As he spoke, someone brought a blazing torch.
Xiao Shengxing took it, walked to the campfire, leaned slightly, and was about to light it.
Behind him, Su Lijin's face tensed. The Queen Mother's expression was not right!
I'm afraid there's something wrong with this bonfire!
She was not mistaken. When the Queen Mother looked at the bonfire, calculation and viciousness flashed in her eyes.
In a flash, she had no time to think, so she pretended to fall and directly knocked Xiao Shengxing away.
The torch was knocked to the ground and rolled aside.
Holding the man in place, Xiao Shengxing ignored the torch and asked nervously, "Are you okay?"
Su Lijin looked innocent and blinked: "Shiqi was careless."
The crowd was shocked.
"This is an unlucky sign!"
The Queen Mother glared at Su Lijin secretly and clenched her fingers: "This woman disrupted the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens, how despicable!"
Xiao Zhaolin took advantage of the situation and said with a bright look in his eyes, "Tsk tsk, Shiqi, you are clearly an ominous person, and you want to destroy the destiny of Daliang!"
"Empress Dowager... Your Highness... It's not like that... Shiqi didn't mean it..."
Su Lijin's face was full of panic, and her body stepped back, looking panic-stricken and helpless.
However, her foot seemed to accidentally step on the wood arranged for the sacrificial bonfire, which immediately disturbed it.
"Stop right there!" The Queen Mother was extremely anxious and shouted in a low voice, but it was too late. All the firewood in the bonfire had scattered.
Only then did everyone see clearly that there was gunpowder hidden under the pile of firewood!
"What's going on? Protect the emperor! Protect him now!"
The guards rushed forward to protect the emperor and the empress dowager, staring at the pile of gunpowder as if they were facing a great enemy.
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