Chapter 373: Leaking the water
Concubine Li held the Fourth Prince in her arms and coaxed him for a long time. The child was tired and naturally fell asleep.
After returning, Li Bin took out an exquisite box from a secret compartment. The box was carefully hidden. She had prepared it for a long time, but she did not expect to use it at this time.
On the second day, Concubine Li left the pastries after lunch.
When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Concubine Li couldn't sleep. Her heart was beating very fast. When the time was almost up, she slowly walked out holding a box.
Looking at the palace maid who was keeping watch at the door sleeping soundly, she suddenly felt fortunate that the palace maids sent by the Queen did not take her seriously, so even if they were keeping watch according to the rules, they were not doing their best.
She took the box and went to the Fourth Prince, only to see someone guarding him. She was not surprised, because unlike those who served her, the ones sent by the Emperor to serve the Fourth Prince were dedicated. Now there was one inside and one outside.
Menri, the servant, was a little surprised to see her coming over: "Greetings to the queen."
Li Bin smiled at him and said, "I couldn't sleep, so I came to see the Fourth Prince. You've worked hard on night duty. Here are some pastries. Keep them for yourself."
This servant knew the Fourth Prince's situation, and it was always normal for a mother to care about her child. He was indeed hungry at the moment, so the pastries came at the right time.
Concubine Li asked the servants inside to come out. The Fourth Prince had already fallen asleep by then. After watching them all eat the cakes, she went in.
The Fourth Prince had fallen asleep. Unlike adults, children sleep deeply. When she went in, the Fourth Prince was sleeping soundly. She took a look, estimated the time, and went out again. Two people had fallen down at the door with grim faces, and it was obvious that they were dead.
Concubine Li was flustered for a moment. She was a woman after all, and it was her first time doing such a thing. Even though she was oppressed to the extreme, she still felt very flustered when she did it. But she had already started, and she had to do it.
She pursed her lips, then turned and went into the inner room. She looked at the Fourth Prince again, then took off the lampshade, picked up the candle and aimed it at the tent. The flame naturally began to spread when it touched the tent. However, the flame was naturally not big at the beginning. She watched the flame spread, looked at the Fourth Prince again, and then, suppressing her nervousness, she quickly went out and took back the empty plate box.
After doing all this, Concubine Li fell asleep again with her heart pounding like a drum. She almost couldn't breathe, but the palace maid guarding the gate was still sleeping.
After confirming that the palace maid was still sleeping, Li Pin felt relieved a little, but it was not over yet.
After that, Li Bin did not dare to sleep. She counted the time nervously and waited until it was almost time. She shouted to the outside: "Someone come."
The maid outside was fast asleep, and suddenly she heard Li Concubine's voice. She was startled, and then she realized it was Li Concubine. She felt really disgusted, and then she heard Li Concubine say, "I am a little thirsty."
The maid was disgusted with Li Concubine for being nosy: "It's late at night, it's hard to get hot water, why don't you wait until tomorrow."
This is a common attitude. They call her "Empress" but are not efficient at all in doing things. Of course, Concubine Li didn't really want to drink water.
She was not that close to the Fourth Prince, but she was not far away either. There was a fire there, so she would be the first to see it. She was waiting for the palace maid to discover it. If she couldn't find it, she could only shout while drinking water. This would be obvious, so she had to be discovered by others.
Fortunately, the next moment she heard the palace maid scream.
"The fire broke out."
A single stone can cause a thousand ripples. Even if there were only a few people at the beginning of the night, word would spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and suddenly the number of people would increase dramatically.
Xuanyuan Ling was in Zhaohua Palace at the moment, and the two of them had naturally gone to bed. As they were sleeping soundly, Zhao Hai suddenly knocked on the door.
Unless it is something important, I dare not knock on the door late at night.
Chen Qing was still sleeping in Xuanyuan Ling's arms. She woke up from her sleep. It was not comfortable to be woken up. She frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"
Xuanyuan Ling held her and patted her twice as if to coax a child: "Report."
Zhao Hai did not dare to enter the inner room, so he reported outside: "Your Majesty, there is a fire in Luhua Palace."
When Shen Qing heard that there was a fire in Luhua Palace, she was surprised for a moment but then quickly came to her senses.
Xuanyuan Ling did the same. He quickly asked, "How is it now?"
Zhao Hai said: "It has been put out, but the Fourth Prince... was injured..."
Xuanyuan Ling had to go and see, so he naturally asked for a change of clothes. He said to Shen Qing: "I'm going to go see the Fourth Prince, you continue to sleep, I won't be back for a while."
Shen Qing nodded: “Don’t worry, Your Majesty, everything will be fine once the person is rescued.”
Xuanyuan Ling felt relieved after hearing this, but he left immediately. When he left Zhaohua Palace, his face looked very ugly. When he arrived at Luhua Palace, it was already a mess. When they saw Xuanyuan Ling, a group of people knelt down. Xuanyuan Ling naturally went to see the Fourth Prince first. Someone immediately reported: "The Fourth Prince is now in Concubine Li's room. The imperial physician is treating him."
Xuanyuan Ling went over immediately and saw the Queen and Concubine Li who was kneeling on the ground crying with tears all over her face. There were also many servants kneeling beside them. They were all servants serving in Luhua Palace. They were all shouting for mercy.
The Queen lived closest to Luhua Palace, so she rushed over as soon as the incident broke out. She was suddenly filled with panic and disgust. Not to mention that she was the Queen and she had to be there if anything happened to the princes in the harem, but also because the Fourth Prince was under her care, she had to come.
But the serious matter at this moment was no longer a fire. The queen understood this very well because someone had died.
If there was a flood for no reason, we could just blame it on the dry weather, but if someone died, then there was something fishy going on.
Xuanyuan Ling looked at the Queen and Concubine Li and frowned, but of course he just took a look. He still had to go see the Fourth Prince at this time. He would deal with other matters after making sure the child was okay.
The imperial physician was treating the Fourth Prince. He sighed as he applied medicine to the patient. When he heard that the Emperor was coming, he hurriedly saluted and then continued to treat the patient.
Xuanyuan Ling was furious when he saw the Fourth Prince's injuries. This child had very little good flesh on his body. The most serious injury was his legs, which were abnormally bent. The Fourth Prince's symptoms were horrible to look at. Xuanyuan Ling clenched his fists: "Where are the people who served the Fourth Prince and the people who kept watch? They must be dead."
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