In the distance, the Shanggong Bureau was a sea of fire, and the yellow, orange and orange firelight reflected the sky of the Great Yin Palace with a sunset-like afterglow, and countless eunuchs and palace maids carried buckets and pushed the water dragon towards the east, and a team of people rushed back. Although many of the forbidden army followed Sikong Jun to Queensland, but there were some left in the palace, and at this moment they were also helping to put out the fire, and the Great Yin Palace was floating up and down, and the queen helped the emperor to return to the Taiji Palace for a short rest, but the emperor did not follow and ordered:

"It's quite strange this time, tonight, I must find out, why!"

"Your Majesty is angry," Fei hurriedly advised: "Beware of your body, tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, it is not appropriate to be angry, Your Majesty should drink a bowl of lotus seed soup." ”

Everyone followed the emperor back to the Taiji Palace for a short rest, and a dazzling Chinese New Year's Eve meal was already smoky, and even the Taiji Palace was full of smoke.

After tossing up and down for more than two hours, the yin fire was gradually extinguished by everyone, but fortunately, each room of the Shanggong Bureau was separated and set up separately, but it would not burn the other palaces into pieces. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the princes also comforted the emperor to relax for the time being.

"The fire on the left and right is also extinguished, send someone to investigate." The emperor said with a gloomy expression.

"Yes, Your Majesty." After that, Gao Chen took someone to the Shanggong Bureau to set up a room.

The division room has long been burned to the ground, and there is still dripping black water, mixed with charcoal dregs, falling down drop by drop, and the sound of "squeak" broken pillars is as noisy as summer insects, which makes people tremble during walking, as if they are not careful, they will be buried under this withered beam and broken pillar.

Gao Chen saw that the palace maids on the errand of the Shang Palace Bureau were all frightened, knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, so he first found Lu Songwan, the head of the house.

Lu Songwan fortunately has a lot of experience and is calm, but after all, she was so frightened that when Gao Chen walked to her, she didn't see it clearly, and she didn't see it until Gao Chen saluted.

"Oh, Grandpa Gao, I'm sorry, it's me who messed up. Father-in-law Gao came here at night, presumably for the explosion of our company's house, right? ”

Gao Chen was puzzled: "Explosion? Isn't it really just an ordinary water walk? ”

Lu Sishe said with a bitter face: "It's really not, it's strange to say, why did a bunch of flowers suddenly explode?" I guess I've fallen for evil......"

As he spoke, Lu Sishe covered his mouth and stopped talking.

Gao Chen sighed: "Lu Sishi, even you are frightened, how can you say these words in the palace on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and be heard by Your Majesty, it is a capital crime." ”

Lu Songwan knew that she was speechless, shook her sleeves, and said: "I'm also confused for a while, there is a lot of restlessness in the palace this month, and my father-in-law is also obvious to all, it's time to find someone to go to the Temple of Merit to pray for blessings." ”

Gao Chen nodded: "Your Majesty ordered it a few days ago, and early in the morning, Su Jieyu will lead everyone to the Temple of Merit to pray for my Tang Dynasty." ”

Lu Songwan breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and her expression was slightly pleased.

"Huh?" Gao Chen asked again: "You just said that the flower exploded?" ”

Lu Song nodded again.

Gao Chen looked dazed: "Our family heard it right, right?" Flowers can also explode, our family has been in the palace for so many years, but it is the first time I have heard such a strange thing. ”

As he spoke, Gao Chen looked at the place pointed by several palace maids, and sure enough, there were a bunch of flower pots that had been burned beyond recognition, as for the flowers and leaves, naturally there was no trace, but fortunately, everyone found some broken flowers and leaves, which can be regarded as the reason.

The maid of the first palace cried: "Father-in-law, it is the strange flowers of Nanzhao sent by His Royal Highness King Di. ”

Gao Chen thought about it carefully, the things that King Di gave at the ceremony were indeed like this, and he was about to go to the inner hall, but the people of Dali Temple turned out of it.

Gao Chen saluted and said sincerely: "Several adults are really dedicated, and they arrived so quickly on Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

Shaoqing of Dali Temple looked anxious: "Your Majesty ordered us to investigate this matter, and we have just checked that the fire was caused by a gunpowder explosion." Of course, gunpowder does not explode on its own, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, fireworks are set off in the palace, and one or two of this spark falls on gunpowder, which is naturally unimaginable. ”

Lu Songwan stroked his chest and frowned, "How can it be...... How could it be...... Our company has a good house, how can there be gunpowder? Your Excellency, are you really not mistaken? ”

"Naturally, these flowers are sprinkled with mud on the surface, but in fact they are all gunpowder underneath, and there are as many pots of gunpowder as there are pots of flowers. With so many black fires placed here, did the division know about it until now? ”

Lu Sishe tried hard to recall, "Oops" and said, "Father-in-law Cen just moved these flowers here two days ago!" ”

The night was as cold as water, and the explosion of the Si Shi room finally had a hint of it. Gao Chen secretly felt that this matter was complicated, so he took Lu Sishe, the people of Dali Temple and one or two pots of residual flowers, and walked towards the direction of Taiji Palace.

Nothing to say all the way.

A few people walked to the Taiji Hall before saluting: "The ministers will greet Your Majesty, the little masters, and the highnesses." ”

The emperor was in a hurry, so he quickly got up and helped a few people up, and asked, "How many people have been injured?" ”

"The five palace maids on duty in the Si Shi room were all killed in the fire...... Lu Si Shi replied tearfully.

The emperor steadied his breath: "That...... Remember to hurry up and go outside the palace to find five women to enter the palace, go to the division to set up a room to help, remember to pick the ability, don't recruit some people who can only fill the number of people into the palace. ”

After speaking, the emperor asked again: "Gao Chen, can you find out the reason?" ”

Gao Chen lowered his head and said: "The reason is not that the yin is completely investigated, but it is just that the water in the Si Shifang was caused by the explosion of black fires, and these black fires are in that large pile of flower pots." ”

All the emperor's doubts condensed in the center of his eyebrows: "Flower pots? ”

Lu Sishe said: "Back to Your Majesty, a few days ago, Cen Shun entrusted someone to send these flowers to the Si Shi's room, saying that these flowers were withered, and the queen mother saw that it was an eyesore, so she sent them. The minion thought to himself, it was nothing more than some withered flowers, who knows...... Who knew that the dirt inside was all black fire! ”

Shocked, Concubine De looked at the queen with a cold look in her eyes: "The queen's mother?!" ”

The queen turned sideways: "Concubine De, do you suspect that the palace deliberately sent the flowers containing gunpowder to the Shang Palace Bureau?" ”

"The concubine doesn't dare." Concubine De said that, she sat down steadily, picked up the wine cup, and drank it all.

King Qian walked unhurriedly in front of everyone and said: "Back to my father, a few days ago, the son asked the queen mother to say goodbye, and the queen mother found that the flowers and plants of Nanzhao sent by the second brother suddenly withered, so she asked Cen Shun to move to the Shanggong Bureau. ”

Lu Sishe also nodded: "Yes, Cen Shun put down those flowers and left, the slave never touched those flowers again, the slave thought to himself, maybe a few days, the flowers will bloom again." ”

The emperor was puzzled, looked at King Di, and said, "Didn't you say that the flowers of the Nanzhao Kingdom have a long flowering period in Chang'an in winter?" How did it wither in less than half a month? ”

King Di stepped forward and said, "This ...... Erchen just heard about it. ”

The queen's expression moved slightly, and she said, "No wonder these flowers suddenly wither...... It was not earth at all, but black fire. Your Majesty, how can the people of Nanzhao Kingdom be so ambitious and want to harm this palace! If it hadn't been discovered by the palace in time, Your Majesty would have suffered tonight! ”