Chapter 258
"What did you say?" Ye Minzhao was disheveled, he put on his shoes, and he didn't care about wearing his clothes, so he rushed to the courtyard. The Internal Affairs Office and the Imperial Palace are only separated by a wall, and at this time, it is clearly visible that the direction of the Forbidden City Jingyang Palace is full of smoke, and the tongue of fire rolls up, reflecting half of the sky.
In an instant, Ye Minzhao understood everything, what investigation of the Internal Affairs Office, what kind of upright "Yang Scheme", it was all Ye Yichen's disguise, he used these dazzling actions to divert the attention of Ye Minzhao and Concubine Hui to this matter, and then calmly sent someone to set a fire in Jingyang Palace.
If you dare to touch my wife and children, I will dare to burn your own mother!
Ye Yichen really refused to eat at all.
Thinking of his cold eyes every time he saw Ye Yichen in the past few days, it was clearly full of mockery and banter, but unfortunately he didn't react until now, isn't it a little late?
Ye Minzhao only felt that all the blood in his body rushed to his head. The incomparable shame overwhelmed him at once. He couldn't wait to pull out his knife and go to Ye Yichen to fight to the death.
But now is not the time to think about that. Thinking of Concubine Hui in Jingyang Palace, Ye Minzhao's heart was like cooking in oil: "Prepare a horse, quickly prepare a horse for this king!" ”
Xiao Hanzi hurriedly took a piece of clothing for Ye Minzhao to put on, and he didn't even have time to tie the button, Xiaozi had already brought a horse, Ye Minzhao turned over and got on the horse, and without looking back, he hit the horse and took the Forbidden City.
Xiao Hanzi shouted again and again on the side; "Little prince, shoes! Your shoes! "Where can Ye Minzhao hear it, he has long since beaten his horse and run away.
Ma Fang and the other guards never took off their clothes and armor when they rested on weekdays, and they got on their horses and chased after the little prince without orders.
Jingyang Palace covers an area of more than ten acres, and Ye Minzhao only realized how badly this fire burned when he got closer. At this moment, it is the southeast wind blowing, the wind helps the fire, the wind borrows the power of the wind, the fire is amazingly big, half of the Forbidden City is reflected red, the scene is really terrifying.
Jingyang Palace is such a big thing, even the emperor was shocked. Although he didn't come in person, he also sent a large number of eunuchs and palace maids to put out the fire, so Jingyang Palace is now full of people, and countless palace maids and eunuchs are holding pots and pans to pour water to put out the fire.
While the figures were running, Ye Minzhao couldn't care about anything else, and when he saw a familiar little eunuch, he grabbed him by the neck and asked, "Where is Concubine Hui now?" ”
He grew up under the knees of Concubine Hui, who was both strict and loving to him. Ye Minzhao also respects her and is a little afraid of her. Although they are getting older, there are often conflicts between mother and son because of some things. Especially for Yulan's obsession with him, Concubine Hui was very dissatisfied with him, and some conflicts broke out between the mother and son, which led to a bit of deterioration in the relationship.
These days, especially after the loss of Yulan, he has always thought that he has grown up under the painful grind, and no one can live a good life.
But when he realized that he might lose his mother forever, he realized how panicked he was, and he now understood that even in the face of Ye Yichen's full confidence and confidence, it all came from Concubine Hui, because he knew that no matter what he did, Concubine Hui supported him behind him. Concubine Hui is his strong backing.
He finally realized that at his current age, he couldn't leave Concubine Hui!
The little eunuch had just brought a bucket of water to extinguish the fire. Seeing his fierce expression of choosing people to devour, his hands and feet trembled with fright, and his voice trembled: "The slave didn't see Niangniang." But the slave heard that Niangniang was resting in the warm pavilion tonight, and the slave never saw Niangniang come out......"
When Ye Minzhao heard this, he only felt that his brain was "buzzing", and he pushed away the little eunuch and rushed into the sea of fire. He was also concerned about the chaos, and he didn't see the strange look in the little eunuch's eyes.
Ma Fang and the others arrived in a hurry at this time, and when they saw Ye Minzhao rushing into the sea of fire alone, they were frightened. He didn't care about anything else, snatched a bucket of water from a palace maid, poured it on himself with a bang, and rushed in with Ye Minzhao.
The guards behind him were all loyal people, and they all poured a bucket of water on their heads, and rushed into the fire after Ma Fang.
In the East Warm Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, there is a chaise couch against the wall in the north, Concubine Hui is lying on the chaise longue, with a soft cushion on her back, and she is being served by a big palace maid to drink a decoction that suppresses and soothes the nerves.
The fire in Jingyang Palace had just begun to burn, and when the fire started, Concubine Hui had already fallen asleep. Thanks to a palace maid outside, she shouted: "It's water!" Walk the water! Only then did Concubine Hui wake up, she hurriedly got up from the warm pavilion, put on a dress and ran out with the palace maids and eunuchs.
After coming out, she found that the place where the fire started was a side hall, very close to the warm pavilion where she rested. If it weren't for the palace maid shouting at the top of her voice to save her life, she would probably be burned to death in Jingyang Palace even if she took a slow step.
I was really shocked into a cold sweat. It's a pity that Jingyang Palace, which she has been operating for more than ten years, was burned clean by such a fire. There are countless gold and silver treasures in it, all of which have been accumulated over the years, and now there is no time to rescue them.
She only felt that this fire was burning strangely, the fire was too fast and fierce, and the voice of the palace maid who told her to flee just now was not familiar, and she only felt that it was strange everywhere.
In a panic, she asked someone to find the palace maid who saved her life, but she couldn't find it. At this time, the orthodox emperor also got the news that Jingyang Palace was going to the water, and personally sent Chen Jia to see, Chen Jia saw that Concubine Hui was standing outside Jingyang Palace, and was not affected by the fire, so he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly invited Concubine Hui back to Qianqing Palace to see the emperor.
When I arrived at the Qianqing Palace, I bowed to the emperor. Seeing that Concubine Hui was so embarrassed, and hearing Chen Jia's description of the ferocious fire, he was immediately shocked. comforted Concubine Hui a few words, "As long as people don't have trouble, the palace is burned down, I will ask someone to build another one for you!" ”
asked her to go to the warm pavilion to rest, originally the orthodox emperor wanted to ask her to sleep directly on her own dragon bed, but Concubine Hui said nothing.
The emperor happened to ask someone to carry a chaise longue and place it at the root of the north wall. placed Concubine Hui, and orthodox asked the eunuch to fry a decoction to calm the nerves and suppress the convulsion to give Concubine Hui to take.
As an emperor, orthodoxy is actually not very qualified, but he also has his advantages, he is soft-hearted, and he is very kind to several high-ranking concubines and children in the palace, even if they are a little wrong, they can also be very tolerant, this generosity, but the emperors of previous dynasties do not have.
Concubine Hui was taking small sips of the decoction, and a eunuch ran in in a panic, "Your Majesty, Niangniang, it's not good, His Royal Highness King Lu...... He rushed into the fire! ”
The orthodox emperor was shocked and stood up: "What's the matter?" Didn't Zhao'er rest in the Internal Affairs Office last night? How did he ...... Why don't you stop him! Orthodoxy trembled. He has three sons, the eldest and the second have their own thoughts now, and he has been very fond of this younger son recently, if something happens to him, how can the orthodox emperor be at ease.
Concubine Hui was drinking medicine well, she was a very clever person, tonight's fire started inexplicably, the palace maid who saved her was even more strange, she had already moved her mind, faintly guessed that this was probably Ye Yichen's handwriting, through that palace maid to save her once, the prince still opened the net and let her go, what he meant was probably to warn Ye Minzhao, don't hit the idea of the people around me in the future, otherwise it will be easy for me to burn your mother to death.
She was still Ye Minzhao was not in Jingyang Palace today, and when she left, she also left an old grandmother by her side to wait for Ye Minzhao to come back, telling him that she was taken to Qianqing Palace by the emperor.
But Ye Minzhao didn't know who instigated him, so he rushed into the sea of fire at the risk of death.
If Min Zhao is buried in the fire, what is the point of his hard work and painstaking planning for so many years? Concubine Hui only felt that she was holding it in her chest, unable to spit it out, unable to swallow, and fainted softly.
When the emperor heard Ye Minzhao rushing into the sea of fire, he was just about to bring someone over to check it out for himself. I heard a frightened cry from the side: "Niangniang, Niangniang, what's wrong with you?" Wake up! ”
It was Concubine Hui who fainted.
Orthodoxy is anxious, and he must take care of Concubine Hui first. Finally, the big palace maids trained by Concubine Hui have quite a bit of her own temperament, and she is not chaotic in the face of danger, rubbing her chest and back, and pinching people, and after a while, Concubine Hui woke up faintly.
The emperor was holding her hand: "Aifei, you are awake!" It's good to wake up, it's good to wake up! ”
Concubine Hui was already in tears, "Your Majesty, how is Zhao'er, Zhao'er?" ”
"Don't worry, I have already sent someone to see it, Zhao'er will definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune!"
That is, there is no news yet. Where can Concubine Hui still lie here, "Your Majesty, the concubine must take a look in person, otherwise, how can she rest assured!" ”
"But your body?"
Concubine Hui's tears have fallen: "The concubine has such a child in her life, if he has any three long and two short, that is, the concubine can live a long life, and it is just a walking corpse, Your Majesty, please let the concubine go and see!" ”
Orthodoxy listened with a slight sourness in his heart, "That's it! Concubine Ai will go with me to take a look! ”
The two hurriedly put on their cloaks and went out of the Qianqing Palace, and the little eunuch carried a lantern in front to lead the way, in fact, the Jingyang Palace at this moment was still a sea of fire, illuminating the Forbidden City as bright as day, and there was no need for any lanterns to illuminate it at all.
Seeing that the fire was still so powerful, both Orthodoxy and Concubine Hui changed their faces a little, and Concubine Hui was already crumbling. When I arrived at Jingyang Palace, I saw the tongue of fire rolling, the heat wave was scorching, Xiao Hanzi and Xiaozi were in a hurry outside the palace gate, they were a step late, Ye Minzhao and Ma Fang and others had already broken in.
Concubine Hui saw them at a glance, beckoned them over, and said in a majestic tone, "What the hell is going on?" ”
The two little eunuchs were sweating all over their heads, and they didn't figure out what the situation was, they originally thought that Ye Minzhao rushed into the sea of fire to save Concubine Hui, but Concubine Hui was obviously standing here in a good manner.
What's going on?
Xiao Hanzi is a little smarter than Xiaozi, usually when the two of them are together, he speaks, and this time is no exception. Xiao Hanzi kowtowed; "Back to the emperor and Niangniang, the servants were originally in the Internal Affairs Mansion, serving the little prince and resting, and someone came in to report that it was Jingyang Palace that was out of water. The little prince hurriedly ran to the courtyard to take a look, and asked the minions to prepare the horses, and then the little prince didn't even have time to put on his shoes and got on his horse and went straight to the Forbidden City. When the emperor and Concubine Hui looked at it, they saw him holding a pair of soft-soled cloth shoes in his hand.
"The little prince is fast, the minions are a step slower, and when the minions follow, I heard that the little prince has rushed into the fire. Ma Fang also went in with a few personal guards. The minions originally thought that the little prince had gone in to save Niangniang, but ......, "Niangniang, you are standing here decently." "The servant inquired for a while and found out that the little prince just grabbed a little eunuch and asked, and then rushed into the fire!"
Concubine Hui was so anxious that she interrupted him and asked, "Where did he go?" How long have you been there? ”
At this time, the difference between Concubine Hui and orthodoxy is revealed. Orthodoxy came over in a hurry, but after coming, he was confused, he didn't know what Lu Dao should do, Concubine Hui was more anxious than him, but he could barely stabilize his mind and find a solution.
Xiao Hanzi said: "I went in the direction of your warm pavilion, and I have been there for a quarter of an hour." ”
Zhengtong stomped his feet and pointed at the palace maids and eunuchs with blank faces, "Why don't you go in and save your five princes!" What fire else can be saved? ”
The fire can always be saved later, and his son is burned to death, and he can't give birth to a second one.
When the palace maids and eunuchs heard this, they all turned pale and hesitated slightly. With such a big fire, whoever goes in will be sent to death. But if they don't obey the emperor's orders, they will die.
Now, Concubine Hui has completely calmed down. She is originally an extremely intelligent woman, the best at planning people's hearts, long-term layout, and a very big picture. Once she calmed down, she immediately understood that these eunuchs and palace maids were not useful at all!
"Your Majesty, please send a battalion of the Imperial Forest Army over!"
I pat my head on the same page, "Exactly!" With the benefit of hindsight, he also understood that at this time, the eunuchs and palace maids were unreliable, and the martial arts, loyal, and organized and disciplined Imperial Forest Army was the best choice.
He immediately instructed Chen Jiadao: "Don't go quickly!" ”
Chen Jia is now in charge of four of the twelve regimental battalions, responsible for the defense of the Forbidden City and the defense of the Great Interior, and is the top boss of these Imperial Forest Army. Soon more than 20 people were transferred over, and the leader was a general manager.
These people are all dressed in new armor, and they come to the front with a majestic attitude. Although these people are responsible for guarding the Great Inner Pass, no one has the qualifications to face the saint, and they are inevitably a little excited when they see the emperor.
Take the lead and a big man kneeling to the ground: "Resolute under the standard, lead twenty brothers in the Zhenwei camp, see the emperor, see the mother!" "The emperor's clothes are very recognizable, but who this lady is, Fang Yiyong doesn't know what to say, but it must be wrong to call her mother.
"Let's get flat!" Orthodoxy was going to tell them to go in and save people. Concubine Hui didn't care about overstepping her bounds, and preemptively spoke: "General Fang, I invited you to come this time, it was really because His Royal Highness King Lu dedicated himself to the sea of fire, and the eunuch palace maid was not able to rescue him, so General Lao took a trip......
Before coming, Chen Jia didn't tell Fang Yiyong what he called them over this time. He also thought that the Jingyang Palace fire was ineffective in rescuing them, so he asked them to help.
Hearing this, his face changed slightly. No matter how brave they are, they are flesh and blood after all, and there is only one way for such a group to go in, although they are big-headed soldiers, they are destined to lick blood from the knife, but they are still life-sparing.
Concubine Hui naturally saw their thoughts, and she said at a very fast speed: "General Fang, as long as you can rescue the little prince, even all your brothers will be promoted to the third level, and the reward will be a thousand taels ......of silver." Orthodoxy nodded: "That's how it should be!" ”
Seeing that the emperor supported her, Concubine Hui made a slight decision: "Not only that, but this palace will also ask the emperor to order that you all be transferred to the command of the little prince and serve as his personal guard." "Ye Minzhao's personal guards, not only do they get a lot of money, but with this qualification, they will be promoted quickly when they return to the barracks in the future, which can be said to save them many years of time to boil their qualifications.
Wealth and wealth are in danger, and everyone is moved when they hear it.
Concubine Hui beckoned, Xiao Hanzi had already brought a few little eunuchs over with more than 20 quilts, and the quilts on each bed were **, I don't know how much water was drenched in the road, but it was such a while, Concubine Hui asked them to prepare the props.
Fang Yiyong's eyes lit up when he saw these things, with these things, they had a chance of surviving in the sea of fire.
Concubine Hui asked each of them to take a quilt and drape it on their bodies, and surrounded an outer circle of the city, and the people in the inner circle each carried two buckets of water, she pointed to the warm pavilion that was burning and said: "His Royal Highness King Lu is there, it will only take a quarter of an hour to go back and forth, please do your best to rescue Your Highness." ”
Fang Yiyong took a look, and sure enough, it was not far away, and he made up his mind in his heart. High risk and high return, he did this deal!
At this time, Concubine Hui bowed to them, "General Fang, please be considerate of the motherly heart of this palace!" The lives of His Royal Highness King Lu are all entrusted to a few people! Brave men, please bow to this palace! ”
What kind of identity Concubine Hui is, in ancient times, it was an extremely hierarchical society, and everyone was very shocked and moved by the willingness to make such a move, including Fang Yiyong. Those who can enter the Imperial Forest Army are all from some family backgrounds, but they are not the descendants of the real wealthy family, Concubine Hui salutes them in such an identity, how can they not be moved in their hearts!
Fang Yiyong led everyone to the side, "Niangniang, this is tormenting the villains." His blood boiled for a while, and he opened his mouth and said: "Don't worry, Niangniang, you can't save Your Highness, so you will accompany Your Highness to burn here!" As soon as he turned around, he shouted to several subordinates: "Brothers, follow me!" ”
took the lead and rushed in.
Several big-headed soldiers said yes and rushed in. No more of the confusion and uneasiness that I felt when I first heard the order.
Chen Jia's eyes couldn't help but flash a hint of appreciation, Concubine Hui was able to boost morale through heavy rewards in such a short period of time, alleviate the panic in the hearts of soldiers through props, and personally give them gifts to arouse their enthusiasm. This series of actions, although it seems to be a waste of time, but the so-called sharpening of the knife does not mistake the woodcutter, after this action, Fang Yiyong and others will sincerely work for her.
Otherwise, just by relying on the emperor's order to press down, these people may not contribute to work for the sake of their lives, and they will not be willing to save the little prince.
It's a shame that she was able to capture the hearts of these proud soldiers in a short period of time!
This quick wit, this natural ability to dominate subordinates, is really a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows go! If she was allowed to fall off with the orthodox emperor, what Shu Han, what abruptness, what Jurchen, it is estimated that she would have been eaten up and destroyed one by one!
Chen Jia was thinking nonsense here, the eunuch and the palace maid had already moved two chairs over, the orthodox emperor sat on the chair, but Concubine Hui refused to sit down, but folded her hands and muttered a prayer: "Please the Bodhisattva bless, if Zhao'er can be safe, the believer is willing to reshape your golden body ...... for you."
After less than a quarter of an hour, in Concubine Hui's feelings, it was as if a century had passed, and as time passed, her heart became more and more desperate. Just when she was about to collapse, Xiao Hanzi's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly pointed to the distance and said, "Look, General Fang is out!" ”
Even Orthodoxy stood up excitedly. I saw a figure rushing out of the sea of fire, the whole person was on fire everywhere, and he had become a fire man, and as soon as he rushed out, he was poured a bucket of water by the eunuchs and palace maids on the side, and the fire on his body was extinguished.
When Concubine Hui saw that he was holding a person in his arms, her heart was immediately relieved. involuntarily stood up and greeted him, and the orthodox emperor also chased after him with the palace maids of the group of eunuchs.
The person who came out was Fang Yiyong, he was happy, and strode to the orthodoxy and Concubine Hui, Fang Yiyong first put the person in his arms carefully on the ground, and then knelt down and said: "The mark is fortunate not to be dishonored, and the little prince has been rescued!" ”
Then, the twenty soldiers who went in with him rushed out one after another, and seventeen of them rushed out, and the remaining three were already buried in the flames. One of the soldiers held Ma Fang, who was covered in wounds and unclothed.
Of the few guards who followed Ye Minzhao in, only one Ma Fang was left alive.
Concubine Hui didn't care about anything else, squatted next to Ye Minzhao and checked his body: "Zhao'er, Zhao'er, how are you?" Wake up! I saw Ye Minzhao's eyes closed, and there were no scars on his body, but there were cigarette ashes everywhere. The ears, nose, mouth, and mouth are full of soot.
Orthodoxy has already ordered: "Go and ask the hospital to come over!" "A eunuch has already flown away.
Concubine Hui shook Ye Minzhao again and again, but she didn't see him wake up, so she couldn't help but get anxious: "Your Majesty, why does Zhao'er always not wake up, there won't be anything, right?" His voice trembled slightly.
Chen Jia was quite calm, squatted down, carefully checked Ye Minzhao's body, and said, "The emperor and Niangniang don't have to worry, the slave looks at the □ of the palace and there are no obvious scars, it should be fainted by the thick smoke generated in the fire." The minions had seen this before. ”
The author has something to say: That's it for today~