Chapter 203: The ancestral hall caught fire
Su Tang'an was new to the city, so he didn't have a conflict with Gu Tingyao and his wife over such a trivial matter, the more so, the more he seemed to understand the rules.
She wiped the rank and said softly: "Actually, I can also understand, your eldest brother is the eldest son, and this inheritance of the throne is a matter of course, but my father has favored you since childhood, it turns out that you don't enter the court, and you have a romantic reputation outside, they don't regard you as an opponent, but now, you have become the most powerful young man in the hands of His Majesty, how can they not be afraid of you? It is still impossible for your eldest brother to reach the height of King Huainan, so now grasping the position of the prince is what he can and can only do. ”
"You're right, I don't want to be the son of the world, because I think that with my ability, everything I will get in the future will not be less than now, but the eldest brother has taken refuge in Xuanyuan Hou, although the eldest brother and the second brother blamed me for killing my mother, but our brother's relationship is quite good, and there has never been any dispute, but since the eldest brother and Xuanyuan Hou became close, they have become more and more hostile to me, but I am afraid that it is also because they have provoked me. Gu Tingjun said, "Although my eldest brother and I are brothers, if we talk about camps, we have a hostile relationship. If he keeps being obsessed, I won't continue to indulge, and I will make him regret choosing Xuanyuan Hou!"
Just when Su Tang'an was wiping the shelf full of burning candles on the side, suddenly the shelf collapsed, and the lit one fell to the ground, and the wax oil rolled to the ground, and the unextinguished one fell to the wax oil, and suddenly the tongue of fire rushed up.
"Be careful!" Gu Tingjun shouted, and hurriedly poured the basin filled with water around him towards the place where the fire started, but there was still a small part of the fire left, and it burned all the way in the direction of the wax and oil, and finally pounced on the table full of ranks!
Su Tang'an frowned, hurriedly checked a piece of white flag beside him, pounced on the spreading fire, and then quickly stepped on a few feet, Gu Tingjun also stepped forward to extinguish the remnants.
Finally, there is no danger.
Gu Tingjun's face was completely gloomy, how could a good candle stand suddenly break! If the ancestral hall was burned down today because of Tangerine An's cleaning, would the eldest brother and sister-in-law have to unite with the rest of the clan to show that Tangerine was not worthy of being the Gu family's daughter-in-law? He would definitely protect Tangerine when the time came, then he would definitely lose the hearts of the clansmen, and he would also lose the opportunity to inherit the position of the prince!
It's really hateful!
It's nothing to lose the position of the prince, but what if you don't be here today, what if you are injured or buried in the fire?
Gu Tingjun didn't dare to think about it, he only felt that the eldest brother and sister-in-law were too ruthless, if there was an accident today, who would take the responsibility?
He walked up to Su Tang'an, took her hand and looked her left and right, and asked, "Are you okay?"
Su Tang'an coughed lightly twice, then shook his head, his face was not very good, is it about to start so soon?
The people outside saw the black smoke coming out of it, and hurriedly rushed in to check, and the guards hurriedly asked, "Childe, are you okay?"
Gu Tingjun shook it and said coldly, "Clean up here." Then he took Su Ju'an's hand and left, and returned to Xiaoxiang Garden.
The news of the ancestral hall going to the water spread far and wide, and when Gu Tingjun came back with Su Tang'an, the news had already been transmitted back to Xiaoxiang Yuan one step earlier, and Qing'er and Pearl were all in a hurry to go to the ancestral hall to find someone.
Zixia stopped the people and said, "There are Qin guards around Gongzi, and there are so many guards, what's the use of you going? And do you think this is the Qihou Mansion? So there are no rules? Our Huainan Mansion has the rules of the Huainan Palace, don't run around in the palace when you're fine, let people see what kind of system it is!"
Pearl bowed her head and said, "We're just worried about the safety of Miss and Uncle!"
Zijuan said: "Since you have come to the Huainan Palace, you are all from the Huainan Palace, don't call any young lady and aunt in the future, you should call Gongzi and young lady!
"The rules of the Huainan Royal Mansion are to discuss the rights and wrongs of the master behind the scenes? In a place like our Qihou Mansion, where there are no rules, we still dare not chew the root of the master's tongue at will, your Huainan Royal Mansion has strict rules, I have seen it!" Qing'er smiled mockingly, "Besides, we are the people that the young lady brought from her mother's family, even if we call it so in front of my uncle, my uncle didn't say anything, why are you in a hurry first?"
"Sure enough, it came out of a small family, and I don't understand the rules at all!" Zijuan snorted coldly, "Since you have come to Huainan Palace, I will teach you well!"
Not to be outdone, Qing'er grabbed her wrist and said coldly: "Even Miss is reluctant to beat us, can you move me to try it?" We don't know the rules, our own Miss called us, don't bother Sister Zijuan!"
"Miss and Uncle don't know what is going on now, don't quarrel!" Pearl said anxiously.
Qing'er glanced at Pearl comfortingly, and said affirmatively: "Don't worry, Pearl, don't you know Miss? How many crises have passed, and today will definitely be fine!"
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Gu Tingjun and Su Tang'an to come back safely, and several maids hurriedly stepped forward to inquire about the situation. ”
Qing'er and Pearl hurriedly hugged Su Tangerine into the house to change clothes, and Zixia brought hot tea and asked, "Childe, what happened?"
"It's fine. Gu Tingjun said lightly, "Zixia, you have been in Xiaoxiang Yuan for the longest time, let the people in Xiaoxiang Yuan take care of their mouths, if I hear a sentence of gossip, I will not be spared." ”
"Yes. Zixia lowered her eyes and said.
Zijuan stepped forward and asked, "Do you want to eat some breakfast first?"
"Wait for the lady to come out and use it together. ”
Zijuan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Childe, some of the people from the Qihou Mansion don't know the rules very well, and if they continue like this, I'm afraid that it will ruin the reputation of the lady, so you might as well let Zijuan teach them." ”
Gu Tingjun raised his eyes and glanced at Zijuan, frowned slightly, put down the teacup, and asked rhetorically, "Do you think Madame can't teach?"
"That's not what the slave means, Madame is a newcomer, and she may not understand the rules of our Huainan Palace. Qing'er's rampage and speech are not measured, if it is not * something, it will not be good to bump into the guests of our Huainan Royal Mansion that day. Zijuan said again.
"You have always regarded yourself as a servant girl in the Huainan Palace, and you think that you are superior to the people who come out of other places, right? We have distinguished guests visiting the Huainan Palace, is it true that the Qihou Mansion is Bai Ding who comes and goes on weekdays? Madame, as a celestial maid, has a wider knowledge than you, even the maids around her are much more open-minded than you, and it is necessary to look down on others with higher eyes than the top, and be polite to the people of the lady. Madame likes the people she brought from her mother's house very much, if you are the ones who bully Madame, Madame will be unhappy, I put my words here, it doesn't matter if you offend me, if you offend Madame, the consequences will be very serious!"
Zixia hurriedly said: "What Childe said is that we people are always trapped in the palace, and we don't know as much as Sister Qing'er, so we will learn more from them." They are smart and diligent, we all like them very much, and they get along well, so why dare you bully them!"
While speaking, Su Cheng'an had already changed into clean clothes and came out, and after sitting down, she asked Qing'er to make tea, Zixia hurriedly said, "Madam, go to the slave." The words fell, and he hurriedly went out to make tea.
Zijuan was a little angry, but the son was angry, and she didn't dare to say anything more. had to secretly slander Su Juan and Su Juan's people to relieve their anger. Before they came, they had never suffered such grievances.
After sitting down for a while and resting for a while, Gu Tingjun took Su Tang'an to greet the King of Huainan again.
"When the ancestral hall was heard, the two of you are okay, right?" asked King Huainan with concern.
Su Tang'an shook his head and said, "Thank you for your concern, but there is no danger, and both of us are safe." This happened the first time Tachibana went to the ancestral hall to clean up, and she came to ask her father for her guilt. As he spoke, he knelt down.
King Huainan hurriedly helped her up and said, "This matter is an accident, what does it have to do with you? There is nothing serious in the ancestral hall, and you don't have to worry about it." ”
"I don't think it's necessarily an accident. Gu Tingjun said, "If it's against me, maybe I'll forget it, but if it's against Tangerine, this matter must not be left alone!"
"What do you mean by this?" King Huainan's face changed, he sat down and took a sip of tea, and asked in a deep voice.
"Father, the son feels that there is something strange about this matter, and someone wants to murder Tachiban. Gu Tingjun knelt down and said, "If I hadn't been bored today, I accompanied Tang An to the ancestral hall, I'm afraid that there wouldn't have been so many clues." First of all, the ancestral hall is empty, and the maid who is responsible for cleaning on weekdays is not there, obviously planning to let Tangerine clean the ancestral hall alone, although it is nothing to do some work, and Tangerine is not such a squeamish person, but Gu Zi knows, I am afraid that this is not the rule of our Huainan Palace, at least the two sisters-in-law did not have this rule before entering the door. ”
After a pause, Gu Tingjun continued: "As soon as Tang An touched the candle stand, the rack collapsed, I am afraid that this should be a man-made result, and this candle rack has already been tampered with." The candle stand was not completely burned, and there should have been evidence left, as soon as you checked. It can be inferred from this matter that someone must want to burn Tangerine to death in the ancestral hall, if it weren't for his son to follow him today, if something really happened to Tangerine, his son wouldn't dare to imagine it. ”
King Huainan immediately ordered someone to bring the maid who was in charge of cleaning the ancestral hall today to interrogate, and at this time, Gu Tingyao and his wife rushed over first, and as soon as they entered the door, they asked worriedly: "Third brother, third brother and sister, are you okay?"
Gu Tingjun got up, gently patted the dust on his clothes, and said lightly: "Thank you for your concern, my husband and wife are safe." ”
"It's okay, it's okay!" Gu Tingyao said, "Xiaorui and I hurried over when we heard the situation, thank you for being fine!"
"I'm all to blame for this. Bai Rui said, "If I had a good check last night and told me more, maybe there would not have been such a thing today, which frightened the third brother and sister." ”
Su Tang'an smiled slightly and said, "Everything is fine with Tang'an, sister-in-law doesn't need to blame herself." ”