Chapter 2194: Asking for Guilt
Late at night, it rained heavily.
The autumn and winter seasons in Beijing are often so dry that it makes people feel stuffy, and there are rarely such heavy rains. However, when such heavy rains fall, it actually makes the faint flames in people's hearts burn even brighter.
Especially when Zhu Feng returned to the palace and saw the mess.
His brows were furrowed.
When I returned to the palace, it was already past the hour of Yin. This should have been the quietest time in the entire imperial city, but at this time, the palace was filled with noisy voices.
Countless concubines screamed and ran to him, crying loudly.
"Your Majesty, those people are so abominable."
"I have never suffered such a humiliation. I beg Your Majesty to punish them severely!"
"It was Concubine Hui who committed the evil. Your Majesty must not forgive her so easily."
Among the crowd, only one person remained relatively calm. She was a new face who had just been canonized a few days ago. Her name seemed to be Chen Lianxiang. She knelt on the ground and said to Zhu Feng, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui has caused chaos in the palace, which is against the way of a concubine. I hope Your Majesty will investigate and punish her severely and give me justice."
Zhu Feng glanced at her.
He just waved his sleeve lightly and said, "Go back to your own places."
Chen Lianxiang didn't say much, kowtowed, and stood up to leave. However, the other concubines wanted to cry or complain, but Zhu Feng glanced at them coldly and they froze there.
Chen Lianxiang said softly: "Sisters, let's go back early."
“…”
"Your Majesty has been busy all night, so he naturally needs to rest."
Seeing Zhu Feng's pale face and red eyes, everyone said aggrievedly, "Your Majesty, please rest. I will take my leave."
After saying this, he bowed and turned to leave.
Zhu Feng raised his head.
The pitch-black rain curtain enveloped the entire sky and earth. The lanterns held by the people around him could only illuminate the small area in front of them, but his eyes had already seen into the distance.
Immediately walked forward impatiently.
After he left, the concubines who had been leaving one after another finally stopped and complained delicately, "Really? After such a big incident, the Emperor just lets us leave."
"That's right, not even a word."
"Jieyu Shen, what good will it do you to urge us to leave?"
Seeing that everyone was taking out their anger about not being able to get along with the emperor on her, Chen Lianxiang said calmly: "Sisters, please don't blame me. I am doing this for your own good."
"What do you mean?"
"Although our palace was damaged tonight, there wasn't any major chaos. The only place that was besieged and burned was the Imperial Concubine's Yikun Palace."
“…”
"The Emperor must be eager to see the Imperial Concubine right now. If we stop him like this, even if he doesn't say it outwardly, how can he not be annoyed in his heart?"
After hearing this, everyone immediately turned their heads away.
Sure enough, the emperor was walking quickly, but he was not going to his bedroom or the imperial study.
Instead, he headed towards the Yiku Palace.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Some people were not convinced, especially the young and energetic Ruan Mei, who had just been frightened and pale in the chaos. At this time, she said bitterly: "Only the imperial concubine is a concubine, so we are not concubines? Why did she take away all the emperor's favor?"
Everyone looked at her and said nothing.
Everyone knows this in their hearts, but no one dares to say it.
Now that she said this, not only did it make everyone feel relieved, but it also provided a unified outlet for the resentment that everyone usually did not dare to vent.
In the palace, people are not afraid of losing favor, but hate being favored exclusively.
Chen Lianxiang said softly: "It's already this time, can the sisters still sleep?"
Everyone lazily said, "Who can still sleep?"
"My bed is about to collapse."
"Me too, how can I sleep?"
Chen Lianxiang smiled and said, "Before I came here, I had someone prepare tea and snacks in the Yanxi Palace. If you sisters don't mind, why not come and have some together? It's almost dawn anyway."
Everyone looked at each other.
They all nodded and went to the Yanxi Palace with her.
On the other side, Zhu Feng strode forward, and even Eunuch Yu, who was following closely behind him with an umbrella, was almost unable to catch up with him. The heavy rain poured down, once again soaking his clothes that were already half dry.
Just then, Xiao Shunzi ran over from the front.
"emperor……"
He knelt down and saluted, and was about to elaborate on what happened in the palace, but Zhu Feng had already walked past him and said, "We'll talk as we go."
"yes!"
Xiao Shunzi scrambled to his feet again and followed him, saying, "It was Concubine Hui—it was her who brought people to cause chaos in the palace."
"She? Who did she bring?"
"They are from the Duke's Mansion's Guard Division."
"If they are the Guards of the Duke's Mansion, why did they enter the palace?"
"Duke Chengguo bribed the palace guards and infiltrated his men."
"Then where did these people enter the harem from?"
"I heard it's Longfu Gate."
"Longfu Gate?"
Upon hearing these three words, Zhu Feng's steps paused slightly.
Although Longfu Gate is still some distance away from Yuehua Gate, it is very close to Yiku Palace. Even if Wu Wan really wants to go to Longfu Gate to mobilize troops, he will definitely pass through Yiku Palace.
But——
Thinking of this, his breath became heavier and he asked, "What's the situation in the palace?"
Xiao Shunzi said, "The Duke's men broke into the harem, but they didn't harm the ladies. They just took them under control. The only place they took action was—"
A cold light flashed in Zhu Feng's eyes.
Xiao Shunzi seemed to sense the chill emanating from him, shivering before saying, "Yikun Palace."
“…”
Zhu Feng's breath sank for a moment.
Then he said, "How's the situation?"
Xiao Shunzi said, "Concubine Hui led the majority of the troops to attack the Yikun Palace. This is why other parts of the palace were not damaged. However, the Imperial Concubine closed the palace gates before they arrived, and she defended them well, so these people were unable to break in. But—"
"Just what?"
"It's just that there was a fire in the Yikun Palace, and most of the palace was——"
Having said this, he himself stopped.
Because Zhu Feng had already reached the gate of Yikun Palace.
Along the way, although the battlefield had been cleaned and there were no corpses on the ground, the blood that had not been cleaned yet and the scratches on the walls by swords and knives could not wash away the strong smell of blood and the heavy murderous aura even in the heavy rain.
Zhu Feng took a big step and walked to the front of Yikun Palace.
All I saw was a charred black.
Jinyiwei commander Li Bushang and his men knelt in front of the collapsed palace gate.
"Your humble servants, we apologize to the Emperor!"
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