The night was very dark, but the firelight of Chenshu Palace illuminated half of the sky, red and red, like a blood-stained demon, with teeth and claws ready to devour everything, and the wood of the house was burned to the sound of peeling off, piercing people's eardrums.

Zhao Che didn't think about it, and rushed towards the palace with his legs.

As soon as he ran two steps, the palace people pounced on him and hugged him, crying and begging him not to go in.

Emperor Hengde was also startled, and scolded the others to put out the fire quickly, but the fire had already started, and it would be difficult to extinguish it again.

The heat wave kept rushing outside, and Zhao Che's heart seemed to be roasted on the fire.

He thought of Shen Bai holding a tiger hat and eating snacks constantly, and thought of Shen Bai holding his hand and looking at him expectantly.

She was the only warmth he could feel in this world, but now he wanted to watch her and the relics of his mother buried in the fire together, did he do something evil in his previous life?

Zhao Che couldn't accept that Shen Bai would be burned to a black, he kicked the palace people, the Praetorian Guards rushed over to stop him, Emperor Hengde also ordered him not to make trouble, he didn't want to listen, seeing that he was about to break out of the encirclement, a palace man rushed out with Shen Bai in his arms, paralyzed in front of him and said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, Young Master Shen has been rescued." ”

"Doctor Chuan!"

Emperor Hengde ordered, Zhao Che stopped and looked at Shen Bai directly.

She fainted, her little face stained with black ash, and her good clothes were burned, which was completely different from the way she had been jumping around a few hours ago.

If it weren't for the slight heaving of her chest, Zhao Che wouldn't be sure if she was still alive.

Zhao Che clenched his fists, took two deep breaths to force himself to calm down, and said to Emperor Hengde: "Tonight the incident happened suddenly, whose fault needs to be investigated to the end, the son of the minister has just lost his temper, please forgive my father." ”

The queen passed away, Zhao Che's temperament became more and more dull, when Wei Ruzhao was sent away, Emperor Hengde thought he would make trouble, but he didn't expect him to accept this matter very obediently, today's gaffe shows that he is not a person who is indifferent by nature, Emperor Hengde is not angry, but a little distressed.

He watched the child grow up and become what he is now, and he actually has a lot of responsibility.

Emperor Hengde sighed and said, "I will deal with this matter, you take Bai'er back to Yichen Palace first, and then inform Taifu after the imperial doctor has diagnosed and treated." ”

"Yes."

Zhao Che responded and asked the palace people to carry Shen Bai back to Yichen Palace.

The imperial doctor soon arrived, and after the palace people brought hot water and the tools needed, they were dismissed by Zhao Che.

Shen Bai was mainly injured in her back, and Imperial Doctor Zhang asked her to lie down and carefully cut her clothes with scissors.

Shen Bai had a burn the size of an adult man's fist near his left shoulder, the white and tender skin and flesh were already charred black, and the injury was a little serious.

The burn was extremely painful, and before the injury was cleaned up, Shen Bai woke up in pain, she opened her eyes, and she didn't know where she was, so she shouted: "It hurts, bad people don't touch me." ”

Her voice was hoarse, and she didn't know if it was smoked or burned by fire.

Zhao Che immediately stopped her from moving, and said in a deep voice: "There are no bad people here, don't move, it will hurt more." ”

Hearing his voice, Shen Bai became excited, grabbed the hem of his clothes and said, "Your Highness, there are bad people who want to burn the queen's bedroom, you go and catch them." ”

"Okay."

Zhao Che responded, but still pressed Shen Bai and didn't move.

The process of taking the medicine was a bit long, and Shen Bai cried in pain, but fortunately, not long after the medicine, she was so tired that she fell asleep.

Imperial Physician Zhang let out a sweat, wiped his forehead and stood up, and said, "The injury is not fatal, but Young Master Shen is young, and he will suffer a crime if he wants to be completely recovered." ”

Zhao Che nodded, already mentally prepared for this, and asked, "Will there be a scar?" ”

Mrs. Zhang pondered for a moment and nodded truthfully.

Even if there are the best medicinal herbs in the palace, scars are inevitable.

Zhao Che's brows furrowed, Shen Bai was still a woman in essence, and it was not good to have a scar on his body after all.

Imperial Physician Zhang was the only outsider who knew that Shen Bai was his daughter, thinking of what Zhao Che was worried about, Imperial Physician Zhang said in a soft tone: "Young Master Shen is still young, even if he has a scar, as he grows older, the scar will become very light, and it shouldn't have much impact." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Che responded, and the worry on his face still did not subside.

Worried about wound infection, Imperial Doctor Zhang didn't leave, just guarding Shen Bai here.

Zhao Che asked people to send a letter to Shen Ruxiu, and Shen Ruxiu quickly rushed to Yichen Palace.

The palace people led him directly to the front hall, and Zhao Che received him and briefly told him about Shen Bai's injury.

Shen Ruxiu frowned when he heard this, tonight's incident was very implicated, he didn't know the cause and effect, he couldn't say anything, he heard that Shen Bai was injured and wanted to see Shen Bai, but Zhao Che only said that Shen Bai had fallen asleep, and refused in disguise.

Shen Ruxiu was a little uncomfortable.

Shen Bai is his biological flesh and blood, and it doesn't matter if he hasn't been raised by his side since he was a child, but now that he is injured, he can't take a look at it, and he is really aggrieved.

Zhao Che saw Shen Ruxiu's thoughts, and said lightly: "In a few days, she can get out of bed and walk around, and the palace will let people send her back to the Taifu Mansion, the Taifu doesn't have to worry too much, there are many people in the palace, her injury needs to be recuperated, and the palace is also for her good." ”

Zhao Che said very vaguely, and Shen Ruxiu reacted immediately.

This time Shen Bai was injured very strangely, she was very likely to know the truth about the fire in Chenshu Palace, and the people behind it could not guarantee that they would not do anything to her, Zhao Che was not even allowed to visit Shen Ruxiu, his father, and others were naturally not qualified to visit.

This is to protect Shen Bai, and it is also to cover up Shen Bai's secret.

Shen Bai was injured and couldn't wear too many clothes, and there were too many people coming and going, so it was hard to guarantee that she wouldn't find out that she was a daughter.

Shen Ruxiu realized that he was in a mess when he cared, and immediately gave up his hand and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is thoughtful, and the old minister knows his mistakes. ”

Zhao Che talked to Shen Ruxiu for a while, and asked the palace people to arrange for him to stay in the empty room of Yichen Palace.

The queen's bedroom was burned, and the only son of the Taifu was almost burned to death inside, and this matter must be thoroughly investigated.

There was such a mess, no one ate the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, hundreds of officials and family members were left behind, Dali Temple intervened in the investigation overnight, Emperor Hengde was furious, stayed awake all night, sat in the imperial study and waited for the results.

The fire in Chenshu Palace was extinguished in the second half of the night, and the people of Dali Temple went in to investigate carefully, and did not find tung oil and other combustibles, but found the bodies of two eunuchs.

The corpse was burned beyond recognition, but after an investigation, it was quickly determined that the two were the little eunuchs who had just entered the palace this year, and they were sent to the Siye Bureau to be responsible for pouring night incense.

But Chenshu Palace has long been unoccupied, and there is no need for them to collect night incense, and their corpses appear there, which is really weird.

A careful autopsy found that the two men did not die in the fire, but had fatal injuries on their bodies, as if they had been stabbed in the throat with some sharp weapon, but the murder weapon has not yet been found.

There are too many people entering the palace for the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, and it is not enough to check all of them to make sure that there is no suspicion, but it is impossible to keep so many people in the palace all the time. Beans Literature Network

After all, it's only the first day of junior high school, and if everyone is detained in the palace, I'm afraid that there will be chaos in the city.

Emperor Hengde was not satisfied with this result, but he still followed the advice of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and asked the hundred officials to take their families home first, and the rest were investigated slowly.

The fire was extinguished, the body of the eunuch was carried away, the palace people cleaned up the palace as quickly as possible, the queen's bedroom was burned the most, and almost all the things she used during her life were gone, only some flowers and plants remained, and there was nothing to be nostalgic for.

Zhao Che went to Chenshu Palace early in the morning to see, he didn't go in, he only glanced at the ruins inside at the palace gate, and then went to Ci'an Palace to ask the Queen Mother for peace, as if nothing had happened.

Emperor Hengde thought of Zhao Che's desperate attempt to go in to save Shen Bai last night, and his heart felt a dull pain, he originally wanted to go to Chenshu Palace to have a look, but Concubine De brought the tonic soup first.

Last night, it was supposed to be announced that Concubine De would be re-established, but something like this happened, Emperor Hengde was in no mood, and he threw a bunch of messes to Concubine De, in order to get by on the face, Emperor Hengde also wanted to appease Concubine De.

He didn't refuse Concubine De, and asked her to come in with tonic soup to speak.

Here Zhao Che went to Ci'an Palace, the Queen Mother had just woken up, and after tossing all night last night, the entire palace was panicked, and only the Queen Mother could sleep peacefully.

Zhao Che saluted, took care of the queen mother to wash as usual, the queen mother asked a few words, and learned that the queen's bedroom was almost burned down, and only sighed lightly that the world is impermanent, and did not feel sorry, I heard that Shen Bai was injured, but she also rewarded a little tonic.

Zhao Che thanked Shen Bai and had breakfast with the Queen Mother, and after a while, Zhao Xian, Zhao Li and Zhao Chou came to congratulate the Queen Mother on the New Year according to the rules, and Mama gave the reward that had been prepared long ago to the four people.

The four of them sat for a while, and the Queen Mother said that she was tired, so she got up and walked out of Ci'an Palace together.

The four of them had different thoughts, they were silent all the way, and when they were about to separate, Zhao Che asked Zhao Xian: "Concubine Shu saw blood last night, and my father was busy and didn't have time to visit, how is she now?" Are you okay? ”

Zhao Xian immediately bowed his hand and said: "The imperial doctor has been guarding, the mother concubine is in good spirits now, and Brother Xie Huang cares." ”

Zhao Xian didn't say why Concubine Shu saw blood, Zhao Chou's face was uneasy, and said: "Concubine Shu's body has always been good, and she even has a lot of colds and flu, why did she suddenly see blood last night?" ”

Zhao Chou's tone is not very good, although Zhao Xian doesn't like to provoke right and wrong with Concubine Shu's temperament, in the end he is still a little juvenile, hearing the suspicion in Zhao Chou's tone, he said coldly: "After the mother concubine gave birth to me, her body has not been very good, and the fourth brother will think that she is in good health, because she endured some small problems on weekdays and did not say it, and she didn't want to do what she wanted last night." ”

Zhao Xian went back, but Zhao Chou didn't take him seriously, and said: "So the doctor has diagnosed and treated, why did Concubine Shuniang suddenly see blood?" ”

Zhao Chou must listen to what the imperial doctor said, Zhao Xian's face became more and more unsightly, and he said in a deep voice: "The imperial doctor said that the mother concubine is three months pregnant, and she ate cold food yesterday and almost slipped the fetus, so she saw blood." ”

Zhao Chou was stunned, and Zhao Li on the side was also a little surprised.

Since the death of the queen, Emperor Hengde has been very fortunate to the harem concubines, and Emperor Hengde is especially fond of the sixth princess Zhao Mingxi, and he also thinks that it is his last child, and it is not a good thing that the concubine is pregnant at this juncture.

Zhao Chou reacted quickly, he was narrow-minded, and his first reaction was that Concubine Shu wanted her mother to be more expensive than her son, and her mother had no power, so she tried her best to get another child, and used it as a bargaining chip to compete with Concubine De for the back position.

Zhao Chou was anxious and couldn't hold back his words, so he immediately pointed at Zhao Xian's nose and sneered: "I really can't see it, Concubine Shu Niangniang and the second brother turned out to be ruthless characters who pretend to be pigs and eat tigers, and they usually look gentle and talkative, but I didn't expect it to be a ruthless character who can achieve great things, but even unborn children can use it, you are really lacking in virtue!" ”

Last night, the imperial doctor diagnosed the happy pulse, Concubine Shu was surprised and suspicious, and specially ordered the palace people not to make a noise, if it wasn't for Zhao Chou's constant questioning just now, Zhao Xian would not have just said it.

Zhao Xian was worried about his mother's body, he didn't sleep well all night, and he was worried about how to handle things properly, Zhao Chou put the basin on his head, how could he bear it?

In order to protect his mother, Zhao Xian glared at Zhao Hou and said angrily: "My mother and I have never thought about fighting for anything, this child has been three months, before the mother concubine was unwell, but the doctor of the hospital did not diagnose any of them, there must be something strange in it, I want to ask the fourth brother, why when the queen mother was alive, the harem was peaceful and the heirs were prosperous, but it was the turn of Concubine De to take power, but this happened?" ”

Royal rivalry has been taboo since ancient times, and whoever dares to kill the dragon species will deserve death.

The queen won the son in one fell swoop, only Zhao Che had a son under her knees, the four concubines all had a son by her side, and the concubines below also inherited Long Enyulu, and the bowl of water in the harem was considered to be level.

Concubine De has just taken power, and she is about to ascend to the throne, but if something like this happens, it is inevitable that she will not be compared with the queen.

Moreover, Zhao Chou had also given Zhao Che laxatives before, and the connection between the two things was quite unfavorable to Concubine De.

Zhao Chou didn't expect Zhao Xian to say a few words on weekdays, and there was a reason to confront him, he was a little angry, and was about to reason with Zhao Xian, Zhao Che spoke: "Father has his own conclusion on this matter, don't say too much here, so as not to hurt the brotherhood." ”

Zhao Xian also knew that he was out of shape, so he hurriedly saluted Zhao Che and said, "What the imperial brother said is that Xian'er has just been rude, please don't laugh at the imperial brother, Xian'er is worried about the concubine, so she has to go back to take care of the concubine first." ”

"It's about the emperor's heir, please let the lady recuperate with peace of mind, which is right and which is wrong, the father has his own conclusion." Zhao Che comforted Zhao Xian, Zhao Xian nodded, glanced at him gratefully, and turned to leave.

Zhao Li's mother was from a low background, and she received a lot of care from Concubine Shu, so she was busy and left with Zhao Xian.

Zhao Chou stayed until the end, and seeing that Zhao Chou was calm as usual, he smiled maliciously: "Brother Huang is happy now, right?" ”

Zhao Che looked at Zhao Hou calmly and asked rhetorically, "What do I have to be happy about?" ”

"Aren't you happy that you didn't let my mother take the back seat?" Zhao Chou raised his eyebrows, and seeing that Zhao Che didn't react, he added fire and said, "In the harem, only my mother's family background and status are the most suitable for the queen's position, even if it is destroyed by your design this time, my father will still make her the queen in the future, which is something you can't stop!" ”

Zhao Chou said firmly, wanting to see Zhao Che's panicked and out of control.

As long as Concubine De becomes the queen, he will be able to sit on an equal footing with Zhao Che.

Zhao Chou looked forward to this matter for a long time, but Zhao Che was not as good as he wanted, and said lightly: "Concubine De is also my mother, she is very good to me, I have no reason not to want her to be the queen, otherwise I will not give her the phoenix hairpin used by the queen mother during her lifetime, who is doing things behind the scenes, the father and the adults of Dali Temple have their own decisions, and the fourth brother is better to be cautious in words and deeds." ”

"It's just the two of us here, do you still have to pretend?" Zhao Chou couldn't listen to what Zhao Che said at all, poked him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Huang dares to swear to the sky, did you really not do anything behind your back last night?" ”

Zhao Chou's attitude can be regarded as arrogant, and he doesn't respect Zhao Che's eldest brother at all.

Zhao Che lowered his eyes and stared at him, his eyes became cold and sharp, and he asked Zhao Chou: "Fourth brother dares to swear to the sky, does Chenshu Palace have nothing to do with you?" ”

Zhao Che's eyes had a keen insight into everything, Zhao Chou was inexplicably weak, he opened his mouth, but failed to refute at the first time, and Zhao Che did not entangle him too much on this topic, bypassing him and returning to Yichen Palace.

In Yichen Palace, Shen Bai had already woken up, and Imperial Doctor Zhang helped her change the medicine again, she had just cried, her little face was flushed, her eyes were watery, how pitiful and pitiful she was.

As soon as Zhao Che entered the door, she shouted that she wanted to eat a lot of delicious food, Zhao Che wanted the palace people to send it to her, but Imperial Doctor Zhang was embarrassed and said that she should avoid spicy during the recuperation period, so as not to heal the wound well.

In terms of recuperation, Zhao Che believed in Imperial Doctor Zhang very much, and immediately rejected Shen Bai's request.

Shen Bai was lying on the bed protesting, accidentally touching the wound, and crying sadly, Zhao Che could only promise her other benefits, which could be regarded as comfort.

In the evening, Emperor Hengde finally took the time to come to Yichen Palace to see Shen Bai.

Shen Bai honestly lay on the bed and didn't dare to move, the injury on her back was not completely healed, and it looked very hideous and terrifying, Emperor Hengde comforted her a few words, and asked her: "Last night, why did Bai'er suddenly go to Chenshu Palace?" ”

"Because I saw the two eunuchs sneaking over there, and I thought they were going to do something bad, so I quietly followed." Shen Bai said truthfully, sniffed, and Emperor Hengde continued to ask, "What did you see after you went to Chenshu Palace?" ”

Shen Bai replied: "They took the palace people who guarded the door away, I waited outside for a while before I dared to go in, there was no light inside, it was dark, I was a little scared, but I missed the queen mother very much, so I went to the queen mother's bedroom, and just pushed the door open and smelled a fragrance, and then I don't know what happened." ”

Shen Bai's tone and demeanor were very natural, her eyes were wide open, her eyes were clear, and there was no sign of fraud at all.

Those two eunuchs are a lot older than her, and they are still two people cooperating, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for Shen Bai to kill them.

Emperor Hengde secretly thought about this matter, and said after a while: "Those two people are indeed bad people, but now that they are dead, they have been burned to black coal, and they can no longer do evil, Bai'er has done a good job, but don't go alone when you encounter this kind of thing in the future, it's very dangerous." ”

Shen Bai's eyes widened in astonishment, and he repeated in a sneering manner: "Dead? ”

She seemed to be frightened, Emperor Hengde's last doubt was dispelled, rubbed Shen Bai's head to soothe him for a while, and had dinner with Zhao Che before leaving.

Sending Emperor Hengde away, Zhao Che immediately turned back, he retreated from the palace, looked at Shen Bai and asked, "How did those two people die?" ”