The fire in the Changqing Palace was menacing, the side hall of the main hall and the palace room on the west side were all destroyed by the fire, and more than ten palace maids and eunuchs were injured, and the loss of property was countless.

After the fire was extinguished, Zhou Youchen ignored Meng Xilan's dissuasion and rushed to the ruins of the Changqing Palace to find the aunt in his mouth...... If you want to see people in life, and you want to see corpses in death, she will never just disappear and disappear.

Meng Xilan still remembered that woman, although she had only met her once, her appearance was really unforgettable.

Zhou Youchen searched for a long time by climbing the bricks and walls, but he still couldn't find his aunt. Although she has no legs, she has kung fu, even if there is a sudden fire, she will definitely be able to get out safely, but why can't he find her?

Walking in the palace is a big deal, but now, the queen mother and queen are not in the palace, and even Concubine Ning, who is usually in charge, is not there. Although the crown prince was in the palace, after hearing about the incident, he was not in a hurry, and only asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send someone to investigate the whole story.

Gao Fuli deliberately walked over, hurriedly gave those people a look and said: "Today, the Changqing Palace is in the water, the Ninth Master is frightened, and Her Royal Highness the Princess is also frightened, you must check it carefully!" Investigate this matter thoroughly, don't delay, so-so, make Her Royal Highness the princess dissatisfied, turn around and tell the Queen Mother, I promise that you can't eat and go around! ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Gao Fuli heard them agree in unison, and said: "My master has always had clear rewards and punishments, and if you do a good job, the master will naturally reward you, but if you don't do a good job, the master's kindness will never be used on you." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone knew that it was powerful.

Meng Xilan watched Zhou Youchen squatting exhausted in the mess, gently brushed away Zhu Lu's hand, and walked to his side step by step. She slowly crouched down and helped him to his feet. "Chen'er, follow me back to Cining Palace."

It stands to reason that he should go to the East Fourth Institute to rest, but tonight Meng Xilan really didn't worry about sending him elsewhere.

Zhou Youchen stood up, a thin layer of water light appeared in his dark brown eyes. Meng Xilan was stunned, and reached out to hold his hand, his hand was dirty and cold, as if it had been penetrated by the cold wind. Holding his hand, she felt the coolness spread all the way from his hand to her heart, making her feel shivering. But she still didn't let go, but held it tighter.

"Chen'er, let's go, follow me back to Cining Palace." Meng Xilan pulled him out of the Changqing Palace, and before he could take two steps, Zhou Youchen suddenly said, "It's all gone." ”

Meng Xilan didn't say anything when she heard this, she just took him and continued to walk forward.

She walked hand in hand with him, not caring about the palace maids and eunuchs who came and went around her.

When she returned to Cining Palace, Meng Xilan instructed the palace maid to bring hot water and hand towels, and then personally washed Zhou Youchen's hands, and after washing them, she found that his fingertips were worn out and bleeding.

Zhulu hurriedly brought the potion, and said with a little distress: "The ninth master must be very painful." ”

Zhou Youchen sat there silently, and it took a long time to blink his eyes, and there was a faint sadness in his eyes, which made people feel distressed.

Meng Xilan looked at him and said slowly: "I have already sent someone to look for it, don't worry, you can always find it in the end......"

Zhou Youchen raised his eyes and spit out a sentence in a low voice: "Nothing, the Changqing Palace is gone, and my aunt is gone." ”

His voice trembled slightly, sounding timid, like a helpless and frightened child.

When Meng Xilan heard this, her heart became sour. She didn't say anything, just hugged his body, held him in her arms, and took two deep breaths before saying, "Don't be afraid, you still have me." ”

When Zhou Youchen heard this, his brown eyes blinked again, and his eyes were slightly red.

Meng Xilan saw that he was silent, so she hugged him a little tighter and repeated, "You still have me." ”

Zhou Youchen bit his lip, and let out a low gasp sound from his nose, as if he was suppressing something.

He never cried, his aunt never allowed him to cry, and said that the man who cried and wiped his tears was the most unproductive. But at this moment, he couldn't bear it anymore, and after choking a few times, he finally lowered his head, put his face on Meng Xilan's shoulder socket, and silently left tears.

He gritted his teeth to keep himself from making a sound, but looking at his shaking shoulders, everyone knew in their hearts that he was crying, and crying very sadly.

Seeing this, Zhu Lu and Zhu Qing felt uncomfortable, so they hurriedly turned their backs and secretly wiped their tears.

Meng Xilan held back, her dark eyes were full of confusion and incomprehension.

Why did the Changqing Palace suddenly catch fire? Why did that mysterious woman suddenly disappear, no one alive or dead?

After a while, Gao Fuli hurriedly came back to pay respects, who knew that as soon as he came in, he saw the master sitting there with Zhou Youchen in his arms, he looked at Zhulu, and then at Zhuqing, and found that their eyes were also red, so he hurriedly lowered his head and retreated silently.

Zhou Youchen didn't have many tears, but he was sad for a while, and then he raised his head, looked directly into Meng Xilan's eyes, and said, "Help me, I want to know who did it." ”

Meng Xilan wiped the tears from his face with his own hands, and nodded in response.

After Zhu Lu cleaned up the bed in the side hall, he persuaded Zhou Youchen to go over and rest.

Zhou Youchen had no intention of sleeping, just shook his head.

Seeing this, Meng Xilan asked him to lie down on the soft couch in his room first, and coaxed softly: "You don't have to sleep, just take care of yourself here." ”

Zhou Youchen listened to her words and lay on his side on the soft couch and squinted for a while.

Zhulu was a little taboo: "Master, this is your bedroom......"

Meng Xilan sighed softly and said, "How old is he, he can't care so much." What about the little liko? ”

"I'm waiting outside to talk back to my master."

Meng Xilan turned her head to look at Zhou Youchen, and told Zhu Qingdao: "You are good to take care of the ninth master, there are not a few lamps and candles in the room, and he is afraid of the dark when he wakes up." ”

Zhu Qing nodded and silently wrote it down.

Meng Xilan went to the outer room, and Gao Fuli hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master, the slave sent someone to find the Changqing Palace, and I didn't see the aunt in the mouth of the ninth master." ”

Meng Xilan frowned and said, "Can the cause of the fire be identified?" ”

Gao Fuli nodded: "Back to the master, the long-vacant small kitchen of the Changqing Palace where the fire started, the wine jar inside was all broken, it can be seen that someone did it on purpose." ”

Although Changqing Palace is a cold palace, it was also beautiful because of Concubine Xiao's favor. Beneath the dilapidated exterior, there are also a lot of good things hidden.

The dozen or so jars of fine wine were all tribute wine given by the emperor back then. No one has touched it for more than ten years, so why is it shattered today......

Meng Xilan clenched her fists slightly: "Do you know who set the fire?" ”

Gao Fu lowered his eyes: "I don't know for the time being." However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already retried it overnight. ”

Meng Xilan pondered for a moment: "Tell their subordinates to be light, don't bend into tricks, and send people to me to make up the numbers." ”

Gao Fuli understood in his heart: "Yes, don't worry, the master can rest assured, the slave will watch the whole process and don't let them cheat." ”

After a busy night, waiting until the sky was bright, Meng Xilan supported her head with one hand, squinted for a while, and waited for the dawn before she freshened up and changed her clothes, preparing to go to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

This is the time when the ministers go to court to perform their work.

Meng Xilan could just see her father and brother, Meng Zhenglu stepped forward and saluted: "I heard that there was an accident in the palace last night, is Your Highness okay?" ”

Meng Xilan didn't expect her father to get the news so early, so she only helped him up: "I'm fine, the fire last night was in the Changqing Palace, and someone deliberately wanted to harm the ninth master." ”

She couldn't say more, she could only generalize.

Meng Zhenglu and Meng Xizhao's expressions changed slightly when they heard this, and they were very surprised in their hearts.

Zhou Youchen is the most low-key among the princes, and the person who does not provoke right and wrong, why would he invite death.

Meng Xilan said lightly: "Wait a while, I will personally report this matter to the prince, don't worry about my father and brother." ”

Since this happened in the palace, they wanted to help, but they couldn't intervene, so it was better to hide cleanly.

Meng Zhenglu whispered: "Your Highness, take care." ”

Meng Xizhao also said: "The prince is not in a good mood today, you should be careful." ”

Meng Xilan knew it in her heart. If Zhou Youping saw her, he would have to add a few blockages to his heart for no reason.

Zhou Youping was looking at the excerpt, but he heard a report from outside: "Her Royal Highness the princess has arrived." ”

Zhou Youping put down his fold, frowned, and said, "Let her in." ”

Meng Xilan walked in slowly and saluted Zhou You, who had an unkind face.

"I know everything about yesterday, why do you bother to run it yourself." Zhou Youping raised his hand and asked her to get up and reply.

Meng Xilan said quietly: "Before the Queen Mother leaves, let me take care of the Ninth Master, I don't dare to slack off." The fire yesterday came strangely, and it was clear that someone was deliberately trying to kill the Ninth Master. I really can't let go of it in my heart, I'm afraid that the villain won't succeed, and I will turn around and have evil thoughts again, and change the law to hurt the life of the ninth master. ”

Zhou Youping glanced at her coldly: "You are really nosy. Changqing Palace is just a cold palace, and if it is burned, it will be burned, what is the value! What's more, the ninth brother is not injured and has not lost his life, what are you anxious about? ”

Meng Xilan would also give him a sneer when he heard this: "The prince said this lightly. The palace is heavy, how can anyone have bad thoughts and cause trouble. The emperor asked the prince to act as an agent for the government, and the prince did the outside things carefully, why did he ignore the things at his own doorstep. The ninth master is your own brother, and the prince should also love him more. ”

Zhou Youping slapped the table heavily: "Okay, even you dare to teach me a lesson." How? Do you have to take care of the affairs of Changqing Palace? ”

Meng Xilan said unhurriedly: "It's a matter of life and death for the ninth master, how can I not care?" ”

Zhou Youping looked at her gloomily, and for some reason, he suddenly smiled: "Okay, you can check whatever you like." However, I will advise you one more sentence today, then the Changqing Palace will be gone, and the Ninth Master will have his own father and the Queen Mother to take care of it, if you manage it too much, be careful to bring trouble to yourself. ”

Meng Xilan heard what he said, so she said, "What does the prince mean by this?" ”

Could it be that the matter of Changqing Palace has something to do with him?

"Meng Xilan, you are staring at Changqing Palace so much, protecting Lao Jiu so much, what do you have in mind? What exactly do you want to know? There are so many secrets in that palace that if you have to dig them out, you'll have to have the courage to bear the consequences. Zhou Youping said mockingly. If you want to help the ninth, you can't take care of the fourth. What to do? Do you still want to look it up? ”

When Meng Xilan heard this, her heart trembled, and she didn't understand anything on her face, so she only said: "Why does the prince bother to play riddles with me, it's better to explain the words." ”

"You have your own skills, you can find out for yourself." Zhou Youping only put down this sentence, and waved his hand to order the eunuch to send off the guest.

Meng Xilan clenched her handkerchief, turned around, and happened to meet Zhou Shili at the door.

When Zhou Shili saw her, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

Meng Xilan was so angry with the prince's words that she only bowed her head to him, and walked away without even saying a word.