Shocking Mountain Moon

Chapter 122 Fire
The fire that illuminated the night sky was like boiling magma pouring on your body, burning your heart.

Qiu Heng's panic in front of Xue Han during the day was fake, but now, the great fear was pressing down on her like a mountain or sea, and a suffocating feeling of dying swept over her.

For such a major event, she couldn't have remembered the time wrong, so why did the fire break out a day earlier?
Qiu Heng ran out.

"Girl——" Fangzhou hurried out and only saw a figure disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Although it was late at night, the fire started from the direction of the palace, and many people in Prince Kang's mansion were alarmed.

Prince Kang walked out quickly, and Princess Kang suppressed her panic and chased after him.

"My Lord, is there any trouble?"

"I'll go and take a look. You just have to keep calm over here." Prince Kang said this and quickened his pace.

"Your Majesty——"

Ling Yun came over, his tone gentle and calm: "Mother, I will go with father, you don't have to worry, take good care of my sisters."

Princess Kang held Ling Yun and hurriedly reminded her, "Yun'er, be careful."

Qiu Heng held up the hem of her skirt and ran past the mother and son.

Princess Kang's eyes widened, and her original worry turned into shock: "Who, who ran over?"

"It seems to be Ah Heng—" Ling Yun's face changed slightly, "Son, go and take a look."

Seeing Ling Yun walking away, Princess Kang was still standing there in a daze.

"Mother, what happened outside?"

Princess Kang turned around and saw Princess Jiayi coming over. She couldn't help but frowned: "Why are you out here instead of sleeping well?"

"My daughter heard some noise outside and heard Fangzhou calling Ah Heng, so she came out to check."

"This Ah Heng has never been a relief for me!" Princess Kang had just finished speaking when another figure rushed past her.

"Who is that?"

Princess Jiayi raised her foot to leave: "It's Fangzhou."

Princess Kang held onto Princess Jiayi's hand tightly and said, "Jiayi, you are not allowed to go anywhere. There are many plants and trees here, and flooding is different from other places. If we are not careful, we may lose control!"

"But father and the others——"

"Your father and brother are men after all. It is impossible for them to ignore the fire in the palace." Princess Kang said, tightening her daughter's hand, her palms full of cold sweat.

She also didn't want her husband and son to be in danger, but since it involved the current emperor, she couldn't give anyone a chance to criticize her.

"But Ah Heng——"

Princess Kang's mouth twitched fiercely: "That girl is wilder than a man. She dares to attract a bear alone. Don't learn from her."

There was chaos outside. The royal family, nobles, civil and military officials who lived around the palace came out of their residences and rushed to the fire.

Therefore, Qiu Heng, who was running in the chaos, was not eye-catching.

She ran until she was close, looking at the rising flames and the people carrying basins and buckets going in and out to put out the fire, feeling as if she had fallen into an icy cave.

The fire started in the Zhaixing Tower, but it happened one day earlier.

What about the prince? What about Xue Han?

Biting her lips hard, Qiu Heng rushed towards the sea of fire.

"Ah Heng!"

Ling Yun's anxious call came from behind, but what made Qiu Heng stop was not Ling Yun's call, but the person who appeared in front of him.

In the light of the fire, the young man in black looked disheveled, but his eyes were clear and bright.

Xue Han also saw Qiu Heng.

The girl who was running suddenly stopped, her long black hair scattered, her face as pale as snow, as if she would shatter into millions of pieces of glass at any time.

After giving a few instructions to his men, Xue Han strode towards Qiu Heng.

Qiu Heng stared at the boy who was getting closer and closer, and couldn't control her trembling all over.

His approaching footsteps did not step on the muddy ground, but on her heart.

"Miss Qiu Liu, what are you doing—" Xue Han approached and stopped talking abruptly.

The girl's slender fingers touched his cheek, chilling him to the bone. "Xue Han——" Qiu Heng called out, but her voice was so low that it was almost inaudible, and tears fell.

Xue Han’s face was not burned by the fire, so the prince—

She didn't dare ask.

Xue Han's heart was shocked by the word "Xue Han" which could not be any lighter, and he held the hand that touched him without hesitation.

The hand was so cold that he felt uncontrollably frightened, as if the girl in front of him was not a living person but a wandering soul.

"Don't be afraid, I'm fine." Xue Han paused and said in a very low voice, "The prince is fine too."

Qiu Heng's heart suddenly relaxed.

Such extreme emotional changes made her hands and feet even colder and her heart was in turmoil.

She desperately needed a quiet place to think carefully.

"Then you go ahead and do your work." Qiu Heng pulled his hand away, turned around and ran away.

"Ah Heng, where are you going?"

Xue Han heard Ling Yun ask anxiously.

Qiu Heng replied immediately: "Brother Ling, I'm going back first."

"Sir, Eunuch Xue is looking for you."

Xue Han glanced at the figure disappearing in the night, suppressed his worries and went to meet Xue Quan.

"Girl!" Fangzhou rushed over and saw Qiuheng.

"Fangzhou, I have to go somewhere, please go back to your residence and cover for me."

Qiu Heng didn't stop. She ran past Fangzhou, into the forest, and ran to the small lake.

The lakeside was cold and damp late at night, and some birds and small animals were scared away by Qiuheng's arrival.

Qiu Heng sat with her knees hugged, staring at the lake.

Thirty years after she fell into the lake, she came back through Que Lake. At this moment when she was almost emotionally collapsed, it was still the lakeside that made her feel a little safe.

Xue Han is fine.

The prince is fine too.

How wonderful—Qiu Heng thought so, but her tears flowed more and more.

That's not right, it's written in black and white, there's no way she could have remembered the time wrong.

As for the fire, she didn't tell Xue Han until today that there was no change in time because of her.

It's not that I remembered the time wrong, and it's not that she brought about the changes, then why?
Qiu Heng already had some guesses in her mind.

Remembering the time wrong and even failing to save the prince were not the real reasons why she almost collapsed, but this speculation.

Her knowledge was taught by her teacher, and the books she read were given by her teacher.

What if, what if some of the books her husband asked her to read were wrong?

How could the record of the prince's death be wrong? How could it be wrong?
Unless—Qiu Heng clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her palms.

Unless it's intentional!

How could she not guess the purpose of writing it wrong? It was just because he was afraid that she would interfere and change the fate of the prince.

She was not allowed to save the crown prince, but was asked to save Emperor Jingping, so that the imperial power could be smoothly handed over to Emperor Longxing.

It is true that you hope for the stability of the country, for a long-lasting national prosperity, and for the people to live in peace.

I hope that the prince dies as in the accident that happened, and it is also true that Emperor Longxing becomes the monarch of Daxia!

"Sir, is this really the case?" Qiu Heng murmured, biting her lips until they bled.

She regarded the imperial teacher as a mountain, someone she admired and whose conduct was a model for her to emulate.

If we said that day we realized that eliminating the five thieves alone could not truly save Daxia, and that a corner of this mountain had collapsed, then at this moment it had completely collapsed.

The collapsed rocks all pressed down on her, making her doubt everything and feel extremely painful.

I went to have a laterally impacted wisdom tooth extracted, and then went to get an injection. I felt a little bad and even forgot to update on schedule. Fortunately, I opened the background out of habit.