Chapter 772: Witchcraft
"Your Majesty, let the concubines also follow the queen over, if there is any urgent matter, the queen may have someone to discuss."
The Emperor glanced at the Empress with some hesitation and asked for her opinion.
In front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the queen was a hundred unhappy in her heart, and it was not easy to show it, so she smiled and said: "So good, with you, there are more people in the palace who can take ideas." ”
Lin Ruan also stood up: "Queen Mother, son-in-law will go with you." ”
The queen was a little puzzled, "Ah Ruan, you are the protagonist tonight, ...... you leave the table"
Lin Ruan said with a smile: "It's okay, with the father and the crown prince here, the queen mother doesn't have to worry about neglecting the guests." ”
As he spoke, Lin Ruan winked at the queen vaguely.
The queen's heart froze, and she immediately nodded: "Okay, you can go with me." ”
So the three of them went out of the Hall of Harmony together.
The queen's stability and calmness were maintained until after leaving the Xianghe Palace, and there was a tendency to collapse, but thinking that Liu Guifei was by her side, she could only continue to barely maintain it.
Liu Guifei walked leisurely, her speed getting slower and slower, and the queen was so anxious that she gritted her teeth.
Kunning Palace is her palace, which stores a lot of things that are very precious to her, and she doesn't know what it has burned now.
But Liu Guifei deliberately delayed time.
The queen was really too lazy to continue to consume so much with her, so she said: "Since Concubine Liu Guifei can't walk, then Bengong and Ah Ruan will take the first step." ”
Liu Guifei smiled: "Sister, it's not that my sister deliberately can't walk, it's just that I drank a little too much just now, and I'm dizzy and dizzy at this moment." Hurry up, sister, I'll be there later. ”
The queen smiled coldly, thinking of her suspicions, so she instructed one of her big palace maids, "You are here to accompany the concubine for the palace and walk slowly." ”
After speaking, he turned his head and took Lin Ruan and walked in the direction of Kunning Palace.
As a result, as soon as he arrived at the gate of Kunning Palace, he found that the fire had almost burned half of the palace. The palace people were nervously moving things out, and some palace people were desperately trying to extinguish the fire with water.
The scene was chaotic.
The queen casually pulled a person and asked, "Are there any casualties?" ”
The palace man wiped his face blackened by the smoke, "Back to Niangniang, everyone has come out, and some important things in Niangniang's palace have also been carried out." It's just that the water in the well of Kunning Palace has been dried up, so I can only go to the palace next to it to get water. ”
It is said that it is the palace next to it, but there is also a large distance between the two palaces.
Far from hydrolysis can not be near inflammation.
The queen glanced at the fire that was already uncontrollable, and said to the palace people: "Order, let everyone return." ”
The palace people were extremely surprised: "Niangniang, isn't this fire extinguished?" ”
The queen waved her hand: "Don't put it out, just be careful not to let the fire spread to other halls." ”
Such a big fire can be put out in vain, and if you don't get it right, you may burn people to death.
Lin Ruan stood in the crowd and nodded, the fire was too big, and there was no effective fire extinguishing equipment, so it was the wisest way to withdraw it in time and let it continue to burn.
However, the queen was able to do this, but it was surprising to her.
After all, the lives of slaves in ancient times were like mustard, compared to a palace, it was nothing at all, and it was really surprising that the queen could give up rescuing her palace and let people quit.
The palace people were grateful and hurried to give the order.
Soon, all the palace people stopped, carrying their things as far back as possible.
Suddenly, two palace people carrying a large locked box stumbled and fell to the ground, and the bulky box fell out due to inertia.
There were a lot of things in the box, and the weight was not light, and the lid of the box was broken all of a sudden, and all the things in the hands were scattered.
This box was full of things that the queen cherished, and it was scattered all over the ground, so that the queen's personal grandmother couldn't help but scold: "What's the matter with all of you? These things are all the mother's favorite things, and if they are broken, you have a few heads enough to pay for! ”
The queen was about to tell her personal grandmother not to make a big fuss, but the emperor's voice came from behind: "Empress, how is the situation?" ”
As soon as the queen turned around, she found that the emperor had rushed over with many ministers and officials, and Concubine Liu naturally followed.
The palace people knelt on the ground and saluted the emperor.
The queen blessed the queen, "Back to the emperor, the fire is too big, and more than half of the Kunning Palace has been burned down, it is inconvenient to get water, and the concubines are afraid of hurting the innocent, so they let people withdraw first." ”
The emperor didn't expect the empress to make such a decision, his thoughts were the same as those of most high-ranking people in ancient times, and if he sent more people, he would always be able to extinguish the fire.
However, in front of all the courtiers, he naturally wouldn't say such a thing, so he nodded and said, "It's okay if the people are fine, you take people to the next hall to clean up first, and I will send someone over to control the fire." ”
The queen nodded, and asked the palace people to quickly clean up the items scattered on the ground.
The palace people hurriedly packed the boxes with their hands.
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded: "Wait, what is that?" ”
The person who spoke was Yu Jieyu, a young concubine who was favored by the emperor recently, and her relationship with the queen was not bad on weekdays.
Everyone was stunned, and they all looked at Yu Jieyu, a little unclear.
Yu Jieyu reacted and quickly covered her mouth, her face full of panic.
When the emperor saw her like this, he asked, "What's the matter?" What is it? ”
Yu Jieyu looked remorseful, as if she was blaming herself for not daring to exclaim just now, and then tried to adjust her complexion, and smiled at the emperor: "Your Majesty, there is nothing, the concubine was dazzled just now." ”
The emperor was already suspicious by nature, and Yu Jieyu's performance clearly found something wrong. So he lowered his face and asked, "What the hell did you see?" ”
When the queen saw her like that, she also felt a little unhappy in her heart, so she said: "What you see, to put it bluntly, there is no need to be like this. ”
Yu Jieyu glanced at the queen, then at the things on the ground, and said hesitantly: "The concubine seems to have seen someone in there just now...... Doll ......"
After finishing speaking, he hurriedly said: "I just glanced at it so casually, maybe the concubine was wrong." ”
There are many things in the court that are very sensitive, and if you want to say that you can rank in the top five sensitive, the puppet definitely has a place.
Dolls were not common in ancient times, and once they appeared, they were inseparable from evil spirits. And since ancient times, witchcraft has been a taboo in the court.
All the officials and family members present changed their faces.
The emperor's face was gloomy and he looked back at the empress.
The queen's heart jumped, and she immediately reprimanded Yu Jieyu and said, "Did you look carefully just now?!" ”
Yu Jieyu was taken aback, and her eyes were red with grievance, "Concubine...... The concubines didn't know, maybe they were wrong. ”
At this time, Liu Guifei stood up: "What is my sister doing so fiercely, didn't Yu Jieyu say it, maybe she was wrong." You have people pick it all up and take a closer look to see what's going on. ”