Tuk ——!

In Renshou Palace, the dragon head crutch in the hands of the Empress Dowager made a muffled sound on the ground. "Emperor, dare not dislike the old woman and be an eyesore, it's really a good fire, such a big fire!"

At the next place, Emperor Hongzhi's face changed greatly, he knelt on the ground with a puff, kowtowed and cried: "Ancestor, how dare your grandson! Ten thousand deaths, ten thousand deaths!"

Zhou's words are really too heavy, all the Chinese dynasties have governed the country with filial piety, and the word filial piety has been deeply rooted in the soul. If this word spreads today, Emperor Hongzhi will simply wipe his neck directly, and he won't have to think about anything.

He's going crazy this time, too. The assassination of King Ning was still being dealt with over there, and Zhu Houzhao and Qian Ning had just been recruited, but before they could ask why, there was such a strange fire on Meng Buding's side.

Fortunately, when the fire started, it was not completely dark, and the palace people discovered it early, so it did not turn into a greater tragedy.

But even so, the entire Qingning Palace has been completely reduced to ashes. The fire burned all night, and the neighborhood is still hot and unapproachable.

When the fire first broke out, the empress dowager was carried out by the palace people. It's just that the whole thing happened too suddenly, and when such a wolf rushes suddenly, the embarrassment can be imagined.

The old lady was frightened by this, so she was naturally shocked and angry, and immediately passed the emperor over, and she split her head and covered her face. In a hurry, the words also lost their proportion. It wasn't until he saw the emperor kneeling down at this moment that he suddenly reacted to it.

Especially when the emperor knelt down like this, the queen and the little princess Taikang, who came to greet him early, and the prince Zhu Houzhao, who came with the emperor, also knelt down, which made the old lady finally feel soft.

Since yesterday's fire, the queen took Taikang to run over first, and personally waited on the side with tea and water, so that Zhou was especially satisfied with this granddaughter-in-law. In addition, the little princess Taikang is well-behaved and clever, which really comforts the loneliness of the old lady on weekdays, and she loves this great-granddaughter who will not die.

She was angry with the emperor just now, but in fact, it was just a momentary gaffe under the anger of the emperor, but where did she really go to the emperor? It's just that the matter is such a thing, but this face still can't get down for a while.

"Queen, this matter has nothing to do with you, what are you kneeling for? And Xiu'er's good grandson, get up quickly, it's cold on the ground, your body is weak, don't dare to toss anymore. She turned her face away from the emperor, and said warmly to the queen and Princess Taikang.

Gong E next to her hurriedly stepped forward and helped the mother and daughter up.

The queen and Taikang didn't dare to disobey, and stood up obediently, and the queen lowered her eyebrows and wept: "The ancestor is not to blame, he is the love of the ancestor." It's just that the granddaughter-in-law is the wife of His Majesty and the master of the harem, and the whole harem is in charge of the granddaughter-in-law. Now that such a catastrophe has happened, the blame should also be taken by the granddaughter-in-law. Any punishment from the ancestors, the granddaughter-in-law is willing to bear it, and she does not dare to have half a grievance. Only the old ancestor was frightened just now, and if he hurt his gods because of anger, his granddaughter-in-law would die without redemption. ”

She muttered, and knelt down again. The little princess Taikang next to her also looked at the Queen Mother with a pleading face, and her big bright eyes were full of fear and timidity.

The Empress Dowager sighed deeply, waved her hand and said dejectedly: "That's it, let's get up." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the two kneeling on the ground, and hummed, "Zhao'er, don't help your father and emperor up." Hmph, Emperor, you are now the Son of Heaven, how revered your identity is, how can you kneel down at every turn, you must remember your identity!"

Emperor Hongzhi hurriedly said yes, and stood up with Zhu Houzhao's help. But I was secretly bitter in my heart: I am the emperor, yes, but against your old man, the emperor should kneel and have to kneel.

He complained in his heart, but he didn't know that Zhu Houzhao next to him was even more depressed. The sky is blue, and he was suddenly called for questioning, and it was unlucky enough to get involved in the pickled matter of assassination. But who knows, that matter hasn't been picked up yet, but here is another one.

Anyway, why can't this matter have anything to do with me right now? Why are they all great-grandchildren, why is there nothing wrong with my sister Xiu'er, but his grandson has to accompany Lao Tzu to be trained together?

The little prince felt very congested.

In fact, what he doesn't know now is that the assassination of King Ning in the previous year really had nothing to do with him, but now this fire that he thinks has nothing to do with him really has nothing to do with him.

If he hadn't listened to Su Mo's instigation, he had nothing to do and ran here with Fu Bao, where would he have come from with this fire now? So, where is this depression now, and a more violent storm is still to come.

"Alright, you all go back. The old bones of the mourning family can still hold up, but they don't fulfill their wishes so easily. But up and down in this palace, it's time to sort it out. Otherwise, if he can burn down Qingning Palace today, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not burn down the entire Forbidden City one day. Hmph!"

Above, Zhou said with a calm face, and waved his hand to order them to retreat. After all, she is an elderly person, and she is frightened and frightened all night, and she is already tired. Now that I've vented, I really don't have the strength to dwell on it anymore.

Emperor Hongzhi was sweating profusely when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed down and responded: "Yes, I will issue an order to investigate thoroughly, and I must find out clearly." ”

The Empress Dowager asked Gong E to stand up, and when she heard this, she just waved her hand again, turned around and went back tremblingly.

It wasn't until he completely disappeared that Emperor Hongzhi straightened up, let out a long breath, and raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his head. Then he turned around sharply, his face was already iron-blue, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Spread my will, Mu Bin and Xiao Jing will come to see me immediately." The forbidden army was ordered to strictly guard the palace gate, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. ”

Outside the door, Du Fu answered loudly, and then passed on his will one after another. Suddenly, the entire palace was in a commotion.

Here, Emperor Hongzhi comforted the queen and the little princess slightly, and then turned around and walked out of Renshou Palace and went to the imperial study.

Zhu Houzhao hesitated slightly, hesitating whether to go with his mother and sister, or to go to find Fu Bao to talk. Yesterday, one thing after another, I haven't had time to see each other until now, I'm afraid I'll snub my sister.

"Prince, where are you going, come with me!" Outside the door, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly turned his head and shouted, so that Zhu Houzhao was excited, and suddenly there was no longer any thought. obediently followed quickly, but he lamented in his heart.

Along the way, both father and son were speechless. Zhu Houzhao didn't know what to say, but Emperor Hongzhi was angry and secretly thinking about the ins and outs of the whole thing.

As an emperor, he has a different perspective and naturally thinks about things differently. In the eyes of others, these two events yesterday may be just two separate events. But in his heart, he didn't dare to make this judgment easily.

Why is it so coincidental? King Ning was assassinated just now, and then a fire broke out in his harem. Is there really no connection between these two things? Also, this fire is really weird.

You know, this is not anywhere else, but the Imperial Palace. Not to mention the strict order inside and outside, fire prevention alone is definitely the most rigorous. Even if there is any negligence, it should not be delayed so quickly, that it is too late to save it. This fire is burning too fiercely......

Moreover, if this fire was really deliberately done by someone, what was the purpose? It can't be said that it was aimed at the Empress Dowager, right? The Empress Dowager, an old lady who basically didn't ask about anything, who had such a deep hatred for her old man?

It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense.

But if it wasn't aimed at the Empress Dowager, then who was it for? I was still in Qianqingmen at that time, and if I said that it was aimed at him, the emperor, it would be completely irrelevant.

Also, King Ning's side......

Emperor Hongzhi frowned, puzzled. I just feel that the more I think about it, the more messy it becomes, and I can't figure it out. He wanted to break his head, and he would never have imagined that the cause of this fire was simply the product of someone's brainless idle chess and several coincidences.

As for the overlap with the assassination of King Ning, it is really a coincidence. He wanted to find some clues from these two things, and he simply begged for fish and drilled the horns of the bull himself.

Seeing that there was the imperial study in front of him, he suddenly heard the forbidden army opening the way in front of him scream suddenly, as if he had found someone hiding in the shadows.

The old eunuch Du Fu's cloudy old eyes flashed suddenly, and there was a slight mistake under his feet, which had blocked the emperor and the crown prince in an instant, and he didn't stop there, and a faint fluctuation rose on his body.

"Don't, it's a slave, it's a slave Liu Jin, serving His Royal Highness the Prince's ......" There was a frightened scream in front of him.

Zhu Houzhao was taken aback, and was about to go over with the corner of his robe. Emperor Hongzhi's face turned dark, and he shouted angrily: "Bastard! What the old ancestor said is really good, this harem should really be rectified." Sneaky and hidden, promiscuous and obscure, hateful! Kill! Drag me out and kill with a rod!"

He was also annoyed by the succession of events, and in anger, he was rarely violent.

Zhu Houzhao next to him was frightened, and he couldn't care about being scared anymore, so he took a step forward, stretched out his hand and grabbed the sleeve of Emperor Hongzhi's robe, and said in a wailing voice: "Father, father, can't." That's Liu Jin, it's Erchen's companion. Ask my father to bypass him, bypass him. ”

I have to say that this little prince is really as recorded in history, and he is very affectionate to the people around him. Knowing that Emperor Hongzhi was angry and irritable at this moment, he still did not hesitate to speak out and ask for help for his subordinates.

Emperor Hongzhi became more and more angry, and was about to wave his sleeves away, but he inadvertently saw the frightened and frightened color in his son's eyes, and he couldn't help but be stunned immediately. He has always loved and doted on this son, and almost never really beat and scolded.

This also made his son very close and out of front of him, not as serious and harsh as the father and son.

But now, at this moment, he saw horror and fear in his son's eyes, which made him finally regain a trace of clarity in his anger.