Doting on concubines and destroying wives? I don’t want to be the mistress of the Hou clan anymore.

Chapter 119 Fire
Lin Miaofu looked into Gu Zhao's eyes and felt that she should be able to trust him.

In fact, he had to believe it. After all, what he was capable of was, so what if he didn't believe it?
"Eat quickly, it's a bit cold."

Lin Miaofu stuffed the chicken drumstick into Gu Zhao's mouth, but what she wanted in her mind was to seal his mouth quickly, otherwise she didn't know what he would say to deceive her.

Gu Zhao chuckled lightly, took a bite of the chicken with Lin Miaofu's hand, swallowed it, and then wiped his mouth in a leisurely manner, with a sense of leisurely contentment.

Lin Miaofu couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and cursed in her heart. She had never seen a man who was prettier than a woman or whose movements were more graceful than a woman.

After all, the two of them failed to wait for the golden pheasant caught by Chen Jue, and the sound of fireworks came from everywhere.

The two people hurriedly got out of the tent, looking at the fireworks in all directions in the sky, they both frowned subconsciously.

"Didn't you say that the fireworks display was cancelled?"

"It's been cancelled." Gu Zhao said: "I'm afraid someone wanted to interfere with the audio and video, so they set off fireworks. If there are fireworks from all directions, we won't be able to tell which side is asking for help."

"How many people did you bring out this time?" Lin Miaofu asked: "Have you considered the safety of the camp when you sent so many people to find the second princess?"

"Don't worry, I've thought about this." Gu Zhao said, "I've already sent people to the capital to mobilize troops."

Lin Miaofu had just put it down, but her heart was hanging again. He subconsciously blurted out: "If... the person who comes is not a rescuer, but an enemy... how can you tell the difference?"

"You mean?"

"I mean hypothetically..." Lin Miaofu looked at Gu Zhao with strong worry in her eyes.

"You want to say that if something happened to the second princess, it was a trap. It was used to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Maybe its original intention was to assassinate His Majesty?" Gu Zhao's heart tightened, although he felt that this was almost impossible.

But looking into Lin Miaofu's eyes, he felt that maybe it would really happen.

The accident happened quickly. Some tents caught fire around the camp.

Fortunately, it had just fallen into the night and no one was sleeping in the tent, but the fire caused a commotion.

His Royal Highness the Prince directed people to put out the fire.

Gu Zhao glanced around, then at His Highness the Crown Prince, and led Lin Miaofu and Lin Shuangyue to the Crown Prince's side.

"Your Highness, the origin of the fire is unknown. I'm afraid someone set the fire deliberately. It's better to gather all the people in the open space first. This will facilitate supervision, and secondly, it will also protect His Majesty's safety."

The prince never thought that someone would attack the camp.

It was thought that someone accidentally knocked over the candle, causing the fire. When he saw Gu Zhao's serious expression and thought about the lack of defense in the camp, he immediately understood what it meant.

Dozens of guards and confidants accompanied the second princess. Several noble ladies gathered in the open space in front of the emperor's tent.

The emperor heard the noise outside and was about to let someone come out to check, when the prince took Gu Zhao inside.

"Father, it seems that someone set fire to the camp. The girls brought by the emperor's sister are powerless. I am worried that they are running around. Is it possible to arrange arrangements around here to protect their safety? ."

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the prince and asked, "Are you worried..."

"Yes."

The emperor had just reported the disappearance of the second princess, and the emperor was still furious: "I want you to find out the ins and outs of the whole matter. If you can't find your second sister, you, the prince, don't have to do anything."

"I know." The prince was about to leave when the emperor said again: "Let those women come in. It's windy at night so as not to disturb them."

"Yes."

The prince asked Gu Zhao to handle this matter, and he took people to see where the fire started.

Chen Jue was a little confused when he saw no one when he went back. It was after his two guards told him the situation that he found the person and followed Lin Miaofu into the emperor's tent.

"What's wrong with you kid!"

The emperor looked at Chen Jue who had sneaked in and scolded him with a frown: "The men next to you are all outside, but you want to mix in among the women!"

Chen Jue twitched his ears: "I'm leaving, I'm just leaving, Your Majesty... don't scold me!"

Go find Gu Zhao again.

I thought Gu Zhao would scold him for being ignorant, but he didn't expect that he just glanced at him and said, "Follow me well. If someone is really bold and dares to assassinate His Majesty, you must behave well and don't be timid."

Chen Jue was startled and immediately became energetic.

Gu Zhao always believed that the queen protected Chen Jue too much, which made him develop into a cynical person with little experience in dealing with things.

After all, life can only grow after experiencing it.

The entire camp was set up with countless tents, almost at once.

Looking at the place where the fire broke out, Gu Zhao could not help but feel that maybe one of them had something to do with the other.

The water they had stored was not enough, but many of the tents were still burning.

"Your Highness, fighting the fire like this is probably just a drop in the bucket. We don't have enough people and we don't have enough water."

"That's true, but is there any other way to prevent the fire from spreading?"

Gu Zhao nodded and said: "If you only want to protect us from being burned to death, you should immediately destroy all the tents near the main tent and allocate some manpower to dig trenches around the main tent."

Fortunately, this is a trip to Xiangshan, and there is also a riding and shooting part. A large area of ​​land has been cleared around it, and it is far away from the forest. Otherwise, in the dry climate of autumn, a fire would probably destroy the entire place. The mountains were burned.

"I understand what you mean." The prince nodded and immediately ordered people to do it, and then said to Gu Zhao: "You and Chen Jue will guard the main tent, as well as the princes Dong Xuan and Shen Qi, and I will They will all be taken away.”

Gu Zhao said: "Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

"If there is really a traitor, I'm afraid you have to take action." The prince smiled and said, "Even for Chen Jue's sake, you have to help me this time."

Gu Zhao understood what the prince meant and was grateful for his trust in him, but the other princes also had some friendship with him.

When the time comes, he's just afraid that he won't be able to do it.

"Brother Prince, these two guards of mine are very good at fighting. Otherwise, let him follow you."

Although Chen Jue didn't understand the twists and turns, he could clearly see that the situation was quite dangerous now. If someone took advantage of the chaos and attacked the prince, wouldn't he be in danger?
He thought that nothing would happen if he stayed in the tent, so he wanted to give him the guard.

The prince was half a head taller than Chen Jue. He rubbed his hair and said with a smile: "Protect yourself. Don't worry about me. If you are injured, the queen mother will definitely be very sad."

(End of this chapter)