The fire spread very quickly. Xiao Tuo directed the evacuation of the guests, and all the old, weak, sick and young were evacuated first. The remaining young men then participated in the firefighting.
There was a city patrol department in the capital. After learning about the fire in the prime minister's residence, the city patrol department also sent people to put out the fire.
The remaining fire dragons were all thrown into the lake to extinguish the flames, and the people holding the fire dragons also participated in the firefighting.
Ximen Xiaoyue sat quietly in the room, listening to the noise outside, and couldn't help but smile.
She even admired herself a little. She killed two birds with one stone. She got rid of her second aunt for her mother and also got rid of Yuan's daughter Xia Zian. Who in this prime minister's mansion could go against her in the future
"Miss, do you want to go out and take a look? It's very lively outside." Shi Liu, the dowry maid, said with a smile.
Ximen Xiaoyue sat in front of the dressing table, quietly drawing her eyebrows, "If I don't go, what's the point of going there? I'm most afraid of seeing a dead body."
At the same time, Honghua, the maid who came with the dowry, stepped forward and said, "Miss, the Second Master is also outside putting out a fire. If you don't go, I'm afraid that in the future, people will hold you accountable and say that you are cold and indifferent."
Ximen Xiaoyue curled her lips, "I'm the bride, how can I go to such a dangerous place? Grandfather won't blame me. Besides, if the Second House doesn't have a fierce woman like Second Aunt, Second Uncle will just be a paper tiger and won't be able to be fierce. I'm not afraid at all."
Honghua smiled and said, "That's true. If it weren't for the support of the Second Madam, the Second House would have been banished to the cold palace by the old master. Now that the Second Madam is gone, our Madam can come forward."
"My mother has been bullied all her life, it's time for her to turn over a new leaf." She looked at her beautiful face in the mirror and was very satisfied, but suddenly frowned, "Honghua, come here, doesn't the color of my nail polish match the color of my lip gloss?"
She raised her finger and placed it on her lips for a moment. "It's true that they don't match. Take out the lip gloss that the Empress gave you when you entered the palace last time and adjust the color to a brighter one. I'm the bride today, and I can't let a woman from outside steal my glory."
Pomegranate said: "Miss originally liked to have pomegranate red on her lips and dark blue eyebrows, which made her skin look very fair and clean."
"I haven't dressed up for many years. If I hadn't remarried this time, I would have spent my whole life living under the green lamp." Ximen Xiaoyue sighed softly and looked around at the people in the bronze mirror. "Who do you think is better looking, me or Yuan?"
Honghua chuckled, "Miss, you are not afraid of insulting yourself by asking this question. Yuan is an old woman, how can she compare with you, Miss?"
Ximen Xiaoyue scolded her with a smile, "Honghua, you are so mean, how can you say that? Yuan was indeed a beauty when she was young, and now that she is old and ugly, she should still have some of the charm she had when she was young. Maybe she shouldn't be allowed to leave the house today, so let me meet her and toast to the guests together."
Shi Liu asked, "Miss, have you never met Yuan?"
"No, actually, I have some similarities with Yuan. She lives in seclusion and I also live in seclusion, but I am calmer than her. She has no peace in this mansion, and she is getting old and ugly because of torture. Especially talented women are more fragile. If Yuan comes back, I have to treat her well, at least better than when Chen Linglong was in charge."
Shi Liu couldn't help but say, "Young lady has a soft heart. Now that Yuan has been named the Princess of Danqing County, I'm afraid she will be more arrogant than before."
"She can't be so arrogant. After Xia Zian died, she had no one to rely on, and the Regent would not look after her. Moreover, the Yuan family moved out, and she can be said to have no one to rely on in the capital. If she wants to spend the rest of her life in this prime minister's mansion, she will know how to behave."
She always felt that her makeup was not enough, so she ordered Honghua to put on more rouge. Looking at her flower-like face, she smiled softly, "Although the Prime Minister is a little older, he is steady and mature, and he looks good. He doesn't look old at all. He is many times better than those young masters."
Her face turned red, perhaps because of the rouge or because she was shy.
"By the way, if something happens to the Second Madam, can the dowry be taken back and kept here?" Shi Liu suddenly asked.
"Don't worry, take it back to the storehouse first, wait for Yuan to come back, and let her pack up her things and leave Xiazhi Garden. As for this place, I won't live here for long. While I'm decorating the side room, I can also tidy up Xiazhi Garden and replace some furniture."
"also."
She stood up and walked to the window, looking at the flames in the side room, and sighed softly, "This fire is too big. I'm afraid the side room will be destroyed. Anyway, we can tear it down and rebuild it, or make it into a private room."
"Yes, that place is pretty good, near the garden." Shi Liuyin smiled.
Honghua sniffed the air and suddenly asked, "Can you smell anything? It smells like fire."
"Of course," Pomegranate said with a smile, "a fire this big must smell like fire."
"No, no," Honghua looked around, ran out, and was immediately startled, "Oh my God, it's on fire."
Ximen Xiaoyue and Shi Liu suddenly ran in her direction and saw that the wing room next to the yard was on fire and thick smoke was coming out of the wing room.
"Oh my god, there are so many firecrackers inside. They are for the wedding tonight." Shi Liu was shocked. "Someone come, someone come!"
Honghua rushed out and found the door to the yard tightly closed. She turned pale with fear and said, "The servants must have gone to the side room to put out the fire."
Ximen Xiaoyue was startled and said in a deep voice: "Quick, find a way to open the door."
The door was locked from the outside, and when the two pulled hard, they could hear the sound of the chain.
"Someone locked the door from the outside." Honghua was shocked.
Ximen Xiaoyue was anxious, "What should I do? Is there any way out here?"
"It's gone. There is only one main entrance to this yard. There used to be a side door, but it's been sealed." Shi Liu moved a chair out of the house and banged on the door hard. The fire was getting higher and higher, and thick smoke was reduced, and open flames rose, accompanied by "crackling" sounds, followed by a series of "bang bang bang" sounds. The sound was so loud and scary that the doors and windows of the wing rooms were blown out.
The flames suddenly shot out and quickly swept along the corridor. There was nothing in the corridor, so it should not have caught fire. However, it was as if kerosene was poured on the ground and it caught fire all of a sudden.
"Help, help!" Honghua and Shiliu shouted at the top of their lungs.
Outside the door, a person was listening to the howling inside with a smile on her face. Then she untied the silk ribbon on her body, threw the can of tung oil directly at the door, lit it with a tinder, fiddled with her hair, and walked away leisurely.
Oil was poured on the door and it soon caught fire. Soon, the door would be destroyed and they could escape from it.
"They wanted to kill me, but I just wanted to scare them. I am really too soft-hearted. Xia Zian, you will be punished for being so kind. You will definitely... live a life of wealth and glory!" Zian sighed softly, and once again felt that he had followed too many idiots and his thoughts had become a little stupid.
(End of this chapter)