Du Mingxin looked at his smiling eyes, and then looked at the smiling appearance of the family of three in the mirror, pursed his lips and smiled, feeling that no matter how happy he was in this life, it was nothing more than that.

When the wind rose at night, Du Mingxin left Brother Kun to sleep with them in the main room. As soon as I fell asleep in a hazy way, I felt a flash of light in front of me, followed by thunder.

Du Mingxin got up and pulled a thin quilt for his son, and Chen Xi asked vaguely, "What's the matter, scared?" ”

"No, let's sleep." Du Mingxin said softly.

The lightning and thunder did not stop until the second half of the night. Before the rain stopped, Chuncao, who was on night duty outside, called softly: "Lord, there are guards in the outer courtyard to go back and forth for urgent matters. ”

Chen Xi woke up as soon as he was excited, he lightly put on his clothes and got out of bed, walked outside and ordered, "Call him in." ”

Suddenly, a tall guard walked in, and after saluting Chen Xi, he said in a low voice: "Lord, there is a fire in the palace, and it is still burning." ”

Chen Xi frowned, looked at the rain outside that was gradually stopping, and asked, "Didn't the heavy rain just now be extinguished?" ”

The guard replied, "It seems that no, the black smoke from the palace is still rising, and there is no tendency to decrease." ”

Chen Xi took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and at three o'clock, he ordered: "Go and prepare outside, I will enter the city after I have changed my clothes." ”

The guard answered, turned and went out.

Chen Xi went back to the inner room and saw that Du Mingxin had already lit the lamp when he got out of bed, so he smiled and said, "You can sleep for a while, it seems that the palace is running water, I have to go back and take a look." ”

Du Mingxin took his clothes, and while waiting for him to change them, he advised: "You must be careful, half of the house burned is the most dangerous, maybe which beams and pillars are burned down, and they may fall down at any time." ”

"yes, I know." Chen Xi kissed her forehead gently, "You can rest in the Zhuangzi with Brother Kun." If something like this happens, I'm afraid I won't be able to come tonight, so you tell the people in the outer courtyard to keep an eye on the door. ”

Du Mingxin nodded, held an umbrella and sent him to the door of Zhuangzi, watched him put on his robe, turned over his horse, and ran away without a trace, before returning to the main room.

Chen Xi went all the way non-stop, and arrived at the east gate of the capital half an hour later. After the guards showed their waist cards, the defenders of the city hurriedly opened the door and let them go. Chen Xi didn't delay, he ran all the way to the palace gate, and when he saw a large number of people waiting there, he knew that the palace gate had not yet opened.

"Lord Wang," Chen Xi got off the horse, and heard Lin Lang calling himself, "It's the Taihe Hall that is on fire!" ”

Chen Xi's head "buzzed", Taihe Palace! This is the largest hall in the palace, where the emperor's enthronement, wedding, canonization of the crown prince, and the most solemn ceremonies of the country will be held, why can something happen here?

He settled down and asked, "Why isn't the door open inside?" In a hurry, I'm afraid there aren't enough people to put out the fire, right? ”

Deng Hong and Chen Ting also came over at this time, Deng Hong said: "There is a strict order in the palace not to open the door until the hour, I am afraid that someone will open the door under the pretext of ...... Palace changes. ”

Chen Xi frowned, looked up at the smoke that was still billowing up above the palace, and asked, "Do you know how it burned?" ”

Lin Lang said: "I heard that it was struck by lightning." ”

Several people around them fell silent when they heard this.

Thunder and fire fell from the sky, and it struck the Taihe Palace, which symbolized the imperial power, which was really unlucky.

Suddenly, there was a noise in the palace gate, and after a short time, the door opened. There was a eunuch in the middle who hurriedly came out to pass the word: "Spread the emperor's edict, Shuntianfu and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division quickly sent people into the palace to fight the fire, the Son of Heaven personally guarded the palace, and those who entered and exited at will such as idle people will not be forgiven!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and they all heard Chen Yuantai's surging anger from this edict.

The eunuch walked up to Chen Xi and the others again, and said respectfully: "Princes, lords, and elders, the emperor invites a few of you to go to the Qianqing Palace to discuss matters. ”

Several people hurriedly received the order and followed the eunuch into the room.

At this time, the sky was not yet dawn, and there was still a little rain falling in the air. However, the closer you get to the Taihe Temple, the brighter and fiery it feels.

When Chen Xi raised his eyes, the entire Taihe Hall was in flames, and there were about hundreds of eunuchs and guards coming and going around, but the water that could be poured into it was like a stone, and it disappeared without even splashing any splashes.

Chen Xi and Lin Lang glanced at each other, both of them had heavy faces, and I am afraid that this Taihe Hall will not be able to save it.

Bypassing the burning Taihe Palace, everyone felt a chill on their bodies, and only then did they realize that the fire had dried all the slightly wet clothes on their bodies.

The lights in the Qianqing Palace were bright, and the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting were all standing outside the door with their hands down, silent.

After Chen Xi and the others entered, they found dozens of pieces of broken porcelain on the ground, and they were afraid that they were thrown casually by Chen Yuantai when he was angry just now.

"Arrest all the people in Qin Tianjian! Rice buckets, all of them are a bunch of rice buckets! Chen Yuantai's angry voice had a hint of dryness in it, obviously this kind of roar had been going on for a while.

"How's the burn going over there?" Chen Yuantai asked angrily when he saw everyone coming in.

Gao Chen looked at the few people around him, and he could only reply by himself. He lifted his spirits and said sadly: "The Taihe Hall is still burning now, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division has already gone to fetch the water dragon." There are about 20 water dragons in several yamen in the capital, and if they are started together, they will be able to extinguish the fire quickly......"

"What did you do earlier?" Chen Yuantai scolded, "The palace caught fire in the middle of the night, you are all blind, can't you see?" I didn't think about it until now to get the water dragon, did I have to watch the palace burn down? ”

Everyone hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged the emperor for forgiveness.

"Rice bucket! Like the people of Qin Tianjian, they are all rice buckets! Chen Yuantai "snapped" and threw out the tea newly served by the prince, and almost smashed it in front of Chen Ting's kneeling knee.

Looking at the current situation, Chen Xi felt that he was afraid that he would not be able to take a breath until the fire in the Taihe Hall was extinguished. He boldly asked, "Why don't my father call a few internal eunuchs and guards who are on duty at night to come and ask to see what is going on." ”

Chen Yuantai said angrily: "Do you still need to ask?" It's not that it was struck by lightning! ”

This is the first time that Chen Xi has eaten in front of Chen Yuantai, but he also understands that Chen Yuantai is very hot now, so he continued to persuade: "This is just a rumor from everyone, how can I ask my father to ask." Maybe it's something else, or maybe it's really lightning, then you should also ask someone to see if there is a way to avoid it in the future. ”

Chen Yuantai took a few deep breaths and nodded, and the prince hurriedly ran out, and called a few people in a moment.