Everyone looked in the direction of the palace, and saw that the oversized Kongming lantern that was fluttering in the air before had now turned into a big fireball.
There were also small flames that kept falling from the fireball, and it was unknown where they landed.
The big Kongming lantern was completely on fire, and suddenly fell a part, floated in the air for a while, and then slowly fell towards a certain place.
"It fell!"
The child's voice rang in everyone's mind, and the night sky had returned to calm, but everyone's eyes still fell there.
After a long time, Mrs. Cao turned her head and fixed her eyes on Cao Han's face: "You just said that this thing is..."
"It was done by the attendants brought by Lord Mingyue of Youyue Kingdom, together with people from the Ministry of Industry." Cao Han seemed to understand what she was thinking, and answered quickly before she could finish asking.
Mrs. Cao twitched her lips and smiled: "Okay, that King Mingyue is really afraid that His Majesty and Empress would trust him too much."
Cao Yi turned his head, somewhat puzzled: "But Your Majesty and the Empress are both skilled in martial arts. Even if the incident happens suddenly, there are hidden guards to help, so it should be fine."
The smile on Mrs. Cao's face faded, she just looked at Cao Yi with a cold face: "Idiot."
Cao Yi's face froze and he stopped talking.
Cao Han saw Cao Yi's embarrassment clearly, but he didn't make a sound to resolve it for him. He only turned his eyes away and looked in the direction of the palace. When he saw this, Cao Han's face flashed with surprise again.
"Is it on fire?" Cao Han narrowed his eyes: "It seems that the palace is on fire."
Only then did everyone look over again, and they really saw the direction of the imperial palace faintly reflecting the red light of the sky.
"It's not surprising that there was a fire. After all, there were so many small fireballs that fell down just now, and there are so many palaces in the palace. No one knows where they all landed. It's normal to have a fire."
Mrs. Cao's expression was somewhat joyful: "Burn it, this fire, the bigger the fire, the better."
Everyone in the Cao Mansion ate mooncakes and listened to the opera while admiring the fire above the palace.
After about an hour or so, the fire light gradually dimmed, but the housekeeper hurried in and whispered something in the old lady's ear.
A look of surprise flashed in the old lady's eyes, and then a smirk and smile appeared.
The housekeeper retreated, and the old lady stood up: "The moon is almost finished, and the moon cakes are almost eaten, it's time to leave. You guys, come to the study."
The last sentence was addressed to her sons who were not her own.
After finishing speaking, Mrs. Cao went straight to the direction of the study.
Cao Yi and his brothers hurriedly followed, and when the door of the study was closed, Mrs. Cao turned her head, with the corners of her mouth slightly curled up: "Just now I got the news from the palace, saying that the palace is on fire. There are four, namely Changxi Palace, Frost Snow Palace, Lingxi Pavilion, and... Weiyang Palace."
Cao Yi and the others looked at each other in disbelief: "Weiyang Palace? Isn't that..."
"That's right." Mrs. Cao laughed: "It's where the empress lives, Weiyang Palace."
"Listening to the news from the palace, when the Kongming lantern was lit, it had just passed Weiyang Palace. At that time, large and small fireballs were scattered in all directions. The Changxi Palace and Shuangxue Palace next to Weiyang Palace were first ignited. It was a little big, and the palace people were afraid that the fire would spread to Weiyang Palace if it was too big. In addition, the empress was on the Kongming lantern. The palace people of Weiyang Palace left a few guards in the palace, so they all ran to the side to put out the fire and check if the empress was okay. went."
"Who would have thought that a few more small fireballs fell on the main hall of Weiyang Palace, and the main hall immediately ignited. When the palace people found out, the fire was already very strong. Although the fire was quickly extinguished, Weiyang Palace was already burned. Mostly."
Mrs. Cao's laughter was rough: "It's very interesting, isn't it? Before Youyue Kingdom and Yi Haiguo wanted to force people into His Majesty's harem, the empress was already very dissatisfied. Yi Hai is a country of envoys, and they came to celebrate His Majesty's birthday, so they kept silent."
"Now, the Youyue Kingdom and the Yihai Kingdom are even more powerful, and even directly burned the empress's palace."
"I don't know what the Empress Dowager thinks."
After Madam Cao finished speaking, she walked to the window, opened it, and looked at the empty courtyard: "This is an opportunity for us."
Two more hours passed after several people in the Cao Mansion discussed the matter, and the night was already dark. Mrs. Cao's expression was faintly tired, and she only raised her hand to rub her aching temple: "Just follow what we discussed just now. Let’s do it, now the timing is very good, if you don’t do anything, wait until the time when the Empress recovers, but it will be too late, the opportunity is fleeting, but you have to seize it.”
"Yes." Voices said in unison.
Mrs. Cao nodded, but saw someone rushing in through the courtyard door.
It's the housekeeper of Cao's house.
Mrs. Cao frowned slightly. What is the housekeeper doing here at this time? And still in such a hurry...
Soon, the butler entered the door, his eyes swept around the other people in the room, and finally fell on Mrs. Cao, hesitant to speak.
"Speak."
The steward nodded: "The news came from the dark thread we placed in the palace, saying that the palace was flooded today. Except for Weiyang Palace, the Lingxi Pavilion that was on fire was the place where the young master was imprisoned. They took the opportunity to put out the fire, Saved people."
Mrs. Cao stood up abruptly: "What did you say? The person was rescued?"
"It's rescued." The butler nodded in confirmation.
"Where is the person?" Mrs. Cao's voice trembled faintly: "Could it be a trap set by the empress?"
"Probably not." The steward's voice was also very solemn: "I have confirmed my identity through our 18 investigations, and I have been sent to the West Pavilion through a secret passage. It has also been confirmed, and no pursuers have followed."
"Okay!" Mrs. Cao nodded: "Today's fire is really coming at the right time, it is our auspicious fire."
"It's just that the young master escaped. If the empress suspects us, she will definitely suspect us. We can't go to see the young master for the time being. For the past few days, everything will be as usual. Don't show any abnormalities."
After Madam Cao finished speaking, her eyes fell on Cao Han: "Especially you."
Cao Han hurriedly nodded and said yes, Mrs. Cao snorted softly, and then continued: "The young master, let the secret line carefully settle down first, let the secret line report the current situation to the young master in detail, ask Ask the young master if you have any opinions on what we should do next."
"Now that the real young master has come out, we can completely relax and work hard!"