Wow, wow!
Yun Duoduo was pulled back to reality. The sudden chaos and screams startled her, causing her eyes to widen and her legs to kick. She looked around in shock, her eyes darting about.
Although she was mentally an adult, her infantile instincts made her feel afraid when faced with life and death.
The temperature inside the room was getting higher and higher, and the stuffy air made her feel very uncomfortable. She gasped for breath but felt that there was less and less air in her lungs, as if she was about to suffocate at any moment.
She wanted to escape, but her hands and feet were completely immobile. She wanted to speak, to shout for help, but all that came out were wailing cries.
She was choked by the thick smoke and couldn't breathe or open her eyes, but she forced herself to stay awake.
[Fire! Help!]
[God, I'm just a servant, doing orders. Please forgive me this time!]
[Setting fire was unavoidable; alas, I couldn't leave you with a complete corpse.]
What a terrible tragedy!
Her ears and mind were filled with all sorts of sounds, some were anxious cries for help, and others were prayers for God to forgive her sins.
She frowned, her mouth suddenly agape, her eyes filled with disbelief. Was she going to die?!
She was murdered again?!
Damn it! This is unbearable! I can't live like this anymore!
Poisoning every three days and setting fires every two days, constantly teetering on the brink of death!
Who on earth wants to harm her?!
Yun Duoduo tried hard to hear the sounds outside, to find out who was trying to harm her, but this time she wasn't so lucky.
Among the many voices of concern, no one confessed, and she couldn't discern from them who was trying to harm her.
Well, that damned bastard! She failed to jump into the well, so now someone else is trying to burn her alive!
And wash her neck and wait. When she grows up, she will find out the murderers one by one, and none of the people who harmed her will escape!
Yun Huohuo gritted her teeth in anger and clenched her little fists.
Wait, killing chickens and sheep is only possible if she survives.
But there was nothing she could do at that moment, and she felt somewhat discouraged.
Yun Huohuo panicked. What should she do? Was there really no one coming to save her?
If she dies, she will be burned to ashes, without even a complete corpse.
She had only been in this world for a month, and hadn't even had a proper meal yet, drinking only soup for a month.
She suddenly felt a pang of sadness. Since God had given her a second chance at life, why did He take it away so easily?
She had to survive; she couldn't let those who harmed her get away with it!
Yun Duoduo opened her mouth, bared her teeth, and pulled out her trump card: she wailed and cried desperately, shouting at the top of her lungs in hopes of attracting attention.
Wow, wow, wow!
Ah Xiang clung tightly to Yun Duoduo, bending over as she searched for an exit.
The smoke inside the Buddhist hall grew thicker and thicker, causing Yun Duoduo to cough incessantly from the smoke. A Xiang's eyes were also stinging from the smoke, but she knew that at this moment, only she could save the little princess.
I absolutely must take my little princess out!
She shielded Yun Duoduo with her hands, trying to avoid the flames, but the windows and doorways were engulfed in raging fire, leaving her nowhere to go.
Ah Xiang looked at the sky in despair, silently shedding tears.
【It's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought my little princess to offer incense! It's all my fault!】
Ah Xiang felt extremely guilty, and she was terrified that because of her, the little princess would die here today.
A burning roof beam suddenly fell. Ah Xiang couldn't dodge in time, so she used her whole body to shield Yun Duoduo in her arms from the beam.
"ah!"
...
A group of people entered through the south gate of the palace. After they entered, the guards began to discuss among themselves.
"Brother, have you heard? It's the Jin family who came in!" A guard looked around and whispered.
"The Jin family? Which Jin family?" The gatekeeper, armed with swords, looked puzzled.
"Oh, which Jin family could it be? It's naturally the Jin family that conquered the Xiongnu, Nanrong, and Dayuezhi back then, and later led the Zhenbei Army to guard the northern frontier!" Another guard said dismissively as he closed the palace gates, revealing an expression that said, "You don't even know this?"
"General Jin Xiaoran!"
"Hey, why didn't you say so earlier? If you had said it was General Jin earlier, I would have known!"
Jin Xiaoran's family traveled from the northern frontier all the way to the capital. When they reached Quanzhou, they encountered the emperor's entourage, and the group hurried to the capital.
Upon arriving at the palace, Eunuch Zhao Zhongquan personally came out to greet them. Jin Xiaoran and Jin Jin dismounted, and the group stopped on the palace road.
"This servant is here on His Majesty's orders to welcome General Jin and his family." Eunuch Zhao looked at Jin Xiaoran with a smile.
"This old minister thanks Your Majesty."
"Oh, this must be the young general. He's so handsome, with a dashing air about him. He truly has the same demeanor as the great general back then!" Eunuch Zhao looked at Jin Jinzhi, rubbing his hands together with admiration.
When Jin Jinzhi heard the topic turn to her, she bowed slightly to Zhao Zhongquan.
"Eunuch Zhao, does His Majesty have any instructions?" Jin Xiaoran asked softly.
"Ah, His Majesty requests General Jin to go to the Zichen Palace. His bedchamber has been arranged for him, and Madam Jin and the young general will stay in the Xiaoyue Pavilion."
"Thank you, Eunuch Zhao. Just call me Jinzhi." Jin Jinzhi bowed slightly and followed the palace maid behind Zhao Zhong toward Xiaoyue Pavilion.
Jin Xiaoran followed Zhao Zhongquan toward the Zichen Palace.
The Jin family has their own residence in the capital, but Yun Beiye did not allow the Jin family to return to their residence.
Instead, the Jin family was allowed to settle in the palace first, and then return to their own residence after the Jin family had settled in.
Firstly, it signifies the court's respect and recognition of the Jin family. In Nanyang, having a minister stay in the palace is a great honor.
Secondly, keeping Jin Xiaoran in the palace would make it easier to ask him questions frequently. They hadn't seen each other for over a decade, and their communication had been limited to letters. Now that they were meeting, they had so much to talk about.
This secret meeting in the Zichen Palace was also an important source of first-hand intelligence for Yun Beiye in the Northern Frontier.
Jin Jinzhi and her mother, Xun Yunge, arrived at the entrance of Xiaoyue Pavilion. Many guards stood at the entrance, sent by Yun Beiye to protect their safety.
Jin Jinzhi lifted the carriage curtain. "Mother, watch your step."
He helped Xun Yunge slowly down from the carriage.
Xun Yunge, heavily pregnant, smiled at her son.
Upon seeing that Madam Jin was still heavily pregnant, everyone in Xiaoyue Pavilion rushed forward to help her. Seeing the crowd swarming around her, Xun Yunge smiled and said, "It's alright, I can walk by myself."
The two walked into the bedchamber, where palace maids and eunuchs carried the luggage from the carriage into the bedchamber and arranged it one by one.
Meanwhile, the imperial kitchen had already delivered all sorts of snacks and dishes from the capital.
After settling her mother in, Jin Jinzhi suddenly noticed thick smoke rising from the northeast. Palace servants were carrying buckets of water and running in that direction, seemingly to put out a fire.
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