Chapter 279: Buried in Fire
In Yaohua Palace, Concubine Zhao had been standing in the corridor, looking anxiously towards the palace gate.
I don't know how long it took before the eunuch hurried in.
Before he could speak, Concubine Zhao couldn't help but walk into the courtyard and asked anxiously, "What happened? Has Concubine Xi been rescued?"
The eunuch bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Imperial Concubine Xi was burned to death. The palace maids only rescued Concubine Rou, and Imperial Concubine Xi was burned in the end..."
"Your Majesty..." The eunuch was interrupted by Bai Zhi before he could finish his words.
Zhaopin's face was pale and she collapsed on Baizhi's body.
"Why is this happening..."
"Why is this happening..."
Zhaopin's red lips trembled slightly, and she could only murmur.
She is dead, Liu Yuetang is dead!
How could she argue with a dead man?
She could never win against a dead man!
She lost completely!
Lost...
Concubine Zhao clutched her clothes at her chest and stood there in shock for a long time. She raised her scarlet eyes and looked at the eunuch: "Where is the emperor?"
The eunuch replied, "The Emperor wanted to rush into the fire to save Concubine Xi. Fortunately, Commander He knocked him unconscious, saving him from the danger. He is currently in the Liuli Pavilion next to the Yueyue Palace. The ladies from all the other palaces have gone there. Do you wish to go?"
Zhaopin took a deep breath, took Baizhi's hand and walked out hurriedly.
In Liuli Pavilion, Xiao Heng woke up and asked Liu Yuetang like crazy.
"Where is Concubine Xi? Where is Concubine Xi?"
Zhou Defu fell to his knees and said tearfully, "Your Majesty, Concubine Xi is gone!"
"What do you mean it's gone?!" Xiao Heng's blood-red eyes shrank sharply, and he stared at Zhou Defu in disbelief.
The Queen knelt down with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xi is already beyond saving. When the palace servants found her body..."
She trembled her lips and choked with sobs, "My whole body is burnt."
Xiao Heng froze in place, "Impossible..."
"No..." he muttered repeatedly, and a sharp pain suddenly exploded from his heart, followed by a mouthful of blood spurting out.
"Your Majesty..." The concubines' faces changed drastically and they hurried forward.
"Liu Yuetang...she won't! She won't!" Xiao Heng's tearing voice slowly flowed out as blood slowly flowed from the corner of his mouth.
How could she die?
She said she would stay with me forever, she can't die!
Yes, she must not be dead!
Xiao Heng staggered and pushed aside the concubines in the other palaces, running all the way to Yaoyue Palace.
The palace that was once decorated with carved beams and painted rafters was now reduced to charred ruins, with smoke rising slowly from the beams and pillars.
"Liu Yuetang!" Xiao Heng stumbled with a pale face as he walked through the vermilion gate. In the middle of the courtyard lay a body covered with white cloth.
His steps faltered, and the blood in his body seemed to stop flowing, and his whole body became numb.
He couldn't believe it and didn't dare to move forward.
He was afraid that person was her.
The palace servants were so terrified that they dared not even breathe. They just knelt on the ground and watched the emperor move his heavy steps.
The blue bricks under my feet were still scorching hot, and every step felt like stepping on hot charcoal.
Xiao Heng slowly squatted down and reached out to the white cloth with trembling hands.
There was a cold silence all around, as quiet as death.
The moment the white cloth was lifted, Xiao Heng's heart died and stopped beating.
It was a charred female corpse, the original facial features had been burned and distorted, and the eyebrows and eyes could not be distinguished.
The hair was also completely burned away, revealing the charred scalp, and in some places even the white skull could be seen.
The only thing was that the jade bracelet on her wrist was still intact and glowed with a faint green color.
That was the bracelet he gave her!
Xiao Heng recognized it at a glance.
He opened his lips, but no sound came out, only a broken sob.
Xiao Heng gently stroked Liu Yuetang's charred and stiff face with trembling hands, that place seemed to be her eyebrows.
Recalling her every smile and frown in the past, Xiao Heng sobbed uncontrollably, and a hot tear rolled down from the corner of his scarlet eye and hit the woman's face.
It was not until a long time later that he choked out a sentence: "Liu Yuetang, you are lying to me, aren't you?"
"Tell me, it wasn't you who died, was it?"
He wanted to rub her cheek, but the once fair and tender skin had now turned into a hard lump like charcoal.
He wanted to hold her hand, but the warmth in his palm was no longer there. Even if he waited another lifetime, she would never hold his hand back.
Xiao Heng leaned over, hugged the charred corpse, and pressed his face against Liu Yuetang's, feeling her last bit of warmth.
He said in a low voice: "Miaomiao, you said that I am the most important person you care about in this world and that I will never leave me. Have you forgotten?"
"How could you bear to..." He choked.
"You're willing to leave me alone."
"How could you bear to abandon our daughter..."
"She's only three months old, she can't even call me mother..."
Xiao Heng took a deep breath, raised his head and stared at the darkened face of the woman beneath him, and smiled sadly: "Aren't you the best at coaxing and deceiving me?"
"Then will you please get up? Get up and lie to me forever."
At this moment, he didn't want anything. Even if the woman in front of him never loved him in her life, as long as she was by his side, it was enough.
No! As long as she survives, that's enough.
Even if he is not by my side, even if they are just strangers to each other.
As long as she survives, that's enough.
When the concubines arrived at Yaoyue Palace, they were frightened by the scene before them.
In the courtyard, the emperor in black clothes was crying bitterly while holding a female corpse that was burned to a terrible state.
The female corpse was extremely ugly and horrifying, and the pungent smell of burnt flesh made people feel nauseous.
But the emperor caressed her gently, his eyes gentle and sad.
No one dared to speak. The Queen lowered her eyes and wept, and Rong Yue was in tears.
It was so sudden, everything happened so suddenly...
Xiao Heng came back to his senses from his sadness and looked at the beautiful faces in front of him. He suddenly felt disgusted.
He put Liu Yuetang down very carefully, fearing that he might hurt her.
When Zhaopin saw this, her heart felt as if it had been pierced with several holes, and she felt both pain and sorrow.
She slowly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine has passed away. Please accept my condolences."
Before Zhaopin could finish her words, she heard a "swish" sound. Xiao Heng suddenly picked up the sword on the ground and raised the sharp tip towards the crowd.
Everyone was shocked and almost screamed.
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