Spring Forest Evening

There was no time to gloat, Zhou Heng hurriedly asked Mrs. Protector:

"With such a huge fire, there should be a special fire fighting team in the palace, right? Why do you want the prince to go?"

Hearing this, Lord Protector, who was also looking up at the sky, turned his head and explained in a low voice:

"My lord didn't go to Fengyu Palace, he took someone to Cuiwei Palace!"

"Cuiwei Palace? Is it on fire over there too?" Zhou Heng was even more stunned when he heard that. Is there any end to what happened tonight?Is Queen Jiang crazy?How much does she hate the emperor's family?

The Duke Protector hadn't answered yet, but the Duke's wife spoke for him, sounding a little impatient:

"It didn't catch fire. I left just now, saying I was worried about Cuiwei Palace."

It seems that he is afraid that something will happen, or that Empress Jiang will take the opportunity to cause trouble, right?Zhou Heng was relieved, so he didn't ask any more questions, and just followed everyone to watch the excitement of Fengyu Palace wholeheartedly.

At this moment, those who should put out the fire by the Taiye Pool have already put out the fire, and even Empress Jiang is said to have rushed there with her own people, so the rest of the people are more open-minded, and their words are bolder, anyway, it is now late at night It's dark and blind, who cares about who else, and now I have enough food and drink, and I will be able to leave the palace smoothly after another two or three hours. This is what the Empress herself promised just now.

As for the funeral of the royal family, let's wait until dawn. Anyway, there are at least four princes left, and the Chen family has successors. Now it's just about who can fight and who can take over from the Palace of Compassion and Eternal Spring. Stay in this invincible power that is suddenly vacant.

Cuiwei Palace is just an imperial concubine, and it is far from enough for now.

Therefore, during the conversation, everyone didn't take the fire of Fengyu Palace very seriously, and basically held the idea that "this is the Empress Dowager who wants to make troubles to suppress the Empress Dowager", and because of the fire, it has now become Big, it’s inevitable that there will be a little secret thought of "the empress dowager is a bit out of play, I didn't expect to have to rely on the empress to rescue me":

"The fire is burning... I don't know what happened to the empress dowager and the third princess inside?"

"That's right, it's burning like this, it's burning to the sky, it's hard to say!"

"That's definitely not the case. Isn't there still guards guarding outside, then they must have rushed in and rescued people!"

"It has to be rescued as soon as possible, otherwise, think about it, water and fire are ruthless, they are all nobles, if they are smoked, choked, or even slightly burned by the fire, then what... right?"

"What does it mean to be rescued? Didn't it mean that the fire started from inside? Maybe they escaped by themselves long ago. At this moment, the Empress just happened to rush over. If they touch each other, both sides will not be in a good mood. Maybe pinch it into... ha ha ha!"

So the speakers let out a knowing low laugh together, which sounded like gloating in their misfortune.

Zhou Heng listened casually to these chats, but the Huguogong and his wife next to him were not interested in it. They looked up at the fire in Fengyu Palace for a while, then sat down to meet each other, not knowing what to say, Zhou Heng It was inconvenient to lean over to listen, so I had to still listen to the intermittent discussions around me.

It didn't take long to hear the smell:

Although these people listened to gossip, they were all court ministers and their family members after all, and they still carried their own judgments. For example, someone interjected and sighed that he didn't know what would happen when the palace gate was opened tomorrow:

"So what if the city gate is closed? Although the Empress Dowager's mother's family is far away in Zhongnan Road, I don't need to wait until noon tomorrow. The Governor will know about it. Not to mention, it is the Empress Dowager after all, and the third princess is also a serious eldest princess. How can I let them take this kind of anger? Just look at it, alas, in the future, this show can still be sung!"

After saying this, the rest of the people also felt sympathy, many people agreed, and some people "by the way" thought of Empress Jiang's natal family:

"Then the Grand Tutor will know what happened in the palace tonight tomorrow morning, and I don't know about his old man...?"

Having said that, everyone seemed to have a tacit understanding, and they all fell silent, and some even changed the subject to talk about the clan with a haha:

"Did you all see it just now? The old princes of the clan, you stand on one side, I stand on the other side, and see who can make the right bet. Hehe, at a young age, it's hard for them at this big night!"

The old princes should be referring to the ones I saw in the pavilion just now. Although he didn’t name them, but Zhou Heng listened, the people talking were not very polite. I think these princes usually have little power.

Of course, when it comes to the prince, it naturally also talks about Shen Fu, the young prince of Prince Jing's mansion. I don't know whether it is because he is worried about the presence of the Duke Protector, or because he really thinks highly of Prince Jing, who holds the military power, but he only mentions Shen Fu a little. The act of taking people to Cuiwei Palace was just that one of them made a vague comment about "preparing for a rainy day", so the people next to him couldn't help it:

"It's true, the palace has always been very strict about water leaks, not to mention that Fengyu Palace has already happened tonight. As for what happens again, I can see that it is nothing more than Prince Jing... his mind is spinning quickly. That's all!"

Fast thinking?Zhou Heng pricked up his ears, and under the cover of the flowers and trees next to him, he quietly moved two steps towards the group of people. The Duke Hu and his wife were still sitting at the table and discussing something. He didn't pay attention to the movement around him.

The group of people seemed to be paying attention to the Duke Protector and the others, their voices stopped, and after seeing that nothing happened, they lowered their low volume and continued to talk about Shen Fu:

"Think about it, the Queen's side, even if the Taifu comes back, is not as good as before, and most of his followers are civil servants. It's different on Zhongnan Road. The Governor's Mansion has been in operation for so many years, why is it strong and strong? So, the empress has to do the same, at the very least, you have to find a few generals you can count on, right? I didn’t look at the imperial guards... Wasn’t Commander Qin decisively taken down by the empress?”

"You're right, what does it mean to take it down decisively!" The person next to him couldn't hear him and corrected him:

"It's called knowing the current affairs!"

"That's right, you know the current affairs!" The people in front didn't take it seriously, and continued to analyze: "It seems that Prince Shen is also a knowledgeable about current affairs. But the most important thing, if not to say that his brain is turning quickly, he is willing to share the worries for the empress. Anyway, the imperial concubine has already called her name and escorted her back. At this moment, I have to , I don’t think anyone needs to lead the way, hehe!”

The sour words...Zhou Heng felt that he could hear the taste:

Seeing being left by the Taiye Pool with nothing to do, this group of people are jealous that Shen Fu got the queen's favor, right?

All right, as long as you are happy, Zhou Heng felt speechless, I hope your family will not suffer from the crimes that Prince Jing's mansion suffered.

"Oh!" Suddenly one of them yelled in a low voice, and then seemed to sniff his nose again: "What kind of fire has the Phoenix Feather Palace become? Why does it smell like burning?"

When he said this, Zhou Heng also sniffed hard, and it was true that there was an unpleasant smell in the air.

It seems that the empress is not here to put out the fire, but to add firewood, right?Empress Jiang is too ruthless, I can't afford to provoke her!

Just thinking about it, a loud shout suddenly came from a distance:

"It's not good, Cuiwei Palace is flooded!"