Chapter Forty-Eight: Walking the Water

"What did you say?" Empress Xia stood up and frowned tightly, "Okay, how can the Shujing Pavilion go to the water?" ”

The waiter was also so anxious that he sweated, "The slave doesn't know, I heard the people in the Book and Scripture Pavilion say that it seems that Miss Fu set the fire ......"

When Empress Xia heard this, the hand in her sleeve clenched into a fist.

She had a new birthday, and it was rare to collide with the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and she wanted to have a good birthday, but now someone told her that Fu Siyi was in trouble again in Shujing Pavilion!

What's more, Xia Ling is still fighting outside, and Queen Xia has been worried every day and night, but now she finally has a birthday, but she has been disturbed by others.

"Has Your Majesty informed you?" Empress Xia calmed down and asked.

"Someone has been sent to say it." The chamberlain replied cautiously.

In the Imperial Garden, everyone close to Empress Xia heard the news and stood up and looked at Empress Xia, wanting to know what she would do.

When Concubine Yu heard this, she was naturally happy in her heart - anyway, it was not her birthday, and now she was very happy to be able to watch Queen Xia's jokes!

Although Chen Zhiyi was far away, with her ear, she could hear the words of the servant clearly, so she told Xie Shi about it.

When Xie Shi heard this, he naturally chuckled, and his eyes naturally turned to Xie Fanghua.

Xie Fanghua had a calm face, she felt that someone was looking at her, and turned her head to see that it was Xie Shi, and then gave her a reassuring smile, and then turned her head to look at Queen Xia.

Empress Xia quickly calmed down completely, gave two orders, and hurried towards the path to the Shujing Pavilion.

Concubine Wang Shu and Concubine Yu Guifei also followed, and Xie Fanghua walked to Xie's side, "Mother, I'll go and have a look first." ”

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Xie Shi grabbed Xie Fanghua and looked at her worriedly, "Let's go together." ”

Xie Fanghua hesitated, but nodded anyway.

The Shujing Pavilion burned very badly, and even the nearby palaces were burned, and the palace people poured water on the fire back and forth, and many people's faces were blackened, but they didn't dare to slack off at all, but ran faster and faster.

The emperor also came in a hurry, followed by some ministers and princes, and Prime Minister Xie and Xie Eran were also there.

"What's going on?" The emperor also frowned and asked Empress Xia.

Shaoqing of Dali Temple behind him looked at the burned Shujing Pavilion with a worried face.

Empress Xia glanced at Shaoqing of Dali Temple and replied, "It was Miss Fu who set the fire." No one has been found, though. ”

As soon as the words fell, two attendants walked towards this side carrying a stretcher, and two attendants dragged the struggling Fu Siyi behind.

Chen Zhiyi pulled Xie Shi and hid behind Xie Fanghua, staring at the scene in front of him.

Fu Siyi was full of joy waiting to be released from the Shujing Pavilion, during this time, she copied the books so much that her hands were about to become calloused, and she finally looked forward to the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the Shujing Pavilion went to the water, not only that, but she almost died!

She saw Shaoqing of Dali Temple looking at her with a worried face, and pushed away the two attendants without saying anything, rushed to Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and shouted: "Dad! ”

She pounced on Shaoqing of Dali Temple, but Shaoqing of Dali Temple looked at the emperor and did not comfort Fu Siyi.

The emperor glanced at Lin Jieyu, who had burned half of her face on the stretcher, and then looked at Shaoqing of Dali Temple, with a dark face, "Say, how do you want to solve this matter?" ”

Fu Siyi didn't react, he looked up at Shaoqing of Dali Temple with tears in his eyes, "Dad, what's wrong?" ”

Queen Xia walked towards Lin Jieyu, she had already fainted, her whole body was gray, her face was half burned, and even her clothes were a little burned. Empress Xia ordered someone to call the imperial doctor, and then looked up at the blazing Shujing Pavilion.

Now it's okay, the Shujing Pavilion is the largest collection of scriptures in Nanyu, and now it has been burned by someone, if it is really Fu Siyi, then she will not want to turn over again in her life.

"Siyi, did you put the fire?" Shaoqing of Dali Temple asked.

Fu Siyi shook his head vigorously, "Dad, how could it be me?" You have to believe your daughter......"

Shaoqing of Dali Temple went to stroke Fu Siyi's messy hair, and he was very helpless. He believes, but what's the use of him believing it? It is useful to have the emperor believe it.

The emperor's face was ugly.

Fortunately, the fire in the Shujing Pavilion was not as big as it was just now.

The imperial doctor came to take Lin Jieyu's pulse, but now no one pays attention to Lin Jieyu, and everyone's eyes are on Fu Siyi and the emperor.

Empress Xia's image of Fu Siyi was very bad, and she looked at her coldly, "Miss Fu, do you know that this Shujing Pavilion is the largest scripture pavilion in Nanyu, and now that you have burned it, what should you be guilty of?" ”

When Fu Siyi heard this, he quickly turned around and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy: "Queen Mother Mingjian, it's really not my ......"

The chamberlain who reported to Empress Xia stepped forward, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, the queen mother, the servant has been on duty in the Shujing Pavilion all these days, and I often hear Miss Fu complaining about her situation. Today she set fire to the Book Pavilion, and the minions also saw it with their own eyes. ”

As soon as the words fell, before the emperor and Empress Xia could speak, Fu Siyi raised his head suddenly and shouted angrily: "Dog minion! Where do your eyes go? Miss Ben didn't set the fire! ”

Concubine Yu put her hand on the arm of the maid beside her, and looked at Fu Siyi with disdain, but when she thought of the relationship between the Fu family and the Yu family, she could only say: "Yes, with your one-sided words, how can we believe it?" What's more, Miss Fu is not the only one in Shujing Pavilion, isn't there Lin Jieyu? ”

The chamberlain said: "Your Majesty, the queen's mother, the concubine's mother, the slave was on duty with Xiao Huizi at that time, and Xiao Huizi was a witness." ”

The emperor glanced at him, "Pass on Xiaohuizi." ”

After a while, a thin and short chamberlain was brought over and saluted, and Xiao Huizi lowered his head, not daring to look up at anyone.

The emperor asked him, "Are you Xiaohuizi?" Did you see Fu Siyi set the fire? ”

Xiao Huizi nodded, but never dared to raise his head to look at the emperor, "The slave is Xiao Huizi." The slave was on duty with Xiao Yezi, and he saw Miss Fu set fire with flint and steel, if you don't believe it, Your Majesty can check whether Miss Fu has flint and steel on her body. ”

The emperor waved his hand, and a palace maid was about to step forward to collect Fu Siyi's body, but was stopped by Shaoqing of Dali Temple, "Your Majesty, the minister's daughter doesn't use flint and steel at all, she rarely even goes out of the door in her days, and rarely enters the kitchen!" Your Majesty, don't listen to the traitors! ”

The fire in the Shujing Pavilion was basically extinguished, but the smell of burnt wood was a little unpleasant, which made Concubine Wang Shufei frown.

Empress Xia is in a very bad mood now, this is all caused by Fu Siyi, "Master Fu, don't protect your shortcomings, first ask the palace maid to see if you can take something from Miss Fu!" ”

Shaoqing of Dali Temple still wanted to continue to explain, but Fu Siyi was not afraid, there could be no flint and steel on her, if she asked others to search but couldn't find it, she could wash away her grievances, then she was willing to suffer a little grievance, so she looked at Queen Xia, nodded, her eyes were sincere, "Queen Mother, although I searched, I didn't do anything, I won't admit it." ”

Queen Xia snorted, and Dong Chan went up to search her body.

Fu Siyi stood up and spread his hands.

Dong Chan blessed her body, "Miss Fu, it's presumptuous." Then she got into action.

At the beginning of the period, Dongchan's expression was calm and did not react at all. On the other hand, Fu Siyi, her heart was a little nervous, her heart was pounding, and her legs and feet were even weak. But she told herself that it didn't matter, because she didn't set the fire and she didn't have flint and steel on her.

Dong Chan touched Fu Siyi's sleeve, and suddenly touched something very hard, she frowned, reached out and took out the thing in the sleeve and presented it to the emperor.

The emperor glanced at the black stone in his hand, and his muscles flared up, "And you still say it's not you?" ”

Fu Siyi looked desperate and was paralyzed on the ground.

Chen Zhiyan looked at the flint in the emperor's hand and wanted to take a look, but now, she didn't dare to do this kind of thing, so she could only stare at the flint in the emperor's hand from a distance.

Concubine Yu Guifei walked up to the emperor and gently pushed his arm, "Your Majesty, didn't Master Fu say it?" Miss Fu doesn't know how to use flint and steel at all, so what if she finds it? It's hard to guarantee that someone else is not framing you! ”

Xie Fanghua looked at Concubine Yu lightly and sneered in her heart.

I haven't seen how smart and smart she is on weekdays, and she can still say such things at this critical moment.

Empress Xia sneered and said to Concubine Yu: "Concubine, this Master Fu said that her daughter would not use it, did the palace say that this flint Fu Siyi put it, that is what she put it?" ”

Concubine Yu's face changed, "Queen Mother, don't misinterpret your sister's meaning!" ”

Now the two of them are in the realm of incompatibility, and Queen Xia is not willing to endure her anymore, "This palace is just telling the truth." Then, she looked at the emperor again, "Your Majesty, now that the human and material evidence is there, do you want to release this arsonist?" ”

At this time, Fu Siyi was already paralyzed on the ground, bowing his head in a daze, being pointed out by others like this, as if he was really the murderer of the arson.

Shaoqing of Dali Temple didn't know what to say for Fu Siyi, he looked at Yu Shangshu, but the other party kept looking down at his sleeve and refused to look at him at all.

Old Prime Minister Xie suddenly stood up, "Your Majesty, there is something that the old minister has been holding in his heart for a long time, I don't know if I can say it or not?" ”

The emperor was distraught and regretted that he had not directly convicted Fu Siyi in the first place. His largest scripture pavilion in Nanyu was burned, or was it burned under his nose, if he couldn't even find a murderer, wouldn't it be a joke for the world?

It's good now, Prime Minister Xie stood up again and had something to say, which made the emperor very impatient, but because of the other party's status, he had to wave his sleeves and agree, and said angrily: "The prime minister said." ”

Xie Fanghua looked at Prime Minister Xie, and even Xie Lenran behind Prime Minister Xie suddenly became nervous.

He didn't know what Prime Minister Xie was going to do, but looking at the tense atmosphere, he didn't want Prime Minister Xie to say anything to anger the emperor.