She fell out after crying at the wrong grave

The fire the day before was quite fierce.

Because the beams and pillars were painted with tung oil, the fire would burn even faster. By the time Shen Zhuo returned to the palace and received the news, most of the night had passed.

But in fact, as soon as the fire started, someone came to Chong'an Hall to report, but Xiao Jin happened to be accompanying Shen Zhuo to inspect the new palace, so the eunuch who delivered the news was not allowed to see him.

As this matter happened in the harem, it was inconvenient for people from the outer court to come in and take over. In the absence of the emperor, the matter naturally fell to the Shanggong Bureau.

When Li Shuyuan heard this, he felt something was wrong.

It is said that the first place to discover the fire was Concubine Xu's palace, which was only separated from the residence of Concubine Jin, who had just been promoted to a higher position a few years ago. Concubine Jin was dissatisfied with the smell of tung oil, so she changed her temper and did not allow people to paint the beams and pillars, so the fire in her palace was not so severe.

But Lady Xu's place was completely burned down, leaving only ruins.

The fire soon spread to the Chong'an Hall.

This is even more strange.

Chong'an Hall is in the east, and the wind was from the northeast yesterday. Even though it was dry and cold, it was impossible to blow the sparks from the West Palace to Chong'an Hall.

Water cannot put out a fire started by oil, but the eunuchs and Jinwu guards in the palace did not know this and looked everywhere for water to put out the fire, which only made the fire burn more fiercely. By the time sand and soil were hurriedly transported from outside the palace, and soil shoveled from the flowers in the palace was used as an emergency measure, the best time to put out the fire had passed.

Li Shuyuan saw that something bad was about to happen. Even if the Jinwu Guards had good intentions but did something bad, it would be impossible for them to punish all those dozens of people, including the maids and eunuchs. The punishment would still fall on himself, the manager. So he gritted his teeth and went to the fire scene in person.

After a night of this, not only was I covered in dust and dirt, I was also unable to face anyone.

It was not until the new emperor and Jin Zhaoyi finally returned from the new palace and Xue Ping came to convey the order for her to welcome him that Li Shuyuan had a chance to catch her breath.

Yang Siyi supported her, and they returned quietly to the Shanggong Bureau.

"Why don't you change into clean clothes and take a bath before welcoming the emperor? There's still time." Yang Siyi lit a lamp and handed a glass of water to Li Shuyuan, then asked.

Li Shuyuan was not in a hurry. He drank a whole glass of water and then took a break. "Why wash it? If you wash it for a while, there will be no evidence of hard work?" After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Is he doing well?"

Yang Siyi responded lightly, "Yes, we have arrived at the Changsheng Palace now."

Li Shuyuan sighed deeply, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, and sighed, "I can't compare to the boys and girls nowadays. They dare to sneak into the palace without a decree just to see me."

"Who said it wasn't?" Yang Siyi was promoted by Li Shuyuan. The two of them were like teachers and friends, so they were not restrained when talking. "But I really didn't expect that they had such a relationship. It seems that they have nothing to do with each other."

It was just an ordinary night, but half of the palace was engulfed in fire and the other half was engulfed in love.

"However." Yang Siyi thought for a moment and then said, "In my opinion, if we want to investigate the cause of the fire tomorrow, we have to put in some effort."

Li Shuyuan was startled, "What does this mean?"

Yang Siyi brought Hengzhi in today when the palace gate was about to be locked. But after he entered the palace, the two of them left separately to conceal their whereabouts.

I thought that even if the Marquis Zhao was so presumptuous, he would immediately go to Changsheng Palace to look for Princess Xuancheng. That would be fine, because once he entered Changsheng Palace, the princess would always find a way to save herself.

But what no one expected was that when Yang Siyi took the new emperor's clothes out of Wanshan Hall and walked around to the palace road, he remembered that he had forgotten to tell someone to come to the Shangyi Bureau to get them, so he turned back alone to tell them.

Wanshan Hall is the rear hall of Chong'an Hall, where the imperial belongings are usually placed. It was getting dark, and it was almost time for the palace servants to change shifts and have dinner, so there were not many people left. In addition, the new emperor might not return to the palace tonight, so there were even more people who were lazy.

Yang Siyi said something and was about to go out. It was getting dark. In winter, the days were shorter and darker faster. There was a small courtyard behind the Wanshou Hall, which was used by the palace guards on night duty to rest. There would be no one there before two o'clock in the morning.

At the foot of the wall, a black figure just passed by. Yang Siyi caught a glimpse of it and couldn't help but stop.

The entrance was a jade bottle-shaped door chiseled out of a brick wall. Yang Siyi was startled and stopped to stare at it for a while.

Half a quarter of an hour passed, and there was no movement.

Is it because it is dark? Am I seeing things?
But if it was really a human figure, it was too similar to the figure of the Zhaohou who had just left. Yang Siyi thought that he had been cutting clothes and measuring for decades, and he could almost remember people's stature at a glance.

She turned back to the Shangyi Bureau with doubts, thinking about this matter all the way. She wanted to go back to the Shanggong Bureau and tell Li Shuyuan in detail, but before she could do so, she heard the news of the fire in the West Palace on the way.

Now that I think about it slowly, I don't think it's impossible.

"I am not willing to impose cause and effect on you, but I always feel that there are some things that I cannot understand." Yang Siyi said, "You see, it takes some time to get from the West Palace to Chong'an Palace even if you walk at the fastest speed. My walking speed is not fast, and I didn't know about the fire until I was halfway there. Not long after we returned to the Shanggong Bureau, the fire began to spread to the east."

Li Shuyuan listened and slowly frowned, "You said these are groundless, do you mean to say that he set the fire?"

To prevent anyone from hearing through the walls, even when the two of them were talking quietly, they did not mention anyone's name. Breaking into the palace without permission was a serious crime, and even if it was not for others, it should be for yourself.

"No." Yang Siyi shook his head, "I just don't understand why this person would appear in Chong'an Palace, especially when Your Majesty is not in the palace."

The clepsydra in the house calculated the time bit by bit, implying that the time to welcome the emperor was not far away.

Li Shuyuan was afraid that he would lose his manners in front of the palace, so he patted Yang Siyi on the shoulder and said, "Alright, look at the weather. If people get anxious about the fire, I'm afraid no one will want to go to Changsheng Palace. Besides, Changsheng Palace is not far from Chong'an Palace. There was no movement all night and no one paid attention. Let's just do the things at hand first."

The fire happened to start today, leaving no room for anyone to feel guilty.

Li Shuyuan's guess was correct.

When she met the new emperor in Chong'an Palace, he wanted her to be demoted and executed without any investigation. Even though she was usually kind to her subordinates, and people knelt on the ground to plead for him, and even brought up her late father, she finally had a chance to explain the whole story.

Xiao Jin whispered in Li Shuyuan's ear at the right time, and Li Shuyuan escaped. But Shen Zhuo was not a man who would stop at a point. After he found out that he had wrongly accused someone, he could not save his face. In his shame and anger, he executed all the Huangmen maids whose clothes were wet.

Instantly, the sound of pleading filled the entire quiet Chong'an Hall, even the crackling sound of burning wood was drowned out.

Thirty-six people were beheaded on the spot, and blood flowed endlessly in front of Chong'an Hall.

All the palace maids in Concubine Xu's palace were executed, and her name was also killed with a white silk.

She had no control over her fate. Shen Zhuo angrily accused her of being unlucky and inviting trouble upon herself, so she had to die a violent death, and even not be buried, but had her body thrown into the river.

There was also a new maid in charge of cleaning the palace, who greeted Li Shuyuan with a smile early in the morning.

She kowtowed on the cold stone bricks, feeling the blood splattering on her face and dress a few steps away, and her heart felt desolate.

Suddenly, the palace was haunted by wronged spirits and turned into the underworld.

Even for such a monarch, it is impossible to protect himself by getting by.

After killing the man, Shen Zhuo felt much better. He ordered Xiao Jin to search every palace the next day. He turned around and took his men back to the new palace.

The new palace was originally a place to escape the summer heat this year. It was built completely according to Shen Zhuo's requirements and was magnificent. When he saw it today, he was even more delighted and wanted to move the entire palace there immediately.

The burning of Chong'an Hall made him feel more at ease.

Shen Zhuo was not happy living in Chong'an Palace, because he forced Shen Cong to death here and often had nightmares. If it weren't for the fact that Feng Shui said that this place had the aura of the emperor when the palace was first built, he would have stopped living there long ago.

Now he finally had a chance to get away from here and renovate the house, which really touched his heart.

Shen Zhuo was too lazy to go to the early morning military recruitment. It was only after Xue Ping sent someone to the Ministry of War to pass on the message that an emergency plan was finally put in place.

After all this going on, no one could get a peaceful rest except A'ao who slept soundly in Changsheng Hall until dawn.

Xiao Jin's palace was almost burned down, and she was so angry that she lost her temper.

She had clearly warned the palace not to use tung oil, so how could it have burned her place? Now she didn't even have a place to stay.

The maid beside her saw the clue and whispered, "Your Highness, why are you so angry about this? You have already reached the rank of Zhaoyi. In addition to being His Majesty's concubine in the past, you are now a concubine. You are not favored by His Majesty every day. Aren't you the only one who is favored in the palace? His Majesty has gone to the temporary palace. Isn't it for you to take charge of the overall situation? In this case, there are so many palaces that have not been burned. Aren't you afraid that you will have no place to stay?"

When Xiao Jin heard this, she was so flattered that she lost her mind and actually thought it was very reasonable.

"Then in your opinion, where is a better place for me to move to?" He turned around, with a determined smile in his eyes.

The maid looked at him and agreed with a smile, "Of course, it depends on your Majesty's wishes."

So, it was past midnight, Hengzhi had only been away for two hours, when the door of the Changsheng Palace began to make a loud noise that shook the earth.

"Open the door! Open the door!" A new group of Jinwu guards came forward and shouted, slamming the carved door until it seemed like it was about to crack.

Who in the world doesn't fear power? Jin Zhaoyi is now at the peak of her power in the palace, and others can't wait to flatter her. They were unlucky to be transferred to Changsheng Palace, which is like a cold palace. It's a coincidence that Jin Zhaoyi is here, so they must perform well and strive to be transferred with Jin Zhaoyi.

When Ah'ao was awakened by the sound of house-destroying, she had a splitting headache and her body seemed to be falling apart and wouldn't respond to her commands.

His eyelids drooped heavily on his lower eyelid, and he was already very angry.

"Ying En! Ying En!"

After calling out a few times and finding that there was no one in the room, he struggled to get up.

The seat next to her was already cold. As she stood up, a piece of paper stuck in her long hair fell down.

Ah'an bent down with a grimace and picked it up as if her life was half gone.

It was a familiar handwriting, with some incoherent words. Ah-yi smiled and read it again and again, carefully touching the long-dried ink, and after a while she treasured it under the dressing table.

The knocking on the door continued loudly.

Ah'ao was not the only one with messy hair, black eyes, hostility and vicious look in her eyes.

So when the door was suddenly opened, the gorgeous woman standing outside was so scared that she took a few steps back.

Xiao Jinshi almost fell down the stairs. She barely managed to straighten her manners and then spoke slowly, "The princess is so angry. Did she steal last night?"

There was a dull thud and Ah's palm slammed on the door frame beside her.

People who disturb people's sweet dreams, especially those like Xiao Jin, are particularly hateful.

"Yes, I stole your brain last night."

Ah's mouth curled up sarcastically.

(End of this chapter)