Burst? Chu Zikai didn't have time to think about it, and seeing that the fire was getting more and more unusual, he hurried towards Emperor Yuan and Yu Zhao, and reminded loudly: "Be careful, there is something wrong with that lamp!" ”

Hearing his voice, Yu Zhao and Emperor Yuan both turned their heads to look, and saw Chu Zikai stepping forward quickly, pulling the two of them back to protect them, and in an instant, there was a loud bang, and the lamp really burst open, and the sound was so loud that people's ears rang, and it didn't go away for a long time, and then look over there, the tribute table was cracked.

The concubines screamed and retreated, and the guards immediately stepped forward to protect Emperor Yuan and retreated, the scene was panicked, and many utensils used for blessings were scattered on the ground. In order to protect Emperor Yuan and Yu Zhao, Chu Zikai did not completely dodge, and was injured on his arm, and his flesh and blood were blurred. But he didn't care about it, and pulled Yu Zhao and asked, "It's okay." ”

Looking at the injury on his hand, Yu Zhao didn't have time to be surprised, he was stunned, and when he asked again, he nodded in response. Looking at the lamp, the power is indeed not small, if it is not opened, it will be ruined if you don't die at this moment.

Just as he was palpitating, Yu Zhao suddenly realized, turned his head to look at Chu Ziyi, the fuse of the row of ceremonial flowers next to him had been ignited, and he didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly pushed away the crowd and rushed in the direction where he was. Zhuo Yao also reacted, and pulled the stunned Chu Ziyi to leave the ceremonial place, but it was too late, so he had to protect Chu Ziyi with his body. Yu Zhao stepped forward and pushed the row of ceremonial flowers away.

Sure enough, as she expected, a loud bang exploded in front of her, and she quickly turned around and lay down while pushing away, but the outstretched hand was blown up and bloody. Before he stopped, he took Zhuo Yao and Chu Ziyi under him, and the ceremonial flower burst open again, becoming more and more powerful, and the fragments splashed, and it was obvious that Yu Zhao's back could be seen, and the blood was oozing out like red plums, blooming on the gorgeous clothes embroidered with ruyi patterns.

Chu Zikai arrived, and together with the guards, he helped a few people to leave quickly, afraid that there would be fireworks and sky lanterns bursting, so he didn't care about the panic in front of him, and beckoned people to go straight to the palace. Everyone listened to his command, and rushed inside, Yu Zhao was injured in the back and hands, and the blood made Chu Zikai's heart hurt, and he ordered Zhuo Yao to help her go to the unoccupied room next to her, and ordered someone to go to the imperial doctor quickly.

Emperor Yuan over there was guarded, but he was a little shocked, and immediately after recovering, he came out of the main hall to check, collided with Chu Zikai, took his hand to check, and saw that Emperor Yuan frowned, turned his head and ordered Feng An: "Immediately block everyone present, and detain all the personnel of the Inner Mansion for interrogation, today's lights and fireworks, it is obvious that someone has done something!" ”

Feng An ordered to retreat hurriedly, and Chu Zikai said: "Father, this is clearly ......."

"I know." Emperor Yuan interrupted him, turned his head and went to the side hall by himself, and said as he walked: "Worry about what you should worry about, let the imperial doctor show you your hands, and then investigate this matter, and the rest are not allowed to be stained in the slightest!" ”

Hearing this, Chu Zikai sighed helplessly, hesitated for a long time, and still walked in the opposite direction.

The people in the wing room were also in a hurry

The palace people of Hui Palace rushed over when they heard the sound, and they were hurriedly instructed by Zhuo Yao to take Chu Ziyi back. Yu Zhao's forearm was not lightly injured, and even more so on his back, large and small gravel was embedded in the flesh, and that's it, the sulfur saltpeter inside bit the flesh and blood more and more painfully.

The female doctor had to use a silver handle to cut open the skin and flesh and pick it out one by one, it was obviously a cold day with three feet of snow, Yu Zhao's cold sweat flowed in pain, and she endured the pain of the blade cutting through the skin, and her lips were bitten.

Pots of blood-stained blood water were brought out, and Emperor Yuan was worried outside: "If you can't move, you can raise it here first, and it is even worse to have a cold and fever in the cold winter." ”

While speaking, Concubine Shen and Concubine Liu came over with a large group of people to watch, and after kneeling down and saluting, they wanted to go in, but Emperor Yuan hurriedly stopped: "This group of people all go in, and every breath will blow Concubine Chen into the cold." ”

Later, he pointed to Yu Zhu, who was full of worries, and Zhan Xiao: "The fourth family and Zhan Liangdi go in and have a look." ”

The two of them got the order and hurriedly went inside, seeing that Yu Zhao was scarred and couldn't speak in pain, Yu Zhu and Zhanxiao glanced at each other, and it was not easy to ask, so they only stepped forward to help Zhuo Yao with medicine.

After a while, after finishing the work, Zhuo Yao carefully bandaged Yu Zhao's wounds, wiped the sweat on her body, and instructed: "Niangniang is guilty today, rest first, don't worry, the slaves and maids of the Fifth Highness will take care of it." ”

Yu Zhao raised his head strongly, saw Yu Zhu and Zhan Xiao, and wanted to stretch out his hand to signal them to come over. The two hurriedly stepped forward, Yu Zhu took her hand, and said first: "Don't worry, Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Fourth have already gone to investigate, and the people behind the scenes will definitely be punished." ”

Seeing that Yu Zhao still wanted to speak, Zhan smiled and said: "I found it in time, except for Niangniang and His Royal Highness the Prince, who were injured, the rest of the people were fine." And His Royal Highness the Prince's wound will be fine after bandaging, and the mother should rest assured that she will recuperate. ”

This can put his mind at ease, Yu Zhao nodded, buried his head, and fell asleep in pain. All the idlers and others were condemned far away, and the sound of firecrackers on Chinese New Year's Eve did not dare to sound, for fear of disturbing Yu Zhao's sleep.

The joy of the new year, because of this change, is shrouded in a layer of haze. The floor tiles in front of the Son of Heaven Hall were as piercing as ice, and a row of internal officials knelt down, facing the questions of Emperor Yuan, Chu Zikai and others, most of them did not know where the disaster came. Looking at each other, they all felt that the catastrophe was coming, but they didn't dare to reveal it in their hearts, and they lay on the cold ground and secretly prayed that they could find out the truth as soon as possible and get rid of suspicion.

Several of the chamberlains trembled very badly, and it was not obvious in the crowd, but Chu Zikai's eyes were sharp, and he pointed at them and asked the chamberlain: "What are those few for?" ”

The chamberlain raised his head, looked in the direction he was pointing, and replied, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in charge of procurement."

Chu Zikai still wanted to ask carefully, but he heard Feng An hurriedly report: "Your Majesty, I found something wrong." ”

Emperor Yuan hurriedly asked him to elaborate, only to see Feng An bring in the unreleased lamp of Emperor Yuan today, and replied: "The servant ordered someone to carefully inspect the sky lanterns of Your Majesty and the Niangniang, Your Majesty's dragon lantern and the ignition used in the lamp prepared for Concubine Chen's mother are all made of ordinary fuel mixed with beeswax, which is in accordance with the rules, and there will never be such a danger as bursting." But the lamps in the hands of the other mothers, and the fuel used, all found saltpeter and sulfur, and once they were touched with fire, it would only take half an hour for them to appear in such danger. ”

Is it really due to laxity? The inner attendant was already frightened into a cold sweat, Chu Zikai's eyes were scraped against him like a knife, and he asked, "What do you explain?" ”

"Please also ask Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgive the slaves for the crime of lax supervision, Your Majesty and Concubine Chen's lamps are all made by the slaves themselves. The minions naturally dare to guarantee that there is absolutely no problem, but the rest are all arranged by their subordinates.

Glancing at everyone on the field, Chu Zikai asked again: "Is the fuel a batch?" ”

The chamberlain hurriedly replied, "No! The two main lights are naturally better. As for the golden crocodile leather, it was the slave who was cheap and wanted to please Concubine Chen's mother......"

As if remembering something, the inner waiter immediately stopped talking, got up suddenly, and hurriedly pointed to the few inner servants who were asked by Chu Zikai just now, and said eagerly: "The slaves remembered, those few procured ones were several days late to deliver the goods, and the fuel used for the ladies was also among them." ”

was pointed out, which one of them fainted in fright, Chu Zikai must have a problem, and quickly came to them: "If you know each other, you can recruit yourself, otherwise this king will have a way to make you speak." ”

There was silence on the field, and the inner attendant was afraid of being implicated, so he hurriedly knelt over, picked up the floating dust and smoked it on them: "Don't say it quickly, if you deceive the Holy Lord and His Royal Highness the Prince, I will skin you!" ”

Emperor Yuan also spoke: "Don't talk about pulling it down directly, the eighteen torture tools in the torture room are not for decoration." ”

Under pressure from all sides, a person finally spoke tremblingly: "The slave begs His Majesty for forgiveness...... Something did go wrong with that fuel......"