Chapter 777: Fire in the Palace

Inside the palace, the atmosphere was more solemn than ever before.

It was only a few days before July 15th, but the situation had become extremely serious.

For several days in a row, Helian Yue was so busy that he could not set foot in the harem.

Si Linglong wanted to persuade him not to think about Kunlun for the time being, as the more important thing right now was to stabilize Dayuan.

But she also knew that no matter how bad the situation was, A Yue would not really ignore her.

Accidents often happen unexpectedly.

At nightfall that day, Si Linglong had just taken Xiaoxiao to bed, and the entire Yuxiu Palace fell into silence. However, the next moment, Xiaoxiao, who had been sleeping peacefully on the bed, suddenly opened her eyes, and her vertical pupils appeared unusually alert in the dark.

At the same time, Xue Sha and Hua Yan on the other side also opened their eyes at the same time.

Several little demons simultaneously showed vigilant expressions towards a certain direction of the imperial palace.

Si Linglong was woken up by 朏朏 directly. She was a little confused when she saw its appearance, "What's wrong?"

朏朏 said in a solemn voice, "An alien beast has entered the palace."

And, there is more than one.

Si Linglong's heart tightened. There were still a few days before the Emperor's Lava would descend. Those strange beasts would not come into the palace so blatantly.

Especially, even the usually leisurely 朏朏 looked as if facing a powerful enemy. One can only say that the newcomer has ill intentions.

Si Linglong thought of A Yue, and quickly got up, got dressed, and did it all in one go. She then woke up Shu Hong, and was about to walk out the door when Xue Sha and Hua Yan came running towards her from the other end of the corridor.

"Linglong, there is..." Xue Sha was about to speak, but the next second, he saw a cloud of black smoke rising from the east of Yuxiu Palace, accompanied by flames, which was particularly obvious in the quiet night.

Before Si Linglong could react, a few more explosions were heard and thick smoke rose from several other places in the palace.

"The fire broke out!"

"The fire broke out!"

It was like a drop of water splashing into a frying pan, and soon, there was a crackling sound. The originally quiet Night Palace suddenly became boiling, and the servants and guards from all palaces quickly rushed to the burning palace to put out the fire.

"You actually set fire! Do you understand the rules?!"

Xue Sha suddenly yelled angrily.

Others didn't understand, but Si Linglong did.

According to what 朏朏 once said, even the monsters that inhabit the mortal world must abide by the laws of heaven and cannot appear at will and use their spiritual powers to cause chaos in the human world.

But this inexplicable fire was obviously caused by the monster that entered the palace.

What are they going to do?

Without thinking too much, Si Linglong called on the palace guards to rush to various places to put out the fire, while she led people to the Empress Dowager's Ciyu Palace.

If something really happened tonight, she had to protect herself and the Queen Mother and not cause any trouble for A Yue.

"Lie Yi, take the remaining secret guards to Linghua Palace."

Si Linglong calmly instructed Lie Yi who had just appeared. Lie Yi frowned and was about to refuse when she said,

"I will go find Concubine Quan now. Please leave Xiang Tian to me. With them here, we will be fine, but the emperor must not be in trouble."

Her tone was unusually strong, and it carried a commanding presence that brooked no refusal. Lie hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

Xiang Tian had officially joined the Dark Guard camp half a year ago and was temporarily staying in Yuxiu Palace. Now he was also considered one of the Dark Guards of Yuxiu Palace. When Lie Yi appeared, he was also beside him, having changed into a formal Dark Guard uniform, making the young man look even more upright.

In the end, Lie Yi left two secret guards behind to stay with Xiang Tian.

He quickly went to Linghua Palace where the emperor was.

The other concubines in the harem were also awakened by the noise and came out one after another.

Si Linglong led people to Ciyu Palace, but halfway there, Xue Sha suddenly pulled her sleeve.

"Yueyue and the big bad guy are both in that direction."

She stretched out her hand and pointed to a place in the darkness.

It was quiet over there, but it was the direction of the cold palace.

Si Linglong was stunned and thought of someone almost instantly.

Quanxian.

Even though she hadn't seen her in the past six months, she always knew about Quanxian's situation.

Quan Xian had been imprisoned in a palace close to the cold palace, which was also the place where she buried herself alive.

[Could it be that all the noise tonight was caused by the fountain first? ]

Si Linglong's guess became more certain.

And there is a vague sense of uneasiness.

Without having time to think, she stopped and asked Qinglu to pass the message to the Queen Mother on her behalf. She then took Xuesha and Huayan and went directly to the palace where Quanxian was.

On the way there, Si Linglong thought about it and simply took out a purse from her pocket.

Without much hesitation, she opened a tinder and lit a tuft of long brown hair directly from her purse.