Long Mujiang was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that at this moment, Xu Tianze's focus was on this, not the life or death of Concubine Lan.
But he was only stunned for a moment, then he reacted: "Even if I did it on purpose, so what? Ah Ze, he's just a male concubine. Do you really want to turn against me because of this?"
Long Mujiang felt that although he was a little unhappy about Xu Tianze having a male lover, he was just a plaything after all, so he just turned a blind eye and endured it.
Now that this toy is dead, it's no big deal, but Xu Tianze and Xi'an actually came to argue with him just for a mere male favorite.
As long as she thinks about it, countless male favorites will pounce on her. What's there to be angry about such a lowly thing?
"Xichen, throw everyone out of this palace." Seeing Long Mujiang's as if it was a matter of course, Xu Tianze was too lazy to explain to him.
"Long Mujiang, she will die, and your mother will also die. This is what you owe me." After Xu Tianze finished speaking, he turned around and walked back into the room.
"Xu Tianze, I have given you enough face, don't push your luck." At this moment, Long Mujiang looked exactly like his father.
The emperor's majesty reached its peak in an instant. The eunuchs and palace maids around him had all knelt on the ground, and even Quan De knelt down without hesitation at this moment.
However, Xu Tianze, who was the first to be hit, did not react at all. He closed the door without hesitation and did not even give Long Mujiang a spare glance.
When Xichen threw everyone out of the Palace of Heavenly Purity and entered the house again, he saw Xu Tianze wiping the face of Jiang Ti, who had changed his clothes.
He originally wanted to make a few jokes, but before he could say anything, he froze there, his mind blank again.
"Master, he...he..." Xichen moved his dry throat, but could not make a sound.
When he was outside, he thought that his master said that just to poison Concubine Lan and deliberately found such an excuse.
After all, Concubine Lan comes every few days, and even if the master doesn't care much, he will still be annoyed. Since there is a legitimate reason, he will naturally eliminate the trouble forever.
But he could tell him why he didn't sense Jiang Ti's breathing after he came in. For a moment, he even didn't dare to move forward.
"He's gone." There was no trace of sadness in Xu Tianze's calm tone.
But Xichen knew that the calmer Xu Tianze was, the more turbulent his heart was.
"Xichen, Jiang Ti could have lived, but you and I killed him." After wiping Jiang Ti's face, Xu Tianze looked at Xichen.
When Xichen heard what Xu Tianze said, he knelt down immediately, lowered his eyebrows and said nothing.
Just as his master said, Jiang Ti could have survived. When his master entered the capital that year, he arranged for Jiang Ti to leave.
Xichen knew that his master had always had feelings for Jiang Ti, but his master's identity and experience meant that he would never express his feelings completely.
But it was his own decision that ultimately killed Jiang Ti. There was never a master and him, but only him. If he had not informed his master in advance and brought people into the palace, perhaps Jiang Ti would still be alive and well.
Instead of lying quietly in bed like this, without any sound.
"Are you kneeling to me or to Jiang Ti?" Xu Tianze sat calmly beside Jiang Ti, just looking at Xichen.
He never blamed Xichen, because he knew that Xichen must have had his own considerations when he informed on him. He only cared about Xichen's failure to protect himself.
His guess had just been confirmed, so he had a little trust in Xichen from beginning to end, but he also understood that it was because of his overly casual attitude that Xichen became so unruly.
Thinking that Xichen would be needed for the next action, Xu Tianze had no way of blaming Xichen. He believed that based on the relationship between Xichen and Jiang Ti, this incident was enough to make Jiang Ti feel guilty for the rest of his life.
When the matter is over, he will let Xichen go with him to apologize to Jiang Ti. At that time, whether Jiang Ti forgives Xichen or not will no longer be his business.
"Go find some tung oil, we will leave the palace tonight." Xu Tianze instructed Xichen.
Seeing Xichen still kneeling on the ground and not coming to his senses, he frowned and scolded him, "Stop pretending here. You have to learn to be responsible for what you do. You can't just ignore it."
"After this is over, if you want to go down and accompany Jiang Ti and apologize to him, I will personally take you down. Now, do it immediately."
"Yes." Xichen took a deep breath, turned around and walked out.
He has never been a coward. Since he has done something, he will bear the consequences. No matter what, Jiang Ti died because he was brought into the palace. After completing his master's task, he will definitely go down and apologize to Jiang Ti.
After Xu Tianze sent Xichen out, he collapsed completely and slid off the bed. He sat on the ground in a daze, not coming to his senses for a long time.
It was unknown how long he sat paralyzed on the ground before Xu Tianze suppressed the sadness in his heart, forced himself to stand up, and took out the silver bills he had prepared long ago.
After Xichen came back, he and Xichen sprinkled tung oil all over the Qianqing Palace, and then set fire to it when the lights came on.
"Master, Jiang Ti." Xichen handed the torch to Xu Tianze, looked at Jiang Ti lying on the bed, and spoke after hesitating for a while.
"I can't take him away, just like Long Mujiang can't keep me. Instead of letting him stay in the dark in the secret passage, it's better for him to turn into the wind in this world and stay by my side forever." Xu Tianze threw the torch on the bed soaked with tung oil.
The raging flames gradually engulfed people. Under the firelight, there was sadness and ferocity in Xu Tianze's eyes. Then he was the first to go down into the secret passage and walked inside without looking back.
Xichen looked at Xu Tianze's back, then looked at Jiang Ti in the flames. He could only say goodbye silently in his heart, and then followed him into the secret passage.
Xu Tianze and Xichen followed the winding secret passage forward. The fire in the Qianqing Palace spread and gradually ignited several nearby palaces.
After hearing the news, Long Mujiang ran to the front of the Qianqing Palace with disheveled hair. He looked at the raging fire that connected the Qianqing Palace and several surrounding palaces. His eyes were filled with nothing but the flames.
The eunuchs and palace maids who were constantly running around to put out the fire seemed out of place with the emperor who was standing there stupidly.
By the time the fire was out, the sun was already rising. He walked silently towards the Qianqing Palace, which was already in ruins.
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