Chapter 202 Penglai Hall fires
It was already evening when Concubine Xian came out of the Lizheng Palace.
As soon as she came out, she bumped into Zhang Weixi head-on.
The two seemed to have a tacit understanding and went to the Shangshi Bureau together.
Back to the Shangshi Bureau, there are many people.
Zhang Weixi deliberately raised his voice and said:
"Since the master of the virtuous concubine said that the joints on her body hurt, you might as well try the maid's unique secret recipe, please here."
"Then there will be Lao Zhang still eating."
"A few of you, go and wait outside, lest the body of the virtuous concubine and the master ***, it will not be good for you to collide again."
"Yes, the servant and the others will leave."
The female historians who were still cleaning and distributing medicine inside and outside the house immediately retreated.
"Yin'er, you're waiting outside."
Concubine Xian turned her head and explained Yin'er, and then walked into the house with Zhang Weixi.
As soon as the door was closed, the two men stopped pretending.
Zhang Weixi immediately blessed himself:
"According to the instructions of Princess Ling, the maid has added hallucinogenic things to the queen's beauty medicine, and added astragalus, cold water stone and other medicines. Although it seems that the queen's body is recovering day by day, the cold poison in her body is actually condensed, and her vitality is greatly damaged."
"Today above the castle tower, the Queen's reaction already indicates that she is hallucinating. Weixi, you're doing a great job."
"If it weren't for Concubine Xian handing over the letter from Princess Ling to the maid, the maid would probably still be helping to abuse."
"It's not what you want to be forced to be loyal to her all these years, Lan'er and I both understand."
"Speaking of which, if it weren't for the Duke of Ming Guo interceding for his servant in front of His Majesty, the servant wouldn't have survived until now. The servant owes Ming Guogong a life, and now he can help Princess Ling to succeed, and it can be regarded as repaying the grace of saving his life."
Zhang Weixi no longer had any hope for the relationship between himself and Zhan Bofeng.
But she still blushes and her heart beats when she thinks of Zhan Bofeng.
Concubine Xian raised her eyebrows and asked, "But the queen also has the grace of knowing you, she has given you status, power and favor, don't you have a trace of hesitation in your heart?"
"Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness have been in a dilemma, since the maid decided to help Princess Ling, I never thought of retreating. After the deed is completed, the servant will eat fasting and recite the Buddha, and ask God to forgive Her Highness the Queen for the sins she has committed in the past."
Zhang Weixi's eyes were full of eyes, which was enough to glimpse his sincerity.
Concubine Xian nodded, and a stone of doubt in her heart finally fell into her stomach.
Three days later.
In the middle of the night, there is peace and tranquility between heaven and earth.
Suddenly, a fire flashed in the palace.
"Oh no! Penglai Hall is in the water!"
!!!
The exclamation immediately spread throughout the Imperial City.
Emperor Jing suddenly woke up from the dragon couch, "Kou Huai! Kou Huai!"
"Your Majesty, the old slave is here."
"What's going on out there?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Penglai Palace...... It's out of the water."
"What did you say? Penglai Palace!"
Emperor Jing didn't hesitate for a moment, and sat up from the dragon couch with a pout.
"Your Majesty! Slow down! Dragon Boots! Dragon robe!"
Kou Huai hurriedly chased out with his boots in one hand and his robe in the other.
The fire spread throughout the Penglai Palace, and when Emperor Jing arrived, the guards removed the wooden planks from the gate.
"A bunch of trash!"
"Your Majesty, you can't go over! Danger!"
"Let go of me, the melting moon is still inside! You let go of me!"
Kou Huai knelt in front of Emperor Jing and hugged Emperor Jing's thigh.
"Your Majesty! Pure Guifei Ji people have their own natural appearance, and they will be fine!"
At this moment, Empress Yue and Concubine Xian both arrived.
Empress Yue looked at Emperor Jing, who was dressed in plain clothes and didn't even bother to put on his shoes, and her heart was cold.
Seeing this, Concubine Xian said lightly in Empress Yue's ear: "Sister Queen, you have seen it, Your Majesty's heart has always cared about Bai Rongyue."
"White Melting Moon! ***
! It's cheap for her to set her on fire!"
"Sister Queen, rest assured, without Bai Rongyue, Fu Xuanlin's death will not be far away. When the time comes, the world will be in the hands of the Queen's sister and Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"After that, I will inherit the auspicious words of Concubine Xian."
Empress Yue's face was frighteningly white, and the light of the fire flickered and dimmed, shining on her face like a lifelike corpse.
The fire burned all night, but fortunately a heavy rain fell in time to extinguish the fire.
The originally rich but dilapidated Penglai Hall was turned into ruins overnight.
Thirteen years later, Emperor Jing finally stepped into this familiar and unfamiliar place again.
His cloudy eyes glistened with tears, and his heart cut like a knife with every step he took.
Suddenly, he stopped and leaned over to pick up a bracelet hidden in the black ash.
A tear happened to fall on the bracelet, and the black ash suddenly faded down the tear, revealing the color of white and green.
"Rongyue, you must be punishing me...... Isn't that right?"
At this moment, Chi Qianniuwei walked over and said to Emperor Jing:
"Your Majesty, your subordinates have found a corpse in the ruins, and there is no doubt that it is a pure concubine."
"Take me to meet her."
"Your Majesty......"
"To live to see a man, to die to see a corpse. I must see her!"
Chi Qianniuwei wanted to stop it, but was persuaded back by Kou Huai's eyes.
"Your Majesty, please."
In front of the Penglai Palace, a long pure white cloth was covered with a bulging thing.
Emperor Jing's legs were weak and he almost fell.
"Your Majesty...... Why don't you read it?"
"Look...... A must-see...... Chi Qianniuwei, open it."
"My subordinates obey."
Chi Qianniuwei arched his hand and stepped forward to lift the white cloth.
A curled, blackened corpse was exposed in broad daylight.
Empress Yue and Concubine Xian both rushed over, and they couldn't help but gag again and again when they saw this scene.
"What is this?"
"Returning to Her Royal Highness the Queen, it is the corpse of the pure concubine."
"Oh my God! How so? Isn't the fire extinguished?"
Empress Yue pretended to be sad, and her tears fell when she said that.
"When the subordinates arrived, the fire was unstoppable, and the gate of Penglai Hall was sealed with wooden planks, so it took a lot of effort to delay the rescue time."
"It's my fault......
Emperor Jing took heavy steps, step by step, towards the terrifying corpse.
"If I hadn't dared to face it, I wouldn't have imprisoned you here for thirteen years, and it was my cowardice that killed you......
"Your Majesty, how is this your fault?"
Empress Yue took the opportunity to comfort.
"Chi Qianniuwei, can you find out what caused the fire?"
"Returning to Her Royal Highness the Queen, my subordinates surveyed the entire Penglai Hall and found that the fire started in the Penglai Palace's Moon Picking Pavilion. Presumably, the candle flame accidentally lit the curtains, causing the Penglai Hall to catch fire. And the body of the pure concubine was also found near the Moon Picking Pavilion, and the subordinates guessed that the pure concubine was on the Moon Picking Pavilion at that time, and when the fire was discovered, there was nowhere to escape, and in the end she could only be burned alive in the fire."
"That's enough, I don't want to hear it."
Emperor Jing raised his hand and stopped Chi Qianniuwei from continuing.
"Spread my will, posthumously crown the pure concubine Bai Rongyue Bai as the concubine of the Yichun Emperor, and bury her with the dignity of the queen!"
"Yes!"
"Wait!"
Empress Yue looked at Emperor Jing with a suspicious expression.
"Your Majesty, the pure concubine is a sinner, how can she be posthumously crowned as the imperial concubine?"
"The dead are gone, and the past is like smoke. It's the only thing I can do for her."
"It's ridiculous to be able to chase a *** harem like this and betray Your Majesty's sinner woman."
Empress Yue didn't believe that even if Bai Rongyue died, Emperor Jing would give her the last dignity
。
Who knew that Emperor Jing looked at Empress Yue fiercely with a pair of angry eyes, as if he could cut off the flesh on her body alive, and Empress Yue shuddered.
"My will has been made, and the queen must not be disobedient."
After saying that, Emperor Jing twisted his head through his teeth.
"The queen's phoenix body has not healed, Concubine Xian, send the queen back to the palace for me!"
"Yes, the concubine obeys."
Concubine Xian grabbed Empress Yue's arm.
"Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty is sad, my sister will send you back to the palace first."
"Concubine, retire!"
Empress Yue brushed her sleeves away, full of annoyance.
Returning to the Lizheng Palace, Empress Yue angrily smashed everything that could be smashed in the dormitory.
「***! To snatch His Majesty's heart alive, even if he dies, he can't stop! ***!」
"Sister Queen's anger."
"Anger? It's all your great idea! Originally, Bai Rongyue was still a concubine who was imprisoned in the cold palace, but now she has become an imperial concubine when she dies!"
"But Bai Rongyue is a dead person after all, and she can no longer threaten the status of the queen's sister."
Empress Yue's chest rose and fell violently, staring at Concubine Xian viciously.
"Then tell me, what should I do next?"
"In my sister's opinion, the queen sister should take advantage of this time to hold the funeral of the imperial concubine Luo Yichun, so that Your Majesty and the people of the world can see the extraordinary generosity of the queen sister and the world."
"Let Ben Hou give her a *** Zhang Luo funeral? Dream!"
Yue Hou's eyes were full of stars, and he hurriedly took Cai Wei's hand and sat down.
"Sister Empress, you have also seen how much Your Majesty attaches great importance to Emperor Yichun's Imperial Concubine, if you show your dissatisfaction with Imperial Concubine Yichun at this time, it will inevitably cause Your Majesty's disgust. Isn't that the best way to verify it?"
"On the contrary, if the queen's sister saddles the horse before and after the funeral of Emperor Yichun's concubine, and handles it carefully, she will definitely be able to win His Majesty's appreciation and distress."
"When the time comes, the emperor's heart will be closer, will Your Majesty still pay attention to that unidentified Fu Xuanlin?"
Concubine Xian gave a reasonable explanation, and Empress Yue gradually relaxed.
"But Your Majesty's heart is that ***, how can you still give your heart to the queen?"
"Bai Rongyue is just a dead man now, how can a dead man snatch the queen's sister?"
"What Concubine Xian said also has some truth."
Empress Yue took a deep breath, and the feeling of tightness in her chest suddenly disappeared.
"Cai Wei, you send someone to the sect to deliver a message. Let's just say that Emperor Yichun was unfortunately killed in the fire last night, and King Ling is her son after all, so it is good to do her filial piety if she cries."
Concubine Xian's eyebrows frowned slightly, and the high-ranking but ruthless woman in front of her did not forget to kill people at this time.
It's really vicious!
After receiving the order of Concubine Xian, Empress Yue immediately headed towards the Zichen Palace.
"Your Majesty, the concubine invited herself to organize a funeral for Emperor Yichun's concubine, and she must do it beautifully."
Emperor Jing seemed to be ten years old overnight, and his expression was embarrassed.
He held the jade bracelet and raised his eyes slightly, "Isn't the queen very dissatisfied with my pursuit of the pure concubine?"
"The concubine didn't think about His Majesty's reputation, so she strongly opposed it. But after the concubine went back and thought about it, she always felt that His Majesty's words were reasonable, the deceased was gone, and the past had been returned to the clouds, so she should indeed look forward."
"I am very pleased that the Queen can be so generous. Now that the queen has spoken, I will entrust the funeral to you."
"Concubine Order."
"It's just that your body is not well, so take care."
Emperor Jing's sudden concern made Empress Yue's heart suddenly happy.
"Yes, thank you for Your Majesty's concern, and the concubine will retire."
But as soon as she left with her front foot, a plain white and graceful figure walked out from behind the screen of Zichen Hall on her back foot.
"Your Majesty, don't come unharmed."