Chapter 61: The fire in the palace
The queen was sitting alone in the main hall of the East Palace, when a figure suddenly flashed out of the bedroom behind her, it was the jade pipa spirit Hu Yumei.
She said to the queen, "Niangniang, why didn't you explain to the king just now?"
The queen smiled miserably and said, "If you were the king, would you believe my explanation?"
Hu Yumei thought about it seriously, shook her head and said, "I don't believe it either." The queen was speechless.
Suddenly, an attendant came to report, and Yang Chonghua came to congratulate Niangniang.
The queen said, "Didn't she say that the court was canceled, what would she do again? ”
The waiter answered, turned around and went out, not wanting to come back again for a long time, and said: "Niangniang, Yang Chonghua refused to leave, saying that he must congratulate Niangniang." ”
The queen thought for a moment, sighed, and said, "Let her in." ”
Yang Chonghua thought about the rhetoric of the middle of the night last night, so she got up late in the morning, so the time when she came was really ingenious. If it's a little bit in the morning, she can watch a good show. If it was a little later, she would have been notified that this year's Hataga had been cancelled.
After meeting the queen, Yang Chonghua said: "Niangniang, the concubine has known you for many years, and there is something to ask for today, but please have mercy on Niangniang." ”
The queen said, "Tell me." ”
Yang Chonghua said: "The matter of the concubine, the mother must have heard of it. Now the king refuses to forgive the concubine, but begs the mother to ask for some mercy for the concubine, and the concubine is grateful to the concubine. ”
When the queen heard this, her heart moved: "This palace has known you for many years, and it is okay to intercede for you, but now, I am afraid that what this palace says will have no effect." ”
Yang Chonghua shook his head and said: "The queen mother and the king have known each other since childhood, and their feelings are deep, how can it not work?"
The queen sighed: "Now that the king has been bewitched by Su Daji, the status of this palace in the king's heart is far inferior to her. Even if Bengong said it, I am afraid that it will not be as good as Su Daji's words. Just now, when Su Daji came to congratulate him, he also framed the palace, no matter how the palace explained, the king refused to believe it. ”
Yang Chonghua said in disbelief: "Su Daji, a demon girl, actually charmed the king so much, and even the queen dared to frame her?"
The queen said helplessly, "You will find out about this later." ”
Yang Chonghua hurriedly said: "Niangniang, the concubine has already offended the demon girl, so in this way, won't the king be able to forgive the concubine for the rest of his life?"
The queen said, "Unless Su Daji leaves the king's side, I'm afraid it can only be like this." But that demon girl is at the right time at this time, how can she leave easily?"
When the two ladies said this, they were silent and relatively speechless.
Suddenly, Hu Yumei on the side suddenly said: "Two mothers, the slave knows one person, if he is willing to take Su Daji away, I am afraid that Su Daji will not agree." ”
When the queen heard this, she said softly: "Presumptuous! I'm talking to Chonghua Niangniang, why should you interject here?"
Hu Yumei said: "Queen Niangniang, Su Daji is so pampered and arrogant, she has only been in the palace for less than a year, and she has bullied the two mothers like this, even us subordinates can't stand it, so the slave and maid can't help but speak, please forgive the mother." ”
When the queen heard this, she nodded, and said no more.
Yang Chonghua couldn't help but ask, "Who are you talking about just now, and you can actually take the demon girl away from the palace?"
Hu Yumei said inquisitively: "Lord Yama." ”
As soon as the words fell, the main hall was silent again, and a gust of wind blew through the hall, and Yang Chonghua couldn't help but shudder.
After a while, Yang Chonghua said again: "But now that the demon girl is in her prime, if something happens suddenly, I'm afraid the king will investigate this matter thoroughly." ”
Hu Yumei said faintly: "Niangniang, it is now the middle of winter, the weather is dry, the slave maid heard that the Liuyun Palace of the year was accidentally drained from the water at this time and burned into a ruin, and I don't know if the palace can survive this winter." ”
When Yang Chonghua heard this, he was first startled, and then showed a contemplative look.
In Shufang Palace, Huang Xue felt that she had been a little bored recently.
She also regretted a little, that day in the East Palace, in a hurry, she slapped herself too hard, even her teeth were a little loose, although there was a doctor afterwards to diagnose and treat, but it took seven or eight days to completely reduce the swelling on her face, and she still didn't dare to chew hard when eating. This kind of thing will have to be paid attention to in the future, now that she has a little martial arts, next time if she can't hold back her strength for a while, and start a little harder, it will really break the phase.
Therefore, in the past seven or eight days, considering that there is a slap print on her face and swaying around, it is too ugly, so she simply didn't even go out of the palace gate, just recuperated in Shufang Palace, no wonder she was so bored.
Speaking of which, the wine pond meat forest is now completely on the right track, and she doesn't need to worry about it at all, the attendant who has his own steward is there to watch. So, she went back to doing nothing.
The king of Shang has not been here much recently, just after the New Year, the court and China are busy, and I heard that there is some news from Wen Taishi, who is crusading against the rebellion in Beihai, and he has almost slept in the pile of music in the upper study these days.
After the incident of Chaohe, there was no movement in the queen's place, and I don't know if there was any conspiracy planned against her. To tell the truth, Huang Xue still can't think of what the queen's motive is, is it to compete for favor? No, she is already the queen, her mother is the world, her father is Dong Bohou, and the crown prince and the second prince are her sons, what else is there to fight for?
Listening to the spring equinox, on that day, after he left the East Palace, there was indeed a Imperial Doctor Xu who went to treat the queen. The problem in the brain, don't say that this era is a problem, that is, in the 21st century, it is estimated that this imperial doctor has not found anything famous. In the end, a sudden hysterical conclusion was reached, in modern parlance, it was called intermittent psychosis, and a lot of decoctions were prescribed.
Sure enough, as the king of Shang expected, the news that the queen was mentally ill could not be sealed at all, and now even the three-year-old children in Chaoge City have made up songs. I don't know what the queen would feel if she found out about this.
On this day, after dinner and a walk in the garden, Huang Xue was ready to go back to the couch early to rest. She was now in the stage of recuperation, and it was a wound on her face, and with the knowledge of her previous life, the necessary beauty sleep was extremely helpful.
She was sleeping soundly when she was suddenly awakened by a pungent smell, and when she opened her eyes, she saw smoke billowing all around.
There was a fire!
Huang Xue was frightened, hurriedly got up, tore off a sheet, soaked it in tea, and covered it over her mouth and nose. In a fire, smoke is often more terrible than flames.
At this time, there were already some shouts for help outside the door, but they were obviously just discovered, and there was no actual action.
She hurriedly rushed to the door of the main hall and pushed hard, only to find that the door was locked from the outside, and it seemed that there were still a lot of things blocking the door, and she couldn't push it open with all her might.
She suddenly felt a chill in her heart, could it be that this fire was not a natural disaster, but man-made, and someone wanted her life?
She didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly rushed to the window again, but saw that the fire near the window was raging, and she couldn't get past it no matter what.
At this time, there was already a sound of splashing water outside the house, and someone should have started to put out the fire, but at this time the fire was already very large, if she waited for someone outside the house to come to save her, I am afraid she would have already become a charred corpse.
What to do?
Feeling the temperature around her getting higher and higher, her consciousness has begun to be a little trance. But she knows that the more times like this, the more she has to calm down.
There must be a way! There must be a way! She is Su Daji, she will not burn to death here, she will definitely be able to escape!
The king of Shang was resting in the upper study, and suddenly, the attendant Jiao Fang stumbled in, waking him up, only to hear Jiao Fang say: "Oh no, it's not good, it's water, it's water in the main hall of Shufang Palace." ”
When the king of Shang heard this, as if he had been splashed with a basin of cold water, he instantly sobered up, and a bone crawled up, and exclaimed: "Shufang Palace has gone out of water, but someone has gone to save it?"
Jiao Fang hurriedly said: "It's already being saved, but the fire is too big, and it can't be extinguished for a while." ”
The king of Shang hurriedly said again: "Is there anyone in the fire?"
Jiao Fang stammered a little: "Su Shufei...... Su Shufei has not been found yet, and she does not know ...... I don't know if it's on fire. ”
When the king of Shang heard this, he felt dizzy for a while, and only after a while did he say, "Take me to see it." ”
When the king of Shang rushed to Shufang Palace with Jiao Fang, there were already many attendants busy fighting the fire, and many concubines from other palaces were watching.
I saw that the fire was burning vigorously at this time, and many attendants poured water bucket by bucket, but there was no tendency to weaken at all.
The king of Shang asked Jiao Fangdao, "Have you found Su Shuconcubine?"
Jiao Fang hurriedly went to inquire around, and when he came back, he said to King Shang: "King, I haven't found it yet." Someone heard the voice of someone in the main hall just now, I am afraid it was ...... I'm afraid it's ......"
King Shang hurriedly said: "If anyone can rescue Su Shufei, I will allow him to be promoted to the third level." ”
Jiao Fang answered yes and hurriedly went to deliver the decree.
The king of Shang had no choice but to pace back and forth anxiously. Suddenly, he heard the two concubines on the side talking.
A concubine said: "Su Shufei is the most kind on weekdays, I really hope she can escape." ”
Another concubine said: "This fire is so big, I think she is afraid that she is more than lucky." ”