Chapter 278 Sea of Fire
Yaohua Palace.
Zhaopin took Xiao Heng's hand and said, "Your Majesty, will you leave as soon as I wake up?"
She looked at Xiao Heng with tearful eyes, a few strands of hair stuck to her bloodless cheeks, making her look even more fragile.
Xiao Heng turned to look at her and said in a gentle voice, "You just woke up, you need to rest well. I won't disturb you. I will lift your house arrest. Don't be so depressed in the future."
Seeing that Xiao Heng had lifted her house arrest, a hint of joy flashed in Zhaopin's eyes.
He still cares about himself.
When he heard that he had committed suicide, he immediately rushed over.
But now, fearing that he might become depressed, he has lifted his house arrest.
Zhaopin looked up at Xiao Heng, tightly grasped his wrist, and pleaded with tears in her eyes: "Then Your Majesty, can you please stay and accompany me?"
Xiao Heng hardly hesitated before pulling out Zhaopin's tightly grasped hand. "I have something else to do. I'll come see you another day."
Seeing Concubine Zhao's eyes immediately turn red, Xiao Heng comforted her gently: "Don't worry, I have already promised Queen Mother Wen Yi that I will take care of you. As long as you behave yourself in the future, I will treat you well."
Zhaopin's hands immediately hung in the air, and she asked in surprise, "The Emperor is being so kind to me now... is it all because of my aunt?"
She waited for a long time, but did not get any answer from Xiao Heng.
Instead, he turned around and was about to leave.
Zhaopin panicked and immediately stood up, "Your Majesty, are you going to invite Yuegong again?"
He stared at his back, tears slowly falling: "Is Liu Yuetang really that good? So good that you can tolerate everything about her, even tolerate her not loving you."
"She loves me!" Xiao Heng turned around suddenly, looking at Zhaopin with bloodshot and sharp eyes.
The flickering candlelight made his sharp outline appear and disappear.
After a moment of silence, he murmured, his tone low and firm: "One day, she will fall in love with me!"
These words were spoken to Concubine Zhao, and also to himself.
They still have a long future together, and he will slowly make Miaomiao fall in love with him. The fact that she doesn't love him is not because she is not good enough, but because she is not good enough.
The blood color on Zhaopin's face faded instantly, leaving only a horrifying paleness. She shook her head in disbelief, straightened up and was about to speak when a figure suddenly rushed in.
"Your Majesty, there's a fire in Yaoyue Palace!"
Xiao Heng was horrified, his mind went blank, and he muttered in a daze, "Yaoyue Palace...Miaomiao..."
"Miaomiao..." His pupils dilated in panic and he ran desperately towards the direction where the flames were rising into the sky.
Concubine Zhao stood there in a daze, the shock on her face no less than Xiao Heng's.
Her body went limp and she slumped down on the bed. "How could...how could it suddenly catch fire?"
"Baizhi, Baizhi..." She stretched out her hand towards Baizhi.
Bai Zhi hurriedly held Zhaopin's hand, only to find that her entire hand was extremely cold.
"Why did the Yaoyue Palace catch fire? Could it be related to Concubine Rou?" Zhaopin's lips trembled in fear.
Bai Zhi quickly comforted her, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Don't worry, I'll send someone to find out what's going on."
Zhaopin nodded blankly, and in just a moment, some cold sweat appeared on her temples.
When Xiao Heng arrived at Yaoyue Palace, the entire main hall had been engulfed in flames. The raging fire was like a ferocious beast, clutching at Xiao Heng's heart.
"Where is Concubine Xi! Where is Concubine Xi!" He roared in a trembling voice, looking around but couldn't find Liu Yuetang.
Liu Zheng cried, "Your Majesty...Your Majesty is still in the inner hall. Xiao Zhongzi and Xiao Kangzi have already gone in and haven't come out yet."
Just as he finished speaking, the palace people's surprised voices came: "It's out, it's out..."
"The Queen has come out..."
A hint of joy flashed across Xiao Heng's face, and he turned to look at the door shrouded in thick smoke.
Xiao Kangzi and Xiao Zhongzi were seen carrying someone out.
He walked forward out of control and took the woman from them.
But the moment he saw the woman's face clearly, his breath suddenly stopped in his chest and his heart rose to his throat again.
"Why is it Rou Jieyu!"
He pushed Su Nanqing into the arms of the palace maid, grabbed Xiao Kangzi by the collar, and his red eyes were filled with ferocious bloodshot:
"Where is Concubine Xi? Why didn't you rescue her?"
Xiao Kangzi's entire arm had been burned. He endured the severe pain and choked out a sob, saying, "There's no sign of the Empress in the palace. The fire is too big... Your servants have searched everywhere they could..."
"Waste..." Xiao Heng raised his hand and pushed him to the ground.
At this time, the guard knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty... the fire inside is too big, no one can get in."
"Trash! They're all a bunch of trash!"
Xiao Heng kicked the guard away fiercely and rushed into the sea of fire like a madman.
The guards quickly hugged Xiao Heng's legs and said, "Your Majesty... The fire inside is too intense. If we go in, not only will we fail to rescue the Imperial Concubine, but we'll also end up dying in the flames! Your Majesty!"
"Let me go!" Xiao Heng's eyes were bloodshot, and his pupils were red due to the fire.
Even so, the guards did not dare to let go of Xiao Heng's legs.
Zhou Defu fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly, "Your Majesty, I beg you, I can't go in, I can't go in!"
"The Imperial Concubine can no longer be saved."
"Shut up!" Xiao Heng gritted his teeth and shouted angrily.
He stared at the blazing flames and said, "Even if I can't save her, I'm going in!"
At this moment, he had lost all his sanity.
No one can stop him.
He must go in, even if he is burned to ashes, he must go in!
He can't live without her!
Can't live without Liu Yuetang.
At this moment, she must be alone and desperate, waiting for someone to rescue her.
She had been abandoned since she was a child. He said that he would be her support and accompany her for the rest of her life. How could he abandon her at this moment?
Xiao Heng was like a wounded beast. He broke free from everyone and rushed madly into the sea of fire.
The raging flames surged like a raging dragon, and the scorching air waves rushed towards him, almost knocking him over.
This was the scene he feared most.
But now, he didn't show any fear or hesitation at all, and he just walked up the stairs.
At this moment, the charred wood on the beam under the corridor, which had been gnawed by the flames and was on the verge of collapse, suddenly fell down, and the sparks flew up and hit Xiao Heng's shoulder directly.
"Your Majesty..." The palace maids looked pale.
Xiao Heng seemed unaware and ran resolutely towards the deepest part of the flames.
At the critical moment, He Yunzheng raised his hand and hit Xiao Heng hard on the back of the neck.
Xiao Heng's body went limp, his vision went dark, and he fell on He Yunzheng.
Zhou Defu breathed a sigh of relief with tears in his eyes and quickly ordered the guards: "Quick! Bring the emperor out!"
The guards did not dare to delay and quickly carried Xiao Heng away from the sea of fire.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, and with the help of the wind, it tore the entire Yaoyue Palace apart. All the people who were poured with water were engulfed in the sea of fire in the blink of an eye.
After a while, the entire main hall collapsed completely and turned into a sea of fire and ruins.
Liu Zheng Wanqiu and others completely collapsed.
Liu Zheng stumbled towards the ruins, her nails scratching bloody grooves in the scorched earth. She searched for Liu Yuetang's figure while crying out in pain, "My Queen!"
"Empress!"
Xiao Kangzi and Xiao Zhongzi felt the most guilty and searched among the ruins without caring about their burned skin.
Finally, a guard found it: "Sir, there seems to be..."
Hearing this, everyone stumbled and ran over.
I saw a charred corpse curled up in the deep ashes, and the jade bracelet covered with ashes on its wrist was glowing dark green. It was the jade bracelet that Liu Yuetang was wearing today!
"Empress——" Liu Zheng called out miserably, and then her vision went dark and she passed out.
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