Your Majesty is afraid that there is nothing you can do to save the situation.
The prince will ascend the throne next.
Logically speaking, he should quickly turn around and cling to the prince's leg, so that he can continue to keep his position in the future.
but……
He was still struggling in his heart because he keenly sensed that something was wrong.
The more fiercely the fire burned, the calmer the cavalry general seemed to become.
Although his eyes were fixed on the fire, Eunuch Ji still noticed his calmness... There is definitely room for reversal in this matter!
Could it be...
No, how could anyone escape from such a big fire?
But he didn't seem worried about the fire.
That's strange.
This man is just a son-in-law of a merchant family. Why should I care about him so much?
He has no family background.
Nowadays, those who have less power are not as powerful as a eunuch like me.
But he had an aura that made people fear and dread him, so much so that he could even ignore the future rulers of the world like the Crown Prince and the Queen.
Forget it, just take a gamble!
"Reporting to His Highness, reporting to Her Majesty."
"You are all aware that His Majesty usually stays alone in this secret room."
"No one is allowed to approach this secret room, and none of our servants dare to disobey your majesty's orders."
"Today is just like usual. The servants are guarding outside. Even the cavalry generals who urgently returned to report have not yet gone in to report."
"Thick smoke suddenly came out from inside, and by the time we came back out, it was already too late..."
The Queen: "I know your Majesty's temperament."
"I don't blame you."
"Perhaps, this is fate..."
The queen wiped her wet eyes as she spoke.
Although she also had a sad face, there was a hint of joy in her eyes that could not be concealed.
If the emperor died in there, wouldn't her son be able to ascend the throne naturally?
I didn’t expect that this day would come so quickly and go so smoothly!
The Fourth Prince's biggest worry will never have a chance to turn the tables again.
The emperor, with his fickle temperament, will no longer be able to influence the prince's fate. His son is about to ascend the throne, and she is about to become the empress dowager!
She will become the most noble and supreme woman in the world!
The Queen almost laughed out loud.
If the old nanny beside her had not tugged at her robe, she really would not have been able to hold back.
"etc--"
"Brother Li, the fire hasn't been completely extinguished yet—"
"Brother Li——"
Duan Rongshi suddenly rushed into the fire scene.
Yang Qilang and Zhang Tingyu looked at each other and hurried in.
All I saw was black smoke billowing inside.
Although the fire was out, it was still choking and making it impossible to breathe.
Duan Rongshi quickly wet his sleeves and then covered his mouth and nose with them.
The secret room was not very big. Apart from two shelves and a table which were still in good condition after being burned, the ground was covered with paper ashes.
"Why, why not?"
"Yeah, why isn't anyone showing off?"
"It's impossible for it to burn to ashes so quickly, right?"
"Pah! What are you talking about?"
"The table hasn't even been completely burned yet, how could the people die first?"
But in this room where you can see the head at a glance, how could there be even half a corpse?
Yang Qilang was surprised and delighted: "Could it be that His Majesty and his wife weren't in there at all? So they're not dead?"
Zhang Tingyu hesitated to speak.
I thought to myself: It’s a good thing that my brother’s wife is not dead, but it’s a pity that a tyrant like Your Majesty can escape.
"It's a good thing he's not dead. Let's quickly find out if there's any trap. Your Majesty and my sister-in-law have already left this place."
Duan Rongshi had already walked to a dark corner of the wall behind the bookshelf.
He reached out and pushed hard.
Sure enough, the corner of the wall slowly turned, and another dark passage appeared behind it.
Li Qingluo threw the Emperor of Chu to the ground.
Then she sat on the ground and took a few deep breaths.
If she hadn't discovered a mechanism to leave, she wouldn't have burned down the secret room completely.
Originally, she planned to build a small fire at the door of the secret room.
He burned his mother's portraits one by one.
This way the smoke can escape, and the eunuchs outside will naturally open the door.
And since she was holding the Emperor of Chu hostage, she was not afraid of not being able to leave the palace.
But that would be too risky and might ruin Duan Rongshi's future plans.
Fortunately, she remembered what Zong Zheng Xingyao said.
A favored beauty entered this secret room and never left.
If he didn't go out, wouldn't he have died in there?
But Li Qingluo had already searched carefully.
Not only was there no corpse in the secret room, there wasn't even any foul smell.
Moreover, given the Emperor of Chu's temperament, he would not throw the corpse there, as this would desecrate the holy place in his heart.
So, what will happen to the body of this beauty?
Li Qingluo searched casually and soon found a movable door behind the shelf.
Behind the door is a passage.
Li Qingluo dragged the Emperor of Chu into the passage and packed a large package on his back.
After looking at the portraits of her mother all over the room, she resolutely and decisively threw the tinderbox at a pile of drawing papers.
Fortunately, this secret passage was long and wet, and the smoke was quickly left behind.
Now, she dragged Emperor Chu to a dead end.
Li Qingluo carefully took off the large package on his back and placed it on the ground, then patted the ashes off it.
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