Chapter 123: Sun Disaster Star 1
The night is darkening,
The sky, which should have been dark blue, was now dyed half red by the flames.
There were flames and black smoke billowing from the direction of Fengluan Palace.
The closer you get, the more you can smell the pungent smell of burnt coals in the air.
When Song Zhao trotted all the way to Fengluan Palace, the Water Dragon Army had already set up their water guns and was on full alert.
The fire was bigger than Song Zhao had imagined.
The entire Fengluan Palace was almost engulfed in a sea of fire, with the flames shooting up into the sky twisted and spreading, wildly and wantonly.
There were shouts and screams in my ears.
Song Zhao saw palace maids being carried out of the sea of fire. Their torn palace clothes were burnt and charred, sticking to their festering flesh. Just one more glance at them made his stomach churn.
In the raging fire outside the main gate, Song Zhao caught a glimpse of a bright yellow figure.
Xiao Jingheng kept shouting, "Hurry up and rescue the queen!"
He wasn't just shouting, he was also making a move to rush in.
But with so many concubines surrounding him, all pulling him, how could he let himself go into the sea of fire?
In fact, in Song Zhao's opinion, these women were a bit redundant.
Even if they made way for Xiao Jingheng, he would not dare to even step into the threshold.
After all, the emperor's life is much more precious than the lives of the empress and the legitimate son.
Song Zhao changed his expression to one of anxiety, and hurried forward to ask, "Is the Queen still trapped in there?"
Shu Fei covered her chest and said, "The fire was really severe. Most of the Water Dragon Army soldiers who rushed in to rescue people were carried out with burns."
Concubine Ying pushed the Water Dragon Army who were afraid to move forward and scolded them:
"What are you all standing there for? If anything happens to the Empress, I will make sure you are buried with her!"
"Your Majesty, look! That's the Empress!"
Someone exclaimed, and everyone looked toward the depths of the sea of fire.
Yan Jiude, the chief eunuch beside the queen, was running towards the door, carrying a woman wrapped in a wet quilt and wearing a golden phoenix nightgown on his back.
The clothes on his body were burned by the fire, and his face was distorted, but his movements did not slow down at all.
Only after he had carried the queen out of the palace and put her down safely did he lie on the ground and roll around. The Water Dragon Army sprayed water on him with water guns, and only then was the fire put out.
"Queen! Wake up!"
Xiao Jingheng held the unconscious queen in his arms and kept calling her,
Song Zhao quickly took a look at the queen and found that there was almost no burn on her body.
I don't know whether it was because of her divine blessing or because of the wet blanket Yan Jiude wrapped around her.
After all, apart from some black cigarette ash on her face, she didn't look like someone who had just been rescued from a sea of fire.
Later, the queen was sent to Chaoyang Palace to be treated by the imperial physician.
The imperial physician said, "Luckily, the queen was not burned. Her fainting may have been caused by excessive shock."
He used acupuncture on several acupoints to wake the queen up, and the queen woke up as expected.
As soon as she woke up, she screamed in fear. It was only after Xiao Jingheng hugged her tightly in his arms that she gradually regained consciousness.
"emperor!"
She hugged Xiao Jingheng tightly, her whole body trembling, crying like a tearful person, "I thought I would never see the emperor again..."
Xiao Jingheng gently stroked her back and said in a gentle voice, "Don't be afraid, I'm here. I hope you're okay."
"Where is my child?" the Queen asked with tears in her eyes, protecting her belly.
The imperial physician said, "Don't worry, Empress. The Emperor is blessing you and your unborn baby. Both you and your unborn baby are fine."
Only then did the queen breathe a sigh of relief and her tense nerves relaxed.
This incident was simply an unprovoked disaster.
He Gong had just prayed to all the gods and Buddhas for protection in the morning, so how come such a dangerous thing happened at night?
Xiao Jingheng ordered people to investigate the matter thoroughly, and since the fire broke out, Jiang Deshun had already started investigating the cause of the fire.
So within a quarter of an hour after Xiao Jingheng gave the order, he came to the imperial court to reply.
"Your Majesty, this should be an accident. Shuang Ruo and Yan Jiude in the Empress's palace have been protecting the Empress when the fire started. They said that the fire started in the meditation room first, and then spread to the side halls and side halls. The main hall and the inner bedroom are the innermost parts of the palace and were not affected by the fire. It was only because the fire outside was too big that the Empress' escape was delayed.
The maid Moer who was rescued from the meditation room explained that after the palace gates were locked, the empress went to the meditation room to pray for the heir. She was in charge of watching over the incense in the meditation room. Later, when she saw the incense was extinguished, she was lazy and went to sleep without putting out the incense. Unexpectedly, the ashes rekindled and ignited the prayer flags, which led to the fire in Fengluan Palace today.
Xiao Jingheng's face was gloomy, and he asked solemnly: "Where is the palace woman?"
Jiang Deshun said, "Your Majesty, Mo'er has been burned severely and cannot be saved."
The Queen cried when she heard this. "Mo'er is a very clever maid in my palace. She has always been diligent in her work. If she hadn't been so busy this year, she wouldn't have been so careless... I really pity her."
Look, he is almost burned to death, but now he is still grieving for the person who started it.
It shows that the Queen is truly a kind-hearted person and a model for the nation.
Since it was an accident and not an intentional arson, and the queen and her child were safe, Xiao Jingheng did not pursue the matter any further.
That night, the Queen stayed in Chaoyang Palace, with Xiao Jingheng by her side.
After Song Zhao returned to the palace, he kept thinking about this matter in his mind, and he tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
She always thought this matter was very strange:
If this incident was really an accident, then the servants in the Queen's palace were too careless in their duties. But in the whole palace, it is clear that only the servants in the Queen's palace are the most disciplined. Now that the Queen is pregnant, it stands to reason that they should be more alert. How could an accident happen at this juncture?
But if this was not an accident, then the fire was set by the Queen herself.
She burned Fengluan Palace like that, and then she tried to find a way to frame others. Isn't this just asking for trouble?
Song Zhao speculated that this matter was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
The Empress Dowager is in danger, which is a serious matter. If everything is purely accidental, then people will most likely use astronomical phenomena as an excuse.
After all, there is no evidence to accuse someone of arson, and it is not easy to throw dirty water on others.
But if you want to label someone as an 'unlucky person', it only takes one sentence.
If the Queen really had a backup plan, she would definitely call the people from the Imperial Observatory to do some divination tomorrow.
And the person who is to be labeled as an "unlucky person" by her,
It must be Concubine Ning, who is incompatible with her.
After sleeping this night, I’m afraid the real show will only begin tomorrow.
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