"Fate is determined by heaven. The palace servants are already putting out the fire. It's useless for you to worry, Empress Dowager. Let's call the imperial physician to take a look at your leg injury first." Shen Mingyue comforted in a gentle voice.
The Queen Mother sighed softly, a trace of weariness between her brows. "My leg injury is not serious. But I'm afraid I can't stay in Shouning Palace anymore. I'm very tired, so I'll go to Qionghua Palace to rest for the night. My son, I'll leave the rest to you."
The emperor nodded and looked at Zhao Xu: "Send the empress dowager to Qionghua Palace, and then ask the imperial physician to come over and prescribe some tranquilizers for the empress dowager's leg injury."
"yes."
Zhao Xu responded and quickly led the way.
Wanshuang supported the empress dowager and walked towards the Qionghua Palace.
In the distance, the palace servants were still busy carrying water to put out the fire.
The fire was getting smaller.
The emperor casually took off his cloak and draped it over Shen Mingyue's shoulders. "I'm relieved that my mother is fine. But I'm afraid I'll be busy tonight. I won't be returning to Changle Palace. You should go back and rest early."
"Well, I will go back and see Yunchi."
Shen Mingyue gathered her cloak, bowed and turned to leave.
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After Shen Mingyue returned to Changle Palace, she went straight to the house where Mo Yunchi lived.
At this time, Mo Yunchi was sleeping soundly, and his complexion looked much better than before.
In his hand, he also held a sachet embroidered with cold pines and auspicious clouds.
Lu Hongxuan, who was standing next to Mo Yunchi, lowered his head and glanced at Shen Mingyue from time to time.
Shen Mingyue frowned slightly, and couldn't help but think of a word: a guilty conscience.
She knew her son best.
"Tell me, what stupid thing did you do?"
Shen Mingyue sat down and looked at Lu Hongxuan leisurely.
"It's not a stupid thing. In short... in short... it's all an accident." Lu Hongxuan scratched his head awkwardly.
Shen Mingyue did not ask any further questions, but just smiled coldly and stared at Lu Hongxuan.
Lu Hongxuan only felt his scalp tingling, and his heart became even more panicked.
He quickly turned around, poured a cup of hot tea, and offered it to Shen Mingyue with both hands: "Mother, don't be anxious, drink some hot tea first..."
Shen Mingyue was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and scolded him, "Stop all this nonsense. What did you do? Tell me now!"
"It's... that... I accidentally cut Qiqi's hair bald."
Lu Hongxuan's voice became smaller and smaller.
He buried his head, feeling very guilty.
Hongye couldn't bear to watch any longer, and quickly knelt before Shen Mingyue to explain, "Young Master Mo was seriously ill just now. I was busy wiping his sweat, so the Third Prince took the scissors and went to cut the little princess's hair. Now that the hair is in the sachet, Young Master Mo's condition has stabilized, but the little princess's hair is a bit horrible. This is not the Third Prince's fault, it was my negligence."
Hearing this, Shen Mingyue panicked: "It's horrible? Is Qiqi injured?"
Lu Hongxuan shook his head: "No, no! Qiqi was sleeping soundly! It's just that I cut off the tuft of hair on her head, which is very funny."
“…”
Shen Mingyue looked at Lu Hongxuan speechlessly, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Lu Hongxuan grabbed Shen Mingyue's hand and shook it, acting like a spoiled child: "Mother, please be kind enough to keep it a secret for me! Qiqi would hate me to death if she knew I cut her hair like this! I really didn't mean to do that, I already know I was wrong."
“You!”
Shen Mingyue raised her hand and knocked on Lu Hongxuan's head.
There was a dull thud, and Lu Hongxuan grimaced in pain.
He raised his hand and rubbed his head, whispering, "It's cold in winter, Qiqi can wear a hat more often to prevent her ears from getting frozen."
Shen Mingyue shook her head helplessly: "Only this once! You must remember, you owe Qiqi a handful of hair!"
Hearing this, Lu Hongxuan immediately laughed: "Hey! Thank you, mother!"
The fire in Shouning Palace burned for two hours.
The main hall was not affected, but the side hall was burned down to only a few ruins.
The guards began to count the bodies and found two completely charred bodies in a side hall. Beneath the bones were some unburned jewelry.
The Eighth Prince always wore the high-quality jade ring on his wrist; the delicate jade earrings were on Lan Xin's earlobes just three hours ago...
Obviously, the two charred corpses were the Eighth Prince and Lan Xin.
The royal family was burned to death in a fire. This is a serious matter.
Seeing this, the guards did not dare to move and hurried to report.
"Your Majesty, from preliminary analysis, the charred corpses should be the Eighth Prince and Miss Lan Xin."
The emperor raised his hand and rubbed his dizzy head.
After a while, he exhaled and said in a deep voice, "Don't move anything in the side hall. Go call the Dali City Shaoqing to come over and conduct a thorough inspection. Also, call all the palace maids, eunuchs, and guards from Shouning Palace."
"yes."
Soon, the palace maids, eunuchs and guards of Shouning Palace were brought over.
They knelt before the emperor and told him what they had seen and heard.
"The Eighth Prince came specifically to talk to Miss Lan Xin. When the Empress Dowager saw the Eighth Prince, she felt that his features bore some resemblance to the late Emperor. She was overwhelmed with longing for him, so she left with Aunt Wan Shuang's help."
"The Eighth Prince and Miss Lan Xin were dining in a side hall when they got into a heated argument and drove the servants out. Then, for some reason, Miss Lan Xin seemed to have broken something, and a fire broke out in the room. No matter how much the servants shouted, they refused to open the door. The fire grew larger and larger."
"I vaguely heard Miss Lan Xin say that she truly loved the Emperor, and then I heard the Eighth Prince scolding her. I don't know the rest."
As these palace maids and eunuchs spoke, they sobbed and cried, as if they were truly saddened by the death of the Eighth Prince.
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