Chapter 2 The fire in the East Palace

Legend has it in the outside world that this only seedling of the Song family is ruthless, and in just this period of time, almost all the people above the court have changed their blood. changed the gentle and virtuous appearance of the former prime minister of the Song family, which is really flattering.

It's just that, hearing this voice, Bai Rui's heart trembled fiercely, he had heard of Song Weiyan's prestige outside, he didn't know why he heard this voice, there was no trace of fear, only a kind of love that he didn't know, under the influence of this feeling, Bai Rui didn't even dare to lower his head to look at Song Weiyan standing under the tree.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really interested." Song Weiyan spoke up again.

Hearing such a voice, Bai Rui felt a little aggrieved, and inexplicably, his cheeks were a little sore. He lowered his head, looked at Song Weiyan under the peach branches of the tree, sniffed, and said with a little crying, "Bai Zetianxiang." ”

Holding the peach branch that Bai Rui fell in one hand, and constantly taking out melon seeds from his purse and putting them in his mouth with the other, Song Weiyan's amazing face was cold and cold, without a little affection. After eating the melon seeds in her hand, Song Weiyan clapped her hands, lifted the hem of her court clothes, and climbed up the tree.

After trying several times and not climbing up, Song Weiyan frowned slightly.

Bai Rui sat on the branch in a daze, not intending to reach out to help.

Finally gave up going to the tree, Song Weiyan stood under the peach tree, reached out and grabbed a handful of melon seeds from her purse, and put them in her mouth to swallow the melon seeds.

Some of the women of the big families are not melon seeds, and they eat all kinds of sweet and greasy pastries. Song Weiyan seems to be fascinated by melon seeds, and often carries a purse full of melon seeds on her body, eating wherever she goes.

Leaning on the peach branch, Song Weiyan was eating melon seeds while listening to the sheng flute coming not far away. Bai Rui on the peach branch hugged the peach branch and looked down at Song Weiyan. Neither of them spoke, listening to the sound of the sheng flute not far away, talking and laughing.

"Hungry?" Song Weiyan finished eating the melon seeds in her hand and asked Bai Rui, but before Bai Rui could answer, she said into the darkness, "Come out." ”

As soon as the words fell, a few palace people came out with something in their hands. They walked to the middle of the peach grove and quickly set up a grill and skewered a chicken on a branch. When they were about to barbecue, Song Weiyan took the chicken from their hands, and sat on the ground as soon as she mentioned the court clothes.

The palace people quickly left, hiding in the darkness.

The firewood was burned to the point that it made a "peeling-" sound, Song Weiyan put the peach branch on the ground, took out the melon seeds from the purse and began to swallow the melon seeds, and spit the melon seed shells into the fire.

Licking his lips, Bai Rui looked at the chicken and swallowed. It's not that he hasn't eaten chicken, and he has eaten roast chicken many times, but he hasn't seen a roast chicken about to take shape in front of him.

Children are like that, they like to live freely, and this kind of life is pleasant for them. It's just that Barry has never tried such a life before.

Also, this person. Bai Rui looked at Song Weiyan: Song Weiyan was carelessly snorting melon seeds, putting a melon seed between her lips, snorting gently, curling the tip of her tongue, her lips were simmering again, the melon kernels entered her stomach, and the melon shells were spit into the fire.

One hand wrapped around Bai Rui's shoulder. Only then did Bai Rui know that he had come down from the tree before he knew it and sat on Song Weiyan's shoulder. "I don't know how to roast chicken." Song Weiyan said, let go of the hand holding Bai Rui, stepped forward and poked the roast chicken with her fingers, turned back to Bai Rui and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, you can eat first." ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Dynasty, Lord Tianxiang sat together, munching on the half-cooked roast chicken that had been roasted under a peach tree. Bai Rui looked up and saw that the peach blossoms on the peach branch seemed to be blooming.

Suddenly reached out and took Song Weiyan's hand, looking at the gaze handed by Song Weiyan, Bai Rui was a little overwhelmed, and it took a long time to say the words from his mouth: "In the future... Can you come and see me often? ”

The fire became smaller, and Song Weiyan looked at Bai Rui's round face and didn't say a word.

Slowly withdrawing his hand, Bai Rui lowered his head, feeling a little like crying, and his eyes quickly moistened. One hand stroked Bai Rui's bun face: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the ministers obey orders." ”

When Bai Rui heard this, he suddenly laughed, and his innocent smile bloomed, like a dewed flower.

"It's not too early." Song Weiyan looked up at the moon, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will rest early, and His Majesty will retire." ”

At night, Bai Rui was lying on the bed, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, but he felt a little hot, really hot, like being in a big oven. Bai Rui tugged at his collar and kicked the quilt away, still feeling so hot. I opened my eyes in a daze, and I saw red in a vague way.

There was a fire in the East Palace.

Knowing that he should leave quickly, Bai Rui no longer had the courage to get up, so he could only hug his body tightly and curl up in a small ball.

Maybe I'm going to die like this, right? Bai Rui thought quietly in his heart, his eyes tightly closed. It's just that suddenly, Bai Rui seemed to remember a very important thing, and wanted to get up and hold something, but he really didn't have the strength to get up. Maybe die here, right? Bai Rui seemed to see the pair of eyes, the eyes that appeared on the white wall of Daiwa, and the peach branch that poked out of the wall, full of peach blossoms.

Just when Bai Rui felt that he was going to die, he was burned to death in the East Palace, and no one came back to save himself, and no one would rush into this fire to save himself. It's so lonely and hopeless, it's like being abandoned by everyone in the world.

The fire burned more and more, and the noisy voices of the palace people outside became louder and louder: "The prince is still inside!" "It's just that no one dares to go in and rescue the prince, not to mention anything else, just this fire, going in, just adding a life in it, besides, who knows, this is not the method used by the new emperor to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

A figure rushed out of the crowd, snatched the bucket from the hand of the palace man, rushed towards himself, and then pushed away the crowd and rushed into the fire.

The palace man who was robbed of the water utensils in his hand was stunned for a moment and said, "That, it seems to be Lord Tianxiang." "The fire outside is amazing, the fire inside is bigger than the outside. The dormitory of the East Palace was very large, and Song Weiyan finally found Bai Rui, who had already choked on the smoke and fainted, and there were two tear stains on his bun face. Song Weiyan didn't have time to think, so she took off her water-soaked coat and draped it on Bai Rui's body, directly hugged Bai Rui in her arms, and found a way to escape from the fire in the raging fire.

Bai Rui's head rested on Song Weiyan's shoulder, as if he was leaning on.

Compared with the scene inside the dormitory, the palace people outside were also frightened, if the prince and Tianxiang died together in the fire, their lives would not be enough to compensate.

After such a long time, the dormitory of the East Palace was already crumbling under the attack of the flames, and in the end, it could not support it, and with a "boom-" sound, most of it collapsed.

"The crown prince and Lord Tianxiang are still inside!" In the brief silence, a palace man screamed.

A figure appeared in the sight of the crowd. Song Weiyan hugged Bai Rui with difficulty and walked out, and the surrounding palace people quickly took Bai Rui to herself. Song Weiyan stood aside tiredly and said, "Is there something wrong with the prince?" Then, Song Weiyan fell to the ground, and at this time, the palace people saw that Song Weiyan had a large fire burn mark on her back, and the blood was still slowly flowing outside.

The fire in the East Palace was finally extinguished at dawn the next day. The fire in the East Palace, starting from the dormitory, has been burning, and now, there is no complete palace in the entire East Palace.

At the moment when the fire was extinguished, Song Weiyan held a small bench, knocking melon seeds in her mouth, and occasionally casually raised her eyes to look at everyone kneeling on the ground.

Bai Rui went to the imperial doctor to see him, and he was not injured, but he was frightened. In this way, Bai Rui was invited to Song Weiyan.

Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sitting in the first place, everyone was worried about Song Weiyan who was sitting on the side with a small bench. As soon as the fire was extinguished, Song Weiyan ordered the execution of all the palace people in the East Palace, and now the one kneeling here is the chief manager of the palace.

Cold sweat moistened the clothes repeatedly, and all kinds of general managers did not dare to move.

Song Weiyan was quietly and seriously snorting melon seeds, and the whole person was saying, "I'm just here to eat melon seeds."

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, are you feeling better?" After swallowing the melon seeds in her hand, Song Weiyan looked up at Bai Rui and asked.

"Good...... Much better. Bai Rui said, he didn't know who rushed into the fire to save him, he only felt that there was a very sweet smell on that person's body.

Of course, no one will know, and all the people who knew about the situation last night are dead.

"However, the East Palace was burned down. Where will His Royal Highness the Crown Prince live in the future? Song Weiyan held her forehead with one hand in some distress, "Ladies and gentlemen, you say, where should His Royal Highness the Crown Prince live?" ”

The cold sweat on the stewards has never been dry, I don't know what Lord Tianxiang has in mind, is this really looking for a place for the prince, or does it mean to send the prince out?

"I'll live with you." Bai Rui suddenly spoke.

“……”

"Prince Ben, I want to live with you!" Bai Rui said again, his legs were already weak, fortunately he was sitting, otherwise he would definitely be embarrassed.

"It's an honor."