Wen Heng stood beside her, the fire scorched her, the skin on her face gradually burst, and many red spots appeared densely on her face.
Lian Qiao dragged her to the back, Wen Heng rushed up again, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, come here, help me hold your Majesty!" Lian Qiao cried anxiously.
King Rui hugged Wen Heng: "It's already like this, are you dying?"
"How uncomfortable the emperor will be when he comes back, how can we explain it?" Wen Heng burst into tears.
"Natural disasters and man-made disasters, I am sorry for the emperor." King Rui closed his eyes and burst into tears.
He has also known Wen Heng for many years, but Wen Heng's thoughts have always been on the fourth brother. He wished her well.
As for Lan Ling, the emperor might like her, but the emperor has many women. With Lan Ling's identity, she is doomed to never have a bright future in the palace.
Seventh Princess cried out for Sister-in-Ling and knelt down on the ground.
Lei Ze and Yang Shu directed the guards to put out the fire.
Changxin Palace turned into ashes overnight.
In addition to finding seven bodies that had been burnt to carbon, the other four had no people in their lives and no corpses in their deaths.
Everyone believes that it has been burned to ashes.
It was impossible to tell who these seven corpses were.
King Rui ordered the corpse to be placed in the Yunxuan in front of Changxin Palace.
No one knows if there is the body of Concubine Ling inside.
The emperor returned to the palace at noon three days later.
He was dressed in black clothes, and stood in front of the Changxin Palace, which was almost flat ground, for a long time without saying a word.
Kneeling behind him.
King Rui, Wen Heng, Lei Ze, Yang Shu, Concubine Jing, all the guards and maids.
Tian Ming and Gu Fan struggled desperately in the ashes.
Ling Chen looked at the seven corpses, he touched the corpses with trembling hands, and the carbon ash fell down.
"Did you do an autopsy?" The emperor said suddenly.
His voice was hoarse and dark, as if he was holding back to the extreme.
Wu Zuo knelt and climbed forward: "Reporting to the emperor, there are two male corpses in the inspection by the humble official, and the rest are women. As for who it is, the inferior official did not find out."
Ling Chen closed his eyes, his hands trembling slightly.
"King Rui, have you found out the cause of the water leakage?"
"Reporting to the emperor, when the fire started, I heard an explosion sound. It is preliminarily determined that the open fire in Changxin Palace ignited the sulfur and gunpowder used for the empress's practice, causing it to burst and cause a big fire." King Rui stepped forward to answer.
"Aren't there assassins that night? The assassins only entered Changxin Palace?" The corners of the emperor's eyes twitched slightly, and there was a chill in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, the assassin entered through the west wall, and was spotted by the hidden guards as soon as he entered the palace, and the assassin escaped." Lei Ze knelt down and replied.
"I don't believe that Lan Ling will be burned to death. How could someone like her die so easily! Tian Ming, send someone to search the ashes inch by inch to see if they can find the five-colored jade, or her ring, silver Hairpin, or Qiushui sword, these things, she rarely leaves her body. If she doesn't have one, she's still alive!"
Lan Ling, don't think that you can get rid of me like this. If I don't agree, you can't leave.
One afternoon, apart from looking at the seven corpses, Ling Chen stood in front of Changxin Palace and watched the guards search for things.
He didn't speak, and the people behind him kept kneeling.
Until dusk, Tian Ming and Gu Fan reported that they did not find anything that the emperor said that the concubine Ling would not leave her body.
Ling Chen finally turned his head. He looked at the crowd of people kneeling behind him. His voice was cold and flat: "Prince Rui fined him half a year's salary. All the guards, servants, and maids who were on duty that night were put in prison and kept under strict supervision. ! Get up, everyone."
Wen Heng stood up supported by Lian Qiao, she walked behind Ling Chen, "Ah Chen..."
"You go back too." The emperor didn't look at her.
He thought of Lan Ling's pale and desperate little face on the night of his and Wen Heng's wedding ceremony.
He sent her to Qiushan. He knew she didn't want to see him with Wen Heng, let alone a wedding ceremony.
But she was called back. If she didn't come back, she should be in Qiushan at this time.
Lan Ling, are you lying to me? Are you making a fuss? Where are you hiding? Come out, I want to tell you, I have you in my heart, I love you, it is true. Haven't you always wanted to hear these words? Come out, come out and let me tell you!
I really love you. With you, I have never had a happy time, this time, I don't want to escape.
I admit, I have failed Wen Heng. I'm with Wen Heng, and I don't feel the same way as you. I didn't know it before.
I complied with Wen Heng's request because I didn't want to owe her too much. She has helped me a lot.
I thought, just three days, you will be fine.
The sharp pain pierced from the bottom of his heart, as if piercing all internal organs at the same time, a large mouthful of blood spewed out from Ling Chen's mouth.
Wen Heng and Rui Wang exclaimed, and Wen Heng stepped forward to support him.
He pushed her away, took the handkerchief Tian Ming handed over, and looked back at them, his eyes were piercing: "Get out!"
Wen Heng staggered a bit, and was supported by Lianqiao.
Everyone left in a panic.
Ling Chen slowly walked into the ashes, searching bit by bit.
Yang Shu, Han Zhitao, Seventh Princess, Tian Ming, Gu Fan, Yang Shuo and Lei Ze were also groping in the ashes.
"Your Majesty, the concubine Ling is blessed and blessed, and she can save herself from danger every time. This time, nothing will happen. Maybe, she is out of the palace." Han Zhitao looked at the emperor who was close to madness, and comforted him softly.
"Yes, she has always disliked life in the palace. She lives here reluctantly because of me. Maybe she is really out of the palace. Tian Ming, go to Ziyi Pavilion and ask immediately. Gu Fan, go secretly to Moshan..."
It was completely burned, Lan Ling, and there was no trace of you left. Do you hate me that much
For several days in a row, Ling Chen would stand at Changxin Palace for a period of time every day. In the ruined walls, he could vaguely hear Lan Ling's laughter.
Huo Jingyun would send someone to send battle reports every day. This battle was harder than imagined. After all, the eldest prince has worked hard for many years, and the second prince's foundation is unstable.
Half a month later, the emperor still had no news of Lan Ling. You can't see people when you are born, and you can't see corpses when you die.
The emperor brought Tian Ming, Gu Fan and Yang Shu to Nanyuan of Fuli Country, which was ruled by the second prince. The eldest prince has always occupied the northern suburbs.
The northern suburbs of Fuliguo.
In King Ning's study, sat a woman in a long blue dress. She has a fair complexion, a delicate little face, black eyes like black jade, beautiful and refined.
At this time, I was copying a medical book.
"Ling'er's handwriting is getting more and more powerful." King Ning's gloomy eyes were full of smiles.
The woman raised her arm, revealing a snow-white wrist, but unfortunately there were burn marks on the joint, revealing a red scar the size of an egg.
"Prince Ning made fun of Lan Ling again." She smiled coquettishly, with white teeth and small dimples at the corners of her mouth.
King Ning picked a chestnut and handed it to her, "Ling'er, let's practice again later."
Lan Ling took the chestnuts and stuffed them into his mouth, but he didn't stop. "I feel better today, and I don't feel much pain. Your medicine is really working."
"Of course, the thousand-year-old snow lotus will definitely have a different effect."
"Report! Your Highness Prince Ning, the Eldest Prince invites King Ning to discuss matters in front of the Palace!" the guard Ah Fu came in to report.
"knew."
"Ling'er eat something, practice calligraphy, and go to the garden for a while when you're tired, and I'll be back soon." King Ning instructed him.
Ah Fu has never seen King Ning so careful.