The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 460 Arson
Three days later, when the dusk fell, Wan Lai stood outside Kunning Palace early in the morning, waiting for Rong Yue.

When the person came, he was still dressed carefully, the luxurious clothes and gold and silver jewelry echoed from a distance, with a smile on his face, without any trace of hostility in his eyes, he looked at himself quietly.

Wan Yu looked at her carefully, she seemed to be a little older and haggard than before.

"Your Majesty came early."

Rong Yue's fingers lightly brushed the slightly raised folds of the cloak sleeves, and said with a half-smile: "It's hard for you to wait here so early in the morning."

Wan Yu smiled slightly: "Today is the day when the imperial concubine kneels down to worship the new memorial tablet of Empress Xiaozhao, how dare the concubine be neglectful?"

Rong Yue gave her a cold look, snorted lightly, and pushed the door of Kunning Palace open slowly.

In an instant, a pungent damp breath rushed towards her face, causing her to sneez twice.

After Yide's death, the emperor drafted a decree that no empress and concubine should be allowed to stay in Kunning Palace. Every brick and tile must preserve Yide's appearance during his lifetime, so as to commemorate it.

For a long time, the Kunning Palace was not repaired and cleaned, so it was naturally dusty and humid, and because there were no candles burning in the palace, it looked rather eerie and appalling.

Rong Yue stood outside the gate of the hall, unwilling to move for a long time, and even more sternly ordered Que Zhen, who was serving beside her, to come in and light the candle.

Quezhen took the order to step forward, but was stopped by Yunchan: "The emperor has ordered that the Kunning Palace should not see fire, so as not to accidentally walk into the water."

Rong Yue raised her eyebrows and looked at her: "No candles? You can't see anything inside at night, how do you want me to salute?"

Wan Lai smiled lightly, and pressed Yun Chan's hand holding Que Zhen down: "This maid is getting more and more unruly, how dare we stop the imperial concubine and empress? I'm just afraid that the emperor will be unhappy about this, and I thought that the imperial concubine The empress does not want to bow down to the old empress sincerely."

"You don't want to use the emperor to suppress this palace." Rong Yue looked at Wanyu with a cold face, said something to Que Zhen, and immediately walked in, took out a fire pocket and lit the palace lantern of Kunning Palace.

The hall was lit up in an instant, the tablet of Yide was standing on the warm cattail on the front seat, Rong Yue just glanced at it and felt the chills, so she braced herself and walked in two quickly, knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times in a hurry.

Because of the fear in their hearts and the fear of the cold in the hall, the people were in a hurry when saluting, most of them got up in a hurry before they knocked their heads to the ground.

Wan Lai looked in her eyes and didn't say a word, only when Rong Yueli was about to get up, she heard her leisurely sentence: "Is the imperial concubine just cleaning the floor of this hall? The concubine forgot, the imperial concubine is the favorite!" It’s clean. How about asking Yunchan to bring you a piece of plain cloth, and you’ll clean up the ashes on the ground before you kneel down?”

Que Zhen looked timid, and took a few steps to help Rong Yue get up.Rong Yue brushed off the dust from her body, and said calmly: "My palace is already thorough in etiquette. If Concubine Wan likes to clean the palace, you can keep it for your elder sister to clean it up. I'm tired, so I'll go back to the palace first."

"Your Majesty, is this considered to be a complete courtesy?" Wan Yu's eyes were gloomy, with a gloomy starlight shining: "The emperor ordered his concubines to accompany him, and he wanted them to watch the imperial concubine and concubine with all the etiquette. The empress is so perfunctory now, the minister How will the concubine explain to the emperor? If the concubine is tired, she can go back to the palace to rest, and the concubine will tell the emperor all about it later. The concubine feels that the emperor will take the trouble to call the concubine into the Kunning Palace to salute."

Rong Yue turned her head back and said with a 'hum' through her nose: "According to what you said, even if I salute you respectfully, you can still talk nonsense with the emperor. What's the matter? Is it possible that I should kneel down to worship your poor man every day? Miss?"

"If the imperial concubine is willing to pay homage, does it have to be that Empress Xiaozhao is willing to accept it?" Wan Yu smiled coldly: "You are a very smart person, and now there is only each other here, why do we bother to put on airs? What do you think about the concubine wanting the imperial concubine? I know it well."

Rong Yue glanced at her, gloomy: "You have caused all these things just to make me kowtow to your eldest sister to confess your sins? You should think about it carefully, give her the one who pulls her finger, takes her offspring, and hurts her heart." , it has always been the emperor, not Bengong. What did Bengong do? Bengong just told her the whole thing clearly."

"If you hadn't poisoned Eldest Sister Beibi at the Hegong Night Banquet and instead poisoned Concubine Xin to death by mistake, how could Eldest Sister have misunderstood the Emperor?" In the middle of speaking, Wan Yu glanced at the burning palace lantern and said calmly: "If you want to kneel down and plead guilty, it's already cheap for you to go."

She walked to the palace lantern, took off the lampshade, and revealed the sparkling sparks. She held the lamp holder in a gesture of pushing it down: "Young concubine, let's guess, if there is water in the Kunning Palace today, what should you do?"

Rong Yue was startled, her face changed suddenly, she pointed at Wan Yu and said angrily: "Are you threatening me?"

Wan Lai didn't answer, she just pushed the palace lantern slightly and let the wax drip on the ground.

On the side, there is a plain white gauze that is extremely flammable.

If the Kunning Palace caught fire, she ordered Quezhen to light the palace lanterns. Even if she told the emperor that she was innocent and set the fire for Wanyu, but Yide was her own sister, how could the emperor trust him?
"Mr. Niu Hulu, you have to plot against your own sister even after death, don't you want her to rest in peace?"

"Speaking of calculations, how can anyone in this palace compare to the imperial concubine?" Wanyu smiled calmly and shook her head again and again: "I am ashamed of myself."

After saying that, seeing that the candle was about to burn on the gauze curtain, Rong Yue gave in, kneeling down respectfully, bowing to Yide's memorial tablet, and whispered: "Empress, I know my mistake."

Wannai stared fixedly at her after saluting, with a treacherous smile on her face: "You owe elder sister this bow. Seeing the concubine's expression is not hesitant, but is she not convinced?"

Rong Yue did not answer in silence, Wan Yu said again: "Seeing that the war in the previous dynasty is about to end, and the Sixth Palace will be sealed by then, I am afraid that this latter position will already be in the purse of the imperial concubine and empress."

Rong Yue raised her head and glanced at her, then got up slowly: "I would like to thank you for your kind words. If I am the empress, I will treat you well."

Wanyu said 'tsk tsk' twice, and shook her head sadly, with a regretful expression on her face: "The concubine hopes that the empress will treat the concubine well, but it's a pity that the empress does not have this blessing."

Rong Yue was wondering what she meant when she suddenly saw drops of water dripping on the beams of the house.

It so happened that a drop fell on the palm of my hand, I rubbed my fingers lightly and felt it was extremely smooth, put it on the tip of my nose and sniffed it, and then said in shock: "Fire oil?"

Wannai smiled, her eyes and brows showed joy, without any hesitation, she pushed the palace lantern onto the plain white gauze curtain.

The gauze book was made of silk, and when sparks ignited, the flames rushed to the beams of the house. The beams were damp and were not easy to burn, but Wannai had already sent people to the beams at night, and painted a thin layer of fire on the beams. Oil.

In an instant, the Kunning Palace was ablaze!
"You're crazy!" Rong Yue was astonished, and backed away with Que Zhen's support.

But she saw Wanyu walking towards the seat in a leisurely manner, lightly holding the tablet of Yide in her arms, and said with a sneer, "Thank you, my concubine, for your success."

As soon as the words fell, Wanyu wept mournfully, and with the support of Yunchan, she hurriedly ran out of the hall.

While running, he whimpered and shouted: "Come on! The Kunning Palace is flooded! Come on!"

(End of this chapter)