The sudden change shocked the audience, Wanfu Palace is the palace of Emperor Jingwen for alchemy, what an important place, how could there be a fire at this time?

"Father is in danger-" The first to shout out was the crown prince, only to hear him shout, he was about to lead someone out of the mirror flower platform, but he didn't want to At this moment, Concubine An slammed the tea bowl in her hand to the ground, and she shouted loudly: "Whoever dares to take half a step more will be regarded as a rebellion!" ”

The prince pointed at Concubine An and scolded: "Adulterous concubine, my father is in danger, but you prevent us from fighting the fire, what are your intentions?" ”

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and after looking at the situation in front of him, the sensitive ministers of the DPRK and China knew that they were only afraid of bad things, but who was secretly operating, Jiang An and the two parties couldn't help but look at each other suspiciously.

Everyone was a little flustered, Shen Zhuo was concerned about Gu Sanniang, he looked at her, and saw Gu Sanniang's face pale, with a pair of arms around the two children, and he was also looking at him.

Shen Zhuo bowed slightly at her, signaling that she didn't need to worry, Gu Sanniang couldn't help but feel a little relieved when she saw his concerned gaze.

The sound of firefighting in the distance was still shouting, the fire was burning more and more, and before I knew it, the mirror flower platform had been surrounded by the royal forest regiment that had quietly arrived, and the prince saw this, and scolded angrily: "An's family, you don't care about the safety of your father, dare to intimidate the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty by force, don't you want to seek power and usurp the throne?" ”

"The prince is serious!" Concubine An stared at the prince with a solemn expression, and she said: "This fire is strange, in order to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos to be unfavorable to the emperor, everyone is not allowed to leave the mirror flower platform." ”

Speaking of this, Concubine An's tone softened a little, she glanced at the ministers, and said: "Now that the palace people are putting out the fire, the adults are noble, even if you rush over, you can't help, it's better to wait with peace of mind!" ”

The crown prince and Concubine An already had ghosts in their hearts, both of them wanted to take advantage of Emperor Jingwen's birthday banquet to force the palace, and the abolished imperial edict forged by An was hidden in the imperial study, just after midnight, Concubine An would move out of the edict to abolish the prince, and then release the news of the emperor's death every few days, and the four princes could justifiably ascend the throne.

And Emperor Jingwen's poisoning and death was secretly behind the prince's back, but the palace was controlled by An's family, he tried in many ways, and even Wanfu Palace couldn't get close, Shen Zhuo persuaded him to wait for hibernation, but seeing that the situation was getting more and more dangerous, the prince was unwilling to wait, so he took a risk and simply set fire to the palace, intending to expose Concubine An's conspiracy in front of everyone.

The conflict has reached such a state that no one can back down half a step, but if one side loses, it will inevitably lead to a bloody storm, and those timid women will already be frightened and tremble.

Shen Zhuo looked at the prince coldly, the prince had an incident tonight, and even he was kept in the dark, such a short-sighted person, even if he was sent to the throne, it was hard to guarantee that it was not another Jingwen Emperor, thinking of this, he glanced at the second prince and the third prince who were mixed in the crowd, the two of them, one was disabled, and the other was a concubine, who was low-key and cautious in the palace on weekdays, and never got involved in the disputes between Jiang An's two families.

The second prince noticed Shen Zhuo's gaze, he glanced back at him, and then turned away.

The fire in the direction of Wanfu Palace seems to be smaller, and the prince has a trace of joy on his face, as long as the palace people rush in, they will find that the emperor has been dead for many days, and even if Concubine An quibbles, in front of so many people, she can only be arrested.

Concubine An naturally noticed that the fire had become smaller, and An Ruhai, who was standing in the dark, was nervous, and kept glancing at her, but Concubine An didn't seem to see it, her face was slightly gloomy, and she looked straight at Wanfu Palace.

There was no sound in the whole mirror flower platform, everyone was staring closely at the Wanfu Palace, and several ladies put their hands together, chanting the Buddha name in their mouths, not knowing whether they were praying for the emperor or for themselves.

After a while, Concubine An summoned her confidant Mama Wang and whispered a few words to her, and the Mama walked to the side of the fourth prince's biological mother, Li Concubine, to talk back to her, and then saw that Wang Mama was about to get up and leave with Li Concubine, but who knew that she was seen by the county lord of Jiayuan, and the county lord of Jiayuan asked loudly: "Since Concubine An Guifei ordered that no one should go out of the mirror flower platform, why did Concubine Li disobey?" ”

Concubine Li stopped and looked at Concubine An at a loss, Concubine An paused, and she said: "The county lord is too worried, this palace is just asking Concubine Li to go and worship the god of fire, praying that this fire will be extinguished as soon as possible!" ”

Her words were also agreeable, and for a while, the county lord of Jiayuan snorted coldly and said no more.

Mama Wang helped Concubine Li to go, leaving only the doubtful and uneasy people.

This fire made people panic, Xiao Yezi and Yu Ge'er were bluffed, Gu Sanniang hugged the two children, her heart was not peaceful, she hid behind the crowd, and looked at Shen Zhuo from time to time, Xiao Yezi asked quietly: "Mother, when can we go home?" ”

"Don't be silent, with your father here, it'll be fine!" Gu Sanniang comforted her daughter, in fact, her own heart was pounding, this fire came unusually, and on this special day, just hope that the innocent will not be implicated!

Everyone waited anxiously for a long time, only to hear Brother Yu'er exclaim: "Mother, look, the fire is burning again!" ”

Seeing this, several ladies beside him looked worriedly, and really saw that the fire that was about to be extinguished was burning again, and the prince and others on the opposite side saw this, their faces were shocked, and seeing that their expectations were empty, Concubine An sneered and turned her head to look at Shen Zhuo.

As far as Concubine An is concerned, although this fire disrupted her previous calculations, it is not without benefits, she is worried that there is no time to announce the death of Emperor Jingwen, tonight Wanfu Palace accidentally caught fire, she simply let this fire burn more vigorously, and then Emperor Jingwen unfortunately burned to death in the palace, and saved her from thinking of excuses in the future.

Concubine An thought that she was sure of victory, but Shen Zhuo's face was indifferent, he whispered a few words to Zheng Er, the director of the Guozi Supervision Department next to him, Zheng Er nodded, and after a while, he quietly came to the prince's side and conveyed Shen Zhuo's words to the prince and others, the prince frowned at first, thought for a moment, and then quieted down.

The fire burned very quickly, the crying and crying for help were endless, most of the palace maids and eunuchs were fighting the fire in Wanfu Palace, the crowd surrounded by the Imperial Forest Army was still waiting anxiously, after half an hour, a grizzled eunuch ran over with a few little eunuchs in a panic, he saw Concubine An, knelt on the ground, wailed and shouted: "The emperor is dead!" ”

The audience was shocked, Concubine An clearly knew about it, but at this time, she stood up with a 'Teng' voice, glared angrily at the leading eunuch, and shouted: "The emperor has a long life, you dare to talk nonsense, are you impatient?" ”

The chief eunuch wiped his tears and cried: "The minions don't dare, this fire is too big, more than a dozen back cover rooms behind the Wanfu Palace have been burned clean, and the minions have risked their lives to enter the inner hall to save the saints, and none of the people who went in have returned, and none of the real people in the palace and the eunuchs serving in the palace can run out!" ”

Immediately, I saw Concubine An kneeling on her knees, crying in the direction of Wanfu Palace: "Your Majesty—"

Everyone in Jinghuatai was shocked to hear that Emperor Jingwen had died, and they all knelt down and cried bitterly, Gu Sanniang didn't say a word, and knelt behind the ladies of each family with two children, this misbehaving emperor died suddenly, she couldn't cry, but in order not to be provoked, Gu Sanniang rubbed her eyes with a handkerchief, pretending to be sad.

Soon, the cry of Jinghuatai was continuous, whether it was true or false, at this juncture, no one dared to act rashly, crying for a long time, and there was a steward who was smoked by the smoke and fire and couldn't see his eyebrows clearly, crying and running to report, he shouted: "The emperor's dragon body has been found!" ”

The crown prince couldn't stay any longer, he cried and said: "Father, why are you leaving, my son hates to die for you-"

While crying, he stumbled in the direction of Wanfu Palace, and this time Concubine An did not stop him.

In the blink of an eye, all the princes and princesses of the royal family, as well as the concubines, as well as the civil and military officials who were present tonight, all rushed to Wanfu, and only the ladies of each province were left in Jinghuatai.

After making a fuss for most of the day, Gu Sanniang was already exhausted, but the palace gate fell after the fire, she had to wait patiently, and it didn't take long for Princess Jichang to come over quietly, she touched Gu Sanniang's cold hand and asked, "Can you still hold up your body?" ”

Gu Sanniang shook her head, and she said, "I'm fine, I just don't know when I will be able to go back home?" ”

Jiayuan County Lord Shicai also went to Wanfu Palace, and the ladies around him still didn't know what the situation was over there, so they didn't leave, and they didn't stay, Princess Jichang said in a low voice: "What's wrong with Wanfu Palace, there is no news coming, I'm afraid it's not good." ”

Gu Sanniang's heart froze and she stopped talking.

On the other side, the princes and princesses of the royal family, the princes and princes of the capital are all guarding outside the Wanfu Palace, a fire will burn the palace to the ground, the air is filled with the smell of burning, a charred corpse was carried out, some delicate ladies were bluffed like earth, after half a day, I saw more than a dozen eunuchs carrying a dragon couch out, the dragon couch lay a blackened corpse, the only difference is covered with a yellow dragon robe, the head of the eunuch shouted: "The emperor's dragon body has arrived!" ”

Everyone present knelt down and wept loudly, Concubine An held the dragon couch and cried grief-stricken: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are so ruthless, why did you leave your concubines and the four princes and go alone-"

When the prince who was originally crying couldn't hear this, he stood up and pointed at Concubine An and scolded angrily: "Adulterous concubine, you caused your father's tragic death, if you hadn't recommended the demon path into the palace that day, why would my father be addicted to this?" Today I will kill you and bury your father! ”

"The crown prince Hugh wants to spew blood, you are mediocre and incompetent as the prince, the emperor has long asserted that you are useless, the fire in Wanfu Palace is full of suspicions, and the prince is delusional to cover me to death before the incident is investigated, is it not intended to cover up the truth?"

The prince was shocked, especially when he heard the sentence 'unbearable', he was even more furious, and shouted: "An's you're lying to confuse the public, leaving you in the world, I am unstable in the country!" ”

Shen Zhuo stood in the distance, he looked at them with a cold face, and didn't say anything. 166 Reading Network