Chapter 98: Leaving

"This is really great!" Empress Ji responded first, covered her mouth with her sleeves, and said softly, "Mao Jieyu has always relied on Xi Le, and I heard that this palace lady disappeared. I really don't think about tea or food these two days I'm so sorry to see her being brought back by His Majesty...Your Majesty, I don't know where Na Xi Le is? I have to let Mao Jieyu take her back to take care of her."

Yun Fenghuang's heart beat wildly, and he nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, please bring Xi Le back, and I will lead her back to the tent right now, so as not to disturb the people in front of the imperial court and delay them from serving Your Majesty."

There was one thought in the concubine's mind: Since Xi Le's body was burned beyond recognition, it can be seen that the situation is very bad, maybe he hasn't had time to say something that shouldn't be said to the emperor?

Otherwise, why did the emperor speak out to test them, instead of directly ordering them to be taken down and investigated thoroughly?

So the current plan is to get Xi Le!

When the time comes, there will be no evidence of death, even if the emperor heard some outrageous things from Xi Le in advance, he can still reason that this court lady is a wolf with ambition and intends to instigate the harem.

"That's unnecessary, isn't my concubine frightened?" However, what they could think of, the emperor couldn't think of it. Hearing this, he refused with a smile, "Xile was badly burned, and his appearance was horrific. I couldn't bear to die just looking at it See, how can I hand it over to my concubine?"

"What your Majesty said is true." Empress Ji hurriedly said, "Your Majesty has so many things to do every day, a mere court lady, what should His Majesty worry about personally? As a concubine, it is my job to take care of everyone in the harem."

The emperor An Ran said: "The queen has been working hard these days. She is just a maid on the left, and she doesn't know if she will survive or not. Why bother you? I will let Yan Yin figure it out. Let's talk about it when someone recovers."

Without giving the concubine a chance to speak, he turned his head and asked the leader of the imperial army who had been summoned earlier, "Aren't you here yet?"

The queen and Yun Fenghuang had no choice but to be blessed and retreat behind the screen.

With a screen to block the emperor's sight, the empress and concubine had to communicate with each other more than planned: now that the situation is urgent, neither of them cares about who the court lady Xi Le belongs to and who she betrayed. After all, once Xi Le If you confess everything you know, neither of them can run away!

Empress Ji was very angry, because she asked Qi Jiulu to ask for Xi Le before, but she was rejected without any room for change. Qi Jiulu swore that Xi Le would not bring any trouble to the queen at the time - but she turned around and fell to the emperor in hand!

Yun Fenghuang's complexion was not good-looking, she didn't think that a court lady in Xile could escape from Qi Jiulu by herself, and even ran into the emperor by such a coincidence... If there is no inside story here, then she must have seen the devil!

The question is, what is the inside story?

What are the consequences?

These are all ignorant and clueless.

While the empress concubine was thinking silently, the leader of the Imperial Army outside entered the audience with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye. After three shouts of long live, the leader said tremblingly when the emperor asked about the cause of the fire: "Returning to your majesty, I have checked the situation nearby. Know where the stone water that ignited the fire came from..."

Shizhi water is also called stone varnish or petroleum. Its color is like lacquer, it floats on water, and it burns very brightly. It's just that it is not liked by the rich and powerful because it burns with soot, and it is rarely seen in high-ranking and wealthy families. However, some people used it to make ink sticks in the previous dynasty, and they thought it could be used as medicine, so some places such as palace bans would have some prepared in case of emergencies.

Of course, this amount, generally speaking, is unlikely to cause a fire that swept across most of the valley.

The leader of the imperial army was embarrassed, "I am incompetent, please punish me!"

"You really can't find any clues?" The emperor's tone couldn't hear the joy or anger, "Could it be that the Shizhi water flew over?"

The leader of the imperial army was very entangled. It was impossible to say that there were no clues at all. He was not in his current position for nothing. The problem is, if you want to know this kind of thing, it is inseparable from the big bosses in the harem: first of all, for things like stone fat water, ordinary people must happen to be born near the place of production, otherwise they will never know that there is such a thing in their whole life. s things;

Secondly, Chunban Villa is the residence of the Son of Heaven, ordinary people dare not even approach it, let alone set fire to it?

The third is, as the emperor said, there are forbidden troops stationed near Chunban Villa. Even after the emperor leaves, there are still two imperial concubines.

In this case, the concubine's wife was forced to be transferred overnight by the fire at night-who would believe that there were not many dark men in the imperial army? !

He didn't want to fool the emperor, he just combined all the clues in his hands, and the most suspicious one was the regent!

Then how dare he say it without the emperor's instructions?

Even Yun Fenghuang, a concubine who lives deep in the harem, can tell that the emperor and the regent have a strong desire to cooperate now. In order not to break this covenant, they now want nothing more than anyone else.

The leader of the imperial army would rather be accused of incompetence and dereliction of duty - at most resignation, with no bright future - than ruining the emperor and the regent's affairs. This may mean that the emperor suddenly became angry and gave someone to instigate the Tian family's flesh and blood What about the crimes of copying and beheading? !

Weighing the pros and cons at this moment, he finally bit the bullet and kowtowed, tremblingly saying: "My humble minister is incompetent!"

The emperor was silent for a while. During this period, both the kneeling leader of the imperial army and the concubine behind the screen held their breaths.

"Since you know that you are incompetent, go and take the blame with the Hussar General." After the emperor said this, the leader of the Imperial Army heaved a sigh of relief, and sincerely kowtowed to thank him.

He was able to serve as an official in the Forbidden Army, and was also responsible for protecting the imperial concubine, which had something to do with Zheng Gu.

Leaving Zheng Ju to deal with it can be said to be the easiest of all endings.

After sending this person away, the empress took Yun Fenghuang out, seeing that the emperor had no expression on his face and looked unhappy, the empress could not help comforting him a few words, and finally wanted to bring the topic up to Xi Le.

But the emperor didn't answer the question, instead he frowned and asked them, the leader of the imperial army is useless, how should we deal with the fire in Chunban Villa?

Empress Ji exchanged glances with Yun Fenghuang, and the empress said: "After all, the imperial army is only responsible for guarding the safety of the imperial city. It may be good at fighting and killing. This is a thorough investigation of the source of the fire... These things are actually the Dali Temple. It's safe to come with the Ministry of Criminal Justice. After all, is there a specialization in art? However, Chunban Villa is the private property of the mother, and this disaster also involves sister Yaoning and the two imperial concubines, Maojieyu. suitable."

She looked at the emperor's expression, and tentatively said, "Why don't you let the Imperial City Secretary try?"

The emperor gave a "hmm" and said, "That's fine."

This reaction seemed to be ignorant, which naturally made the queen and Yun Fenghuang feel at a loss - did the emperor know what to do on purpose, or did he really agree to let the imperial city secretary take responsibility?

No matter what, the suggestion has been said, and it is not easy to take it back at this moment.

And let the Imperial City Secretary do it, maybe there is a possibility of destroying the evidence, it's better than leaving it in the hands of others.

The queen was about to speak, when the emperor followed suit, "In order to prevent the Imperial City Secretary from being as slack as the imperial army, let Yan Yin follow them to supervise."

"...Your Majesty, won't you have no useful people around you to serve you?" Yun Fenghuang squinted his eyes and said softly, "Why don't you send another little eunuch to look after you?"

The emperor looked at her with a half-smile and said: "It's okay, I have many people serving me, and it doesn't matter if Yan Yin leaves for a few days. As for my concubine, Xi Le has only been separated from you for two days. Why do you look so thin? A circle? It seems that I should explain to the imperial physicians and let them treat Xi Le well, otherwise, if the real person is gone, I am really afraid that you will come to me every day and cry."

"Your Majesty knows that this concubine misses Xi Le, so why don't you let this concubine go and see her?" Yun Fenghuang took advantage of the situation and took his arm and acted like a spoiled child, and said, "After all, it is the concubine's person, and it is to protect her." The concubine just got lost in the night... It's okay if I couldn't find her before, but now that she was brought back by His Majesty, wouldn't it be chilling if the concubine didn't ignore her?"

The emperor pondered.

But because of Yun Fenghuang's coquettish and foolish entanglement, Empress Ji also tactfully helped, and finally waved her hand: "Let Yanyin arrange it for you, but the injury is so serious that I don't feel comfortable looking at it. Before Aifei goes in, let someone cover her."

Where does Yun Fenghuang care about this?

He said yes yes, and when he left the door, he told Yan Yin that he would meet his right-hand servant immediately, right away, and on foot.

As for what is blocked, of course it is not mentioned.

In fact, Yan Yin took her out of a small tent with all kinds of twists and turns, and she opened the curtain and went in first with tears in her eyes: "Xile!"

But as soon as I entered the door, I was a little speechless...

Before the emperor said that Xi Le was severely burned, she was so focused on being frightened that she didn't take it seriously, but now she saw it with her own eyes—who is this piece of charcoal? !

"Is this really Xile?" It is God's mercy to be able to survive after being burned like this. Although the piece of coke is suspected to be breathing, Yun Fenghuang is still a little messy in the wind. He turned his head and asked Yan Yin who followed, "Unknown Majesty How did you recognize it?"

Yan Yin lowered her head and said: "If you go back to your mother, this is indeed Miss Xi Le. When the maidservant and His Majesty met her, she was still conscious, and after reporting her identity, she said some things about her, so she couldn't hold on Passed out."

Did you talk about what happened to Ben Gong?

What did you say?

Yun Fenghuang peeped at Yan Yin's expression, but the eunuch was treacherous, and he kept his eyebrows down and respectful, but he couldn't see it—even though he was a eunuch, he was a man anyway, Yun Fenghuang couldn't force him to look at him .

She stood in the tent for a while, and finally took a look of sadness, lamented the tragic fate of her confidant maid, told Yan Yinjiao to take good care of her, and then turned her head and left.

After returning to his tent, Yun Fenghuang was in a difficult mood, thinking about how to find out the news, someone outside the tent raised his voice, saying that he was ordered by the queen to deliver the news.

Yun Fenghuang asked people to come in casually, and a young maid of twelve or thirteen years old came in. She behaved gracefully, and after saluting, she spoke articulately: "I am sorry for your empress Jieyu, the father-in-law in front of the empress dowager has just arrived, and brought the empress dowager. The empress dowager's decree is to let your majesty, the empress, Mrs. Yaoning and Mrs. Jieyu return to the palace as soon as possible to rest for safety!"

"Understood." Yun Fenghuang asked Nian Xuan to reward her with a purse, "I will send someone to pack the things."

In fact, everyone has nothing to pack at the moment, because the large number of boxes and cages brought over were almost burnt out in Chunban Villa...

But after all, the emperor had just returned, so it was impossible to say that he would leave immediately and go back to the palace, so he would have to rest for a night anyway.

After Yunfenghuang agreed, not long after, someone from the queen came to inform, saying that the emperor decided to leave after lunch tomorrow, and reminded Yunfenghuang that if he needed to take medicine or something, he would take it in advance. After the medicine juice is boiled, take it with you, so as not to be inconvenient on the road and miss the time to take the medicine.

Yun Fenghuang didn't need to worry about these things, Nian Xuan immediately ordered people to clean them up, and then went out to watch people cook the medicine in person.

She just returned to the tent with the medicine jar in her hands, her eyes were a little puzzled.

Yun Fenghuang noticed, beckoned her to come, and asked gently: "What's wrong?"

"My servant just saw Mr. Qi when I went to see the medicine." Nian Xuan almost whispered into her ear.

Yun Fenghuang's heart sank, it's not like Nian Xuan didn't know that Qi Jiulu was here, if he just saw someone, what would he say?

She suppressed her emotions and asked calmly: "And then?"

I heard Nian Xuan say: "He seems to be leaving."

gone?

Yun Fenghuang was startled slightly, and said, "What's gone?"

"It's just... just with the boy and luggage, it looks like I'm leaving here." Nian Xuan was puzzled, "But didn't your majesty say that we will leave tomorrow? And he came with the Prince Regent's son , but the son of the Prince Regent hasn’t left yet?”

"..." Yun Fenghuang was silent, and then said after a while, "I'm not feeling well, you go and see the queen, if your majesty is not there, tell the queen; if your majesty is there, then go and see again later .Remember, you must go in and report when His Majesty is away!"