Harem Empress

Chapter 67
Following Tu Dehai's voice: "The banquet has officially begun!" Songs and dances began to sound above the main hall.

"Xiang'er! Don't leave today, it would be great to stay in the Palace of Compassion and Ning to accompany mother!" The queen mother asked, looking gracefully at King Xiang below.

"Queen, don't you know about my son? I'm used to being free and easy. If I stay in the palace for a few days, I don't know what trouble I will cause with the emperor?" King Xiang took a drink from the white jade wine glass on the table. He said with a smile.

"Seventh brother, it's still like this, every time I have to force me to issue an imperial edict." Emperor Jingyang said, looking at King Xiang who was lowering his head.

Putting down the silver chopsticks in his hand, looking at Yuan Xiang opposite, he couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing, Yuan Xiang had an expression of ignoring it, and sat there eating big mouthfuls, maybe because he felt that someone was Seeing her reason, she suddenly stopped and looked towards me, seeing that I was looking at her, she quickly smiled embarrassedly.

"I didn't expect our Yuan Fang Fujin to be so cute!" The queen said, looking at Yuan Xiang intently.

"My brother, I just like Xiang'er's innocence." King Xiang lovingly held Yuan Xiang's hand on his lips, and said with a light peck.

There was a burst of outrageous laughter from Emperor Jingyang in the hall, and the searching eyes stopped on me for a moment and then left again.Although it was just a simple glimpse, it could be seen from his eyes that he had me in his heart, and his heart warmed up, and he picked up the jade cup on the table and drank it down in one gulp.

At this time, a dancer in neon clothes and feather clothes in the main hall attracted everyone's attention. She was dancing the long-lost neon clothes and feather dress dance, and the dancer who accompanied this dancer was none other than someone who had just recovered from a serious illness. Concubine Jin, the concubine Jin with a calm face is sitting in the corner and keeps plucking the pipa in her hand. With the sound of big beads and small beads falling on the jade plate, the dancer like a fairy descending to earth is dancing on the dance floor, making small steps, Quickly shaking the corners of the skirt and swaying with the dance wind, when the song was over, everyone was dumbfounded.

"Thousands of songs and dances are countless, but "Neon Clothes Dance" is the favorite among them. This dancer's neon clothes dance shows the soft beauty of Concubine Yang, and adds some of her own frivolity. It is very vivid!" Emperor Jingyang took this picture happily Hand said loudly: "Who thought of this idea! Reward."

"Long live, it was donated by Concubine Jin's mother's family!" Tu Dehai replied hastily from the side.

Emperor Jingyang's face began to become a little dim, and he glanced at Concubine Jin who was on the ground, and said lightly: "Your body is just right, sit back!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Concubine Jin was overjoyed and quickly sat back in her seat.

When the banquet was at its climax, Zhang Shaoxuan walked in quickly from the outside, and whispered a few words into Emperor Jingyang's ear, and Emperor Jingyang's face suddenly changed and he said sharply: "What loss is there?"

"What's the matter?" The queen mother looked at the dignified Emperor Jingyang in bewilderment and asked with concern.

"It's okay, Queen Mother, it's the Laofei Hall that's flooded!" Emperor Jingyang said softly.

With a sound of "bang dang", the jade cup in Concubine Kang's hand fell to the ground, and there was silence. She frowned and asked, "Laofei Hall is located in a remote place, how could it be flooded for no reason?"

"Let's go and have a look!" Emperor Jingyang threw down the people in the hall, and strode out of the hall of celebration with Concubine Kang.

Looking at the anxious figure of Emperor Jingyang, the queen mother was worried and said simply: "The banquet is almost over, let's go!" All the concubines also walked out of the hall of celebration with the queen mother.

By the time they reached Laofei Hall, the fire in Laofei Hall had been extinguished, but there was still a lot of black smoke coming out, making people cough uncontrollably from afar!The palace people shuttled back and forth. Emperor Jingyang pulled Concubine Kang to prevent her from entering. Concubine Kang knelt down and cried bitterly, shouting loudly: "My pipa! My pipa!"

The main hall of Laofei Hall has been burned into ruins, and everything in the main hall was ruthlessly burned, but fortunately no lives were injured. "Where is the eunuch in charge of Laofei Hall?" Tu Dehai shouted loudly.

At this time, a eunuch with a face full of ashes ran over quickly, knelt in front of Emperor Jingyang and said cautiously: "Young servant Xiao Yinzi is in charge of Laofei Hall."

"How could Lao Fei Hall, who is so well-behaved, go into the water for no reason?" Emperor Jingyang looked at Xiao Yinzi who was kneeling sharply and asked sharply.

"This, this, the servant doesn't know either. But the servant found this in the corner outside the gate of Laofei Palace!" Xiao Yinzi took out a half-used fire pocket from his arms as he spoke.

Emperor Jingyang looked up and down the half of the fire, and the queen mother on the side sneered and said: "It seems that someone set the fire on purpose! It really doesn't stop for a moment!"

"Emperor Niang, it's very smoky and choking here, go back to the Compassionate Ning Palace and rest!" Emperor Jingyang coughed twice and said with concern.

"Okay! The Laofei Hall has been burnt down, and Concubine Kang has nowhere to go, so let's stay with Ai's family in the Palace of Compassion and Peace for a few days! How does Concubine Kang feel?" After finishing speaking, the Queen Mother looked at the He glanced at Concubine Kang on the ground.

"Concubine, thank you Queen Mother for your compassion!" Concubine Kang saluted with choked sobs.

"Zhang Shaoxuan, I order you to do your best to investigate this matter from now on, and report it as soon as you find out. Tu Dehai, tomorrow, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will repair the Laofei Palace in the shortest possible time. There must be no mistakes." Emperor Jingyang said vigorously .

"Yes."

"Whoo."

After the confession, Emperor Jingyang left, and Concubine Kang followed the Queen Mother back to the Palace of Compassion, leaving the Laofei Palace in ruins behind. I've never heard of concubine Kang having a grudge with anyone, so who could it be?There is also the half of ordinary fire pockets, there are such fire pockets everywhere in the palace, if you want to find out the real culprit with these half fire pockets, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack!

There is still no clue about the arson incident. Emperor Jingyang has been very busy with the Northwest War these days. He has not set foot in the harem for several days. After working all morning, he finally cooked a plate of exquisite For dessert, An Guoshun was asked to send it to Emperor Jingyang's study room as soon as possible. According to the law, the concubines of the harem are not allowed to set foot in the study room, so they had to send An Guoshun to send it, and then sat back on the window couch and watched aimlessly. with book in hand.

Yuan Xiang came in from the outside, it turned out that she hadn't left the palace yesterday, so she hurriedly asked Taxue to bring some delicious food and put it in front of Yuan Xiang. When she saw the delicious food, Yuan Xiang smiled with golden eyes and said: " Xiang'er came this time to bid farewell to her sister, and Xiang'er will return to the palace with King Xiang in the afternoon."

"The things that the emperor entrusted to King Xiang have all been done!" He asked with something in his words.

Yuan Xiang took a bite of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the plate, nodded and said, "Well, it's all over, and the emperor has given his permission!"

"Where did the assassin come from?"

(End of this chapter)