Li Muzhen looked down, and sure enough, one side of the glass piece was cracked.

She threw the palace lamp on the ground with a "whoosh", and said angrily: "Li Muge, you are playing me!" ”

Qing He hurriedly tugged on her sleeve: "Princess, please be quiet......"

Li Muzhen was unconvinced and followed up with Jiaotai Palace, wanting to reason with Qu Muge, but the emperor and the guests were seated, and she had to give up temporarily.

Now that Zuo Guifei has been demoted, the second prince will participate in the banquet in the future, and the Shangyuan Festival banquet is in charge of the virtuous concubine, and the audience only hears the voice of the virtuous concubine.

Qu Muge was a little bored sitting in the banquet, she looked left and right, but she didn't see Gu Nanye, she couldn't help but feel a little strange.

In the middle of the banquet, the eldest prince Li Youxian came out and toasted: "In order to celebrate today's Shangyuan Festival, the Imperial Grandmother, Father, and Concubine Xian specially ordered the Internal Affairs Office to make 500 Kong Ming lanterns to pray for the blessing of the Yong Dynasty. Now that the auspicious time has come, please move to the emperor's grandmother and father to watch the lanterns. ”

Emperor Yongdi got up to help Empress Dowager Yu, and the clansmen followed behind him, and walked outside the Jiaotai Hall one after another.

On the square outside the hall, hundreds of people from the palace held torches in their hands, and lit the Kong Ming lanterns around them one by one.

Empress Dowager Yu was very happy and took the opportunity to praise: "Xian'er has worked hard, this Shangyuan Lantern Banquet was very good, it can be seen that Xian'er can stand alone when she grows up." ”

The eldest prince smiled and said: "This is all the idea and hard work of the virtuous concubine, and the retainer is just making some effort." ”

Concubine Xian said: "It was Xiang'er's idea to put Kong Ming lanterns, and this kid is flexible." ”

Qu Muge couldn't stand the group of people complimenting each other, pulled the cloak on his body, and took people out of the table first.

Li Muzhen's eyes kept staring at Qu Muge, and when she saw her leave the table early, Li Muzhen also took the palace maid Qinghe to follow.

Qinghe knew that Li Muzhen had been trying to find trouble with Qu Muge, but now that the palace was full of guests, it was not good to make a scene, so he persuaded: "Princess, Concubine Xi has told her a thousand times, the emperor has been in a bad mood recently, let's not make trouble at this juncture." ”

Li Muzhen said: "It is to take advantage of my father's dislike of Li Muge, now is the time." ”

Qing He said with his life: "But, but we are not as good as before, if something happens, the Queen Mother will not protect us." ”

This sentence stabbed Li Muzhen, she turned around violently and slapped Qing He in the face: "What do you mean by this?" Even you look down on me? ”

"No," Qinghe cried: "The slaves and maids are all for the good of the princess, let's connive and angry, and endure it for a few days, and when the situation in the palace is a little clearer, let's talk about it with the third princess." ”

Li Muzhen was so angry, but after a while, she didn't know where Li Muge went, so she had to give up and say: "It's really disappointing, forget it, go back!" ”

Zhongcui Palace is located in the East Sixth Palace, and Li Muzhen will pass by Liuqing Palace when she goes back.

Looking at the dark Liuqing Palace and the locked gate, Li Muzhen complained: "Where is this degraded, it is clearly under house arrest, it is a big holiday, not even a lamp is lit, and there is no figure." ”

Qinghe said: "Let's leave the affairs of Liuqing Palace alone, it's too deserted around here, let's go quickly." ”

Qu Muge came out of the Jiaotai Hall and walked on the way back to the Tiyuan Palace, all the way were busy palace people.

Some palace people were busy burning fires under the fireproof water tanks in front of the halls, and melting the water tanks that had been frozen into ice in case of emergency.

There are also some palace people pushing water dragon carts at the intersection and waiting for them.

Seeing this, Qu Muge said with appreciation: "The eldest prince is really good, I reminded him last time that Kong Ming lanterns are easy to cause fires, and he has made such complete preparations." ”

Huanhuan looked at the busy people and said, "It seems that they are pro-military guards, not people from the Internal Affairs Office." ”

"Huh?" Qu Muge stopped and walked towards a team of water dragon carts, those people were indeed soldiers, not eunuchs.

It's Gu Nanye's people.

Qu Muge nodded and said, "No wonder I invited him to watch the lights before, but he said that he was very busy and had no time." ”

As he was talking, suddenly the gongs and drums were noisy, and there was a fire from the East Sixth Palace, and there was a palace on fire!

As soon as the water hook got the news, it immediately started moving.

Qu Muge hurriedly stood against the wall to make way for them.

"What are you really worried about, why is it really on fire?" She instructed Feng Hu: "Go and see, which palace is on fire, it doesn't matter." ”

Huanhuan saw that there was chaos in the palace, so he said, "Princess, let's go back quickly." ”

Qu Muge nodded and hurried back to the Tiyuan Palace.

After a long time, the hustle and bustle outside had subsided, and Feng Hu also inquired about the news and came back.

"It was the fire in Liuqing Palace, and the Kong Ming lantern fell into Liuqing Palace and ignited the palace, and Zuo Jieyu died."

Qu Muge stood up in surprise and asked, "Burned?" ”

Feng Hu nodded: "Zuo Jieyu was demoted, locked up in the dormitory, when it was burning, the eunuch who was guarding sneaked to see the light, and the people of the fire brigade couldn't find the key, and when it was extinguished, Zuo Jieyu had already burned to death......"

Qu Muge's heart was beating fast, this thing was too sudden, making her feel unbelievable.

Is it a coincidence, or is it destiny?

Feng Hu said again: "There are four princesses ......"

Qu Muge's eyes widened and asked, "Li Muzhen was also burned to death?" ”

"No," Feng Hu said, "The firefighting team met the unconscious Fourth Princess and her palace maid outside the Liuqing Palace, as if they slipped and fell on the road in the dark. ”

How could it be such a coincidence?

Qu Muge faintly felt that maybe Li Muzhen had bumped into something.

She couldn't stop beating in her heart, thinking about Kong Ming lantern, water dragon car, Li Muzhen and Zuo Jieyu repeatedly......

Zuo Jieyu...... Is she really dead?

"Have you seen Master Hou?" Qu Muge asked Feng Hu.

Feng Hu nodded and said, "Master Hou is still busy with the aftermath in the East Sixth Palace. ”

She thought that Gu Nanye said that he would be very busy today, did he already know that this would happen?

In the North Five Institutes, when Li Youfei, the second prince who was sick in bed, got the news that Zuo Jieyu was burned to death, he wailed, fell to the side of the bed, and couldn't get up for half a day.

"Don't ...... Don't kill me......" He babbled nonsense, grabbed the hand of the attendant Suifeng, and said, "Go to my grandfather and my uncle, and let them save me!" ”

A few days later, a large number of people in the palace were punished for the fire.

Concubine Xian was heavily punished for Kong Ming's idea and was demoted to a noble concubine; All the palace people of the Ryuqing Palace were executed; The second prince suffered from lost soul due to excessive grief and was about to be sent to Tianjin Wei's palace to recuperate.

Qu Muge hadn't seen Gu Nanye for many days, and he heard Feng Hu say that Gu Nanye was going to personally send the second prince to Tianjin Wei and was busy with the affairs of the palace.

In the study of the Duan family, there was a cloud of clouds, and Duan Pei and the head of the Zuo family, as well as several important principals of the two families, were all present.