Xianzong felt that since he could not beat the boy from the Gu family, he had to scold him until he vented his anger. So Xianzong began to curse his son-in-law. His words were so fierce and his expression was so stern that the eunuchs and palace servants who were listening were frightened, fearing that the emperor would suddenly give an order to drag the son-in-law out and chop him into pieces.
Gu Xinglang listened to the lecture with a good attitude, as he was worried about his wife. Young Master Gu didn't hear much of his father-in-law's scolding, as his father-in-law didn't dare to hit him anyway.
Xianzong said: "Tell me, where did you go wrong?!"
Gu Xinglang said: "Your Majesty, I am guilty."
Xianzong asked, "How can you take care of my little seventh son like this?"
Gu Xinglang said, "Your Majesty, I am guilty."
Xianzong asked, "What crime do you think you should be charged with?"
Gu Xinglang said, "Your Majesty, I am guilty of death."
Xiao Wei curled his lips in boredom. What was the point of this conversation?
The imperial doctors were applying ointment on Yu Ziyi's little butt. Gu Xinglang smelled a cool mint scent and knew that mint was added to the ointment, which could soothe Yu Ziyi's red little butt.
Xianzong was tired of scolding people, so he sat on the couch again and said to Gu Xinglang: "The Seventh Prince will stay here first, you can come to pick him up in a few days. If you come, Linglong won't have to come."
When Gu Xinglang heard what Emperor Xianzong said, he quickly concentrated and said, "Your Majesty, if the princess can't see the Seventh Prince, I'm afraid she will miss him."
Xianzong snorted and said, "Her brother has become like this, and you still have the nerve to say how good Linglong is to the Seventh Prince?"
"Your Majesty..." Gu Xinglang was about to say something for Yu Xiaolang, but suddenly his head felt like being pricked by a needle. The pain came so suddenly and so fast that Gu Xinglang almost cried out in pain.
Gu Xinglang was sitting in the backlight, and Xianzong did not notice that his son-in-law was not right. He sneered and said, "What's wrong with your Majesty? Do you have nothing to say?"
Gu Xinglang pressed his aching forehead. There was a faint sound of bells in his ears, like the sound of wind chimes hanging on the eaves, swaying in the wind. This sound not only gave Gu Xinglang a headache, but also made him inexplicably anxious.
At this time, Xiao Wei realized that something was wrong with his son-in-law, so he asked hurriedly, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Gu Xinglang reluctantly said, "Did you hear the sound of wind chimes?"
Everyone in the hall looked at each other in bewilderment. Now the only voice in the hall was Xianzong's voice. Where was the sound of the wind chimes?
Xianzong also pricked up his ears and listened carefully, then angrily said to Gu Xinglang: "If you don't want to listen to my teachings, you don't have to play tricks here!"
Xiao Wei hurriedly pleaded for Gu Xinglang, "Your Majesty, the Prince Consort has not been in good health. He may be a little, a little tired now."
Xianzong stared at Xiaowei. After this little secret guard went to serve his daughter, did he dare to treat him, the emperor, as a fool? Tired of talking nonsense and hearing the sound of wind chimes, what is the relationship between the two?
"ah--"
"fire!"
"There's a fire!"
"The fire is coming——"
…
Just as Xianzong was thinking about what to say and preparing to scold his son-in-law again, he heard screams from outside the study. Xianzong listened to the screams and exclamations outside and thought to himself, am I dreaming? The study was on fire?
Xiao Wei had been waiting impatiently for this fire and shouted to Emperor Xianzong, "Your Majesty, there's a fire!" Then Xiao Wei carried Gu Xinglang on his back and ran away. Emperor Xianzong had secret guards around him, so Xiao Wei was not worried at all that Emperor Xianzong would be burned to death.
Gu Xinglang had a splitting headache at the moment, but he still remembered Yu Ziyi and said to Xiao Wei, "Seventh Prince."
Xiao Wei looked back and saw that Yu Ziyi was held in the arms of Emperor Xianzong. He whispered to Gu Xinglang, "Don't worry, Prince Consort. The Seventh Prince is with the Emperor."
Xiao Wei ran away with Gu Xinglang on his back.
Xianzong, escorted by his two secret guards, also walked out of the hall. He took a look and saw that the second floor of the library was filled with black smoke. "My collection of books!" Xianzong said in pain.
"Take Sheng downstairs quickly!" Jingzhong loudly ordered the two secret guards.
Two secret guards supported Xianzong, one on each side.
Xianzong then shouted again: "Ah, I don't want to jump off the building!"
Two secret guards carried Xianzong and jumped downstairs. The second floor was on fire. What else could they do if they didn't jump?
"Rescue everyone downstairs!" Jingzhong had become the commander-in-chief at the fire scene at this time, and he shouted loudly to the guards present.
Xiao Wei put Gu Xinglang on the flower bed in the courtyard and asked with concern: "Prince Consort, where do you feel uncomfortable?"
The sound of the wind blowing the bells was still ringing in his ears. Gu Xinglang pressed his forehead and whispered to Xiao Wei: "Go up and save them. The princess doesn't want to hurt anyone."
Xiao Wei said, “What about you?”
"I'm fine," Gu Xinglang shook his head at Xiao Wei.
Xiao Wei looked up at the library where the fire had spread, and then jumped up to the third floor.
"How could there be a fire?!" Xianzong, who had jumped off the building again, stood in the courtyard and loudly scolded Jingzhong.
Jingzhong said to Xianzong anxiously: "Your Majesty, this is a dangerous place, please leave quickly!"
"I'm going to chop you off!" Xianzong poked Jingzhong's nose with his finger.
"Your Majesty!" Before Jingzhong could kneel down and beg for mercy, a guard in the courtyard shouted again: "There is a fire in the west!"
Xianzong looked to the west. The thick smoke from the west corner of the imperial palace had already risen to the sky. Xianzong's eyes went dark. Which country's soldiers had captured the capital and now came to burn his Yu family's imperial palace?
"Protect the emperor!" Guard Jingzhong shouted in front of Emperor Xianzong.
Xianzong was escorted by secret guards and a group of imperial guards as they retreated out of the library courtyard.
In the imperial palace, urgent bells rang to warn the imperial guards and assemble the imperial guards.
Everyone held Li Wan and mixed with Xiaozhuang in the crowd fleeing from the Buddhist temple, choosing a deserted spot and running towards the palace gate.
Jingzhong guarded Xianzong and stood in an open space. Seeing that Gu Xinglang and Xiaowei did not follow him, he winked at the two maids who were about to pick up Yu Ziyi.
The two maids understood what she meant and turned around and went back to the library.
"Fire!" Xianzong shouted to Jingzhong, "Find out what happened!"
"Your Majesty," a palace guard ran up to Emperor Xianzong and knelt down to report, "The temple is flooded."
Xianzong walked back and forth with his hands behind his back and asked, "Did anyone get hurt?"
The imperial guard shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I only saw many people from the temple running out."
Xianzong held his son and looked up at the sky. He felt that he couldn't live like this!
On the highest watchtower in the imperial palace, a man in a black robe stood quietly on the glazed tiles on the top of the watchtower. On the little finger of his left hand, a small copper bell was hooked. The copper bell, which seemed to be broken by a pinch, swayed left and right in the cold autumn wind, making a slight tinkling sound. Looking at the Book Pavilion shrouded in fire and smoke, the man in the black robe chuckled and said, "Yu Linglong."
The two palace maids came in front of Gu Xinglang at this time.
Gu Xinglang slowly raised his head, and in his blood-red eyes, there was only killing intent left.
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