Concubine Qiu?

Li Yu couldn't remember who it was for a moment. The original book didn't mention too many of the emperor's concubines. He only remembered a few.

Li Yu couldn't react, but King Jing knew this one. It was Concubine Qiu who was demoted not long ago. The second prince - now he is Marquis An, there is no possibility of inheriting the throne. Qiu was not banished to the cold palace but demoted, purely because the emperor wanted to give Marquis An a little dignity.

But Qiu looked like she hadn't given up yet. There hadn't been a fire in the palace for a long time, and now was not a season prone to fires. The fire in Zhongcui Palace caused the burns, and I'm afraid there was another hidden reason.

Prince Jing noticed Yu's bewilderment and tapped the table three times rhythmically. Wang Xi was stunned. This meant that he was asked to explain in detail. His Highness rarely made such requests since he grew up. Usually, he would just say a few words and the Highness would understand. Why did he do this today?

Although Wang Xi was confused, he still said dutifully: "Princess Qiu is the biological mother of the Second Highness, the former Imperial Concubine. She originally lived in Zhongcui Palace. At midnight last night, Zhongcui Palace caught fire and was discovered by the night eunuchs. Qiu was burned. Fortunately, although the fire burned most of Zhongcui Palace, it did not spread to other places. The emperor is safe, and other palaces are also fine."

So Concubine Qiu is the former Imperial Concubine Qiu?

Li Yu's eyes sparkled. He had been eating so much to gain weight recently that he almost forgot about Concubine Liangliang!

Eunuch Wang's explanation made sense to him. It was the place where Qiu lived that caught fire and Qiu was injured.

But the palace was heavily guarded. Why did the fire suddenly break out?

Li Yu remembered a plot in the original book. In the book, Qiu was not abandoned by the emperor so early. Instead, she was used as cannon fodder when the second and third princes were fighting. After she lost power, in order to help the second prince regain the emperor's favor, Qiu had used a self-torture trick to burn herself in order to win the emperor's sympathy. Unfortunately, she was exposed by the third prince and others, and Qiu and the second prince completely lost the emperor's heart.

Now that the Cheng'en Mansion is well protected, Qiu and the Second Prince are under house arrest by the Emperor, and the Emperor has almost deprived the Second Prince of the possibility of succession, is it possible that Qiu is still unwilling to give up and still wants to use the self-torture strategy?

It is not impossible. But in the book, only a certain palace was burned, and the fire was quickly put out, which is different from what Wang Xi said that Zhongcui Palace was mostly burned down. Could it be that because the previous plot has been completely changed, Qiu has become even more deranged?

King Jing pondered for a moment, took the paper and pen on the table and asked Wang Xi: "Where was Qiu injured? How were the other people in Zhongcui Palace? Why did the fire break out?"

Wang Xi hit himself lightly and said apologetically: "It's all my fault that I didn't explain it clearly just now. Qiu was injured in the arm. As for the cause of the fire, the emperor is already investigating it, and there is no result yet. However, it is said in the palace that a palace maid in the servant's room of Zhongcui Palace accidentally knocked over an oil lamp, which burned the bed curtains."

King Jing sneered. The servants' rooms are usually far away from the master's house, so how could they get injured?

Although Qiu was demoted and her status was not as high as before, she was still the head of a palace. If the head of a palace could be injured, why were other palace maids and eunuchs not injured? What was the reason?

Wang Xi also said, "I think this matter is not simple. So many servants are fine, but they failed to protect a master. It shouldn't be. It can't be the noble concubine - bah, bah, bah, I was too quick to say it. It should be Concubine Qiu. It can't be that Concubine Qiu was injured by herself."

Li Yu hurriedly slapped him several times: Eunuch Wang made sense, he thought so too.

Originally, Li Yu was not sure whether it was Qiu's doing. What Wang Xi mentioned was a contradiction. Also, as Eunuch Wang said, the fire must have been very big. How could the injury from the fire be only on the arm? The more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became.

Eunuch Wang said, "This matter originally had nothing to do with our palace. It's just that there was a fire in the palace, and Your Highness should go to visit the Emperor. I got the news that the Third and Sixth Princes have already entered the palace, and the Second... Marquis An has also sent a letter of greeting..."

King Jing understood what he meant and nodded.

Wang Xi said, "I will make arrangements now, and Master Xiaoyu..."

Wang Xi glanced at Xiaoyu, not knowing what King Jing was going to do.

Li Yu also wanted to go out. He had been bored in the palace for a long time. He hadn't made any trouble recently and had been very well behaved.

King Jing saw the tail of the carp spirit rising high, almost fanning out a puff of wind, and smiled at Wang Xi: "Let's do it as usual." As

usual, he would bring the fish with him. Wang Xi hurried to get the crystal bottle.

The crystal bottle has now been remade to be as big as a bird cage, and it still has a chain around the handle to prevent it from slipping.

King Jing personally put the fish into the crystal bottle. Fearing that the fish would be hungry, he added a lot of snacks to the fish. If Wang Xi hadn't whispered to him, King Jing might have filled the entire crystal bottle. Eunuch

Wang sighed. Why did it feel like the little fish master had grown a lot recently, and His Highness's favor for the little fish master had also grown a few times.

Qianqing Palace.

All the concubines and princes were present. The emperor had ordered the imperial physician of the Imperial Hospital to see Concubine Qiu. The imperial physician came back to report the condition of Concubine Qiu, saying that one of her arms was not in good condition. It was burned to a bloody mess. It was afraid that it would not be able to recover in the future.

The emperor was stunned. He was extremely disappointed with Qiu. The description of the imperial physician reminded him of the past. The year when Concubine Qiu entered the palace, she often wore dancing clothes in private to amuse him and please him. At that time, Qiu was only 28 years old, and her jade arms were as bright as the moon. So many years have passed in a flash.

The emperor realized that time passed and it was inevitable to feel sad. Later, he received a memorial from Marquis An. Mu Tianzhao tattooed a word with blood to admit his mistakes to the emperor. He did not dare to ask for the emperor's forgiveness, but Qiu was unwell. Mu Tianzhao was very worried and asked the emperor to allow him to show filial piety at her bedside.

Mu Tianzhao was very respectful and showed his filial piety to Qiu. The emperor had been hard-hearted towards Marquis An, but now he was somewhat moved.

The concubines beside him knew how to read the emperor's expression and realized that the emperor was distressed. No one dared to say anything except to respond. The third prince could not watch Marquis An join in the fun again. He wanted to speak several times, but was gently persuaded by the sixth prince. At present,

the emperor only had the good of Concubine Qiu and Marquis An in his heart. If he directly said that they were not good, it would only make the emperor unhappy.

The third prince was very angry. Could it be that Marquis An was under house arrest, and he still wanted to suppress him?

The sixth prince gently pushed the third prince and asked him to be patient.

The eunuch Luo Ruisheng came to report that King Jing had arrived. The emperor then put down Marquis An's memorial and ordered King Jing to enter the palace.

Prince Jing likes to raise fish, which is not uncommon in the palace. He brought his fish with him this time. The emperor was very impressed by Prince Jing's fish and rewarded him several times. Thinking of how Prince Jing raised fish, the emperor's mood began to warm up.

Prince Jing bowed first, and the large crystal bottle could not fit into his sleeves, so he held it in his hands. This time, the emperor saw the bottle, which was obviously one size larger, and the small carp inside the bottle, which was also one size larger.

The emperor: "..."

Li Yu was a sensible fish, so he turned around twice to show his respect to the emperor.

In this way, the emperor also caught a glimpse of the golden color at the tail of the carp's belly, and was surprised to say, "Tianchi, your fish?"

The emperor, like Ye Shizi, took a quick glance and thought that King Jing had changed the fish .

Wang Xi had been following King Jing. King Jing glanced at Wang Xi, and Wang Xi immediately stepped forward and kowtowed, answering for King Jing, "Your Majesty, it was the fish that Your Highness raised that changed its scales and grew up."

Can fish change their scales?

The emperor had never heard of this before, and he was curious for a moment. The bitter Qiu and An Hou did not think about it anymore, and immediately ordered King Jing to bring the fish closer for him to have a look. King Jing

agreed, and the emperor took a closer look and saw that the fish was indeed the same fish, but a few of its scales had turned golden.

The emperor repeatedly looked at the golden scales on the carp for a long time.

"Luo Ruisheng, what do you think?" The emperor looked at Luo, the steward.

Luo, who was very popular with the emperor, smiled and said, "I am a rough man, I can't say

for sure, I just think that the golden scales on the fish are a good omen." The emperor laughed and said, "I think so too, maybe it is a sign of peace and prosperity for the country."

The emperor was originally in a bad mood, not only because of Qiu's mother and son. If the cause of the fire in the palace could not be found in the end, it would be regarded as a warning from heaven, and the emperor would have to take the blame. Now seeing the golden scales growing on an ordinary carp made the emperor feel relieved. As long as it is a good omen, who can say anything?

Li Yu was confused when he heard it. It was just a new scale growing on the belly, and the emperor thought it was a sign of peace and prosperity for the country?

The emperor really deserves to be the most nonsense.

As soon as King Jing arrived, the emperor thought of the foolish things that Marquis An had done before. He was indeed soft-hearted because Qiu was injured, but if he exempted Marquis An from punishment for this reason, he would be a foolish king. How would he explain it to Empress Xiaohui when he went to the underworld? It

was true that Qiu had accompanied him for many years, and Empress Xiaohui had sacrificed her life for him and her children?

How to deal with Qiu, in fact, there was no need to think too complicated. Since Qiu was injured, relatives could be allowed to visit him in the palace, but they could not write off the mistakes made by Marquis An. If Marquis An wanted to fulfill his filial piety, he did not necessarily have to run into the palace to serve him with a guilty body. He could eat fast and chant Buddhist scriptures in the mansion, or let his wife and children take care of him on his behalf. As long as he was sincere, there were many ways. Besides, Qiu only injured his arm, but Marquis An made it seem as if Qiu was going to die, writing in blood all the time, fearing that Qiu could not bear it.

The emperor got rid of his sympathy for Qiu, and looked back at Marquis An's memorial, which seemed to be an opportunity to get away with it,

so he kept the memorial that he was going to approve immediately. The guards entered the palace and reported on the investigation of the fire, saying that a servant's room in Zhongcui Palace was the worst burned, and inferred that this was where the fire started first. Qiu's personal maid Huanhua originally lived in this servant's room, but after the fire was extinguished, Huanhua disappeared. No one had seen Huanhua, and the guards had never found her.

The emperor sensed something unusual. Even if a servant was the cause of the fire, he shouldn't have hidden so far that even the guards couldn't find him. After all, he wanted to see the body alive or dead.

The emperor asked about the location of Huanhua's room and learned that it was far away from the main courtyard where Concubine Qiu was. The emperor's face immediately sank.

The third prince finally got the chance and gave a look to his biological mother, Concubine Qian. Concubine Qian covered her lips with a handkerchief and smiled, "Concubine Qiu is really unlucky. No one else was injured at such a distance, but she was implicated."

The emperor glared at Concubine Qian, who also risked speaking, secretly glanced back at the third prince, and stopped talking angrily. Although

the emperor was angry, he knew in his heart that what Concubine Qian said was the truth, otherwise he would not have been so cold.

Even the other concubines could see that Qiu's injury was cat-paste. It was probably not only because she was far away and was injured by the fire, but also because the injury on her arm would make him feel distressed. The emperor felt that he had been wise all his life, but now he was almost played by a woman.

Zhongcui Palace was mostly burned down, and Qiu was temporarily moved to the nearby Yuxiu Palace. The emperor decided to visit Yuxiu Palace in person and let everyone accompany him.

Qiu lay on the bed with her back facing up, crying out in pain. Someone outside reported that the emperor had arrived. Qiu was delighted, put on her clothes, and was helped out of bed by her trusted palace maid to pay her respects to the emperor. The emperor was already somewhat suspicious of Qiu, so he went straight into her bedroom and looked at her carefully. He saw that Qiu was still wearing delicate makeup and combing her hair sideways, just like when she danced for him that year...

She was well prepared and waiting for him to come to "comfort".

The emperor's heart was cold, and he ordered the imperial physician to examine Qiu's injuries in front of him.

Qiu was a concubine after all, and although everyone came to accompany the emperor, it was inconvenient for them to enter the house at this moment, and they waited outside for the emperor to come out. King Jing

was afraid that the fish would be suffocated, so he opened the bottle cap, and the fish quickly swam to the mouth of the crystal bottle!

Li Yu just watched for a while and felt that although the situation had changed a little, such as the small fire became a big fire, King Jing brought Yu into the palace, and the third and sixth princes did not expose Qiu for some reason, in general, Qiu's strategy was still similar to the original book, which should be a self-torture strategy, so it was not possible to examine the injury. Qiu's arm was indeed injured, and nothing could be found.

He had a golden finger and knew the answer to this question, but how could he remind King Jing in a short time?

From King Jing's perspective, King Jing said he disliked Ye Shizi, but in his heart he treated him as a relative. He certainly did not want An Hou to make a comeback. If An Hou was not completely defeated, it would be bad for Cheng En Gongfu and King Jing...

Li Yu lay on the relatively narrow mouth of the bottle, thinking hard and absorbed in thinking, and for a moment he forgot that he had grown a circle, and the crystal bottle was overturned.

King Jing: "..."