Chapter Seventy-Two: The Burned Courtyard
When Lu Qingwei and Xiao Yi rode their horses all the way back to the Five Kings' Mansion, the raging fire seemed to be crazy and rushed around with the wind, devouring the entire western courtyard unscrupulously.
The red flames licked every place it could engulf, splashing water to fight the fire, and the water had just touched the roof and the rubble flew down with the explosion of the fire, and the sound of crying and grabbing the ground made Lu Qingwei feel that he was back in the fire that burned Heng'er again......
Standing in front of the fire, the whole body was trembling involuntarily, and the burning and stinging feeling of being licked by the fire instantly filled the whole body.
The same mess, the same splash of water into smoke, black and gray everywhere, but this time in a different place......
The fire wall of the West Garden kept the fire at bay, and the red flames burned the entire fire wall to pitch black.
The fire was so great that the guards in the palace no longer rushed in, but poured the water in their hands into the fire wall, so that the fire would not spread and burn beside it.
"What about the people in the house? Are you all right? What about Concubine Chu and the child? ”
It took Lu Qingwei for a long time to recover from this suffocating and breathless firelight, and his first reaction was to look around, and then look for traces of Chu Yunxi and the child among the surrounding crowd.
"Both...... It's all in the backyard...... When the fire broke out, the side concubine and the little boy came out, and there was no one inside, but the house was burning! ”
Lu Qingwei couldn't see Chu Yunxi, and he couldn't see a person who could stand here and talk about the main thing, but fortunately, the steward who had been here in charge of the fire extinguishing showed the way, and said to the warm pavilion in the northeast farthest from the fire, the masters of all sizes in this courtyard are there now.
The fire can't reach it, and the black smoke can't choke it, so it's the safest place!
After hearing this, Lu Qingwei and Xiao Yi exchanged glances at the moment, and then went to the warm pavilion in the northeast direction......
Before entering the courtyard of the warm pavilion, a figure had already rushed directly into Xiao Yi's courtyard at the fastest speed, accompanied by the cry of grievance.
"Lord Wang...... Rajah...... The concubine thought that she would never see the prince again in her life, such a big fire ......"
Chu Yunxi, who was frightened and sad to the extreme like a frightened bird, was holding her stomach with one hand at the moment, and clutching Xiao Yi's collar with the other, hiding in Xiao Yi's arms and crying incessantly, I felt pity when I saw the pear blossom with the rain, and I felt that she was extremely sad and pitiful when I looked at it.
"Father! I'm afraid, I'm so afraid! The big one cried in Xiao Yi's arms, and the small one followed closely behind him at this moment, hugging one of Xiao Yi's thighs, and not crying, only tears, looking really frightened and extremely aggrieved.
Big and small, hugging and crying, Lu Qingwei stood in front of this family, but it seemed a little redundant, and the steps under his feet were very familiar and took a step back to the side, Lu Qingwei put his eyes on the women standing in the warm pavilion now.
Zheng Yongxian is here, Jiang Yufei is here, Song Yunjin is also there, and these side concubines and concubines who can count the number of rows in the palace are now standing here......
Obviously, they came here together to avoid the black smoke and fire, and although they were shocked, they were okay to look at like that, and they didn't really do anything.
After Zheng Yongxian saw Lu Qingwei's gaze on herself, she straightened out the slightly messy clothes on her body, and then stepped forward and took a step forward to confess directly.
"The concubine is incompetent, she has not taken good care of the affairs of the palace, and I don't know how the fire started, but fortunately, when the fire just started, Concubine Chu and the children noticed that everyone in the West Garden withdrew quickly, and nothing major happened......
"If something big happens, Sister Zheng and I can't escape the blame, I am the fifth princess, you are the concubine of the five princes, whether I am in charge or not, whether I am in the palace or not, anyone in the palace has something to do with me."
"If someone from the palace really hurts one today, we won't be talking here, and we can't say it clearly!"
Lu Qingwei, who had never had a seizure, just said such a profound word with a cold face at this moment, and the simple meaning of the words was to make Zheng Yongxian glad that she only burned a few rooms today, not dead.
If someone really dies, Zheng Yongxian, who is really in charge, and her, who doesn't care about things but occupies a position, will make the people of the world drown with spittle stars.
Regardless of whether her Chu Yunxi's children are really going to have heirs in the future and will never enter Xiao Yi's name again, now her children, big and small, are all Xiao Yi's.
Xiao Yi now "only" these two children, if these two children have a good or bad one, it is because they are selfish, but if there is a bad one, they will not tolerate others!
Moreover...... Now her Zheng Yongxian's heart is still facing outward!
"It's the concubine who is the housekeeper who is not good ......"
"It's also my negligence as a princess, originally the affairs of the palace should be in charge of me, the wife, but I don't have that mind now, my brother is seriously injured, and he is still unconscious in bed, life and death are uncertain, what is in this mansion, you are also responsible for me......"
"There are too many things, there will always be a place that can't be taken care of, and my sister is also alone, it's okay, it's better to let Concubine Jiang take care of it with you in the future!"
Lu Qingwei didn't want to deal with Chu Yunxi on his face, and even gave Chu Yunxi a few rolls of his eyes, and said with a mistaken look and asked Zheng Yongxian and Jiang Yufei to take care of Chu Yunxi's belly.
The matter of "Da Han Tang", everyone in the capital knew that she hated Chu Yunxi to death, and Lu Qingwei naturally couldn't spoil Xiao Yi's matter, and only used the rhetoric of fame to tie the two of them to Chu Yunxi's stomach.
No matter what, Zheng Yongxian can't be allowed to have any chance to attack Chu Yunxi again, no matter how this fire started, those two children are innocent and can't lose their lives because of the adult's struggle for power and profit.
No matter what she did wrong, her child was innocent, and no matter what she did, she had to keep the child safe!
Lu Qingwei knows what a child means to a mother, even if she hates Chu Yunxi, she will not get along with her child.
Ensuring that the child is safe and sound is her biggest bottom line!
"Adults are adults, children are children, no matter what, children can't be burdened by adults, if something happens, don't say it always says that we, the women who have no hope of having children, are jealous and treat her badly, I don't want to bear this reputation, and I don't want to come to my sister."
It's just that your reputation is affected, and if you go back and delay your mother's family, people will feel that your mother's family is not doing things well, and that's ugly.
Zheng Yongxian, who pushed herself into Chu Yunxi's caretaker for no reason at the end of a fire, even if there were thousands of unwilling people in this meeting, because Lu Qingwei's words could not be said now.
Looking at Jiang Yufei, who was as unwilling as himself, the two of them just nodded at this moment.
When did they fight against Chu Yunxi in this mansion, they had such an errand inexplicably, and their hearts were more uncomfortable than swallowing a fly.
Until dawn, the fire was finally extinguished with the full cooperation of the firefighting team and the palace guards, but the courtyard inside the firewall in the West Garden was all burned down, leaving only a little shelf that burned to the remaining black ash, and the entire palace was shrouded in a layer of gray and black......
Wisps of green smoke were still wafting on the wooden sticks that had long been charred, and Xiyuan was burned like this, so naturally it needed to be rebuilt, and Chu Yunxi, who was originally locked up here, also needed to find a new place.
"Let's live with Concubine Zheng for the time being, you also have to take care of Concubine Zheng in the future, as for the little boy, go to Concubine Jiang to live first, so that Sister Zheng will not be tired."
The yard was burned clean, Chu Yunxi cried in Xiao Yi's arms, and only said what should she do in the future if she had no residence, she was tired of Xiao Yi, and wanted Xiao Yi to move herself to the courtyard of the library to live, but before she finished speaking, she asked Lu Qingwei to be the master.
Chu Yunxi, who was rarely able to find an opportunity to rub in Xiao Yi's arms and talk about grievances, originally fell in love with Xiao Yi's former office garden, which was the closest to Xiao Yi, and when she gave birth to the child, she would have the opportunity to go to Xiao Yi.
The house burned down, and she figured it out, it is nothing to suffer a little hardship and a little grievance, Xiao Yi can't give birth, from now on, she will have children in the entire Wuwang Mansion.
In the future, Xiao Yi will be a hundred years old, and the belongings of the Five Kings Mansion will be her two children, and no one will be able to fall a little, and she will talk nonsense with these women.
Lu Qingwei is now looking at the scenery and is the housewife in this palace, and I don't know what it is in the future.
She is now waiting to see a good show, waiting to see who is better than who in the future!
But before that, she still has to compete for Xiao Yi's favor, without Xiao Yi's favor, she is naturally nothing in this palace now.
originally thought that the building near the water would get the moon first, but she never thought that Lu Qingwei's words would push herself directly to Zheng Yongxian, and before she could shout no, Xiao Yi had already nodded and agreed.
It is better to throw Chu Yunxi to Zheng Yongxian and ensure that Zheng Yongxian is safe, Xiao Yi also has doubts about this fire, and he only feels that this fire is extraordinarily strange.
Now this arrangement is naturally very good, and it also saves yourself a lot of worries!
Xiao Yi, who took a deep breath, looked at Chu Yunxi who still wanted to say no with a cold face, looking at Xiao Yi's cold face, Chu Yunxi could only purse his lips now and nodded obediently.
Chu Yunxi's face is not good-looking, and Zheng Yongxian's face is more difficult to see than Chu Yunxi, she doesn't even want to touch a hot potato like Chu Yunxi, let alone say anything to take care of her and give birth.
And Jiang Yufei, who wants to help Chu Yunxi raise a child in vain, looks even more unfavorable, looking at Xiao Youning, who always feels superior to others, this will make her heart feel cold!
Raising such an annoying pair of mother and son by their side is like offering a pair of ancestors by their side, and when they think of it, they feel a headache......
Just when Zheng Yongxian and Jiang Yufei, who had such a pair of hot potatoes here, had a headache, Song Yunjin, who only thought it was interesting in front of them, couldn't help but hook his lips on the side......
There was a look of victory in his eyes......