Xia Tingzhen frowned and walked out after hearing this.
The door was pushed open, and the sky in front of him could be seen faintly showing a strange red color.
"It looks like the direction of Fengtian Temple!" an official exclaimed in surprise.
Xia Tingzhen's face changed slightly, and she quickly walked down the stone steps.
"Old Xia Ge!"
Several officials shouted a few words, but when Xia Tingzhen didn't turn around, they all hurriedly followed.
The group of people headed in the direction of Fengtian Palace, and met many palace officials who rushed to Fengtian Palace to put out the fire.
The cause of the fire was naturally soon known to Xia Tingzhen and others.
By the time we arrived at Fengtian Hall, the fire had almost spread to the entire main hall. The red tongues of flames were swaying in the rain, but they showed no signs of weakening!
What's even more terrible is that at this moment, the rain that had been falling all day and night stopped!
The palace attendants in charge of putting out the fire almost cried.
The rain helped water it and it couldn't be put out easily. Now that the rain has stopped, it will be even more difficult!
To put it harshly, isn't it too obvious that God has condemned him?
——If this is not considered a divine punishment, then all the precedents of divine punishment recorded in the past dynasties will become meaningless!
The palace people were busy half anxiously and half frightened.
Xia Tingzhen temporarily suppressed her inner surprise and calmly directed the palace people to put out the fire.
"The Emperor has arrived——"
A eunuch singing loudly reached his ears, and the originally noisy surroundings suddenly became much quieter.
Xia Tingzhen, Han Yan and others greeted them.
Emperor Qingming looked at his most trusted and capable minister in front of him, and couldn't help but feel more complicated than usual.
He had already heard on the way that Xia Shoufu was handling official duties in Wenyuan Pavilion all night. Hearing that there was a fire in Fengtian Palace, he came to take charge of the situation in person regardless of the danger——
"Xia Aiqing, thank you for your hard work."
Emperor Qingming took a deep look at Xia Tingzhen, and then looked at the dilapidated Fengtian Palace.
Standing so far away, there is still a billowing heat wave hitting your face, and the air is full of burning smell and dust particles, flying and filling, making people feel suffocated and depressed both physically and mentally.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. It's just a natural disaster. It happens from time to time. It's just that this time it was too unlucky." Xia Tingzhen said calmly from the side: "Although this matter is troublesome, it is not an insurmountable problem."
There was not much joy or anger in Emperor Qingming's tone: "No matter what kind of trouble I encounter, Xia Aiqing can always comfort me in such a timely manner."
Xia Tingzhen vaguely felt that this was not as simple as it sounded on the surface.
Just when he was about to say something, he heard Emperor Qingming say: "Although natural disasters happen from time to time, it also depends on the degree of natural disaster. According to Yi Xia Aiqing, this thunder and fire is really God's punishment for my failure to serve as king."
Is it virtuous?”
His tone was not serious, but when he asked these words directly, Xia Tingzhen's expression changed slightly.
The other officials exchanged glances and lowered their heads as if they had not heard it.
The emperor's heart is unpredictable, and some words he cannot accept.
They are not those stupid guys from Yushitai who care about their reputation and their lives.
"Your Majesty's words are serious. Your Majesty is wise and benevolent. How can you talk about punishment from heaven?" Xia Tingzhen said seriously.
Emperor Qingming nodded.
Looking at the hall in flames, he said with an unclear tone: "I also believe that there must be something ominous behind this warning from God."
Xia Tingzhen's eyes moved slightly.
After a moment, he said: "That must be the case."
But, when His Majesty said this, was he implying that he should do something, or was he saying...
Thinking of a possibility, Xia Tingzhen's heart sank.
This thunder and fire came at the wrong time.
…
When I entered the palace, the capital should have been completely silent.
However, due to the vision that half of the sky was dyed red, many people who had gone to bed near the palace lit up their lights again.
The Zhenguo Government Office is no exception.
In Xiyuan, Xu Mingyi, who had not slept, put down the pen in his hand and walked out of the study.
She was no longer familiar with Wu Chao's talk about the officialdom and the old stories of major officials. In admiration, she decided to learn more and listen more, so tonight she found her father and started to understand him from the most basic officialdom relationship.
At first she just wanted to know the basics.
But who knows that this father of her family, who seems to be mellow and confused, is actually very knowledgeable about many complicated officialdom matters.
After eating half of the roast chicken she brought with her and a small pot of wine, we talked a lot.
After hearing this, she was afraid that her memory was not clear enough, so she thought of taking a note and jotting it down. Firstly, she could brush through it to deepen her memory, and secondly, it would make it easier to refer to it at any time in the future.
The third thing is - waiting for lightning to strike Fengtian Temple is also waiting, and finding something to do will save you from getting sleepy.
"Girl, it looks like this fire is huge and difficult to put out..."
In the corridor, Akui stood behind her girl, looking a little dazed.
She vaguely overheard the conversation between the girl and Wu Shisun that day at Xuesheng Teahouse.
She didn't take it seriously at first.
After all, a girl who claims that her dreams are efficacious and rarely dreams is obviously lying... You know, girls not only love to dream, but they also talk nonsense in their sleep!
But... the palace seemed to have been struck by lightning!
How many more surprises does her girl have to bring to everyone?
Akui was thinking tremblingly in her heart, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.
"Yes, the fire must be huge." Xu Mingyi looked at the red night sky.
Wu Chao said that he would try to reduce casualties, but it is not yet known how much the casualties have been reduced.
She was distracted when she suddenly heard the cry of a big bird.
Xu Mingyi raised his eyes and looked up.
I saw that the big bird that was supposed to be sleeping in the bird's nest on the corridor was awakened at some point. After circling in the courtyard for a while, it suddenly crawled back to the corridor as if it was frightened. After flapping its wings, it landed and screamed in embarrassment.
Running towards her direction.
Akui was shocked when she saw it.
"Girl...is the Third Eye sleepwalking?"
How can a bird that usually can't wake up no matter how much it cries, be left awake in the middle of the night and look like it's crazy?
Xu Mingyi was also stunned for a moment.
By the time she reacted, the big bird had already rushed in front of her, waving its wings and crashing into her arms.
Xu Mingyi subconsciously reached out and hugged the big bird.
Akui was even more shocked.
...There is no such thing as a vulture that is worth hugging. Doesn’t the third eye have some misunderstanding about the species it belongs to?
Fortunately, she washed the bird clean tonight, otherwise the girl would most likely have thrown the bird eight feet away in disgust.
Xu Mingyi glanced at Big Bird, who was hiding in her arms with his neck curled up.
She almost forgot that the Third Eye was extremely afraid of fire.
I think I sensed the danger at this time.
In her last life, she was curious about why Wu Chao kept such an ugly big bird, and she learned the origin of the Third Eye from Wu Chao.
It turns out that the Tianmu was picked up by Wu Chao during a hunting trip.
It is said that at that time, it was still a skinny and small baby bird with burns on its body and could not fly yet. It lay pitifully in the grass and screamed.
It was Wu Chao who didn't mind that he would be laughed at for raising such an ugly one, so he pulled it up by pooping and peeing on it.
Thinking of this, Xu Mingyi slightly curved the corners of his mouth.
Immediately, I don't know what he thought of, and the smile quickly froze on his cheeks.
