As soon as Shangguan Yi finished speaking, Ren Yaxiang's hands trembled with fright. The tea cup in his hand fell to the ground with a "pop" and shattered into pieces. He looked at Shangguan Yi in shock and said hurriedly: "Go and report to His Highness, Your Majesty." You don’t understand his temper, but if he wants it, he dares to let it go. This Luoyang City... Let’s go quickly.”
Li Hong and Hua Ji slowly walked into the palace gate and walked towards the Qianyuan Hall of Luoyang Palace. They watched the two Kongming lanterns rising slowly and asked without thinking, "Did Li Lingyue set this off? In this weather, It’s not fun to fly it at all. Although you can see the light, if you fly it when the moon is dim, it will fly higher than this.”
Hua Ji raised his head and looked at the two Kongming lanterns that were dangling in the air and continued to float upwards, and replied: "This... His Majesty must have ordered someone to put it outside the palace. It seems to be from the Chongwen Hall. It’s coming there.”
Li Hong had just stepped into the Qianyuan Hall, and he trembled when he heard Hua Ji's words in his ears. He stepped one foot inside the threshold and stood outside the threshold, ignoring the gloomy faces of Father Long and Mother Long, the leaders of the Qianyuan Hall. He asked in surprise: "What? Released from outside the palace? Does it contain thunder?!"
"What? You imprisoned the man who offered sacrifices to pray for rain. Are you just watching Luoyang only have cloudy days and no rain? If the rain can explode outside Luoyang City, how can it be unreasonable if there is no rain above the palace!" Li Zhi looked at Li Hong. His face was a little discolored, and a trace of palpitations flashed in his heart, but thinking about it, the rumbling sound outside the city was nothing, so it should be nothing if it was placed above the palace.
What's more, there is no wind in this weather. Even if Shangguan Yi said that this thing is not safe and very dangerous, if it is released from outside the city, it will not float over Luoyang Palace.
Li Hong ignored Father Long's cynicism and hurriedly retracted his feet that had just stepped into the Qianyuan Palace. He stood at the door of the palace and felt the flow of the air. The wind felt a little moist.
Li Zhi looked at him and ignored him. In front of King Ji and other royal families, Li Hong, who had no princely etiquette at all, stood at the door and looked around, not taking his words seriously at all, and the anger in his heart became even stronger!
You are just as arrogant as you are when no one else is around. Now in front of the Royal Grand Master and others, you still look fearless. Do you still see me as the emperor in your eyes
Li Zhi slapped the chair angrily, and was about to explode when he saw Wu Mei suddenly reach out and hold down his hand with exposed veins on the back of the chair, and whispered: "It doesn't look like that on purpose, in front of the clan." In the face of this, what’s wrong with your majesty being a little patient?”
The emperor and the queen, as well as King Ji, King Cao and others, all looked solemn and unhappy. This prince, his highness, had no royal demeanor. He did this in front of himself and other royal family members. If he was not there, he would What an attitude it should be!
Li Hong put his thumb in his mouth to soak it, took it out and pretended to face the breeze. He could only feel that his thumb was chilly, but as for whether the wind was strong or light, he didn't know! He just thought of this method in a panic!
But at this moment, the wind seemed to appear out of thin air, passing by the door with a bang, and the dust was dancing and flying. Li Hong hurriedly took two steps, left the Qianyuan Hall and stood on the steps to look up. I saw the two bright Kongming lanterns drifting towards the palace from a distance.
"Li Hong, do you have any..." Wu Mei looked at Li Hong looking up anxiously. A gust of wind blew by the door, and she felt the waves of moisture sitting in the palace.
"I'm really going to die!" Li Hong heard Long Ma's voice and looked back at the Qianyuan Hall, then looked at Shangguan Yi and Ren Yaxiang who were running this way.
"What's going on? Tell me quickly." Li Hong yelled at Shangguan Yi and Ren Yaxiang, and immediately said to Hua Ji next to him: "Prepare your horse and bring a sniper crossbow over here, hurry!"
Hua Ji saw that His Highness the Crown Prince's expression was more dignified and anxious than ever before. The power in his tone made him feel a little nervous. He even forgot to report to Li Zhi and hurriedly ran to find the war horse.
Shangguan Yi lost one of his shoes, and the soles of his originally white socks turned black. Ren Yaxiang, who was also disheveled, stood panting at the foot of the steps and shouted out of breath: "Dian Dian Dian... come on, hurry up... look, there... the light is coming... ah."
Li Hong raised his head and took another look at the two Kongming lanterns. He suddenly felt like when he was playing the Red Alert game in his previous life, the enemy's airship was almost reaching his territory, which made people feel numb!
Looking at the direction that Huaji had just left, Li Hong turned around and ran into the Qianyuan Hall. Looking at Li Zhiwumei, he didn't bother to salute and asked hurriedly: "Father, have you lit a thread in the Kongming Lantern?" "
"What's the thread?" Li Zhi looked at Li Hong's anxious look, but at this moment, he couldn't show off his so-called emperor's face in front of the royal family, so he just asked coldly.
Li Hong was right when he thought about it. He ordered others to set it off, but he didn't set it off himself. He probably didn't even know what the Kong Ming Lantern looked like.
So he had to ask instead: "Who did you order to release him? Jin Wuwei?" Li Hong's heart continued to sink.
How could those idiots put up such a sky lantern? Just ordinary ones. The kerosene inside this kind of sky lantern with explosives is carefully calculated, and not much is put at all. In order to reach the bottom of the clouds when the kerosene is about to burn out, the explosives inside can be reached. The length of the fuse is basically proportional to the burning time of the kerosene.
In other words, after the kerosene is burned, the explosive will explode immediately. However, if the fuse is not ignited and the Kongming Lantern without much kerosene is allowed to wander in the air, if it falls above the Qianyuan Hall above the head, then it will Just wait until the Qianyuan Palace is razed to the ground!
This is not black powder, this is an authentic explosive with not very stable properties! If it falls from a high altitude, it will not just drop an iron lump, but it will release huge explosive energy.
"You are really my dear... I'm going to kill you." Li Hong didn't care about the ugly faces of his royal family members, Father Long, and Mother Long. He complained for a while and hurried out.
He quickly ran out of the hall again. Huaji was smart enough not to lead the horse and come here. He came on horseback with a crossbow. If he dared to lead the horse and come here, Li Hong would chop him down now.
"Get off." Li Hong pulled Hua Ji down, quickly jumped on his horse, grabbed the crossbow in Hua Ji's hand, pulled the reins, and immediately flew out from the side like an arrow from the string. .
A vague words came from Li Hong's mouth: "Immediately order all the people in the East Palace to evacuate the East Palace. No one is allowed to stay..."
Li Zhi and Wu Mei looked at each other in confusion. This was the first time they saw His Highness the Crown Prince looking so anxious and solemn, and they had a premonition that something big might happen.
Wu Mei glared at the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who might have caused a big trouble. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty curled his lips in dissatisfaction, but did not refute the Empress of the Tang Dynasty.
"This is... Your Majesty, Queen, and the Crown Prince's behavior today is really against the royal etiquette of the Tang Dynasty. For the sake of the century-old foundation of the Li family of the Tang Dynasty, I hope that your Majesty and the Queen... should consider deposing Prince Li Hong. I will appoint Li Xian, King of Pei, who is excellent in etiquette and manners." King Cao Li Ming stood up from his chair, walked to Li Zhi and Wu Mei with great dignity, and said with such an awe-inspiring tone that his head could bleed.
"How presumptuous! It's not your turn to interrupt the crown prince and establish a crown prince! His Royal Highness has important matters today. Apart from today, when has he ever been like this?" Wu Meifeng raised her eyebrows and scolded her coldly.
After finishing speaking, he ignored Li Zhi beside him and hurried to the entrance of Qianyuan Hall. Standing on the steps, a blurry figure galloped quickly on horseback.
Li Hong, who was on horseback, faced the humid wind and looked up from time to time at the two swaying Kongming lanterns. Now it was too late to leave the palace to intercept them, so he could only place the Kongming lanterns in the north direction of the East Palace as much as possible. Shoot it down and never let it float across the East Palace to Luoyang Palace.
The foundations of Qianyuan Hall and Zhenguan Hall are very high. Although it is not possible to stand on the railing at the door and overlook the entire Luoyang Palace, it is more than enough to overlook the relatively simple East Palace. This is why Li Lingyue did not I am willing to live with Li Hong in the East Palace. It is too simple and not at all as fun as the East Palace in Chang'an.
Night has come, and the only visible black shadow becomes more and more blurred. As Li Zhi and others follow Wu Mei, Hua Ji and other palace maids follow in a hurry, and the stars are shining over the moon. Everyone gathered in the middle, and a telescope was handed to everyone at the same time.
Li Zhi and Wu Mei often use this telescope to see the scenery. Therefore, they both have their own special telescopes, which are made of pure gold. So when they picked up the telescope, they were not unfamiliar at all, and they found it immediately. After running into the East Palace, the figure of Li Hong still galloping on horseback without slowing down.
King Ji, King Cao and others were very familiar with this new thing. They took telescopes to look at the Kongming Lantern from time to time, and then lowered their heads to look for Li Hong's shadow.
He couldn't help but said: "It seems that the rain is about to fall. If His Royal Highness hadn't stopped it, I'm afraid it would have rained in Luoyang City long ago."
"Doesn't that mean that the rain can come without sacrificing boys and girls?" Wu Mei felt upset for no reason. After hearing what King Cao said, she asked angrily.
"This..." King Cao didn't expect the queen to think so. He suddenly became speechless and did not dare to speak at will.
"Look at the Kongming lanterns that floated over in less than a cup of tea. It seems that the rain is going to start from the palace. Your Majesty and the Queen have a deep blessing. As a saint and the emperor, you should tell all the people and the world at this time that this rain is coming. It’s due to the sincerity of Your Majesty and the Queen.”
Shangguan Yi and Ren Yaxiang also held telescopes and looked at Li Hong's running figure. Their expressions were full of anxiety. Although they didn't know what Li Hong was going to do, they knew that the closer they got to the Kongming Lantern. The more dangerous it is.
Shangguan Yi, who had already been given another shoe by the eunuch, put on the shoe, bowed and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, Queen, I ask your Majesty to immediately ask His Highness the Crown Prince to stop approaching the Kongming Lantern and ask him to return immediately without any mistake. "
"Why...?" Li Zhi put down the telescope and asked.
(End of chapter)