==Chapter 140==

Although these high platforms for people to enjoy the lanterns and watch the play are only for a while, they are after all things used by the royal family, which is naturally unusual.

At first glance, it looks like just a few high platforms, but the wood used and the craftsmanship of the craftsmen are the best, so even if it is only a few temporary stands, it is very beautiful. There are cornices and arches, there are curtains around them, and there are several extremely delicate octagonal glazed palace lamps hanging under the eaves, even if they are not worse than the pavilions and pavilions of some rich and noble families.

At this time, Jiu Niang's eyes focused on the stands directly opposite, on the octagonal glazed palace lamp hanging under the eaves.

This octagonal palace lamp is made of mahogany as the skeleton and made into an octagonal shape, which is embedded with glass pieces and lined with various exquisite patterns. The glazed pieces have always been expensive, and only the extremely wealthy people are willing to use them for embedded lamps, and the wealth of the palace is needless to say, a few glass lamps are nothing to the royal family.

And what Jiu Niang saw was not how delicate and gorgeous the glass lamp was, but the dark red and jumping fire reflected on the glass lamp. You must know that it is completely different whether the fire shines out of the lamp or comes from the outside, and Jiu Niang faintly saw that there was an unusual dark red light on the glass lamps......

Looking at the looks of the people in the stands opposite, the frightened look was not fake, and the position of the eyes was not the fireworks in the sky, but behind them...... Jiu Niang didn't have time to think about it, when she beckoned to Xiao Cui, who was standing at the edge of the last side, and then ran to the edge of the stands.

It was too late, and it was too late, and during this time, the stands on the opposite side were completely chaotic, everyone was pushing and shoving backwards, and many people were acting in horror and waving to this side, and some people were shouting hysterically, but they were all covered by the deafening sound......

This situation not only attracted the attention of the first person in the stands, but also attracted the attention of the people in the stands where Jiu Niang was, and it seemed that some people realized that something was wrong, but they were at a loss, and some were at a loss, and more were intoxicated by the fireworks flying around in the sky, not knowing what was happening.

When Jiuniang passed by Princess Cheng, she grabbed her and said in a low voice, "Run." ”

When the words fell, she had already run forward, and Princess Cheng also realized that something was wrong at this time, and when she saw Jiu Niang's panicked look, she inertly ran behind the other party.

Xiao Cui had already come to Jiu Niang's side at this time, she seemed to say something, but Jiu Niang could only see her mouth move, and she couldn't hear what she was saying at all. When the two arrived at the edge of the stands, Jiu Niang pointed down, Xiao Cui nodded slightly, and then picked up Jiu Niang and jumped down.

This stand is about three or four meters high, if it weren't for Xiao Cui's martial arts, if he jumped down with an ordinary person, he would be injured even if he didn't die.

At this time, the stands were completely chaotic, and most of the Jin Wuwei guarding the surrounding areas rushed to the first stand, and there were also several teams of people rushing to the other stands......

The scene was very chaotic, there were people running around everywhere, I faintly heard someone shouting that there was a fire, and the air began to fill the air with a smell of burning, and Jiu Niang realized what the fire was just now......

The people in the stands opposite were the first to notice the clues, so the place where the fire was said was behind the stands where they were...... Jiu Niang suddenly remembered the five-clawed golden dragon's Aoshan high lamp, and the lighthouse dozens of meters high was behind the stands where she was......

Jiuniang didn't have time to think about it at this time, so she asked Princess Cheng, who was going to follow her, and ran to the first stand. At this time, the people in the first stand were already under the protection of Jin Wuwei, and they got down from the stands, and the king of Chu seemed to be calm, but his eyes kept looking around, until he saw Jiu Niang running towards this place, and he was lightly relieved.

"Your Highness."

"Let's go first, stay away from here."

……

The next qiē seemed to be so close to Jiu Niang, and so far away.

After avoiding a safe place, she turned her head to look, and Jiu Niang saw the situation on the entire field clearly.

It turned out to be similar to what she thought, and sure enough, the Aoshan high lamp was lit, and for some reason, the Aoshan lighthouse was burning on one side, and it fell to one side, and the direction it fell was the grandstand where Jiu Niang was......

When Jiu Niang and the others reached a safe position and turned their heads to look, the top of the stands was already burning......

This lighthouse is made of large and small lanterns, and there are all kinds of lanterns below, and at the top is a huge five-clawed golden dragon, which burns and falls down, and the lanterns on the lighthouse fall one by one, as if it is raining fire, falling on the top of the stands, and on the open space in front of the stands, and even affecting the opposite stand......

The whole field seemed to be in a sea of fire at this time, and there were cries and screams everywhere......

I don't know when the sound of fireworks has stopped, and the sound from there is even more terrible......

Emperor Chengyuan condensed the dragon's face and ordered people to hurry over to rescue, and a large number of Jin Wuwei rushed to that place......

Jiuniang pursed her dry white lips, and couldn't help but squeeze the hand of King Chu, and the hands of the two of them had been holding since Fang Qi, and they didn't let go until this time.

The weather is very cold, the wind is very urgent, but what is even colder is Jiu Niang's heart.

*

This is the first time Jiu Niang has seen the means of being an emperor.

Let you live and live, let you die and die, even if you occupy the righteousness, there are many means to control your life and death.

Jiuniang actually didn't understand why Emperor Chengyuan would use such a means to mobilize the people and waste money so much, and even implicate many innocent people, but the king of Chu gave the answer.

"Father, he is a very smart man, and the people in the palace, including those of us who are sons, have everyone's thoughts under his control. Do you think that he is using this method to mobilize the people, but in fact, he is not, the father of King Zhao and Liu Guifei is very clear, the reason why King Zhao will reveal that Princess Zhao is pregnant without any scruples is to create momentum for himself, to disrupt the formation of the king's family is the second, and to use the general trend to coerce his father and emperor from the bright side is the third......"

“…… The child in Princess Zhao's womb, whether she gives birth or not, whether she is male or female, he will definitely give birth when the time comes, and he must be the eldest grandson of his father...... In our position, it is too easy to change the tanuki for the prince, and when King Zhao gets the one he wants, one death is enough to explain the one, as for the future, is it still difficult to have a son? ”

“…… It's a pity that King Zhao and Concubine Liu Guifei looked down on their father too much...... You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, and an accident that happens in front of everyone's eyes is enough to destroy a qiē, and give them no room to resist at all......"

“…… Of course, this is actually a warning, and it also means that my father is in a hurry......"

The situation on the day seemed to be thrilling, but it was not as thrilling as it seemed. Those who did not escape were all on the stands, and the stands were firmly built, and there was a roof of the stands above them, but the fire did not burn down. After a large number of Jinwuwei were dispatched, the fire was quickly extinguished.

However, there were still many people who were injured, but in fact, in that situation, if they stayed honestly and waited for help, they would not have been injured. But at that time, people had a herd mentality, and when they saw everyone running, there were inevitably many stampedes. There were also people who were burned, but they were all hit by falling fire while fleeing in all directions, and the people in the stands were not burned, at most they were choked by the smoke.

Especially the grandstand where Jiuniang is located are all female dependents, how can these noblewomen have the calmness of the men, they were all in a hurry at the time of the incident, and many people were trampled on.

Princess Zhao is one of them.

Not only was she pushed down and trampled by the panicked crowd, not to mention the miscarriage, her leg bone was also trampled on, and she was injured a lot, but fortunately she didn't die.

After Princess Zhao was rescued, when she was directly sent to the palace, after the imperial doctor diagnosed, she told everyone an unfortunate fact that the fetus in Princess Zhao's womb was gone.

As far as everyone knows, this good news is only half a month long, and it ushered in bad news.

After the incident, the entire government and the opposition were shocked, and Emperor Chengyuan was furious and ordered a thorough investigation.

Dali Temple and the Criminal Department are all dispatched, because of Hu Yingrong's relationship, the King of Chu knows a lot about some of the things inside, and the truth he told Sù Jiuniang is just his own speculation and patchwork, but it is very close to the truth. And Xingshi mobilized the public to investigate for so many days, and the final result turned out to be the dereliction of duty of the craftsman.

All the craftsmen involved in the construction of the Aoshan high lantern were executed that day, and not a single one of the supervising officials ran away, drawing a stop to the whole thing.

*

The accident on the day of the Shangyuan Festival has left a shadow in the hearts of many people.

Although there were no major casualties that day, only a few Jin Wuwei and palace attendants died, many people still had lingering palpitations.

Especially the women and dependents in the stands where Jiu Niang was, not to mention the countless injuries, their souls were almost frightened. The temples inside and outside the city of Chang'an City have been flourishing recently, and the carriages of various provinces have been pouring into the temple, and the major pharmacies and pharmacies in the city have also made a lot of money.

In February, it was a good day to hold a spring banquet and go out of the city, but this kind of thing happened, no one had this mood, Chang'an City suddenly fell silent, and it was not until the summer that it eased up, of course, this is a later story.

For many days, the king and his wife of Chu were very silent, and the silence was a little abnormal, not to mention that Lianzhi Changshun, who had a keen sense, even Lianfang, who was dull, felt something strange.

It was Jiu Niang who walked out first, and seeing that the King of Chu had looked a little wrong recently, she endured it for several days, and finally decided to go to the King of Chu to have a good talk.

"I don't know what you're thinking, but I know what I've been thinking these days. I'm afraid, I'm glad, I'm glad I can't give birth to myself, so we don't have that concern for the time being. ”

To put it bluntly, this incident also had an impact on Jiu Niang, not only did she have palpitations, but she was also afraid, afraid of Emperor Chengyuan's methods.

King Chu's eyes flashed, he sighed, and pulled Jiu Niang into his arms.

"I have always felt that what I have planned is very deep, and I have the chance to win, and after seeing my father's methods this time, I realized that I had looked down on my father before. He may be ignorant and stubborn in the matter of the crown prince, but since he was able to move to that position from such a tragic succession, it shows that his ...... "has never been simple."

For King Zhao and Liu Guifei's plot this time, King Chu has always felt abnormal, but he can't understand what the abnormality is, or after Emperor Chengyuan's thunderous means, the things exposed under the fog were completely revealed.

So, is the King of Chu ashamed?

Jiu Niang raised her head to look at the face of King Chu, her handsome face was the same as before, her long eyebrows like willows were twisted, and her dark black eyes were no longer calm and controlled, but a little more uncertain and something deeper.

"Actually, have you ever thought that you and your father are in two completely different positions, for us, because of the different positions, we need to dig out the deepest things step by step, in order to find a place to use. And standing in the position of his father, he doesn't need to be like this, he just needs to know the purpose of King Zhao and the others, and then cut it off from the root......"

Indeed, what is King Zhao's plan? is nothing more than a righteous emperor's eldest grandson. The prince has been weak for a long time, and anyone with eyes can see that the prince is no longer suitable to be a prince, but Emperor Chengyuan stubbornly doesn't think so, and even saw that the prince is not successful, and gave birth to the idea of letting the prince give birth to a son and cultivate a grandson.

But if you exist in the world, you can't do what you think. Even if Emperor Chengyuan is an emperor, he can't go his own way, and there are countless courtiers under him. These courtiers may have different thoughts, but they still account for the majority. Not to mention whether the prince can give birth to a dragon grandson, Emperor Chengyuan is not young, the prince is weak, how many years can these two people support? When the lord is weak and the minister is strong, it will bury instability for the country's society in Daqi.

Therefore, it is the most stable to select the future heir to the throne from among the adult princes, which is why there are so many noble ministers who are vassal of King Zhao Cheng, and Emperor Chengyuan has to set up the king of Chu to fight against the two of them, not only to prepare a sharp weapon for the prince's lineage, but also to divide the power.

In the same way, the call for the abolition of the crown prince in the early years was not small, but it was just suppressed by Emperor Chengyuan's thunderous methods. Over the years, King Zhao and King Cheng have grown up, if Zhao Wangfu gives birth to an emperor's eldest grandson, it is not mentioned whether King Zhao will get his wish, and the call for the abolition of the prince and the establishment of the prince will set off a wave, and at that time, it will not be Emperor Chengyuan who can suppress it if he wants to.

The so-called civil death admonishment, military death in battle, this is the highest glory as a civil and military official at present. Because of the prince's matter, there were many ministers who were killed in the Taiji Hall back then, and if they came again or twice, would Emperor Chengyuan still be able to bear it? Especially King Zhao Chengwang is not the King of Zhao back then, they have grown up. The father is weak and the son is strong, and Emperor Chengyuan's body and even spirit are not as good as they were back then.

This is also why Emperor Chengyuan used this thunderous method, not only to cut off from the source, but also to warn. It's just that how long can this kind of warning last, but it is just to quench your thirst, so the king of Chu will say that Emperor Chengyuan is in a hurry......

……

Jiuniang originally wanted to relieve the king of Chu, but in the end, the two sat together to analyze the current situation.

Seeing that the King of Chu was peeling off all kinds of things one by one, Jiu Niang almost wanted to cover her face. It seems that the king of Chu has not lost confidence at all, or is ashamed of himself, but he is just confused for a while.

When he came out of a moment of confusion, he was actually clearer than anyone else.

Confusion is not terrible, but can introspect, and now the advantage of the king of Chu is that he has been hidden in the dark, he can accumulate resources in various ways, but he does not have to worry about being used as a target. At the same time, it is also because you can hide in the dark, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and many times you will lose your due vigilance. Therefore, this momentary confusion is a good thing for the king of Chu, allowing him to thoroughly introspect once again and make up for his shortcomings.

Late at night, Jiuniang was sweating and shrunk in the quilt, and she didn't even bother to move to wash it.

The king of Chu wrapped his arms around her waist, half-stroked her willow eyebrows, and murmured softly: "Don't be afraid, this king will protect you......"

Jiu Niang half-closed her eyes, and hooked the corners of her lips almost inscrutably.

What's there to be afraid of, the next road has to go on. But with such a person by her side, she has no fear or fear......

*

Cheng Wenjing came to the Chu Palace, looking for Jiuniang, this was her first time in the Chu Palace.

was introduced to the flower hall of the main courtyard, and after Cheng Wenjing saw Jiuniang, she was sure that she was safe and sound, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"You don't know, when I heard the news, I was scared to death......"

On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Cheng Wenjing was not on the spot, and the Cheng family's family background was not enough to spend the festival with today's lanterns. And the Wang family is qualified, but because of the incident between Cheng Wenjing and Wang Shilang, the two families are not as close as usual, and the Cheng family does not want to take advantage of the Wang family.

This is lucky, so the ladies of the family are safe and sound.

At the time of the incident, the Cheng family was watching fireworks in Dongshi, and after the news came, the whole incident was over. However, because the matter was too strict and widespread, the mansions of officials of all sizes in Chang'an City stayed up all night.

By the next day, the entire Chang'an City was almost under martial law, because the internal situation was unknown, and many prefectures strictly forbade their descendants to go out at will. Cheng Wenjing was detained at home and was always nervous, until the whole thing came to light, and finally found a free time to visit Jiuniang.

"Fortunately, Jiuniang, you were not injured, you don't know that almost all the female dependents of the Wang family who went that day were injured, fortunately, the people are fine, and it will be good to raise......"

In fact, not only the Wang family, but also the female dependents in the Anguo Mansion, except for Princess Cheng who was safe and sound because of Jiuniang, but she was only a little frightened, and the other Cui family, Zheng family, Xiao Siniang, Xiao Wuniang and others were all injured of varying degrees of severity. Seeing that Xiao Siniang and Xiao Wuniang's wedding date is approaching, it seems that it can only be postponed, but now there are not many such things in Chang'an City, and there is nothing to be provoked.

It is worth mentioning Xiao Ru, it is reported that she saved one person that day, and that person was Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang was almost trampled on after being left alone, but it was she who desperately dragged Mrs. Wang to a corner to let her escape.

"Now she's fine, she can finally get her wish." Cheng Wenjing pouted.

Let's not mention Xiao Ru's character, Cheng Wenjing still admires this person from this matter, according to what she knew about the situation at the time, Xiao Ruzhen was desperate to save Mrs. Wang.

With the grace of saving her life in front of her, presumably Mrs. Wang can no longer stop Wang Shilang and Xiao Ru's affairs. It's just that Jiuniang still has some suspicions, is this really not Xiao Ru's intention to design this, and Mrs. Wang can really be willing to let Xiao Ru enter the door?

Mrs. Wang's Jiuniang knows very well, after all, she had a lot of dealings back then. This person is very opinionated and suspicious, no matter how much you dig out your heart and lungs for her, she should not trust you or distrust, and dote on Wang Shilang too much, even to the point of pathology. Whatever Wang Shilang likes, she doesn't like it, and even has to trample you under her feet, so that you can't cross her status in Wang Shilang's heart.

These are also some clues that Jiuniang discovered after watching it for a long time in her previous life.

"Didn't you hear that the Wang family is discussing marriage with the family of the household servant? How's it going? ”

"I don't know very well, since that incident, my mother has rarely asked about the Wang family's affairs. This time, it was also because several aunts and uncles on the Wang family's side were injured, and my family came to visit them, and I found out about these things. ”

Jiu Niang nodded.

After that, the two talked about some other things, Cheng Wenjing did not forget to greet Ruan Ling'er's situation, and heard that Ruan Ling'er and the prince were in the same place and were not injured, Cheng Wenjing was also relieved.

"She can be regarded as having survived, and with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to protect her, she must be able to live a much better life."

Cheng Wenjing also visited Ruan Ling'er in the palace once, Ruan Ling'er was in a difficult situation at that time, and Cheng Wenjing also knew that she was having a hard time, but she couldn't be relieved.

"My mother said that after a woman gets married, whether she is doing well depends on whether her husband has the same heart as you, and whether her stomach is angry. I hope that Ling'er can fight for strength, if she can give birth to a child, regardless of boys and girls, the future will be better. ”

After all these twists and turns, Mrs. Cheng will now teach her daughter some ways to be a wife. Earlier, she planned to marry Cheng Wenjing into the Wang family, which was her maiden family and could always protect her daughter. But now the matter with the Wang family is not done, Cheng Wenjing will have to marry in the future, understand more in advance, and will be able to take fewer detours in the future.

Jiu Niang's eyes flashed, and she didn't point out Cheng Wenjing's innocence.

This is Cheng Wenjing's expectations and wishes for her friend as a friend, if there is no reason in it, Jiu Niang will probably think so at this time, but with that reason, Jiu Niang asked herself, she can't do this.

Therefore, after sending Cheng Wenjing away, Jiuniang seemed a little worried.

When the king of Chu came back from discussing things in the front yard, he happened to see Jiu Niang's preoccupied appearance.

"What's wrong?" The king of Chu came to Jiu Niang and sat down.

Once in the main room, the king of Chu can temporarily get out of the wheelchair, the king of Chu and Jiu Niang are extremely strict with their side, except for a few henchmen, no one else can enter and exit the main room casually.

"It's okay, I'm just thinking about the East Palace, whether I can't get pregnant, or someone is secretly doing something."

King Chu's eyes flashed, "What do you think?" ”

Jiuniang hesitated, "I think it's both." ”

King Chu nodded, "There are more people who don't want the crown prince to give birth to an heir than you think." Although the emperor's body was weak when he was a child, it was not so bad, and he decayed year by year. ”

Therefore, Emperor Chengyuan's preference for the crown prince is actually not a good thing for him, it is easy to dodge the open gun and difficult to defend against the dark arrow, and there are always times when there are omissions.

Jiu Niang sighed, did not say anything else, and did not mention Ruan Ling'er.

No matter what King Chu did or didn't do in it, Jiu Niang couldn't say anything else. From the time Ruan Ling'er entered the palace, the two were destined to be completely different positions.

*

Anguo Mansion, Moon Dust Residence.

Xiao Ru was lying on the couch with a pale face, her expression was sluggish, but her eyes were burning and shining.

Now she doesn't have to ask anyone anymore, she can get what she wants!

On that day, Xiao Ru was jealous of Jiu Niang's reluctance to help herself, so her eyes were always on Jiu Niang's body, and because of this, she discovered Jiu Niang's abnormality. Seeing Jiu Niang running towards the edge of the stands, she knew that something must have happened, so she followed.

But Jiuniang was able to go down from the high stands, which didn't mean that she could too, and the scene was completely chaotic at that time. Helpless, Xiao Ru could only find a corner to hide, and it was also a coincidence that she saw the panicked Mrs. Wang, so she moved her mind. She thought that if there was a life-saving grace in front of her, presumably Mrs. Wang would no longer have the face to stop her and Wang Shilang.

At that time, Xiao Ru was also out of the way, and when she saw Mrs. Wang running with the crowd, she bumped into her from behind. After hitting someone, she pretended to appear suddenly, was trampled on by someone, and escaped to a corner with Mrs. Wang on her shoulders. Because the scene was very chaotic at that time, and there were many people, no one noticed this qiē.

The two of them huddled in the corner, blocking a desk dragged by Xiao Ru in front of them, so the two did not fall into the chaotic crowd again.

After that, the two really escaped, and it can be regarded as a thrill.

Mrs. Wang was sent back to the Wang family, and Xiao Ru was also sent back to the Anguo Mansion, and the next day the Wang family sent a thank you gift, and Xiao Ru'an recuperated at home safely.

Xiao Ru's injury this time was a bit severe, because he was trampled on a few times while protecting Mrs. Wang, and one ankle was injured, so he could only lie on the couch to recuperate for the time being.

"Lady, it's time to drink the medicine."

The maidservant Xia Chan came up with a bowl of medicine, and Xiao Ru drank the medicine with Xia Chan's hand. After drinking, she asked, "Is there anyone from the Wang family who came to the door today?" ”

Xia Cicada hesitated slightly and shook his head.

Xiao Ru was a little disappointed, and soon she smiled again: "My aunt is also injured, and she is probably recuperating in the mansion at this time."