Chapter 302 Caused
When Chen Tang and Xie Guimo returned to Chenxiangxuan, it was already time for dinner.
The maid brought the food into the room, and the two of them had dinner together, and then went about their own business.
Xie Guimo went to the study to read, while Chen Tang was doing needlework in the room. It was almost time to go to bed, and the maid prepared water for bathing, so Chen Tang got up.
Just as she reached the screen and was about to undress, Chen Tang vaguely heard someone shouting "There's a fire!" She thought she was hallucinating when Si'er ran in and said, "Princess, there's a fire in the fourth room!"
Chen Tang was startled when he heard this. The two maids, Ginkgo and Qiu Tong, all looked at Chen Tang. Chen Tang removed his hands from untying his waist and walked out.
Standing in the yard, I couldn't see anything. When I got out of the yard, I saw flames rising from the direction of the fourth room.
How could the fourth room leak?
Could it be the work of Xie Guimo?
Although Chen Tang had no good feelings towards the second and fourth rooms, they lived under the same roof after all. The fire in the fourth room was seen clearly by Chen Tang, and he certainly could not pretend not to see it. He ordered Yin Xing, "Let all the maids and old women in the yard go to help put out the fire."
Even if she didn't order him around, Manager Zhou would send someone to pass on the message.
The maids and servants in the yard carried empty basins and buckets and ran to the fourth room.
Xie Guimo was in the study room. When he learned that the fourth room had a fire, he came out. However, the view from the gate of the courtyard was not very good, so he simply put his arm around Chen Tang's waist and took her directly to the roof.
Standing high and seeing far, the four rooms were a sea of fire.
This fire is enough to feed the four families.
She looked at Xie Guimo and asked, "Did you ask someone to release him?"
Xie Guimo looked helpless, "I knew you would misunderstand me."
Chen Tang, "......???"
Misunderstand……
"Not you?" Shen Tang was surprised.
Xie Guimo pinched Chen Tang's nose, "Burning down the palace, the government has to pay for its reconstruction. Can I do such a stupid thing?"
...That's true.
If we really want to burn down the fourth room, we won't have to wait for ten days or half a month. It won't be too late to set fire to it after the fourth room moves out of the house.
Besides, no matter how much she and Xie Guimo didn't get along with the second and fourth rooms, her father would not allow him to set fire to the fourth room, especially when the fourth room was clamoring for compensation. The old prince would definitely not let the eldest room compensate the fourth room. But if the fourth room was burned down, out of sympathy, the father would give it some comfort. Not to mention the old prince. If he was not allowed to compensate the eldest room, he would compensate the fourth room himself.
Looking at the flames rising from the fourth room, Chen Tang was really curious about how the fire in the fourth room started.
Chen Tang looked at Xie Guimo, "Do you want to go and take a look?"
The water leak in the fourth room is no small matter. It would be fine if you were asleep at this time, but if you are not asleep, you should go and check it out.
Xie Guimo knew that Chen Tang wanted to watch the fun, so he curled his lips and said, "Hold me tight."
Before Chen Tang could react, Xie Guimo jumped up from the roof with her. Shocked, Chen Tang quickly hugged his waist.
Chenxiangxuan was a little far from the fourth room, but she could get there much faster by climbing over the eaves and walls. She arrived there before the maids and servants who went to Chenxiangxuan to help put out the fire.
Seeing her and Xie Guimo, the maids and servants were stunned, but putting out the fire was the most important thing, so the maids and servants hurried to fetch water to put out the fire.
But the fire was too big to be put out.
In addition to Chen Tang and Xie Guimo, the prince and princess, the second master and second wife, the third master and third wife, and Concubine Jiang were all there.
The prince frowned and asked, "How could the fire happen?"
The fourth wife was covered in dust and dirt. She felt so heartbroken that she almost suffocated as she looked at the burned house.
The prince spoke in a cold voice, scaring the fourth girl Xie Shu into diving into the arms of the fourth wife. The fourth wife said, "The maid was clumsy and knocked over the candlestick, causing the fire..."
The fourth wife spoke through her teeth.
Chen Tang frowned slightly. Although the prince was serious, it was just a question. The fourth lady shouldn't be so timid, right?
The fire was big and the smoke was heavy, making people cough non-stop. The princess covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed twice. The prince then said to her, "You can't help much here, go back."
The princess really couldn't help much, but she had to come, as people's words were scary.
Instead of helping to put out the fire and staying here, they were getting in the way, so the princess left. Chen Tang and Xie Guimo didn't stay long either, and they left the same way they came.
As soon as the two of them returned to Chenxiangxuan, Chen Qi appeared and said, "The fire started in the fourth girl's room."
No wonder Xie Shu was so scared when the prince asked her questions. It turned out that she was the one who started the fire.
The fourth room moved out of the palace and everything was settled, but Xie Shu didn't want to move. She had lived in the palace since she was born, and she was mentally prepared to marry out of the palace. Now she had to move away, and she was depressed and at a loss as to what to do.
She couldn't let her mother move out of the mansion alone, her father had to accompany her. If her parents had moved out, she would definitely have to move out with them. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She felt that Chen Tang was the one who should move out. No, she shouldn't have been allowed to marry into Prince Jingyang's mansion!
Xie Shu had the habit of smashing things to vent her anger. She smashed the teacup when she was angry. When the teacup fell to the ground, her personal maid came in and threw the teacup towards her. The maid subconsciously dodged, and this dodging knocked over the lotus lampstand. The candle fell onto the gauze curtain and instantly caught fire.
The fire burned all night long.
The next day, Chen Tang woke up, sat on the bed and stretched, and saw Yin Xing and Qiu Tong coming in. Chen Tang asked, "Is the fire in the fourth room out?"
Ginkgo said, "It will be extinguished at dawn."
After a pause, Gingko stepped forward and gloated in a low voice, "The fourth wife's dowry was all burned."
It had not rained in Kyoto for quite a while, and the palace liked corridors. The sun had been strong recently, and the bamboo curtains hung on the corridors caught fire easily. There was a north wind at night, and the maids and old women in the north courtyard were all fighting the fire in the fourth lady's courtyard. They did not expect the fire to spread to the warehouse where the fourth wife stored her dowry. By the time they discovered it, it was too late.
Qiu Tong said, "The most valuable part of the dowry is the farm and shop. The house deeds and land deeds can be reissued."
All of the Fourth Wife's dowry was burned, but the loss was only a small half of it. The one who suffered the most was the Fourth Master. Those treasured calligraphy and paintings were burned and could not be replaced.
It is no exaggeration to say that the fourth room lost half of its money.
Qiu Tong said, "That Taoist priest really has some real skills. He told the Fourth Madam to move out of the house as soon as possible, otherwise it would be too late to regret. It's true."
Not to mention Qiu Tong, even Chen Tang knew that the Taoist priest was bribed to come to the Jingyang Palace, but his words were really well-spoken.
What’s more important is that it was fulfilled in a timely manner, so we cannot help but believe it.
Chen Tang suspected that the Taoist priest only had problems with his character, but he might really have some abilities.
Taoist priest,"……"
Even Chen Tang believed it, not to mention the Fourth Room.
While Chen Tang was having breakfast, the fourth wife didn't dare to stay in the palace any longer. She hurriedly took her daughter out of the palace, fearing that if she left too late, she would lose her life in the palace.
As for the Taoist priest, Chen Qi gave him one hundred taels and asked him to leave Beijing. If he dared to leak a word, he would definitely be beheaded.
The Taoist priest was also afraid of being silenced, so he left the capital in a hurry. After two days, he discovered that he had left some important things in Kyoto and had to come back to get them.
This time I can’t leave.
A fire broke out in the fourth room of Prince Jingyang's mansion, which made him famous and people came to ask him to tell their fortunes.
Taoist priest,"……"
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