The heavy rain was still beating the buildings in the imperial city and the hearts of the people in the palace. The Guangxin Palace was quiet, maybe it was quiet...at least the vicious words of the brother and sister inside were not penetrated outside the palace under the cover of the rain and thunder.
Even so, there was still no one outside the Guangxin Palace, not even the old eunuch Hong, and everyone kept a distance. As long as you keep a distance from Guangxin Palace, you keep a distance from death.
Eunuch Yao was still outside the East Palace at this time, but his mind had already turned to Guangxin Palace. His hands and feet were cold, and his heart was cold. He didn't know what was going on in the palace. Although he knew he shouldn't think about that scene, but But still couldn't bear it.
He wiped the rainwater off his face, and carefully watched the movement in the East Palace. Since His Majesty let him take care of this palace, he must not let the empress and His Royal Highness inside make any noise.
Compared with Guangxin Palace, the situation in the East Palace seems to be much calmer. Although Eunuch Yao is nervous, he is not afraid. All the slaves in the East Palace have their heads cut off, and only the orphan and widow are left inside. Forgive them for not making any noise anyway.
However, his somewhat wet eyes from the rain suddenly dried up and burned!
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What a big fire!
The majestic flame rose from the magnificent palaces of the East Palace, turned into countless fiery elves, stretched towards the rainy sky, and the incomparably hot flame quickly spread all around.
Eunuch Yao's pupils shrank suddenly, but the redness in his pupils did not fade at all—the East Palace is on fire! At this juncture, no one can do it except the noble mother and son in the palace who set the fire by themselves, but... do these mother and son want to set themselves on fire
And it was raining so heavily at this time, how did the fire start? Why can't the rain all over the sky extinguish the fire
Eunuch Yao knew that at this time he was not going to find out how the fire was lit, but was about to make a decision whether to put out the fire or what.
Let the queen and the prince, mother and son set themselves on fire? Eunuch Yao didn't spend much time thinking about it. He knew that no matter how angry His Majesty was, if under his supervision, the Empress and Prince died without bearing the wrath of the emperor, the wrath of the emperor would come upon him superior.
A moment later, Eunuch Yao's voice seemed to be scorched by fire, hoarsely but sharply shouted: "It's water!"
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I don't know how many large copper tanks for storing water, and how many eunuchs and maids there are in the palace. When the fire broke out in the East Palace, people had already reacted and rushed to this side, desperately trying to put out the fire. Eunuch Yao nervously and cautiously did not participate, but stood outside and watched the busy crowd with a dark face, being extremely careful not to let anyone get in touch with the mother and son in the burning palace first.
The fire was a bit strange, it didn't seem like the palace was ignited by itself, but someone used some extremely flammable material grease, so the fire was so fierce that even rainwater could not be extinguished, but when the materials were burned out, the flames There is no follow-up force, and what is extinguished is extremely fast.
Then a loyal eunuch and servant broke through the burnt black palace gate, trying 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 somehow he was hit on the head by a wooden pillar and passed out.
Eunuch Yao walked in first indifferently, and the guards and eunuchs behind him once again surrounded the East Palace, separating the firefighters who were looking at each other from outside the palace.
The East Palace had been burned to a desolate place, and on the rainy stone slab in front of the palace, the empress was being embraced by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, except for some traces of being burned by the fire, she was only in a mess after being wet by the rain.
Eunuch Yao bowed slightly and said, "The fire is off."
The meaning is very simple, since the fire is extinguished, the two masters are still wronged to stay in this palace for a while.
The crown prince, whose palm was scalded with blisters, stared into Eunuch Yao's eyes, with a stern look on his face, and said word by word: "Unless you kill me now, the whole imperial city will know that the East Palace is on fire." How long do you think you can hide the news?"
Then the prince raised his voice and said peacefully: "There is nothing wrong with this palace, but the queen mother fainted from 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 them feel overwhelmed. Song, as long as the queen and prince are fine, people like myself will not be in bad luck.
However, the voice fell in the ears of the eunuchs and guards surrounding the East Palace, but it represented another meaning.
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Eunuch Yao shook his body, slowly raised his head, looked at the usually very ordinary prince in front of him, and frowned slightly, only then did he realize that this prince is His Majesty's own son after all, and when a catastrophe is imminent, this kind of decision , This method of self-immolation to force people to drive is actually so beautiful.
The emperor had to deal with family affairs and maintain his own face, so he chose the darkest hours before dawn. God made a joke and sent a thunderstorm to add to the fun. Hundreds of slaves have died in today's palace, in order to cover everyone gushing mouth.
However, the East Palace was on fire at this time, and everyone knew that the prince and queen were safe, and this matter could no longer be kept quiet. The so-called family affairs were gradually turning into state affairs.
Eunuch Yao looked at His Highness the Crown Prince with a calm expression, and suddenly his heart was shaken. He found that the Crown Prince, who was usually a bit of a wimp, looked very much like His Majesty when something happened.
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The woman with the greatest power in the Qing Kingdom, that old woman, actually woke up half an hour ago. The elderly need very little time to sleep, but the Empress Dowager still habitually lay on the soft couch in the Hanguang Palace, resting her eyes with her eyes closed.
Today I don't know why, I have been awake for so long, but the sky is still so dark, people don't have the interest to get up and go for a walk in the garden.
Especially after that gust of wind, rain and thunder made the empress dowager frowned and closed her eyes even tighter. She is not afraid of thunder, but hates the sound of thunder. She always feels that God has something to say to Lao Li's family, so she has to tell herself in this way.
After the wind and thunder, there was a faint sound of noise in the distance, but the sound disappeared quickly, and calm was restored in the dark palace.
The Empress Dowager didn't want to lie down anymore, she slowly got up from the bed under the service of the mother-in-law and the maids, tremblingly put on her clothes, tied a green belt on her forehead, and was supported to sit on the chair superior.
The maids of honor quietly came to wash the old man with golden basins, and the warm water in the basins was steaming.
The queen mother stared at the hot mist in the basin in a daze.
After a while, she sighed, waved her hand, and said, "Where was the commotion just now?"
The maids and nuns looked at each other. Although they heard it, it should be the side of the East Palace, but it was early in the morning, and no one had left the palace. They didn't know what happened, even if some people guessed that something happened in the East Palace. , but no one dared to express their guesses in front of the Queen Mother.
At this moment, the maid holding the copper basin opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something.
But an old eunuch slowly walked in from outside the hall.
In the entire imperial palace, except for His Majesty the Emperor, only this old eunuch can directly enter the Empress Dowager's bedroom without a pass. When the maids and nurses around the queen mother saw the old eunuch coming in, they became more and more silent, only the face of the maid holding the copper basin showed a trace of despair and a trace of struggle.
The old eunuch Hong walked slowly to the Queen Mother and said: "A few days ago, the East Palace caught a few slaves with dirty hands and feet, but they didn't kill them all, and there was another commotion. The old slave let Xiao Yaozi go, it's just a trivial matter. "
The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, and let out a groan, but glanced at the palace maid holding the copper basin.
The old eunuch Hong also glanced at the court lady with his cloudy eyes.
The maid's body trembled, and she lowered her head slowly.
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However, she immediately raised her head and spoke very fast: "East Palace..."
After saying two words, she stopped there, and she stared at the other side in horror.
The Empress Dowager firmly held Old Eunuch Hong's wrist with her old and trembling hand, because she knew that as long as Old Eunuch Hong was willing, this old dog had countless ways to make that court lady speechless. Come.
"Walk in the water." The maid carrying the basin said tremblingly, "It's such a big fire, the empress and the crown prince are still inside."
The old eunuch Hong shook his head slowly, and retracted his hands into his sleeves.
The Empress Dowager stared at the maid and said, "Where is Your Majesty?"
"Your Majesty is in Guangxin Palace."
The court lady bit her lip, and said the last words for her master, which was also the last word she said in this world. She took out the hairpin in her sleeve with her left hand, and stabbed the tip of the hairpin into her throat, blood gushing out. out.
The basin in her hand fell to the ground with a bang, and her body also fell to the ground with a muffled bang.
There was deathly silence in Hanguang Hall, all the maids and nuns were stunned by this scene, and no one could speak.
"It's something that is worth dying for!" The Empress Dowager stood up, without even looking at the maid's body on the ground, and said, "Go to Guangxin Palace."
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The rain outside Guangxin Palace gradually became lighter, and the princess's breath gradually became lighter, the redness on her face had turned from crimson to a crimson color close to death, and those big and alluring eyes gradually faded away. Protruding, extremely weird. Her body hangs on the beautiful palace wall, and her life hangs in the big hand strangling her beautiful white neck.
Death may be coming soon, but this woman, the weirdest woman in the past twenty years of the Qing Dynasty, is crazy after all, so there is no trace of fear of death in her eyes, and there is only a touch of mockery and sarcasm.
The object of ridicule and ridicule is naturally Number One in the World in front of her, her elder brother, His Majesty the Emperor of Qing Kingdom.
Perhaps because of this mockery, Emperor Qing's palms loosened slightly, giving Li Yunrui a chance to breathe. Li Yunrui breathed heavily, then suddenly raised his fist, and beat the emperor's solid body desperately, because her breathing was so fast that even her nose and saliva flowed out, dripping on her still beautiful but somewhat deformed cheek superior.
Death may not be terrible, but no one will not be disturbed if he suddenly grasps the chance of life when he is about to die.
The emperor looked at her indifferently and sarcastically, and said word by word: "It turns out that lunatics are still afraid of death after all."
The eldest princess spat on the emperor's face, her voice was hoarse, and she laughed wildly.
The emperor slowly wiped the spittle off his face, his complexion remained unchanged, he raised his hand and slowly wiped off the princess's face, and said slowly: "You and I, brother and sister, seem to have seldom spoken intimate words in recent years. , why not give you some more time?"
"It doesn't take time." The eldest princess giggled with difficulty, "I was just thinking, if you kill me today, will you kill Chen Pingping next... It's amazing that, for such a big event in the Qing Palace, you actually Not a single tiger guard... Who are you guarding against? Guard against Jian?"
With the situation of the Qing 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 going to die too... There are so many people walking with me, so what do I care?"
The eldest princess suddenly spat at the emperor again, and said in a hissed voice: "You are a widow, you are a loner! Kill me, kill me, you have no son, you have nothing... You are a lonely ghost. "
"The emperor doesn't need friends." The emperor said indifferently: "As for the sons, if they dare to rebel, I will naturally be reborn."
Outside the Guangxin Palace, there was a hasty knock on the door suddenly, the sound was extremely loud, as if the people outside were extremely urgent.
"You... after all... you are still... unwilling to kill me." Panting, the princess looked at the emperor in a daze and said, "You know I'm delaying time, so why let me procrastinate?" (If you want to know what happens next, Please log in, more chapters, support the author, support genuine!)