"Your Majesty! It's dangerous there, you can't go there!"
Eunuch Yang flicked his whisk, followed forward with gritted teeth, and tried his best to dissuade him.
The imperial guards also stood in front of Xie Yanci, preventing him from approaching the still burning palace.
"I have been practicing martial arts since I was young, this..."
"Your Majesty, absolutely not!" the leading guard urged hastily. "You are different from your subordinates. If you are injured, you are injured. You are the Son of Heaven. If even a single hair on your body is singed, it is my fault! Please reconsider!"
However, she has not been rescued yet.
Jing'an went to the side room first, and Jingning followed closely behind.
The palace servants from the Fire Department were still struggling to put out the fire. The crackling sparks and the crumbling roof beams were disturbing his mind.
"Commander! We rescued another one!"
The confrontation was finally eased.
Xie Yanci approached the dying woman and said, "Send the imperial physician!"
Her face was blurred by the thick smoke, and her clothes were tattered. He hoped that she was the survivor, but he was also afraid that she had been tortured into her current state.
After a simple cleaning and pulse diagnosis, the woman's original face was revealed and her breathing was not as rapid as before.
He recognized her: Wen Yu, the maid from Prince Lian's palace.
"Ahem... Your servant, your servant pays homage to the Emperor."
Xie Yanci looked into the hall again, his tone tinged with unconscious anxiety: "Is Yu Gengyi still in there?"
"Your Majesty, please help Yu Gengyi!" Wen Yu endured the pain of the burns and crawled to his feet on his knees. "This fire was a last resort!"
"What do you mean?"
"Someone deliberately released poisonous scorpions from the Western Regions! To save me and my two sisters, Yu Gengyi risked her life by rushing ahead to divert the poison... She told us to run and seek help from the guards outside the palace. However, when I ran to the courtyard and looked back, it was already on fire! Yu Gengyi's life or death is still unknown, trapped with a group of deadly scorpions, I'm afraid..."
The remaining words were drowned out by Wen Yu's sobs.
Xie Yanci's chest heaved, and he clenched his fists. "This is indeed what this woman did! With poisonous scorpions in front and raging fire behind, does she really not take her life seriously?"
She had clearly been sent to Yongxiang, the palace's most prestigious place after the Ye Ting, and had also been demoted. Why did some people still pursue her relentlessly and were determined to kill her!
Wen Yu stole a glance at the emperor's face and added, "Your Majesty! I'm also going to report the guards outside the courtyard! They clearly knew the situation inside and heard our cries for help, but they did nothing! They didn't even bother notifying the Fire Department until the fire grew bigger and spread to the next door! If it weren't for these people's dereliction of duty, Yu Gengyi wouldn't have..."
With a loud bang!
The palace, which had been in disrepair for a long time, collapsed completely!
The woman looked at that spot in astonishment and fell to the ground crying!
Xie Yanci understood: She probably couldn't be saved.
The commander, who was good at observing people's expressions, had already brought those guards here to plead guilty.
"Your Majesty, please spare me! I really didn't hear you clearly!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! Those palace maids always make noises in the courtyard for no reason. I thought they were up to their old tricks, so I didn't open the door!"
The commander shouted angrily, "You only realized the fire was happening when flames shot up into the sky! Didn't you smell anything unusual before?!"
"this……"
Xie Yanci didn't bother to listen to their arguments and directly ordered: "Drag them away, sentence them to the nose, and send them to the Heavenly Prison to await trial."
Just as they were being dragged away, holding their noses, someone else brought news: "Your Majesty! A woman has been found outside the palace and has been sent for treatment!"
"Where is she?!" Wen Yu stopped crying, "Is she, is she still alive?"
In the small shed temporarily built by the Fire Administration, the imperial doctors were busy saving people.
The woman in her palace attire had her right hand curled and clenched, unable to fully unfold despite the efforts of others. Furthermore, a few pieces of burnt black shell remained on her palm, which fell to the ground as soon as she opened it.
This was the first scene Xie Yanci saw.
Wen Yu cried and explained, "Your Majesty, Yu Gengyi used to hold the water scoop like this to lure away the poisonous scorpions for us servants... Those broken shells are the best proof!"
"She." His throat was unusually dry the moment he opened his mouth. "She's still alive?"
"Your Majesty, Yu Gengyi was found outside the palace's back wall. He did not inhale a large amount of smoke and dust, and he did not suffer any serious injuries. I am doing my best to treat him!"
That's good.
Xie Yanci discarded other thoughts, such as how she got outside the wall and what she experienced inside.
Instead, he chose to thoroughly investigate the scorpion and arson incident: "Yang Mingrui, send someone from the Dali Temple. Leaving these snakes and scorpions in the palace will ultimately be a disaster!"
"yes."
He turned back to look at the familiar face and whispered, "Send the person to Liufang Garden later. Don't stay in a place like this."
The fire in Yongxiang burned all night long.
It didn't stop until the dawn.
A row of palaces were affected. Not only were the areas near the eaves blackened, but the internal walls also fell off due to the scorching heat.
At the same time, the Dali Temple Minister personally led people to inspect Yongxiang. He was ordered by the emperor to investigate the case, which also caused panic among the people and everyone felt insecure.
When Wei Shuyi woke up, he felt as if he was back in Prince Lian's Mansion.
After escaping from the mass grave, the first thing she saw was the lotus pink tent roof.
"Miss, you're awake!" Wen Yu, who was sleeping lightly on the edge of the bed, felt the movement and immediately shouted excitedly, "You scared me to death! Fortunately, you are okay!"
"I, am not dead?"
"Pah! The girl is blessed with great fortune, so she won't die so easily!"
Wei Shuyi rubbed his aching head and thought of the sea of fire——
Several scorpions crawled up her ankles, trying to escape the spreading flames. She threw the bucket down with all her might, but one of them "stole" her and slithered right up to the back of her hand!
Just as the tail needle was hooked up and about to pierce the flesh, a short dart flew over, penetrated its body, and nailed it directly to the wall!
"..." The man in black clothes tied up his long hair, grabbed her wrist and jumped onto the smoke-filled roof. After climbing over it several times, he held her and landed steadily.
She didn't even have time to thank him before she fainted from a knife attack. When she opened her eyes again, she was already at Liufang Garden.
"Girl, what's wrong with you? Do you want some water? Were you scared before? Don't think about those things. With the emperor here, there's no fear of not finding the truth!"
Wei Shuyi turned his head to look at Wen Yu's busy figure: "Has the emperor been here?"
"Yes, he came the night of the fire. He severely punished the guards at the gate and asked the people from the Dali Temple to assist in the investigation. Now, those who want to harm us will not be able to escape!"
No, the one who can't escape should be the scapegoat.
She set the fire herself, not only to burn the poisonous scorpion to death, but also to find a way to survive.
Such petty quarrels will definitely not reach the ears of the king.
Only by setting fire to the palace, visible to everyone, can we bypass those who deceive their superiors and subordinates and force him to come forward in person.
Outside Liufang Garden, someone is approaching.
Wen Yu just took a glance and quickly put down the cup in his hand and went over to greet him.
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