A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 548
It's just that the eaves of the Empress Dowager's bedroom are close to the courtyard where the fire broke out, so it's understandable that it was affected, but the Buddhist hall is far away, so how could it catch fire?

The emperor ordered someone to check it carefully, but found no clues.But seeing that there are many lampstands in the Buddhist hall, and the long-burning lamps are offered every night, we speculate that the lamps in the Buddhist hall have gone out and the oil has lost the fire.

All the nuns around the queen mother were burned to death, and the only one left was a big eunuch.

After the incident, the eunuch was the last one to leave from the Queen Mother, and he also closed the door from the outside and evacuated the palace people outside.

Now after investigation and investigation, the eunuch only said that the queen mother ordered him to fight the fire, but now the queen mother is unconscious, and he can't explain it.

The empress dowager had such an accident, and the eunuch had serious dereliction of duty and couldn't absolve himself of the blame, and was eventually executed by the emperor.

This matter has finally come to an end.

Whether the emperor's behavior was out of wanting to uphold justice for Meng Yan or to cover up something, it was very straightforward and decisive.

In this way, all those who knew the inside story of tonight's incident were executed, and everything returned to calm.

The emperor said slowly: "Princess Yin Wu was frightened tonight. Not to mention that she herself was injured, she even helped them put out the fire. It is really commendable for her to do it herself. The Empress Dowager's Buddhist building caught fire. would be so anxious."

Meng Yan said: "In the past two days, the Empress Dowager has been very lenient to the courtiers. The courtiers have accompanied the Empress Dowager to worship the Buddha in the Buddhist hall sooner or later. They are more familiar with that Buddhist hall than other places. Besides, the courtiers are most afraid of fire. I don't want to Someone gets hurt again."

After all, the empress dowager treated Meng Yan generously and kindly in public, which was obvious to all.

Meng Yan continued: "When I was in the countryside, my minister's wife and my mother worked hard to make a living, and managed to earn some money to build a house in the village. Unfortunately, within a few days, the house was burned down. , All the hard work for so long was in vain. So now that the minister’s wife sees the fire again, she wants to save one or two, and doesn’t want to wait until it is burned to ruins to regret.”

The emperor nodded and said, "I see. Presumably Princess Yin Wu had a hard time living in the countryside before."

After that, the emperor didn't ask any more questions, and even rewarded Meng Yan with a lot of things at the end of the day. While shocking Meng Yan, he also praised her for what she did tonight.

In the blink of an eye, the middle of the night passed, and the emperor looked tired, and said: "Since King Yin Wu has come to the palace, let the princess take her back to have a good rest."

Meng Yan was stunned and said: "Your Majesty, can the minister's wife leave the palace now? The matter of the maid before..."

The emperor said: "Concubine Xiao has already found witnesses to prove that the maid and the concubine are still alive after saying goodbye, which is enough to show that the concubine has nothing to do with this matter. Tomorrow, I will inform the six palaces and courtiers and wives. Not lightly."

Meng Yan said: "Although someone can prove the innocence of the minister's wife, the murderer who killed the court lady has never been found. Even if the emperor tells everyone, they will think that the emperor is favoring the minister's wife."

"Then what should Princess Yin Wu think?"

Meng Yan said: "I want to find out the murderer, prove myself, and at the same time give justice to the murdered maid. I implore the emperor to allow my wife to enter the palace again tomorrow. If I can help the empress find out the real culprit, I will be satisfied." Otherwise, the minister's wife will feel uneasy even if she recuperates at home."

What Meng Yan asked for was not a bad thing after all, if he really wanted to find out the murderer, he would alert all the palaces.

Then the emperor agreed, and said: "Since Princess Yin Wu has this intention, it is unreasonable if I don't agree. If the princess can help the queen find the real culprit, I will reward you a lot."

After dealing with these matters, Yin Heng took Meng Yan out of the palace, and the emperor also got up to visit the queen mother.

The palace people temporarily arranged the empress dowager's bedroom, the imperial doctors came in and out, and the six palaces and other palaces also came to visit in the middle of the night.

Right now, the empress and concubines of the harem are all gathered in the Empress Dowager's Palace, all of them have worried expressions on their faces.

After the emperor came, he heard from the imperial physicians that the waste smoke and stasis in the empress dowager's chest had been discharged, but there were burns all over her body, some of which were quite serious.

It is already a blessing in misfortune to rescue him in time and save his life.

It's just that the Queen Mother was injured and overly frightened, and it's unknown when she will wake up.

In the middle of the night, the concubines in the harem dispersed one after another, and each went back to the palace to continue sleeping.

It is said that it was not until dawn that the Empress Dowager finally survived the crisis and showed signs of waking up.

When Yin Heng, Meng Yan and Chong Yi left the palace, Chong Xian had been waiting at the gate of the palace for a long time in his carriage.

It was already midnight when they returned to the palace.

As soon as Meng Yan returned to the courtyard, she completely relaxed.

The first time I came back, I went to the door of the delicate and strong room to have a look.

At this moment, the two are lying together in the rocker, cuddling each other and sleeping soundly.

The soft light in the room fell on the two round little cheeks, making those little cheeks extremely smooth and delicate.

Meng Yan just stood at the door, smiling softly, asked the nanny to tuck the quilt up for the two, then turned and walked away.I can't go in with my current body, let alone wake them up.

The princess finally came back, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

When Yan'er saw Meng Yan and Chongyi's description, she didn't know what happened in the palace, so she rolled her eyes and asked, "Are you two going to collect coal?"

Meng Yan looked at Chongyi, laughed unkindly, and said, "Chongyi, why are you so dark!"

Yan'er said casually: "Princess, don't talk about her, you are not in vain."

It was only later that she discovered that there were black burn marks on the clothes of the two of them, but she was in no mood to joke anymore.

The nuns prepared hot water and poured it into the tub in the room, Meng Yan said to Chongyi, "You should go back and take a bath, too."

When Chongyi withdrew, Meng Yan said to Yan'er again: "Go and watch for her."

With Yin Heng here, there is no need for Yan'er to wait on him, so Yan'er went with Chongyi.

When Lao Chai was still asleep, he was picked up in a daze, and hurried to the main courtyard to show Meng Yan.

At that time, Meng Yan finished her bath, there was a stove in the room, and Yin Heng was helping her dry her hair.

Seeing that Meng Yan's burn was not serious, Lao Chai left some medicine for the burn and asked Yin Heng to rub it on her later.

With nothing else to do, Old Chai left silently.

He was brought here by Chong Xian, and when he was drowsily passing by Chong Xian in the yard, Old Chai asked, "Can I trouble you to carry me back again, I'm too lazy to leave."

Yin Heng gently brushed his dry black hair back together, and said lightly, "Aren't you too lazy to eat tomorrow's meal?"

Old Chai said: "I suddenly felt that it is better not to be too lazy to be a human being. My lord, I will take my leave first."

After a while, Meng Yan said, "Chong Xian, are you still outside?"

(End of this chapter)