"I ......" Faced with Yue Long Cheng's rhetorical question, I actually became embarrassed, and only said after a long time, "I have no purpose." ”

"If you don't have a purpose, why do I have to have a purpose?" Yue Longcheng said lightly, and smiled lightly after speaking, "Who said that we have no purpose, it's all for one person." ”

After I listened to it, I felt very uncomfortable, and I was thinking about how to reply to him, when I suddenly heard Sanbao exclaim, "Oh no, no, no!" When he looked back, he saw Sanbao rushing in a hurry, and hurriedly stopped him and asked, "What's so alarming?" ”

Sanbao stomped his feet, "My sir! I don't have time to talk to you right now, I need to find the prince, immediately, immediately! ”

Sanbao is a very calm person, rarely when there is such a panic, I realized that the situation was serious, and I also pulled my heels, Yuelongcheng saw me follow, and he also walked up, and when he arrived at Zhu Di's house, I saw that Sanbao even forgot to do the salute, "Lord, something is wrong!" Big things are wrong! ”

Zhu Di was looking at the letters of peace sent by officials from all walks of life in the capital, and when he heard Sanbao shouting, he raised his head, frowned and asked, "What's the matter, shouting." ”

Sanbao gasped, "It's burning, it's burning!" ”

I chuckled in my heart, and I already knew that it must have been Zhu Yunwen who was desperate and unwilling to give up and commit suicide and set fire to the palace. His face turned pale all of a sudden, and he looked at Zhu Di, Zhu Di probably understood that the situation was serious, with his supreme wisdom, I think he should have guessed where it was burned, because he also stood up immediately, "Where is it burning?" ”

"The palace, the palace is on fire. It's already burning red! Sanbao said as he gestured. Zhu Di's face also changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is fighting the fire?" ”

"Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, and Zhu Sui, the King of the Valley, are all gone, and the Imperial Forest Army in the palace is busy fighting the fire."

"Prepare the horses." Zhu Di instructed Sanbao.

Sanbao grabbed the door and ran out, Zhu Di also walked out, seeing that I was still in a daze, he turned around and said, "Don't you want to go and see?" I stepped forward to hold his hand, and he took me on the horse, and Sanbao hurriedly ordered two hundred cavalry to follow Zhu Di together.

Before arriving at the noon gate, I already smelled a pungent smell of fireworks, and when I looked up, I saw that the sky was full of red tongues of fire, devouring the entire palace with teeth and claws, and there were panicked crowds everywhere, and there were also uniformed royal guards and eunuchs who were carrying buckets and basins to fetch water to extinguish the fire, and even the palace daughters who did not go out of the deep palace on weekdays did not care about being reserved, or ran out with packages or luggage, and no one could take care of them, and many people ran away while this fire.

Zhu Di rushed forward, he was also shocked by the fire, and he didn't move for a long time, I saw that he had been standing for a long time, and pulled him out, "Stay away from the fire." Zhu Di then walked with me farther away.

His expression at this time was very complicated, and he couldn't describe the feeling, and I knew that his psychology was also very complicated, so he stood still and didn't speak. The water that those who put out the fire is actually a drop in the bucket, for the fire dragon, it doesn't work at all, and finally everyone gave up, they all stood aside, just looked at the fire, waiting for the fire to go out by itself, the fire burned for a day and a half of the night, until late at night gradually extinguished, at this time someone dared to gradually pour water into it, and finally controlled the fire, Zhu Di has not left the scene since he learned the news, after the fire was extinguished, he ignored everyone's opposition, The first to walk to the Taihe Palace, except for some vases and metal utensils that have been completely covered by soot and cannot be seen at all, all the utensils in the hall were burned to the ground, and the scene was miserable, but there was no corpse. Zhu Di took a long breath and asked Sanbao, "What about other places?" ”

Sanbao shook his head, Zhu Di's eyes were deep and silent, at this moment, a eunuch ran over, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Di, "Say hello to the prince!" ”

Zhu Di glanced at him, frowned, and said, "It's you?" ”

The eunuch raised his head and burst into tears, "Isn't it me, Lord Wang, you can come, all of us are looking up to Lord Wang's rescue." ”

Zhu Di nodded at him, "You have suffered, get up quickly." ”

The eunuch stood up, I looked at him carefully, he was in his old age, his hair was gray, there was blood stains on his body, his face was covered with black ash, and he was holding a small package in his hand, which looked heavy, about the ladder that he had served his master all his life, and he had not seen him for a few years, and he was much older than before, this person was Wei Wuyan, who sent a message to Zhu Di that the capital was hollow, and the master of Xiaoyu's father-in-law.

Where did the old eunuch think that he would experience such a big change at the age when he should have been in retirement, and the whole person was still trembling, Zhu Di looked at him coldly for a while, and asked quietly, "What about the emperor and queen?" ”

Wei Wuyan glanced at Zhu Di, lowered his head, didn't seem to dare to look at Zhu Di, and was about to raise his lips to speak, Zhu Di had already waved his hand and said, "Sanbao, take Father-in-law Wei down, and send someone to take care of it." Wei Wuyan has been in the palace all his life, although he was frightened, his kung fu of observing words and emotions has not diminished, and he has already seen that Zhu Di doesn't want to talk to him anymore, so he bowed his head and walked out with Sanbao.

"Lord Wang, please move to the Heart Cultivation Palace." Yue Long Cheng suddenly came to report. Zhu Di glanced at him, but Yuelong City nodded again, Zhu Di went with him, because many houses in the palace were made of wood, so they burned particularly badly, at this time there were broken walls everywhere, all the way over, I didn't see a house that was still intact, everyone was dumbfounded. When I arrived at the Heart Cultivation Palace, I saw three charred corpses lying in the hall, not distinguishing between men and women, old and young, I took a deep breath, Zhu Di couldn't take care of me anymore, walked forward in person, squatted down and looked at the corpses on the ground. I only felt dizzy for a while, I couldn't get up in one breath, and I was about to fall, Yue Longcheng kept looking at me, and hurriedly reached out to support me, I glanced at him sideways, nodded to indicate that I was fine, he retracted his hand, Zhu Di had already ordered, "Are there any casualties elsewhere?" ”

"The two hundred cavalry brought have searched the entire palace, and only these three corpses have been found so far." Yue Long Cheng arched his hand and said.

Zhu Di said in a deep voice, "Spread the word." ”

Yue Longcheng agreed, and while Zhu Di was still checking the corpse, he suddenly glanced sideways at me, and smiled mockingly, as if he knew Zhu Di's thoughts.

I panicked in my heart, as if I was a little sad, and I was a little embarrassed to face Yuelong City, but I just pretended not to see it. After a while, a servant walked in, carefully examined the corpse, then took off his gloves and said to Zhu Di, "Lord Wang, these three corpses have wide pelvises, petite physiques, narrow skulls, and smooth bone surfaces, so it can be judged that they are all female corpses, and it seems that they should all be palace daughters who did not escape. ”

Zhu Di frowned and listened to the words, looked at the three corpses expressionlessly, and said with a slight tilt of his head, "You just guard here, don't leave yet." Yuelong City, don't let anyone enter the Heart Cultivation Palace. ”

He didn't know why, so he replied, "Yes, my lord." ”

Yue Long Cheng also responded, I glanced at Yue Long City, and found that the corners of his mouth were smiling again, and I felt very uncomfortable, so I frowned and said, "When are we going back?" ”

Zhu Di replied indifferently, "We need to search the entire palace and determine the number of casualties." ”

Yue Longcheng and I both know very well in our hearts that Zhu Di is waiting for someone to report Zhu Yunwen's whereabouts, and his current complicated mood is only afraid that no one can solve it, not only hoping to find Zhu Yunwen's living mouth, but also not wanting him to be alive, hoping that the corpse on the ground is Zhu Yunwen, but he can't bear to kiss his nephew like this, he hopes that he will never see Zhu Yunwen again in this life, and he can't let him disappear.

All his thoughts at this moment are on Zhu Yunwen's whereabouts.

Yue Longcheng said that he was going to organize people to search the palace, so he withdrew, and only me, Qi Zuo and Zhu Di were left in the dilapidated Heart Cultivation Palace, as well as the three corpses on the ground. The longer I don't do Jinyiwei, the more I can't see these deaths and injuries, the corpse burned too badly, I was a little scared, and I couldn't stop hiding to the side, but Zhu Di didn't seem to have the slightest intention of leaving here, so he didn't dare to say anything about leaving.

It wasn't until an hour later that Yue Longcheng came back and reported, "Back to the prince, the entire palace has been searched, because it was a fire in the daytime, everyone escaped, except for some slow runners who were injured, there were no other casualties, and the three corpses here are all the dead people." ”

Zhu Di didn't have any expression on his face, he couldn't see joy or sorrow, he stood behind his back for a long time, turned around and glanced at Qi Zuo, his eyes were full of deterrence, and he couldn't help but feel weak in his knees, and he knelt down involuntarily, "What does the prince command?" ”

Zhu Di didn't speak, and Yue Longcheng saw that he was unconscious, so he said, "The three corpses in the Heart Cultivation Palace, you have just carefully examined them, what conclusion did you come to?" ”

He was a little confused, and stammered, "These are three female corpses...... It should be, it should be the palace daughter who didn't have time to escape......"

Zhu Di was still expressionless, Yue Longcheng walked in front of Qi Zuo, and looked at Qi Zuo condescendingly, "What conclusion?" ”

He trembled, looked up at the three people we were standing, and stammered more and more, "Three corpses, one man and one woman, and one is a boy...... Looking at the jade worn on the body, it should be the emperor...... Empress...... And the crown prince ......"

Yue Longcheng smiled, "I checked it very carefully, as soon as the news spreads, the whole country will be mourned, so you have become a very important person now, after a hard day today, don't go back, follow us to Longjiang Station, Ming'er still needs you to make this news public." ”

Zhu Di suddenly took my hand and walked out, and as he walked, he said, "This king has returned first, and this place will be handed over to you to deal with." ”

Yue Longcheng arched his hand and said, "Yes!" Rajah! ”

I wanted to look back at him, but Zhu Di held my hand strongly, I just paused slightly, and then hesitated to follow Zhu Di out. Back at Longjiangyi, Zhu Di has been silent, I can see that his mood is extremely bad, so I don't want to stay with him, and said, "Lord, the night is too late, I can't stand it anymore, and I want to go back to rest." ”

Zhu Di raised his head, took my hand, and said tiredly, "Ah Yi, I'm very tired and don't want to talk, but I really want someone by my side, don't you go?" ”

I glanced at him, only to see that his eyes were bloodshot, but one day and one night, there were a lot of fine stubble on his cheeks, he was really tired to the extreme, and he couldn't help but feel soft again, sat down beside him, was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help but say, "The emperor is missing, do you plan to tell a big lie to the world with the corpses of three palace maids?" ”

"The kingdom cannot be without a king for a day, and if he does not die, I will not be able to ascend to the throne." Zhu Di's tone was full of coldness, the kind that I was unfamiliar with.

"But he didn't die after all, if he came back one day, he would always be the rightful son of heaven."

"So he's dead anyway." Zhu Di looked at me and said firmly.

"What are you going to do?"

"Yue Long City is very sensible, he will definitely lead the troops to search the whole city tonight."

"If I'm not mistaken, before the fire broke out, he had already left with people, and this fire, it is better to say that he didn't want you to be the master, but it was better to say that he left here to hide people's eyes."

Zhu Di's face was solemn, "It was he who chose to leave, since he made his choice, he will never come back." If you die, you can't come back, and if you live, you can't come back. ”

I smiled helplessly, "You have completely defeated him, with you here, does he still have a chance to turn over?" He went through this pain, where would he dare to come back? ”

Zhu Di was silent for a long time before he suddenly sneered, "If my father is still alive, I don't know how he will feel if he opens his eyes and sees that he has abandoned all the successors selected by his sons?" Looking at his son and nephew killing each other, I wonder how he is going to feel? Zhu Di said as he spoke, turning from a sneer to a laugh, "This is the Son of Heaven he selected!" What the Son of Heaven is ordained by Heaven! It's not just his own preference! ”

I looked at Zhu Di in front of me, now he is complicated, even a little crazy, the throne and power that he originally longed for, then gave up, and finally was forced to have no choice but to seize the throne, power, is now in his hands, but he must not be happy, I can see it.

"Zhu Di." I whispered.

Zhu Di stopped laughing, looked at me with empty eyes, and didn't ask me what I was calling him for, just looked at me blankly.

"Are you sad? Do you feel the slightest bit sad in your heart? ”

"Sad? Sorry for whom? Are you sad for Yun Bing? Are you sad for this nephew who is not suitable to be the king of a country at all, but he entrusted him with a heavy responsibility just because his father liked him, but he messed everything up? Zhu Di looked at me with a smile. <