Dai Ziling

Chapter 194 Nether Ember

In the early morning of the next day, just after dawn, several people sleeping in the main hall of Biyou Pavilion were awakened by an eager knock on the door in the yard.

Fiddled with the crumbling wine jar on the ground, Xin Ruo rubbed her eyes and ran towards the gate, her voice was a little hoarse, and said, "Who is it?"

"Xin Ruo, open the door quickly! Something happened!"

Adoptive father?

Xinruo woke up quite a bit immediately, and hurriedly opened the door latch, only to see Mu Yan frowning tightly, and said solemnly: "Where is Your Highness?"

Pointing to the main hall, Xin Ruo stammered, "The house...in the house..."

Running into the main hall, Mu Yan was taken aback, why are there so many people!

Tightening the cloak covering Zixi's body, Teng Xuanyi said sleepily, "What's the matter?"

Mu Yan bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, Heng Cang, is missing."

"Missing?"

"Yes! In the Taiping Pavilion, mysteriously disappeared!"

The drowsy people woke up instantly when they heard the news, and they all asked in surprise, "Misunderstanding?"

Mu Yan said: "Yes! Now the imperial palace is in chaos, and Heng Cang's followers are making a scene in the Taiping Pavilion. They insist on asking His Majesty for an explanation. They believe that Heng Cang has been imprisoned in private. But according to The people I sent to investigate reported that His Majesty did not take any action against the Taiping Pavilion, and since Heng Cang returned, no one has seen him come out again!"

Just when everyone was puzzled, Teng Xuanyun's voice came from the yard: "Fourth brother! It's not good, fourth brother! The news just came from Yugong, Xiang, Xiangkun Palace is flooded..."

Getting up suddenly, Teng Xuanyi turned to Zhu Lan and said, "Keep this place!"

Zhu Lan said: "Don't worry! Go!"

Looking at the backs of Teng Xuanyi and Mu Yan running away, Zixi lifted the cloak, slowly got up, and a wine jar that was holding down the hem of the skirt rolled onto the table leg, making a muffled sound.

She looked at Zhulan, looked at Xinruo, looked at everyone in the room, and said in a trembling voice: "It will be fine, right?"

As she said she was about to rush out, Zhu Lan and Xin Ruo stepped forward and grabbed her tightly, shouting "calm down" all the time.

At this moment, other people in the palace hurried over after getting the news, Lingyi, Nine Crowns, Luoyiyao, Qinrao... Zixi felt that his eyes were becoming more and more blurred. I can't tell the difference anymore.

The tragic scene of Prince Yang's mansion that night was still vivid in his mind, Zixi didn't dare to think, if something happened to the queen, not to mention Teng Xuanyi, even she didn't know how to face it.

"Qinrao...Qinrao!" Zixi shouted heartbreakingly: "Yu, hurry up, Xiangkun Palace! Rain!"

Tightly hugging Zixi in her arms and shaking her twice, Zhu Lan said: "Zixi! Calm down! That's Xiangkun Palace, even if it falls into the water, someone will rescue it immediately! It will be fine! Calm down first, do you hear me?"

Zixi nodded: "Yes, yes...there is the imperial palace, not the palace, there are a lot of people, so nothing will happen...no...Zhu Lan, can you take me to see it? Just take a look! Okay? ?”

Zhulan is in trouble, now is an extraordinary period, Teng Xuanyi's intention is obvious, let Zixi stay by our side, the palace is so chaotic, it's too eye-catching for everyone to go together, unless you use spiritual power to transform into Sparrow, but if something unexpected happened, and people saw that these people would change their magic, then the deeds of this group of people would be completely exposed.

In desperation, Zhulan had no choice but to reject Zixi's request, saying: "Let's stay calm first, and wait for the news. Heng Cang disappeared for no reason, and then Xiangkun Palace caught fire. Zixi, this Don't be impulsive at this time, if you fall into someone else's trick, it will be too late to regret it."

"I go!"

Qin Rao came out from the crowd, looked at Zi Xi and said, "You stay here obediently, I'll go! I will send back any news immediately."

Zixi looked at Qinrao gratefully, and said, "Okay! I'll just wait here and not go anywhere."

Qin Rao smiled gratifiedly, a golden light streaked towards the sky, and she disappeared in front of everyone.

Zhulan breathed a sigh of relief, took Zixi to the chair, helped her to sit down slowly, and then put away the empty wine jars scattered everywhere one by one, and put them aside.

People standing in the yard entered the house one after another, Zixi saw clearly that the blurred figures just now were Liao Yu and Yan Tong.

Looking at her sister's distraught look, Lingyi couldn't help but feel distressed. She had heard her mention before that Teng Xuanyi's mother loved her very much. In this mortal world, Zixi has no father or mother, and the queen treats her like She is born on her own, pampered in every possible way, and she can do everything according to her temperament. In Zixi's heart, she must be regarded as a mother. It will be extremely sad...

Gently holding her sister in her arms, and gently stroking the top of her head, Lingyi said: "Good Xier, be strong, the queen may not be in trouble, even... even if the worst thing really happens, you should face her." You still have to face what is right. You have grown up, it’s time to learn to bear it, after all, not everyone can accompany you to the end.”

Lingyi uncharacteristically reasoned with Zixi, Zhulan and Jiuguan looked at each other, wondering, is this still the Lingyi we know?

Nestling in her sister's warm arms, with her head slightly lowered, Zixi didn't speak, she was sensitive to people's hearts, and her strong point was to perceive the end. Lingyi's few words that sounded like comfort and teaching had already caused her heart to overturn and hit violently.

If she had done it before, Lingyi would never have said such a thing, but at some point, she consciously or unintentionally withdrew her bottomless love for her younger sister. Combined with a series of recent events, Zixi only wanted to say something like that. An answer came to mind, naturally, it was also the answer that made her most unbearable...

Because of this, she tried her best to suppress the desire to run to Xiangkun Palace. At this moment, everyone in this room is worrying about themselves, preparing, worrying that they will be hurt, and preparing to do nothing for themselves. Xie knows that the current self has no ability to protect himself, the only thing he can do is to stop being self-willed and making trouble.She hopes to restore her memory, to become stronger, and to protect everyone who wants to protect herself, even if... it will be at the price of dying!
As the dawn dawned, the sky gradually brightened, and the candles, which were so important at night, lost their value at this moment. Leaving her sister's embrace, Zixi stood up, and blew out the burning candles in the room one by one.

Every time a candle is extinguished, the anger in her heart will be reduced by two points until the last candle is extinguished, and she finally calms down. What my sister said is right, no matter how bad the result is, she always has to face it, even the queen She... Even if she cried herself, it would be of no use. Instead of letting fear and sadness flood her mind, it would be better to calm down and wait for Qin Rao's news.

At this time, Qin Rao had landed firmly on the eaves of the side hall of Xiangkun Palace.She squatted halfway, looking at the billowing smoke in the direction of the main hall, her heart became more and more disturbed.

Although the fire was basically extinguished, through the smoke and dust, one could vaguely see that the main hall was completely changed. Teng Xuanyi and the others hadn't arrived yet, so Qinrao decided to check on the Queen's situation first.

At this time, all the servants of Xiangkun Palace ran to the main hall to put out the fire. Qin Rao leaped down, turned around in the courtyard of the side hall, and changed into a set of palace maid costumes. She pushed open the gate of the courtyard and lifted the wall He dropped a bucket and sprinted towards the main hall.

As soon as she entered the main hall, Qin Rao realized something was wrong. She picked up a piece of wood scattered on the ground, put it under her nose and smelled it, and wiped off the layer of black ash on the surface. The grain of the wood was faintly red.

Qin Rao was startled: You Ming Jin!Mozu!

Throwing the wood aside, she rushed into the yard and saw a familiar servant girl, remembering that she had served tea by the queen's side, she rushed to her in three steps, grabbed the servant girl's arm and asked, "Queen?" Woolen cloth?"

The little girl was obviously frightened, her face was dark, and her tears couldn't stop falling down, when she saw Qin Rao, she was taken aback for a moment, and said: "You are... a friend of His Highness the Sixth Highness! "

Qin Rao said impatiently: "Quickly tell me, what happened to the queen?"

Wiping her face with her dirty sleeve, the servant girl shook her head and said, "The queen is fine. When the main hall caught fire, she was making snacks for Miss Zixi in the small kitchen. The fire... burned too fast. Girl...all...can't...can't..."

Saying that, the little maid couldn't stop crying again, Qin Rao closed her eyes and let out a long breath, patted the maid's shoulder and comforted her:
"Don't cry, where is the queen now?"

"Liu Huaxuan."

Qin Rao nodded, and said: "Thank you for your hard work, let's clean up this place first, and I'll go see the queen."

The servant girl was about to speak, when she stretched her neck suddenly, and said loudly, "Your Highness!"

Qin Rao turned her head and saw Teng Xuanyi and Teng Xuanyun running in sweating profusely, she immediately stepped forward and stopped them: "The queen is fine, she is at Liuhuaxuan at the moment."

Hearing this, Teng Xuanyi lowered his eyes, and when he raised his head to look at the ruins full of childhood memories, his eyes were obviously covered with a thin layer of blood.

It took only a while for Teng Xuanyi to turn from sullen to indifferent, and said coldly, "Let's go!"

Liuhuaxuan is Teng Xuanyi's residence in Xiangkun Palace. After the year of Wuxiang, except for fighting outside, he mostly lives in his palace. Every time he visits his mother in the palace, he rarely stays here, but even so , there will be a special person to clean the place every day, and the furnishings in the house still maintain the previous appearance.

Caressing the books Teng Xuanyi read when he was a child, and the wooden sword he played with, the queen recalled every bit of him being around him when he was a child, and ripples appeared in her eyes.

"Mother!"

It was the voices of two children.

After adjusting her emotions, the queen's face returned to calm and calm.

She opened the door of Liuhuaxuan, looked at the two children running towards her, and slowly stretched her arms.

The mother and son hugged each other tightly. Although Teng Xuanyi didn't say anything, the queen could feel his shoulders trembling slightly.And Teng Xuanyun cried out with a "wow" like a child.

"Mother! As long as you are fine, as long as you are fine! You scared me to death! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Patting the backs of the two of them lightly, the queen held back tears and said with a smile, "Everything is fine in this palace!"

Standing aside, Qin Rao's eyes were wet, she turned around, closed her eyes, covered her heart, and sent the news to Ling Yi.

"The queen is safe, and the demons are here for it."

A Qinrao voice suddenly sounded in her ear, Lingyi was mixed with joy and sorrow, she thought for a while, and only said the first half of the sentence to everyone.

The tension in Biyou Pavilion was broken in an instant, Zixi violently pulled the people around her, plunged her head into his arms, laughed and cried: "That's great, that's great..."

I felt my hair being stroked twice, and a lazy and gentle voice came from my ear: "Hey, don't cry, it's okay!"

Ok?
Zixi took a few steps back with her head down, looking at the color and texture of the long gown of the person in front of her, she was so annoyed to death!
Teng Xuanchun smiled, turned around and said to Ningfu: "Go and find out Hengcang's whereabouts! There is something strange about this!"

Ningfu blinked her eyes, and thought: It is absolutely impossible for an ordinary person to make a living person disappear out of thin air. However, I don’t know if this person is an enemy or a friend. Recently, so many things happened one after another. It's going to be a mess...

(End of this chapter)