Chapter 287: Something Missing
Wen Guiren's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and her hands kept trembling, but she didn't notice it at all, she nestled on the kang, holding the tea bowl, and shivering to send the tea to her mouth.
"Someone! Burn the kang. She cried out, unaware that her voice had become sharp with fear or nervousness.
Soon the palace maid and the eunuch entered the house.
"Nobleman, the kang is burning." A eunuch said boldly, he secretly looked at the Wen nobleman above strangely, it was already April, but the nobleman was still burning the kang, didn't the nobleman just go to the thatched house, and came back shivering cold? Noble, this is sick, right?
Wen Guiren paused for a moment, a nervous expression appeared on her face, and she muttered, "Burning? Yes, the burning ......" she said, and she jerked her head up and looked out the window in the direction of Cining Palace.
It's burning! That's what she set on fire! No one in this palace can really believe that she naturally put this fire herself!
"Stand down, I'm not feeling well, go and ask the doctor to come over." Wen Guiren calmed down a lot and said to the palace maid and the eunuch.
Several people looked at each other, but they did not dare to disobey the master's order, and retreated one by one.
"Burn it, burn it......"
The palace maid and the eunuch retreated, and Wen Guiren still kept muttering to himself while holding the tea bowl.
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At this time, the Cining Palace has become a pot of porridge, although the fire is not too big, but the place where the fire is in the warehouse, where Concubine Jiang stores things, once you burn something from the imperial family, it will be a great disrespect to the royal family.
Don't care about the obstruction of others. Concubine Jiang, who had always been graceful, ran to the warehouse in a panic, how could she let this small negligence become a reason for Ji Zongya to attack their mother and son?
Lin Yuan and Ji Zongyu stayed by Concubine Jiang's side on the left and right, and also ran towards the warehouse.
This fire is so weird!
Lin Yuan's heart was transparent, the sudden fire had no warning, this day was not dry weather at all, and everyone in this palace was abiding by the palace rules, and there was not much possibility that it was caused by negligence, but if it was not artificial, she would not believe it. But she didn't understand why someone would set fire to the storeroom.
All the way to the warehouse. Closer. The crowd breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, the fire did not spread, and it burned a few houses next to the storehouse." Concubine Jiang said as she looked at the fire that was gradually extinguishing.
Ji Zongyu also nodded, "Fortunately." However, his clenched fists clearly revealed a hint of fear.
Unlike ordinary houses, special materials are added to the construction of the storeroom. Fireproof, moisture-proof, and insect-proof. So now the storehouse is just the door burned open. It didn't spread in. But if it really burns into the treasury, half of the things that fill the treasury are imperial gifts. When the time comes, Ji Zongya really wants to be investigated, so what should he do? Even if this fire is not what Concubine Jiang wants, but Concubine Jiang is also responsible for negligence.
Lin Yuan had not accepted the imperial gift, of course, the jade pendant that Bai offered to her with threats and warnings was the opposite of the jade pendant that Ji Zongyu gave her, she didn't think of this layer, she looked at the door of the dark warehouse that had no prototype, and her face showed a trace of doubt.
Who set the fire? If you can burn the house next to the storehouse, why not burn the storehouse? And just burned the door of the storeroom?
"Niangniang, the fire has been roughly extinguished, you better go back first." Yue'e said again and again.
Concubine Jiang shook her head, her face was solemn, "Hurry up and find out, how did this fire burn." She also didn't believe it was a natural disaster.
Yue'e received the order and went to call the palace maid and eunuch to search.
"And take stock of what's missing in the storeroom." Concubine Jiang's face flashed a little melancholy, and she added.
Looking at Concubine Jiang's posture, she doesn't plan to leave in a short period of time, and the palace maid with vision has moved to the chair.
"Yu'er, you go back first, there's nothing big here." Concubine Jiang sat down and eased her emotions before saying to Ji Zongyu.
Ji Zongyu was silent, shook his head and said, "Even if the emperor has got the news, he should come over later, I'll wait before leaving." "No one can guarantee for sure, even if the imperial gift is not burned, Ji Zongya will not be in trouble.
Concubine Jiang is not reluctant, what she is most concerned about at the moment is whether there is something missing in the warehouse. Then she only bowed her head slightly, and looked at the treasury that had been lit by the lantern by the palace maid.
"Cousin Yu." Lin Yuan whispered to Ji Zongyu's side and called, "I always feel that something is wrong, I think this fire was deliberately set by someone, but I don't understand what the person who set the fire was for, and it stands to reason that if the other party takes the things in the warehouse, he will set the fire later, or the other party just wants to set the fire, but why not burn the warehouse thoroughly?" But when the other party set off the fire, I always felt twisted. It's like ......"
"Seems like what?" Ji Zongyu faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong.
"It seems to be very unreasonable...... Lin Yuan was speechless, she seemed to grasp something in her mind, but she didn't understand it for a while.
She stared at the storeroom.
What is it that you have neglected?
"The emperor has arrived, and the queen has arrived." The eunuch's characteristic voice stood out in the cacophony of voices.
The emperor and queen arrived so quickly! It's no wonder that this fire is not small in the end, and in this quiet and heavily guarded palace in the middle of the night, it is extremely abrupt.
Lin Yuan, who was staring at the warehouse, suddenly flashed in her mind, and she grabbed that feeling at once.
No! The other party didn't want to take anything from the storeroom, but put something in! The other party set this conspicuous fire in order to let people discover the thing in the storeroom!
This is the reason why the arsonist did not burn the storehouse, but only burned the house next to the storehouse!
The door of the storehouse was burned open, and the hollow doorway seemed to invite everyone in!
"Cousin Yu, hurry up and let Yue'e and them come out, don't count them, there won't be anything missing." Lin Yuan anxiously grabbed Ji Zongyu's arm and said.
Ji Zongyu was stunned, looking at Lin Yuan's eager gaze, he was suddenly shocked, he also understood!
And Lin Yuan didn't care about waiting for Ji Zongyu to react, and he didn't even bother to say a word to Concubine Jiang.
She rushed to the door of the warehouse in a few steps and shouted inside, "Sister Yue, don't count, come out quickly." After saying that, she still felt that it was not enough, and rushed into the warehouse, trying to pull everyone out.
Qiao Yihuan followed closely behind, followed by Ji Zongyu, who reacted.
Concubine Jiang is not very human, she can live in this palace for as long as 20 years, and she is safe and sound, how can her heart be so kind and weak on the surface?
She heard the conversation between Lin Yuan and Ji Zongyu, and saw Lin Yuan's actions after that, her face suddenly changed wildly, and then she grabbed the handle of the chair tightly and stood up suddenly.
"Yue'e come out quickly!"
This warehouse can't be counted at all! (To be continued.) )