Mr. Ba frowned as he watched the fire growing bigger and bigger inside.
The Eighth Lady inside seemed to have heard people outside say that the Eighth Master was coming. She took a last look at her ugly face and still felt a little unwilling.
She stood up and just through the blazing window could see Mr. Ba standing outside.
Mr. Ba seemed to have sensed something and looked over. Their eyes met, but neither of them said anything.
The Eighth Lady curled her lips into a smile, and soon her figure disappeared in the raging fire.
The backyard of the Eighth Master's Mansion was reduced to ruins after the fire. Several servants died in the fire, as well as two princesses who did not escape.
The Eighth Concubine also died in the fire.
It was the next day when Wen Mianmian found out.
"Mammy, you mean, the Eighth Lady is dead." Wen Mianmian was a little shocked.
"Yes, there was a sudden fire in the Eighth Master's mansion last night. The fire was extremely large, especially in the backyard. Most of the place was burned. The main courtyard where the Eighth Lady lived was also burned very badly. The Eighth Lady also died in it."
She was also a little shocked when she heard about this this morning.
What puzzled her was why the fire suddenly happened out of the blue.
Wen Mianmian had the same doubts as Nanny Song.
"Does it say how the water flows?"
Such a big fire couldn't have started for no reason.
There were also a lot of people in the Eighth Master's Mansion. Why didn't they discover it in time, and instead let the fire get bigger?
"I heard that a servant accidentally knocked over an oil lamp while sleeping in the middle of the night, which caused the fire."
"But these are just external statements. I don't know the details either."
What happened in the harem was very different from what was said on the surface and what actually happened. She felt that this matter was not that simple, not to mention that the Eighth Concubine also died in the fire.
You have to know that what happened some time ago caused an uproar in the city. It has only been a few days and such a thing happened in the Eighth Master's Mansion.
Wen Mianmian fell into deep thought. He also felt that this matter was not that simple. Maybe the Eighth Master or someone in the palace could not tolerate the Eighth Lady, so such an accident happened.
But on second thought, it seems impossible. Even if they want to take action, they will not choose this point. After all, that incident has not yet passed.
It would certainly be inappropriate for the Eighth Concubine to die at this time, and if it was done by the Eighth Master or the one in the palace, it would obviously be unlikely.
Was this fire really just an accident?
"By the way, did the master go to court today?" Wen Mianmian asked Nanny Song.
"No, that's not the case. The master rushed over as soon as he heard about the fire in the Eighth Master's mansion this morning. I believe he should be there now."
"Then, Madam Song, what do you think about the fire in the Eighth Master's mansion?"
There were only the two of them in the room now, so Wen Mianmian naturally didn't worry about others hearing it.
Nanny Song hesitated for a moment, then considered her words in her mind and said, "If I were to guess, this incident was not an accident, but rather a man-made one."
"Madame Song's guess coincides with mine, but what puzzles me most is who set the fire."
Even if Emperor Kangxi really wanted to take action against the Eighth Concubine, there are many ways he could do it, but this one is the most undesirable.
After all, that was his son's mansion. The national treasury was not very full at the moment, and after the mansion was burned down, funds had to be allocated for its reconstruction.
Furthermore, if the Eighth Lady had not been burned to death, it would have been a loss.
"Master, do you think it's possible that the Eighth Lady set the fire herself?"
Wen Mianmian raised her head and looked at her intently, with surprise in her eyes, "Mammy, why do you say that?"
"I think the Eighth Lady must have guessed something. What she did concerns the reputation of the royal family. Combined with her past actions, the Emperor must be very dissatisfied with her. The royal family absolutely does not allow itself to have any stains."
"Then, if we want to remove this stain, we have to get rid of her. However, we can't just sentence a royal daughter-in-law to death. The only way is to let her die quietly. That way, after she dies, time will slowly fade away, and no one will mention this matter again. The royal dignity will remain inviolable."
This kind of method is commonplace in the royal family. As long as the person above wants you dead, there are many ways to do it, and any one of them can kill you quietly.
She had encountered this kind of thing many times when she was working in the palace.
She thought that the Eighth Lady might have known that she would not live long, so she had the miscarriage.
She originally wanted the people from the Eighth Master's Mansion to be buried with her, or she simply didn't want the Eighth Master to have an easy life and wanted to cause them some trouble before she died.
This is what she guessed, but it is not known whether it is true or not.
After hearing what Nanny Song said, Wen Mianmian actually felt that it made a lot of sense. If that was true, then everything made sense.
"The royal family is really complicated. If you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss." Wen Mianmian couldn't help but sigh.
She knew that if the emperor wanted someone to die, it would be easy, just a snap of the fingers, but this was what the Eighth Lady deserved.
"Who says it's not true? Everyone thinks that entering the palace means flying to the top, but they don't know that once you enter the palace, it's like entering a deep sea. This palace is just an exquisite and gorgeous cage. It's nowhere near as good as the fireworks and noise outside."
"But even if it's just a cage, many people still flock to it, always wanting to get in and fantasizing about soaring into the sky one day."
The news of the fire in the Eighth Master's Mansion and the death of the Eighth Lady reached the palace early this morning. Emperor Kangxi also learned about it and was a little surprised.
He snorted lightly, "Humph, I didn't expect that the Eighth Lady would be so cruel to me."
Although he wanted her to die quietly, he didn't expect that she would actually end her own life. She really wanted to cause some trouble even after her death.
Liang Jiugong lowered his head and did not dare to agree. After all, this was the emperor's family affair, and it was not the place for a servant like him to have a say.
Emperor Kangxi looked at Liang Jiugong and asked, "What did Old Eight say about this matter to the outside world?"
After all, this matter is a family scandal. If it gets out, those people will gossip about it. By then, the royal family's reputation will be completely ruined by the Eighth Lady.
"Your Majesty, rest assured. The story that the Eighth Master's Mansion is telling the outside world is that the fire started when a night watchman accidentally knocked over a candlestick."
Emperor Kangxi snorted coldly, "Old Eighth finally didn't make a mistake this time."
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