Chapter 195
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In the room, Qi Zaoyu made a ruckus for a long time before she finally calmed down under Mama Hui's pacification. Ning Shu did not urge her, so she waited in the courtyard. After waiting for nearly a moment, the maidservant named Yue Chu ran out with the key to the storeroom with sweat all over her forehead. She repeatedly said, "Lady Ning, sorry to keep you waiting. This servant will take you to the storeroom. This way, please."
"That evening, after the reward was sent back to the fu, we did not have time to tidy it up before we received the news that the fourth miss was missing. So we hurriedly piled it up here and did not have the time to take care of it." Yue Chu said as she unlocked the door.
The door was pushed open with a squeak.
"The things inside are a bit messy. What does Lady Ning want to look for? This servant will find it for you."
"No need, I'm just looking around." Ning Shu stepped into the storeroom and found that the things were indeed piled up in a disorderly manner in the corner of the storeroom. At that time, in order to celebrate Qi Zaoyu's selection of the heir consort, the concubines of the palaces had instructed the servants to choose some festive brocade boxes to hold the gifts. But these bright red and purple colors seemed inexplicably ironic and dazzling at this time.
Ning Shu casually opened a few brocade boxes and noticed that there were two deep brocade boxes at the bottom. They were more than three feet long. She asked, "What's inside?"
"Oh, that's the silk and satin that the concubines have bestowed. Among them, there are two bolts of silk and satin bestowed by Concubine Qi. Those are tributes that are rarely produced in a year. I heard that it's very rare and ordinary people have never seen it before."
Ning Shu smiled and said, "Then I really want to see it. Please help me."
Ning Shu moved the brocade boxes piled on top of the storeroom and bent down to open the brocade boxes. She found that the silk and satin inside was of excellent quality. She touched it lightly and felt that it was as smooth as water. She was about to unfold it to take a closer look when her sharp nose suddenly smelled a pungent smell. Then she heard Yue Chu gasp and shout, "Lady Ning, be careful!"
In front of Ning Shu's eyes, less than a foot away from her hand, the silk and satin in the brocade box suddenly burst into sparks and spread rapidly. Ning Shu subconsciously withdrew her hand. Her scalp went numb, and her survival instinct made her take a few steps back.
When he looked again, he saw that the brocade box had already ignited into a ball of fire. Moreover, it was spreading at an extremely fast speed in all directions, burning dozens of brocade boxes in the surroundings. In an instant, thick smoke billowed in the storehouse, and tongues of fire soared into the sky.
"Cough cough!" The thick smoke was extremely pungent. Ning Shu immediately covered her mouth and nose. She grabbed Yue Chu, who was foolishly trying to extinguish the fire by himself. "Don't worry about it. Let's go!"
This unforeseen event happened too quickly. Yue Chu was completely dumbfounded. It wasn't until he was dragged out of the warehouse by Ning Shu that he suddenly regained his senses and shouted, "Someone come quickly! The warehouse is on fire! It's on fire! "
Following her shout, the nearby servants hurriedly organized to put out the fire, but the fire was too big. It was not until two hours later that the last spark was extinguished. When they walked into the storeroom to take a look, the inside was already a mess. All the silk and satins had been burned to black ash. Even the gold, jade, and jewelry had been burned beyond recognition.
All the treasures in the storeroom were gone.
Yue Chu was so scared that her legs went soft. She knelt on the ground and said with tears in her eyes, "I ask Lady Ning to testify for this servant. This fire was really not set by this servant! It really has nothing to do with me! " Any one of the things in the storeroom was worth more than her little life. Now that everything had been burned, her little life was over.
Ning Shu pulled her up from the ground and comforted her in a low voice. Of course she knew that it was not Yue Chu who did it. She was right beside her at the time, so there was no chance for her to do anything. But where did this inexplicable fire come from?
There was not a single candle in the storeroom, not a single spark. There was not even a trace of sunlight shining in, so how could it suddenly be on fire? It was simply unbelievable! And this inconceivable thing had happened right under her nose. Was it really an accident? Or did someone want to destroy something important and did not want her to see it? If it was the latter, then what was that thing?
A series of questions appeared in her mind, just like the black water mixed with ashes that constantly flowed in front of her eyes, making her completely puzzled. While she was deep in thought, the maidservant Hui Yu stumbled and ran over in a daze. Her voice was filled with panic as she cried, "Not good! Not good! That blood claw print has appeared again! There are so many, so many, so densely packed. It's … it's at the Fourth Young Miss' bedside! "
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