The fourteenth princess had already dealt with Mama Qian's affairs, and was talking to Qing Ruxu in fear, when she suddenly heard a loud exclamation outside, and countless noisy voices came from far and near, and then gradually moved away. The two were puzzled, and Yan Ling came to report with a surprised face. "Princess, Bixiao Palace has gone out of the water."

Qing Ruxu not only gasped and stood up, isn't Bixiao Palace a cold palace?

The fourteenth princess was also very surprised: "How is the fire?" Did the people get out? ”

Yanling shook his head: "The slave didn't see it with her own eyes, but many people outside went to put out the fire, so I asked, I'm afraid the fire is not small." ”

"Let's go, let's take a look."

Qing Ruxu followed the fourteenth princess out of the Chunwu Palace and rushed to the cold palace, and from time to time someone went to put out the fire with a bucket on the road.

The light of the fire burned through the sky above the cold palace, and today the wind was strong, and the smoke spread in an instant. The entire Bixiao Palace was already full of fires, black smoke billowed out, burning fiercely in the cold winter wind, and the surrounding snow had already been roasted into snow water.

The surrounding walls were burned, the smoke was gathering and dissipating, and the scorching heat was scorching and sweating, and the situation was critical.

"The fire is so fierce!"

Qing Ruxu was still studying with Jiang Rin before, what kind of "accidents" will be encountered after the next abolition, but I didn't expect it to come so soon.

In short, she didn't believe it was an accident.

The entire Bixiao Palace, any place in the side hall of the main hall was surrounded by raging fire, and it had become a Jedi, and the air was filled with a heavy smell of smoke, although the nearby palace people had flocked to it, no one dared to set foot on it.

Someone started shouting, trying to shout to the people in the cold palace, but there was no response from inside. Judging by the degree of burning, the four sides of the entire Bixiao Palace should have caught fire at the same time, and it burned in an instant, rather than spreading from one place, without giving the people inside any chance to escape.

The fourteenth princess stood not far away and watched the palace people put out the fire, and asked, "How many people are in the cold palace?" ”

Yanling said: "There is only one old palace maid by Liu Niangniang's side, and in addition, there are a few palace people who made mistakes in the early years and were locked up here, and there are only about a dozen people in total. ”

"More than a dozen people, but also human lives." The fourteenth princess frowned and said, "What's more, Liu Niangniang is different from the past, if there is an accident, my father is afraid that he will be thundered and angry, what should Chonghua do?" ”

The north wind was howling, the fire was even more intense, and under the cover of the fire, the snow looked dim.

The firefighters poured buckets of water outside, but it didn't have much effect, and everyone didn't know if Liu was still holding on inside, so they didn't dare to slack off at all, even if the effect was minimal, no one dared to give up.

Qing Ruxu's heart was cold, but he still had a glimmer of hope, because the elusive cloaked man might be able to rescue the wasted queen.

"Mother!"

Qingru Xu was groaning, then she heard a cry behind her, she turned around, and saw Princess Chonghua running towards the burning Bixiao Palace with her little short legs, the little princess who had just passed five seemed to realize something, and her voice was filled with infinite sorrow.

The palace people behind caught up with her behind her and controlled her with all hands and feet to prevent her from rushing to the cold palace. "Your Royal Highness, it's already full of fire, you can't go in!"

"I want to see my mother! I want to see my mother! ”

Princess Chonghua cried loudly, but she was just a child, and she couldn't struggle with Ben, she bit the palace people around her again, but the palace people were no longer fooled, and they didn't dare to let go of her because of the pain. Princess Chonghua had no choice but to cry with her hands and feet to break free.

Qing Ruxu frowned, how could Princess Chonghua know that something was wrong here, even if she heard the noise outside, she could easily be coaxed by the palace people, who was so ruthless and told Princess Chonghua that something was wrong in the cold palace.

The emperor's imperial envoy over there finally came in a hurry, and when he saw the situation in Bixiao Palace, his pupils suddenly constricted. When Princess Chonghua saw her father, she shouted loudly: "Father save mother, father save mother!" ”

The emperor heard Princess Chonghua's shout, recovered from the shock, he waved his hand at the people next to Princess Chonghua, Princess Chonghua finally broke free and ran towards him, grabbing his robe: "Father, where is my mother?" I want a mother! ”

After the emperor put away the shock, his face returned to expression, he looked at Princess Chonghua in silence, let the small fist hang on his leg, Yang Dean on the side was shocked, and ordered the little eunuch next to him: "Don't hold the little princess yet!" ”

Emperor Zhaoren knew that there was no way to go in and save people in this situation, and whoever went would die. He looked at the situation in front of him coldly and said nothing. Seeing this, Yang De'an urged the palace people to hurry up and put out the fire, the emperor was here, no one dared to slack off, and spared no effort to pour buckets of water close to the fire, but it was only a drop in the bucket.

Seeing this, Bao'er wanted to try to go in to save people, but Qing Ruxu grabbed her and shook her head, "The palace is about to collapse, and going will only take your life." ”

She whispered to Bao'er: "You go around and see if there are any traces left, ask who first discovered the water here, and ask carefully." ”

Before she could finish speaking, there was an exclamation around her, and the pavilion that turned out to be the main hall collapsed with a bang. The flaming beams fell down, stirring up a spark.

This scene fell into the eyes of everyone, and no one would think that there was still a living mouth inside.

Whether you are noble or down-and-out, whether you are beautiful or ugly, you are all the same in the face of fire, and you will only become a handful of ashes in the end.

Princess Chonghua's cry was frightened, and then let go of Emperor Zhaoren, and ran towards Bixiao Palace again, Yang Dean had already taken precautions, grabbed her arm and pulled her back to the little eunuch beside her.

"Mother!"

The firefighters gradually gave up, such a fire could not be rescued at all, and only when everything was burned up could it be stopped, but fortunately, the cold palace was remote and did not spread to other places.

Many palace people choked on the violent cough, accompanied by the mournful cry of Princess Chonghua, which highlighted the ruthlessness of the fire.

The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother also hurried over, and they were stunned when they saw the situation here. The Queen Mother asked the emperor with a calm face: "What's going on?" Well, how could such a fire be ignited. ”

The emperor's face was gloomy, and before he could answer, Empress Chen said on the side: "Such a big fire, it doesn't look like an accident, isn't it intentional for someone?" ”

Everyone looked at her in unison, as if they didn't expect the biggest suspect to take the initiative to say such a thing.

Empress Chen was unconscious and continued: "What about the people inside? Can you be saved? ”

Only then did Emperor Zhaoren speak: "The fire is too big to save people at all." ”

Empress Chen was immediately stunned, and her expression changed so that it was difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. Emperor Zhaoren stared at her carefully for a long time, then turned his eyes away to look at the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, it's cold, you can take Chonghua back first." ”

Only then did the Queen Mother find that Princess Chonghua, whose eyes were crying like rotten peaches, her voice was completely hoarse at this time, and she could barely make a sound. The Queen Mother was suddenly distressed, and stepped forward to hold Chonghua, "Xiao'er, go back with the imperial grandmother first." ”

Princess Chonghua stubbornly dodged the queen mother's hand, "Don't go back...... I'm looking for my mother......"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the surrounding palace people changed, in the end, they were young, didn't they offend the Queen Mother?

After the abolition, they were all burned to death, and in the future, Princess Chonghua will not have to rely on the Queen Mother and the emperor, so willful will only be disliked by the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother's face really turned cold, and everyone shook their heads secretly when they saw it. A look of triumph quickly flashed in Empress Chen's eyes, and then she returned to normal.

Qing Ruxu's eyes have been falling on the biggest suspect, naturally she didn't miss this flashing gaze, and she had a bottom in her heart. Suddenly, Empress Chen's gaze suddenly looked at her, and before Qing Ruxu could retract her gaze, she was colliding with her gaze.

Empress Chen narrowed her eyes slightly, and the coldness in them made Qing Ruxu shiver.

"Your Royal Highness the Princess, the emperor will let people search for the cold palace, you go back with the Queen Mother first, if you are frostbitten, you will have to worry about Liu Niangniang when you see it." Yang De'an is the best at looking at his face, and hurriedly came out to play a round.

Princess Chonghua felt the strange atmosphere around her, two lines of tears crossed her face, remembering that her mother always told her that "you must not be willful", so she lowered her head and obediently walked to the Queen Mother's side, sobbing and holding one of the Queen Mother's fingers with her little hand.

The Queen Mother's face softened slightly, she glanced at the emperor, and took the lead in leaving with Princess Chonghua, who turned back three times in one step.

The snow flew and fell, melting into water droplets before it could get close to the Bixiao Palace, but such a small amount of water did not do anything to fight the fire.

"Get out of the way! It's going to collapse! ”

The wood of the palace was beeping and peeling, and in the chaos, the palace people who were fighting the fire suddenly became crowded and chaotic, and the burned and decayed building that had just retreated could not support it and collapsed. Many of the palace people who put out the fire were affected, those who were burned by the fire, those who were burned, the screams continued to come, and it was terrifying to hear, and everyone unconsciously took a few steps back, and cold sweat broke out on their backs.

Fortunately, there are not many utensils in the cold palace, except for the palace where Liu Zhaoyi lives, the rest of the place is almost empty, so although the fire was fierce, it did not burn for long, and after two hours, it was finally extinguished.

At this time, near the cold palace, one palace maid was lying in the arms of another palace maid and wept silently, and when Bao'er found them in the corner, both of them were a little embarrassed, and they were the two palace maids who came to deliver food to the cold palace.

"Why are you here?"

The two palace maids saw that Bao'er was not wearing the clothes of the palace maid, and looked at her suspiciously, and Bao'er explained when she saw this: "I am the maid of Lord Qing Hongqing's family, and I entered the palace with Miss Qing to visit the fourteenth princess, and at this time I helped search for the people of Bixiao Palace. ”

When the two heard that she was a servant of Lord Qing's family, they breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, looked at each other and said, "The two of us came to deliver meals to Bixiao Palace, but as soon as we opened the door, the fire burst into flames......

Bao'er frowned: "Have you seen Liu Niangniang?" ”