After hearing this, Emperor Ning suddenly woke up. He sat up hurriedly, ordered the servants to change clothes, and then hurriedly asked Manager Zheng to get ready and rush to Qiwu Palace.
When Emperor Ning arrived outside the gate of Qiwu Palace, he saw that the entire Qiwu Palace was shrouded in flames. Emperor Ning frowned and called the imperial guards over, "What's going on? Why did Qiwu Palace suddenly catch fire?
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The commander of the imperial guards was silent for a long time, then knelt down towards Emperor Ning, "I did not protect you well, so please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Condemn?" Emperor Ning smiled coldly, raised his foot and kicked the imperial guard violently, "If you want to be punished, you have to wait until the fire is extinguished, why don't you hurry up?"
Suddenly, there was a loud "bang" sound, and the beams on the roof of the main hall of Qiwu Palace collapsed, causing fire to fly. Manager Zheng quickly pulled Emperor Ning back a step, "Your Majesty, it's dangerous here, you'd better go back first."
Come to the Qinzheng Hall, the commander is here, come back after the fire is out."
Emperor Ning's expression changed for a long time before he nodded, then turned around and asked, "Where is Concubine Jin?"
Manager Zheng didn't understand why Emperor Ning asked this question, but he hurriedly called the servant to go to Jinxiu Palace.
Emperor Ning squinted at Qiwu Palace for a long time before he got on the bus again and returned to Qinzheng Palace. As soon as he returned to Qinzheng Palace, the chamberlain who had been sent to find Concubine Jin had already returned, "Report to the Emperor, tonight
At that time, the little prince occasionally felt cold, so Concubine Jin summoned the imperial doctor to see the little prince. The little prince kept crying and has not stopped yet. Besides Concubine Jin, no other nannies were allowed to come near. Concubine Jin left.
not open."
Emperor Ning was stunned, "Chen Xi is sick? Why didn't you report it?"
The chamberlain quickly said, "The imperial concubine said that the emperor will be crowned queen in one month and should be very busy at this time so that the palace people do not need to disturb him."
Emperor Ning paused for a moment, looking a little flustered. After a long while, he spoke with a bit of hoarseness in his voice, "No need to disturb me."
At this time, the commander of the imperial guards hurriedly ran in, "Your Majesty, the deposed Empress Li is still locked up in the dark room below Qiwu Palace by Princess Jing."
Emperor Ning was stunned again and fell silent. Yun Shang had told him about this before going to Kangyang City. He was extremely disgusted with Mrs. Li, and he just thought about that woman who had been with him for twenty years after all.
No matter what, she, the queen, had done her duty before, so she simply ignored her and only asked the palace servants to deliver meals to her on time. In fact, even he had almost forgotten Li Yiran. Now Qiwu
There was a fire in the palace, and that woman...
"Quickly put out the fire and bring her out." Emperor Ning frowned and ordered in a low voice. The dark room was hidden and blocked by a stone door. If there was a fire in Qiwu Palace, nothing would happen in time.
It just feels a little warmer.
The commander of the royal guards responded, turned around and left.
The fire almost burned down the main hall of Qiwu Palace. It was not until early the next morning that the fire was completely extinguished. Emperor Ning arrived in front of Qiwu Palace again and saw the commander of the imperial guards leading people to rescue Li.
Still, Emperor Ning stood outside the palace and looked at Qiwu Palace, which was burned beyond recognition. He frowned as the imperial guards walked in, but after a while, they retreated out again.
"What's going on?" Emperor Ning asked with a frown.
The commander of the Imperial Guards quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the stone door of the secret room where the abandoned queen was imprisoned has a hole in it. The abandoned queen... was burned to death in the dark room. My subordinates carefully looked inside the dark room and found that there was saltpeter powder inside.
I'm afraid that the fire started in the dark room..."
Emperor Ning was shocked. He was stunned for a long time, his face turned pale, and he only said one word: "Check."
Before returning to the Qinzheng Hall, Emperor Ning was stopped again. The person who came was Liu Qiyan, the number one scholar. This person was not very old, but he was very calm in his work. In addition, he was Yabi's brother. Ningdi
The emperor also promoted Li Jingyan to the position of Minister of Rites after his rebellion.
"Your Majesty, something happened to the imperial edict that was posted to five places in the imperial city yesterday. Before dawn today, many people saw that the imperial edict was stained red with blood, and I don't know who revealed it. There was a fire in the palace last night.
The place is the Qiwu Palace where all the queens have lived, and now there are rumors everywhere, saying that Miss Jing’s misconduct is a punishment from heaven.”
Emperor Ning frowned. If the fire in the Qiwu Palace last night was caused by Li Yiran and could barely be regarded as an accidental coincidence, then after today's imperial edict, it must have been man-made.
Who is it?
Emperor Ning made a mental calculation in his mind and only set his target on Concubine Jin, Yun Shang and Li Yiran.
Concubine Jin has always had a cold temperament. Even when he married Li Yiran, she never said a word. Later, due to some misunderstandings, she invited herself to the cold palace. Logically speaking, it is impossible for her, but now she has
One difference is that Concubine Jin has Chen Xi. If Concubine Jin had the idea of letting Chen Xi be the prince, I am afraid that such a thing can be done, and she is a very smart woman in the first place.
Let’s talk about Li Yiran. Although Li Yiran was locked up in a dark room in Qiwu Palace, she had been in charge of the harem for so many years, and there were still some hidden forces that no one knew except her. If that was the case,
The saltpeter powder in the darkroom was really brought in by Li Yiran, which just proves that she still has people in the palace helping her, and I am afraid there are people outside the palace as well. Therefore, destroying the edict is not an act.
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However, it was Ning Yunshang who Emperor Ning suspected the most.
He couldn't understand this daughter more and more. It was very obvious that Ning Yunshang didn't like Jing Wenxi, but if she was just afraid that Jing Wenxi would get entangled with Prince Jing, Jing Wenxi would not be able to be the queen.
Should it be exactly what she expected?
Emperor Ning was silent for a long time, but he just lightly ordered to post the notice again. He sent guards to guard the notice boards at night. Emperor Xia's feelings for Prince Jing were not clear yet, and Yun Shang's reputation among the people was unclear.
She is getting higher and higher. There is no evidence to prove that she did it. It would be inappropriate to accuse her rashly.
It's just that Emperor Ning never thought that even though he sent guards to guard it all night long, there was still something wrong with the edict. Early the next morning, the edict was still stained red as if it had been soaked with blood.
Prime Minister Jing cried out in the Jinluan Palace early in the morning, saying that someone had framed him and made him an enemy of the entire Ning Kingdom. Emperor Ning was furious and ordered the imperial guards to guard him in the open, and also sent secret guards to guard him in the dark.
If the thief is discovered, he will be killed without mercy. As a result, the people in the imperial city are also panic-stricken. However, on the third day, something went wrong with the edict.
What happened was not only the imperial edict in the heavily guarded imperial city, but also the edicts posted in several adjacent cities. The same thing happened.
Suddenly, the rumors became more and more popular. Some people went to Ningguo Temple to seek advice from Abbot Wu Na, but Abbot Wu Na also answered the question himself. He only said that evildoers will bring harm to the country and the country will be in chaos. As soon as these words came out, the people of Ningguo were shocked.
He became even more panicked. What's more, he personally saw what happened in Laifeng City and talked about it. He only said that Jing Wenxi was a vicious and vicious person. In order to frame the little prince, he even killed a patient with acne.
The used items were given to the newly born little prince, causing the little prince to almost die.
This incident spread in a panic, causing the people in the imperial city to kneel down outside the palace and beg the emperor to take back the edict granting Jing Wenxi the title of empress.
There has also been some progress in the fire in Qiwu Palace. The maid who delivered food to Li Yiran was tortured before she was arrested. She only said that she had been punished by Li Yiran and she had a grudge against Li Yiran. That day she
When he went to deliver the meal, he remembered that the emperor had issued an edict to make Jing Wenxi his queen, so he told her. Who knew that after Li Yiran heard this, he laughed for a long time and kept saying that she and Xiao Shujin were quarreling over each other.
Twenty years passed, but I didn't expect that neither of them had won, and they actually lost to a yellow-haired girl.
The palace maid said that she didn't know what happened next.
But where did the things in Li Yiran's hand that ignited the fire and even exploded the stone door come from?
Emperor Ning waved his hand and asked the imperial guard commander to retreat and fell silent. Manager Zheng was silent for a moment and then said, "Your Majesty, since I returned from Fengcheng Palace, there is no one guarding the Qiwu Palace.
I’m afraid if you are a master, it will be easy to send something in.”
Emperor Ning nodded, but still did not speak.
What he was thinking about was the hexagram of Abbot Wu Na. Abbot Wu Na had a very high prestige among the people, but he also had a very good relationship with Yun Shang. As soon as Abbot Wu Na interfered with this matter, Emperor Ning became more and more aware of it.
, is inseparable from Yun Shang.
"Come here, please tell Princess Jing to enter the palace." Emperor Ning raised his voice, and there were echoes from outside. Manager Zheng frowned slightly, opened his mouth, but in the end he just lowered his head.
In Prince Jing's Mansion, since the weather was fine today, Yun Shang asked someone to set up a fire by the lake in the mansion, put out some food, and moved a soft couch with Prince Jing to read in the sun by the lake.
The winter sun was very mild, and Yun Shang felt a little drowsy under the sun. Perhaps it was because King Jing had just started eating meat, and the entanglement these days and nights made Yun Shang a little unbearable. Thinking of this
, Yun Shang glared at the man next to him. Prince Jing didn't know what was going on, so he reached out and touched Yun Shang's hair, then lowered his head and started reading again.
The housekeeper walked in, and what he saw was this scene. Two equally outstanding men and women were leaning on the soft couch, their postures were lazy and casual, occasionally talking softly, and most of the time they just read books by themselves.
But it’s also very harmonious.
With a smile on his lips, the butler walked to a place a foot away from the two of them and stopped, "A decree has been sent from the palace to allow the princess to enter the palace."
Hearing this, Yun Shang turned her head, with a nonchalant expression on her face, nodded, then yawned slightly and said to the man beside her, "I thought that something happened to Qiwu Palace on the second day, father."
Then he will summon me into the palace. It seems that my father's patience is better than I thought." After saying that, he stood up and straightened his slightly messy clothes, "I will go into the palace first."
Prince Jing nodded.
When Yun Shang entered the palace, she saw two people outside Qinzheng Palace who she didn't like to see very much. Yun Shang squinted her eyes and smiled lightly, but she didn't catch her eyes. "Master Jing and Miss Jing are also here to pay their respects."
