an apple for him. The emperor's eating of apples was not like that of the village brother 꺶 Zhuang who wanted to eat an apple and just stuffed it into his hand. The emperor washed the apples, peeled them, and cut them into small pieces. Anjiu would prick a piece with a skewer, and he would open his mouth to eat one, with one hand still tapping on 꺶's leg.

[This is really wonderful.] 】

[I just don’t know how the fire in Cining Palace started? 】

[Which hero set the fire...]

An Jiu paused.

The emperor opened his mouth and looked at her. Anjiu fed him a piece of apple and suddenly said, "Your Majesty, that person came last night."

The emperor bit the apple until it was crunchy and asked casually, "You don't have a palace, do you?"

An Jiu said: "No, but..."

"But what?"

When An Jiu told the emperor about the tyrant burning down the Cining Palace last night, the emperor stopped moving.

The next second, the shrill sound of a screaming chicken came from the palace.

[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.] 】

[That hero is actually me?] ? ? ? 】

How could a person cause such a disaster? ? ? 】

He turned to look at An Jiu and asked seriously, "Did you leave any clues?"

An Jiu shook his head.

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, there is no..."

An Jiu shook his head again: "It's not that there is no, it's that person didn't say..."

The emperor stared at An Jiu for a while, then let out a sigh of resignation: "Forget it."

[I have to think of a solution.] 】

[Even if there really are clues left by me, you absolutely cannot admit it. 】

[I still have to pretend to be sick, so that everyone knows that I am sick and cannot go. 】

An Jiu really wanted to remind him, which emperor would go to work by himself? If someone is going to suspect someone, they should suspect your secret guards.

He is really smart sometimes and not smart sometimes.

Just then, Xiaofu came in.

"Your Majesty, Prince Ruyang requests an audience."

The emperor smiled evilly.

[It’s finally here!] 】