The bright moon hangs high, the night is burning, the festive Liang Dynasty Palace is even more lively at midnight, the East Palace separated from a lake in Hechuan Palace is full of fire, Hanliang Hall is completely engulfed by the tongue of fire, the red and bright fire has robbed the protagonist of tonight - Hechuan Palace, and successfully attracted the attention of the palace to himself. In the night when there was no wind at all, the flames jumped upwards vigorously, like a group of children standing on the roof ridge to compare with each other who jumped higher, and the palace people frantically frantically fetched water from the Jingye Pond, and splashed buckets and buckets into the East Palace, full of water.

With the scorching heat wave, Xiru regained some intuition, she wanted to try to open her eyes, but her eyelids were really heavy, but she felt warm in the cool autumn night, her hand seemed to be held by someone, as if she had fallen into a dream. Xiru finally struggled to open her eyes, she saw that the prince was holding her hand tightly, the prince slowly approached, took off the cloak on his body and put it on her, at this moment the originally cold and depressed surroundings suddenly changed the season and became green grass, birds and flowers.

"Your Highness?"

The crown prince kissed her lips, Xiru was nervous and excited, her body couldn't help but tremble a little, the last time she kissed her was I can't remember clearly, although the prince has always been respectful to himself, but since the side room entered the East Palace, the prince has obviously spent more time on those younger women, and he only has the title of this princess.

"Xiru, I can marry you in this life, my greatest happiness; Xiru, forgive me for my cowardice, forgive me for my selfishness and ambition; Xiru, if we were ordinary people, how good would it be? Xiru, if there is an afterlife, are you still willing to marry me? Xiao Yunyi in front of her is no longer the prince of the Liang Dynasty, but her husband.

For some reason, Xiru's tears began to overflow, Xiao Yunyi gently wiped them away for her, and looked at her with bright eyes. The clarity of these eyes made Xiru feel like she had returned to the first time she met the prince ten years ago, the young man with fluttering clothes and full of heroic spirit.

"Yes! I do! ”

Xiao Yunyi smiled, smiled very happily, very hearty, he cheered, he took her hand and ran on the endless grass. Although she felt that her body was getting hotter and hotter, and she was already sweating, looking at him, Xiru felt that everything else was not important.

Lying in the main hall of the East Palace, the corners of Xi Ru's mouth rose, her expression stretched, her hand and the prince's hand were held together, the fire burned the beam, fell down and collapsed the temple door, cutting off their last way of life, but Xi Ru didn't care anymore, she calmly ran to the new life with a smile, at least she was so convinced.

"Fourth brother!" King Ling ran to King Yu's side with a suspicious face, saw the body of Princess Yan Li, and was stunned for a while, "Fourth brother? ”

King Yu stood up and ignored him, through the open palace door, he saw the sky-high fire not far away, he knew that it was where the East Palace was located, two accidents hit one after another in a short period of time, even King Yu, who was accustomed to life and death on the battlefield, couldn't help but be overwhelmed, and looked at it for a while before recalling the starting point from the blank in his head.

"It's too late to explain! Don't touch her body, she's poisoned! Don't spoil the scene, follow me to the East Palace immediately! "King Yu came back to his senses, pulled up the king of Ling, went out of the palace gate and closed it tightly, he must first ensure the safety of the prince.

The fire in the East Palace also disturbed Emperor Liang, and he rushed to the scene with the support of Concubine Jingjia, he saw his other two sons, saw the fire that was completely uncontrollable, and saw the panicked palace people. Although Emperor Liang has always asked to do his best to put out the fire, it is difficult for manpower to change the destiny of heaven, and the fire is burning until dawn turns the East Palace into a pile of rubble.

Han Ruxun personally led the royal guards into the scene, and it took nearly an hour to find two burned corpses beyond recognition. As soon as Emperor Liang saw the corpse, he immediately cried bitterly, causing Concubine Jingjia and the palace people to also wail. King Yu walked into the corpse, squatted down to check, and found a dragon jade pendant on one of the corpses, which was the symbol of the prince; And the wrist of the other corpse found the mutton fat anchovy jade, which belonged to the future queen of the Great Liang.

"Yun Yi! My Yi'er! Emperor Liang shouted sadly, and the entourage knelt down, and Concubine Jingjia also tried her best to make herself look sad, she cared more about the emperor's body; King Ling was equally sad, but King Yu did not see a single tear on his face; The palace people knelt on the ground and really wept bitterly, but they cried more about themselves, and their dereliction of duty was likely to bring about the catastrophe of extermination.

King Ling sobbed for a while, and suddenly remembered that he immediately reported: "Father, father, Princess Yanli is dead!" This sentence came out, like the last straw that crushed the camel, Liang Diyuan stared at the scarlet eyes, stunned in disbelief for a while, and then fainted in the arms of Concubine Jingjia.

"Your Majesty! Come on, send Your Majesty back to the palace! Tell the Imperial Doctor! Concubine Jingjia's sharp shout stung King Yu's ears, and a group of palace people hugged Emperor Liang towards Zhanghan Palace, leaving behind the East Palace, which would become rubble, and its former owner.

"His Royal Highness King Yu?" Han Ruxun did not leave with the large army, and he knew very well that this place could not be ignored like this, so he asked King Yu for instructions.

After a night of tossing, King Yu did not have the slightest sleepiness, the death of Princess Xia Tang was inseparable, and there was an equally tricky case in front of him, he could have thrown his hands and left, but looking at the corpse on the ground was always unbearable, even if the eldest brother was cowardly and selfish, at least the relationship between the two brothers was okay, after all, it was a brother, seeing that as the prince of the Liang Dynasty had fallen into such a situation, King Yu sighed, and felt that it was his duty at this time.

"Immediately seal off the East Palace, and no idle people are allowed to enter! Immediately spread the word to King Xiang, and at the same time spread the inspectorate Xu Kuang and Dali Temple Lin Kun into the palace! Put all the people in the East Palace under house arrest, and no one is allowed to escape! King Yu gritted his teeth and took on this troublesome matter.

"Yes!" Han Ruxun was about to take his order to leave.

"Wait! You immediately block Hechuan Palace! And also...... Send a message to Captain Xuan, and let him enter the palace immediately! King Yu hurriedly added.

Just after the hour, King Xiang, Xu Kuang, the imperial historian of the Inspectorate, and Lin Kun, the secretary of Dali Temple, rushed to the East Palace, and Xuan Shaoning followed behind everyone. The majestic Huanghuang East Palace, which originally stood on the shore of Jingye Lake, is now only left with ruins and black scorched earth, and a trace of white smoke is still curling out of the rubble, and there are still a little sparks in some hidden places, and two charred corpses are parked in front of the East Palace. Seeing this scene like hell on earth, several people were shocked, King Xiang approached the corpse with a pale face, looked at King Yu in disbelief, and asked tremblingly: "What is ......this?" Brother Royal....... And the royal sister-in-law? ”

King Yu nodded, and King Xiang immediately lost his soul, his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground, "How is it?" How can I confirm it? ”

King Yu squatted down and pointed to the jade pendant and bracelet, and King Xiang's tears flowed down in an instant, "Brother Huang...... What's going on? Wasn't last night your wedding night Fourth Brother? Why did the East Palace catch fire? Does Father know? ”

King Yu doesn't care too much about King Xiang's performance, whether it's acting or true feelings, he doesn't plan to play a human tragedy with his fifth brother at the moment, he cares more about the facts. "Fifth brother, don't be too sad first, my father already knows, he fainted from grief, and at this moment he is being taken care of by Concubine Jingjia in Zhanghan Palace, and the seventh brother is also there."

"Is my father okay?" King Xiang deduced anxiety and concern in his grief, which was indeed human nature in the eyes of others, and the image of a lost eldest brother and thinking about his father jumped on the paper.

"Father will be fine, now the first thing we need to do is to find out whether this fire is accidental or man-made!"

"Fourth brother, do you suspect that someone deliberately set the fire?"

"Whether it was intentional arson or not, check it and find out!" King Yu looked at Xu Kuang and Lin Kun and said, "There is a fire in the imperial womb, such a big thing must be investigated!" Why is there not even a palace person in a huge East Palace, only the crown prince and the crown princess were burned to death in such a fire, but there is no body of a palace person, and the palace people in the East Palace must all be strictly interrogated! ”

"Wechen will do his best!" Xu Kuang and Lin Kun immediately expressed their position.

"There is one more thing" King Yu paused, "Princess Yan Li died in Hechuan Palace, and the two adults also have to investigate clearly, her identity is suspicious!" ”

"Fourth brother!" King Xiang stood up and asked suspiciously: "Last night was the wedding night of the fourth brother and Princess Yanli, how is it..... How princesses ......."

"She is a good skill, she has been fighting with me for a long time, I thought she wanted to assassinate me, but I didn't expect her to take poison and commit suicide, everything happened so fast, I didn't know what to do. These two cases are related to the country, and they must be investigated as soon as possible and given an explanation to the imperial court and the Tang Dynasty! ”

Whether the two adults understood or not, Xuan Shaoning didn't know, but he was clear about the matter of the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and the key now was how to explain to the imperial court, and more importantly, how to explain to the Tang Dynasty.

"Two adults, this palace is involved in the case of Princess Xia Tang, in order not to affect the investigation of the case, I specially let Xuan Xiaowei participate in the investigation of the case, and please understand!"

"Wechen understands! In the previous case of embezzlement of ink and stone, Weichen had already crossed paths with Xuan Xiaowei. Lin Kun said, but what he said attracted the attention of King Xiang.

"Captain Han, the security of the palace will be handed over to you! At the same time, more manpower was mobilized to conduct a comprehensive search of the scene of the East Palace! ”

"Please rest assured His Royal Highness King Yu!"

"Fifth brother, let's go visit our father first!"

"Good"

King Yu walked away with the Zhang Han Palace of the Xiang Dynasty, and Xuan Shaoning once again stared at the two palaces that had changed on the same night: one in front of him had turned into a pile of black charcoal; The other is on the other side of the lake, and although it is still richly decorated, it has already cast a shadow.