Chapter 468: Kongming Lanterns on Fire

They didn’t even know what the danger was, but they just ran after him, and they didn’t forget to pull up Noble Ye who fell to the ground in the chaos.

“What’s going on? Why did the Queen and the Emperor suddenly say that the Third Princess and the Seventh Prince were in danger? What kind of danger is that?”

Concubine Liang asked as she ran, “Is there an assassin?”

What kind of place is the palace? It’s so easy for an assassin to break in, isn’t that a question of the emperor’s judgment in employing people?

“Probably not.”

Noble Ye pondered, “What was the Queen doing just now?”

Oh!

That’s right!

She called the Queen to look at the Kongming Lantern.

"Whoosh--"

Another strong wind blew by, and the Kongming lanterns floating in the sky all flew in one direction, but the lights flickered, as if they might fall down.

Lady Ye widened her eyes: "I know, they... they want to burn the seventh prince and the third princess to death."

The Queen Mother closed her eyes just now to feel the wind direction.

The emperor pulled Jiang Xinyue and ran on the road, and a large group of people followed behind them.

Some court officials did not dare to intrude without the emperor's order, but those who had a close relationship with the Jiang family followed Jiang Yankun.

The harem is already Jiang Xinyue's world, but under such circumstances, there are still people who can harm the two little princes under her nose. It can be seen that this person has superb intentions and acts meticulously, which is simply incomparable to ordinary people.

Jiang Xinyue's pace was not as fast as the emperor's. She ran and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you...you go first, I...I am too slow."

She was very worried that she could not see the child as soon as possible. She was panicking.

The emperor did not refuse. He waved his hand and called the dragon chariot: "I will not let our child get hurt. You take your time."

He pressed Jiang Xinyue, who was exhausted, to sit in the dragon chariot. He, Meng Qingyu and Shi Ruojun quickly went to Kunning Palace. In a few breaths, they disappeared.

Kunning Palace -

Nanny Lu narrowed her eyes and looked up at the sky: "Nanny Xiang, who is setting off Kongming lanterns outside our palace? Is it a special program arranged by the emperor and the queen?"

Nanny Xiang held the seventh prince and looked up at the beautiful, gorgeous night sky.

Suddenly, hundreds of Kongming lanterns seemed to be blown crookedly by the wind and fell down at such a fast speed that people didn't even have time to react.

"Go!"

There was a layer of light floating powder on the ground. Hundreds of sky lanterns fell, and the floating powder flew up. The Kongming lanterns came into contact with the flying powder and exploded with a big spark.

"Ah!"

"Ah ah ah!"

Screams accompanied by the "bang" sound of sparks echoed all over Kunning Palace.

Some Kongming lanterns were stuck on the trees in the yard, and the oil spilled and flowed down the trunks of the trees. The burning flames followed the traces and ignited the trees.

In autumn, the weather is dry and the trees are withered and flammable.

Nanny Xiang felt that her whole body was burned, and her eyes were so burned that she couldn't tell the direction at all. She wanted to go back to the house, but she had to avoid the explosion-like sparks.

She closed her eyes and shouted, "Hide the little prince in the clothes."

Nanny Lu's arms were already covered with blisters from the fire. Hearing Nanny Xiang's voice coming from an unknown direction, she quickly wrapped the red-faced and crying Third Princess into her thick fur coat.

She held the third princess in one hand and put her other hand in front of her forehead, trying hard to open her eyes to see the road ahead.

"Madame Xiang, go to the left and you will be under the corridor soon."

Madame Xiang was walking in front holding the seventh prince. It was because she talked to Madame Xiang that Madame Xiang stopped.

Madame Lu could see her position.

Although her voice was very low, Madame Xiang had been paying attention to the movement and heard her words clearly.

After feeling the direction, she moved slowly to the left, and when her hand touched the column, she took a big step forward.

Xiao Xiangzi, who was guarding the palace, reacted quickly. When sparks flew up, he ordered the eunuchs and palace maids to fetch water quickly.

The Kongming lanterns could only fall outdoors, and they were indoors, so there was still a chance to save people.

As soon as Madam Xiang's feet left the ground in the courtyard, a burning Kongming lantern fell on the ground where she had just stood, and a large spark appeared.

Madam Xiang was terrified, watching the flames about to swallow her whole from behind!

"Bang!"

Xiao Xiangzi didn't have time to care about others. He held a bucket of water in his hand and stared at Madam Xiang and Madam Lu, ready to save whoever came up first.

The whole bucket of water was poured behind Madam Xiang, and the flames that were rising into the sky were instantly reduced to sporadic pieces, and Madam Xiang escaped.

The incident seemed to take a long time, but in fact it was just a blink of an eye, and Kongming lanterns continued to fall from the sky.

Nanny Lu was unlucky. She was originally standing a few feet away from the door, and now she was in a dilemma.

The Third Princess was still crying loudly, and there were screams of burned palace maids around her. Nanny Lu couldn't hear what Xiao Xiangzi was saying to her at all.

Half of her hair had been burned by the fire.

A Kongming lantern slowly fell, brushing Nanny Lu's eyes and going down, and the Third Princess was in the fur coat on her chest.

If sparks flew up, the Third Princess would definitely be injured.

Nanny Lu closed her eyes, hugged the Third Princess tightly with both hands, pressed her to her chest, squatted on the ground and curled up, protecting the Third Princess tightly.

If you want to burn her, burn her to death, the Third Princess must not be hurt.

"Ah!"

"Bang!"

Amid the heart-wrenching screams of Nanny Xiang, the emperor rushed in front of the crowd in the sky full of flames, and kicked the Kongming lantern far away with one foot, exploding into a burst of lanterns in the corner of the wall.

Meng Qingyu and Shi Ruojun followed closely behind, kicking all the Kongming lanterns that were about to fall into empty corners, and the guards also drew their swords and knocked all the Kongming lanterns out.

Nanny Lu was so scared that she cried and handed the third princess to the emperor.

The fair and tender little princess had a red face, with some black dust on her cheeks, and her nose was full of snot bubbles from crying.

The emperor wiped her little face with a handkerchief with a distressed look and kissed her: "Don't be afraid, little Yuanlan! Father is here! Father is here!"

The third princess came into the emperor's hands, and probably because the heat source disappeared, she rubbed her hands quietly and stopped crying.

The emperor walked forward with big strides. Meng Qingyu and Shi Ruojun were exhausted. After several sets of combination kicks, they were already panting.

Fortunately, all the Kongming lanterns were handled cleanly. When Jiang Xinyue ran down from the dragon sedan chair, the emperor just walked to Xiang Ma: "Where is the seventh prince?"

Xiang Ma opened her coat, revealing a quiet and well-behaved face.

The Seventh Prince slept soundly in Nanny Xiang's clothes as if nothing had happened.

The Emperor couldn't help but knock him on the forehead: "Little thing, your sister is crying so hard, how dare you sleep?"

The Seventh Prince was awakened, and burst into tears with a pout.

Jiang Xinyue pushed the Emperor away, held the Seventh Prince in her arms and coaxed him: "Don't cry, Rourou! Don't ignore your father."