Emperor Qingming drank half a bowl of ginger tea, the two talked for a while, and then it was time to take a rest.
The two of them walked into the inner hall together, and the queen was secretly glad that she had eaten enough for dinner.
If not, she was really afraid that if she couldn't help it later, she would lose her composure.
After the emperor and empress rested, the lights in the inner hall were turned off.
After resting for a moment, Emperor Qingming opened his eyes.
The sound of rain outside the window has not disappeared, and occasionally a flash of lightning flashes, and the silver light suddenly illuminates the hall, followed by the roar of thunder.
As time passed, Emperor Qingming gradually calmed down.
It seems that nothing unusual happened at Fengtian Temple, or perhaps the other party was caught by Han Yan before they had time to do anything——
As soon as this idea came to his mind, Emperor Qingming was about to close his eyes and fall asleep when he suddenly heard a burst of hasty footsteps coming from outside the palace.
He opened his eyes again.
"His Majesty……!"
It was the voice of Li Ji, the chief internal control officer.
Hearing the panicked tone of the eldest eunuch, Emperor Qingming frowned slightly and immediately sat up.
The lights in the temple were quickly turned on again.
Emperor Qingming lifted up the bed curtains and strode out. The eunuch came forward to put on his clothes.
"What happened?" Emperor Qingming looked at Li Ji who came in to salute.
"Your Majesty, there is a fire over there at the Fengtian Palace!" Li Ji was considerate and decided to let His Majesty the Emperor, who had just woken up, take a break first.
Emperor Qingming frowned.
"Have you found out who set the fire?"
So this is what the other party’s plan was?
Do you want to blame the Xia family for the source of the scandal in Fengtian Palace by using the evil theory?
If so, this method is too cheap and absurd.
But what's even more ridiculous is that Han Yan actually allowed this kind of mistake to happen under his nose while taking precautions!
Thinking of this, anger appeared in Emperor Qingming's eyes.
"Your Majesty, this fire... is not man-made, but a natural disaster..." Li Ji lowered his voice slightly with a complex expression: "It was caused by thunder and fire."
Emperor Qingming's expression was frozen for a moment.
"What?"
He felt that he must have heard wrong——
Li Jiwei could only say more bluntly: "Your Majesty, Fengtian Palace... was struck by lightning!"
Emperor Qingming's pupils shook violently.
"Struck by lightning?!"
——These four words not only represent his disbelief about this matter, but also a true portrayal of his expression at this time.
Li Ji wiped the cold sweat on his head and responded: "...Exactly."
Emperor Qingming's face became darker and darker.
How could a perfectly good Fengtian Temple be suddenly struck by lightning?
The queen who was woken up in the tent was also shocked.
She took the coat that her grandma handed in and hurriedly smoothed her black hair.
Grandma then opened the tent.
"Is anyone in the palace injured?" The queen got out of bed and asked Li Ji solemnly with a frown on her face.
"Back to the Queen, only one young eunuch suffered some burns, but it's not serious."
The queen breathed a sigh of relief.
There were no casualties, but it hit Fengtian Palace——
Then this thunder is too spiritual, right?
She quietly glanced at the emperor, whose face was clouded. At this moment, she didn't want to say anything except "God has eyes".
"Why are there no casualties in the palace?" Emperor Qingming heard something was wrong: "Didn't I order Han Yan and others to guard Fengtian Palace tonight?"
"Back to the emperor, I have already asked Commander Han. It is because half a quarter of an hour before the incident, a guard patrolling behind Fengtian Palace said that he had noticed something strange in the garden. Commander Han was afraid that an assassin had infiltrated, so he immediately led people to search.
The remaining palace guards also left Fengtian Palace after hearing the commotion, and stood guard outside the palace to be on guard for assassins approaching..."
"Have you caught the assassin?" Emperor Qingming asked immediately.
Although no matter how capable the assassin is, it is impossible to attract thunder and fire, but any unusual movements tonight cannot be ignored!
Li Jidao: "Commander Han said that there was no trace of the assassin and only a wild cat was found... The noise that the little guard heard should be from that wild cat."
The queen looked surprised.
After the thunder that struck Fengtian Temple, something equally spiritual appeared?
She turned around and sent the palace servants to look for the wild cat. It would be better to keep it in her Yukun Palace.
Emperor Qingming's eyes were filled with depth.
In other words, there are no assassins at all.
"I'm going to Fengtian Temple to have a look."
Emperor Qingming had a tense face and was about to walk out of the palace.
"Your Majesty, you can't do it!" Li Ji hurriedly advised: "The rain and lightning have not subsided, and there are no natural disasters... Your Majesty's dragon body is precious, how can you take such a risk?"
——To put it bluntly, Your Majesty does not lack someone who can carry a bucket to put out fires.
The Queen sighed in her heart.
Natural disasters don’t have eyes to be afraid of, but what scares people is that they have too many eyes.
If the emperor is really hacked, everything will be in complete chaos.
As the mother of a country, she should put the overall situation first, so she could only give a few words of advice without meaning to her words.
Listening to the thunder outside, Emperor Qingming calmed down and thought about it, and finally did not insist on having his own way.
He sat down on the couch with a solemn expression and looked out the window, which was dimming.
No matter how much he thought about it, he never thought that something like this would happen in Fengtian Palace tonight——
If it were anything else, even if there was no evidence, he could conclude that it was a deliberate plan.
Only this thunder... made him unable to convince himself that it was caused by man.
There is absolutely no way in this world that there is an expert who can control natural disasters.
If it is true, why go to the Fengtian Temple to attack the Fengtian Temple? Wouldn't it be easier to directly strike him or Xia Tingzhen on the head with a bolt of lightning!
Thinking again of what Han Yan said in the imperial study today, Emperor Qingming's eyes changed again and again.
There are some things that you can choose to believe or not.
But there are some things that, once placed before our eyes, make people unable to believe them.
Moreover, the Fengtian Temple, which he had just ordered to be extensively repaired, was struck by lightning... You don't have to think about what kind of rumors this will cause among the people.
He would never allow anyone to blame him for this so-called warning.
He also doesn’t want to be judged by someone who is interested in whether what he has done is against God’s will, and thus shake everything he has gained so hard-
…
In Wenyuan Pavilion, Xia Tingzhen and several ministers have not left.
His Majesty's dissatisfaction with him has become obvious recently. In addition to settling Han'er's matter as soon as possible, he must not slack off at all in his official duties.
It just so happened that he had some difficult official matters on his hands recently, so tonight he left several colleagues to discuss and deal with them together.
Since it was getting late and they had to get up early to attend the morning meeting tomorrow morning, a few of them decided to stay in Wenyuan Pavilion for the night.
This kind of thing is not unheard of when we are busy with official duties.
At this time, all the things that should be dealt with have been dealt with. Xia Tingzhen stood up from the desk and said to several other officials: "It's getting late. Everyone, please go and have a rest."
The officials bowed their hands and responded.
Just as they were about to disperse, they heard faint exclamations from the palace people outside.
