The heavy rain is still beating on the buildings in the imperial city and the hearts of the people in the palace. There was silence in Guangxin Palace, perhaps quiet...... At least the vicious words of the brother and sister inside were covered by the rain and thunder, and there was not a trace of it outside the palace.

Even so, there is still no one outside Guangxin Palace, even the old eunuch Hong is not here, all of them keep their distance from afar, as long as they keep their distance from Guangxin Palace, they are keeping a distance from death.

Eunuch Yao was still outside the East Palace at this time, but his mind had already been cast to Guangxin Palace, his hands and feet were cold, his heart was cold, he didn't know what was happening in the palace, although he knew that he shouldn't think about that scene, but he still couldn't help it.

He wiped a handful of the rain from his face, and carefully watched the movement in the East Palace, since His Majesty had let himself take care of this palace, he must not let the Queen Mother and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince make any noise inside.

Compared with Guangxin Palace, the situation on the side of the East Palace seems to be much calmer, although Eunuch Yao is nervous, but he is not afraid, all the minions up and down the East Palace have been beheaded, and only the pair of orphans and widows are left inside, forgive them and they can't make any noise anyway.

However, his eyes, which were somewhat wet from the rain, suddenly dried and burned!

............ What a fire!

The majestic flames rose from among the beautiful halls of the East Palace, turning into countless fiery jīng spirits, stretching out towards the rain-soaked sky, and the incomparably blazing heat accompanied by the flames quickly spread all around.

Eunuch Yao's pupils shrank suddenly, but the redness in his pupils did not fade in the slightest--the East Palace was on fire! At this moment, except for the noble mother and son in the palace who lit the fire themselves, no one could do it, but ...... Could it be that this mother and son want to **?

And how did the fire start when it was raining so hard, and why couldn't the rain put it out?

Eunuch Yao knew that at this time, he was not going to investigate how the fire was lit, but was about to make a decision, whether to put out the fire or how.

Eunuch Yao didn't take long to think, he knew that no matter how angry His Majesty was, if under his own care, the queen and the crown prince died without bearing the wrath of the Son of Heaven, and the wrath of the Son of Heaven would come to him.

After a while, Eunuch Yao's voice seemed to have been burned by fire, and he shouted hoarsely but sharply: "Go to the water!"

............ I don't know how many large copper tanks in the palace store water, I don't know how many eunuchs and palace maids, when the fire in the East Palace started, someone had already reacted, rushed to this side, and began to desperately put out the fire. Eunuch Yao nervously and carefully did not participate, but stood on the periphery and watched the busy crowd with a dark face, extremely careful not to let anyone preemptively contact the mother and son in the burning palace.

This fire is a little strange, it doesn't seem like the palace itself is burning, but someone used some extremely flammable materials and grease, so the fire is extremely fierce, and even the rain can't be extinguished, but when these materials are burned out, the fire has no follow-up power, and it is extinguished very quickly.

Then a loyal eunuch and slave broke through the burned black palace gate and wanted to break in to save the master inside.

However, once the little eunuch broke through the palace gate, he found that his eyes were dark, and he was somehow hit on the head by a wooden pillar and fainted.

Eunuch Yao indifferently took the lead, and the guards and eunuchs behind him surrounded the East Palace again, separating the firefighters who were looking at each other from the outside of the palace.

The east palace has been burned desolate, and on the rain slab in front of the palace, the queen mother is being held in the arms of His Royal Highness the Prince, except for a few traces of being burned by the fire, she is just a wolf after the rain is wet.

Eunuch Yao bowed slightly: "The fire is out." ”

The meaning is very simple, since the fire is extinguished, the two masters are still temporarily wronged to stay in this palace for a while.

The crown prince, whose palm was burned with a string of blisters, stared at Eunuch Yao's eyes, a trace of cruelty flashed on his face, and said word by word: "Unless you kill the palace now, otherwise the entire imperial city will know the news of the fire in the East Palace, how long do you think you can hide it?"

Then the prince raised his voice and said calmly: "There is nothing wrong in this palace, but the queen mother fainted by the smoke." The voice easily spread outside the East Palace and fell into the ears of those who came to put out the fire, making these people feel relieved, as long as the crown prince is fine, they don't have to be unlucky.

However, this voice fell on the ears of the eunuch guards who surrounded the East Palace, but it represented another meaning.

............ Eunuch Yao's body was shocked, he slowly raised his head, looked at the very ordinary prince in front of him, and frowned slightly, only then did he know that this prince was His Majesty's own son after all, and when disaster came, this kind of decision, this kind of forced driving method, was used so beautifully.

The emperor had to deal with family affairs and maintain his face, so he chose the darkest hours before dawn, and the heavens made fun of it, and a thunderstorm fell to cheer up, and hundreds of servants had died in the palace today, in order to cover everyone's mouths.

However, at this time, there was a fire in the East Palace, and everyone knew that the crown prince and queen were well, and this matter could no longer be quiet, and the so-called family affairs were gradually turned into state affairs.

Eunuch Yao looked at His Royal Highness the Prince, who had a calm face, and suddenly felt a shock in his heart, and found that this prince who was a little scumbag in his ordinary life, once he encountered something, whether it was his eyebrows or expression, he was very much like His Majesty.

――――――――――――――――――――― the woman who was really the most powerful in Qingguo, that old woman, actually woke up half an hour ago. The elderly need very little time to sleep, but the Queen Mother is still used to lying on the soft couch in the Hanguang Palace, with her eyes closed to recuperate.

Today, I don't know why, it's been so long since I've been awake, but it's still so dark, so people don't have the interest to get up and go to the garden for a walk.

Especially the later gust of wind and rain and thunder, which made the old lady wrinkle's brows furrowed, and her eyes closed tighter. She is not afraid of thunder, but she hates thunder, and always thinks that God has any opinions about the old Li family, so she wants to sue herself in this way.

After the wind and thunder, there was a faint commotion in the distance, but this sound quickly disappeared, and calm returned to the dark palace.

The queen mother didn't want to lie down anymore, and under the service of her grandmother and the palace maid, she slowly got up from the bed, trembled and dressed herself, tied a green belt on her forehead, and was helped to sit on the chair.

The palace maids quietly came to the old man's house with a golden basin to wash, and the warm water in the basin was steaming.

The Queen Mother stared at the hot mist in the basin and was stunned.

After a moment, she sighed, waved her hand, and said, "What was going on just now?"

The palace maids and grandmothers looked at each other, although they also heard it, vaguely it should be the side of the East Palace, but it was early in the morning, no one came out of the palace, and they didn't know what happened, even if some people guessed that it was the East Palace accident, but no one dared to say their guess in front of the Queen Mother.

At this moment, the palace maid holding the copper basin opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.

And an old eunuch slowly walked in from outside the hall.

In the entire palace, except for His Majesty the Emperor, only this old eunuch can directly enter the Queen Mother's bedroom without being transmitted. And the palace maids and grandmothers around the queen mother saw the old eunuch come in, and became more and more silent, only the palace maid with the copper basin flashed a trace of despair and a trace of struggle on her face.

The old eunuch Hong slowly walked to the Queen Mother's side and said: "The East Palace caught a few minions with unclean hands and feet a few days ago, but they didn't kill them cleanly, and they made a fuss again, and the old slave let Xiao Yaozi go, it's just a small matter." ”

The Queen Mother frowned slightly, and sighed, but her eyes glanced at the palace maid holding the copper basin.

Old Eunuch Hong also glanced at the palace maid with his cloudy eyes.

The palace maid's body trembled and slowly lowered her head.

............ However, she immediately raised her head and said in a very fast voice: "Donggong ......"

After saying two words, she paused there, staring at the other side in horror.

The Queen Mother used her old and trembling hand to hold the wrist of the old eunuch Hong, because she knew that as long as the old eunuch Hong was willing, this old dog had countless ways to make the palace maid unable to say a word.

"Walk on the water. The palace maid holding the basin said in a trembling voice: "It's such a big fire, the queen and the crown prince are still inside." ”

Old Eunuch Hong shook his head slowly and retracted his hand into his sleeve.

The Queen Mother stared at the palace maid tightly and said, "What about Your Majesty?"

"His Majesty is in Guangxin Palace. ”

The palace maid bit her lip and said the last word for her master, which was also the last one in the world, and took out the hairpin in her sleeve with her left hand, and stabbed the tip of the hairpin into her throat, blood gushing out.

The basin of water in her hand fell to the ground with a crisp thud, and her body also fell to the ground with a muffled thud.

There was a deathly silence in the Hanguang Palace, and all the palace maids and grandmothers were stunned by this scene, and no one could speak.

"It's not a pity to die!" The Queen Mother stood up, didn't even glance at the corpse of the palace maid on the ground, and said, "Go to Guangxin Palace." ”

―――――――――――――――――――――― the rain outside the Guangxin Palace gradually became lighter, and the eldest princess's breathing gradually became smaller, the red on her face had turned from crimson to a crimson close to death, and those large and seductive eyes gradually protruded, which was extremely weird. Her body hung over the beautiful palace wall, and her life hung in the big hand that strangled her beautiful white neck.

Death may be coming soon, but this woman, the weirdest woman in Qingguo in the past twenty years, is crazy after all, so there is no trace of fear of death in her eyes, only a faint mockery and ridicule.

The object of ridicule and ridicule is naturally the number one in the world in front of her, her brother, the emperor of Qingguo.

Perhaps because of this mockery, Emperor Qingguo's palm loosened slightly, giving Li Yunrui a chance to breathe. Li Yunrui breathed heavily, and suddenly raised his fist and beat the emperor's solid body desperately, because his breathing was so rapid, even her snot and saliva flowed out, dripping on her still beautiful but somewhat deformed cheeks.

Death may not be terrible, but no one suddenly seizes the opportunity to live when he is about to die, and he will not be distracted.

The emperor looked at her indifferently and sarcastically, and said word by word: "It turns out that madmen are still afraid of death after all. ”

The eldest princess spat on the emperor's face, hissed a hoarse voice, and laughed maniacally.

The emperor slowly wiped away the saliva on his face, his face remained unchanged, and he raised his hand to slowly wipe the things on the eldest princess's face, and said slowly: "You and my brother and sister, it seems that they have rarely said some confidant words in the past few years, why not give you more time?"

"There is no time. The eldest princess smiled with difficulty: "I'm just thinking, if you kill me today, will you kill Chen Pingping next...... It's amazing that you didn't bring a single tiger guard to such a major event as the Qing Palace...... Who are you guarding against?

With the situation of the Qingguo court, once the balance is completely broken, as an emperor, it is natural to establish a new balance, and the original old generation will naturally become a sacrifice.

"Very good...... It seems that Fan Jian is dead, and Fan Xian is also going to die...... With so many people walking with me, what do I care?"

The eldest princess suddenly spat the emperor again, and said in a hissing voice: "You are a widow, you are a lonely person! Kill me, kill me, you have no son, you have nothing...... You're a lonely ghost. ”

"The Son of Heaven doesn't need friends. The emperor said indifferently, "As for the sons, if they dare to rebel, I can naturally be reborn." ”

Outside Guangxin Palace, there was a sudden sound of a hurried knock on the door, the sound was extremely loud, and it seemed that the people outside were extremely urgent.

"You...... After all, it's still ...... Reluctant to kill me. The eldest princess gasped, looked at the emperor in a daze, and said, "You know that I am delaying time, why do you let me drag it?"