These words stunned Tianwu, as if he didn't understand. He loudly shouted, "If you haven't found her, then continue to search for her!"
The guard said again, "Your Majesty, it's not that we haven't found her. We've searched everywhere, but there really isn't Consort Yun!"
Following his words, quite a few more people ran out from inside. They all arrived in front of Emperor Tianwu and said the same thing, "Your Majesty, we haven't found Consort Yun in Winter Moon Palace."
Following this, a large number of palace servants were rescued from inside. There were also Winter Moon Palace's hidden guards who helped the palace maids and eunuchs escape from the sea of fire. Emperor Tianwu's eyes turned red. He took a few steps forward and grabbed a hidden guard, asking in a loud voice, "Where's your master?"
The female hidden guard's small face was red from the high temperature caused by the fire. At this moment, she didn't know how to answer Tianwu. She was still supporting Winter Moon Palace's female manager, Su Yu, but Su Yu was also very hesitant and her head was lowered even more.
Tianwu's heart was tightly knit. He had a bad premonition in his heart. He no longer cared about Zhang Yuan's pull and used all his strength to push Zhang Yuan away. His entire body rushed into the sea of fire.
Zhang Yuan was so scared that he quickly shouted, "Hidden guards! Stop him! "
Tianwu's hidden guards weren't for nothing. Even if a portion of them rushed in to put out the fire, there was still a portion that wouldn't leave Tianwu's side even if they died. Seeing that Tianwu was about to rush into the sea of fire, without waiting for Zhang Yuan to speak, several hidden guards appeared and instantly blocked Tianwu's path.
However, Tianwu had already lost his reason. He crazily tried to shake off the hidden guards as he collapsed and shouted, "Let go of me! Let go! You servants all want to live! Someone, someone, drag them out and chop them up! Let go, I want to save her, Pian Pian! Pian Pian! "
Everyone was frightened. The empress was the first to kneel in front of Emperor Tianwu. She grabbed his robes with both hands and begged, "Your Majesty, please calm down. You are the son of Dashun. Your life isn't your own, nor is it Consort Yun's. It's the life of the millions of citizens of Dashun! There are already so many people fighting the fire. If you rush in, you won't be able to help at all. Instead, you'll disrupt the order of the servants. If you want Consort Yun, then you should stay outside and take care of yourself. Only then will the servants be able to focus their attention on saving people's lives. Your Majesty, this consort's beg you, please, calm down! "
Following the empress''s's's' ''s's's''s' '' ''s's's cry.
Tianwu was so angry that he was trembling, but he finally calmed down a little. He asked Su Yu, "When the fire started, who was with your master?"
Su Yu also calmed down at this time. She came in front of Tianwu and replied, "Replying to Your Majesty, before the fire, Consort Yun had already gone to bed. Niang niang doesn't like to have people stay when she goes to bed, so there weren't any servants in the palace. But this servant didn't go far. There were people outside the door and in the courtyard. The fire started in the front courtyard. Later, for some reason, the back courtyard also started to burn. The servants were busy fighting the fire. When this servant went into the palace to wake up niang niang, I found that there was no one in the palace. "
After she finished speaking, she gave a look to the female hidden guard on the side. The female hidden guard immediately said, "This servant guesses that niang niang must have found the fire and hid herself."
"Where can she hide?" Tianwu stomped his foot and immediately ordered the palace servants, "Go and search again. Search in a hidden place!"
It was a good thing that the fire had already died down. The guards were soaked in water and there was no problem in rushing in. After a while, another group of Imperial Guards rushed out. They reported back to Tianwu with the same words, "Emperor, Consort Yun has not been seen in Winter Moon Palace."
At this time, a voice of doubt finally came from the concubines. Someone said, "Could it be that Consort Yun isn't in the palace at all?"
Everyone looked over and found that it was an unremarkable woman. Her position wasn't high, but the empress had sharp eyes and recognized her. She asked, "Concubine Jing, what do you mean by this?"
The one who spoke was concubine Jing. She raised her head and looked greedily at Tianwu. It was like she wanted to see everything about the man in front of her.
The empress saw that she was only looking at the emperor and not replying, so her face turned cold. She stood up and walked two steps towards the group of concubines before saying, "Concubine Jing must be feeling unwell today. Someone come, send concubine Jing back to the palace."
Before anyone could move, Consort Yuanshu's voice suddenly rose. She was reprimanding concubine Jing, "Concubine Jing, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't speak whatever you want. What do you mean by Consort Yun isn't in the palace? If she isn't in the palace, where could she have gone? Could it be that she escaped the palace? "
These words once again pushed Consort Yun's whereabouts to a key point.
Tianwu listened to these words in a daze. His heart suddenly trembled, as if the truth was about to come out. It was as if concubine Jing and Consort Yuanshu's words had all come true.
He didn't dare keep thinking about it and didn't dare call anyone in to verify it. He could only ask Zhang Yuan in a daze: "Is what they said true or false?"
Zhang Yuan angrily glared at Consort Yuanshu. This glare almost made Consort Yuanshu think that this eunuch was going to silence her. Following this, she heard Zhang Yuan say to Tianwu: "Consort Yun could have escaped Winter Moon Palace in a panic because of the fire. It seems like this is what the two young masters meant when they said she wasn't in the palace."
Tianwu suddenly realized: "Right, right, she wasn't in Winter Moon Palace. That doesn't matter. Who wouldn't run when there was a fire? Pian Pian isn't an idiot. Aiya, what are you guys standing around for? " Seeing that the fire in Winter Moon Palace was almost extinguished, the thick smoke was being suppressed by the palace servants with basin after basin of clear water, Tianwu directed the Imperial Guards who were standing around: "Quickly go to other places in the palace to search. After you find her, immediately bring Consort Yun back!"
The guards acknowledged and left. Zhang Yuan wiped his sweat, feeling so depressed that he couldn't do anything about it. Right now, he could only delay for as long as he could. If he couldn't delay any longer, he could only accept it. When the time came, he would just threaten with death. He didn't believe that Tianwu would watch him die in front of him and still want to leave the palace to find someone.
The guards searched the palace. Because it was Tianwu's orders, it went very smoothly. After two hours, everyone returned to the entrance of Winter Moon Palace. It was still the Imperial Guard's vice commander who was on duty tonight who reported to Tianwu: "Emperor, the entire palace has been searched. There is still no sign of Consort Yun."
"What?" Tianwu's body swayed. If it wasn't for Zhang Yuan and the Empress supporting him from behind, he would have fallen to the ground.
At this time, Consort Yuanshu's voice sounded again, "Could it be that concubine Jing's words ….. are correct? Consort Yun really escaped the palace? "
When these words came out, the rest of the imperial concubines who had wasted twenty years in the palace were instantly filled with anger. Because of Consort Yun's existence, they had been buried deep in the palace for the rest of their lives. In the past, there had been fights between the imperial concubines. Although it was very dangerous, there was always a sense of vitality and it always made people feel like they were still alive. But ever since Consort Yun appeared, there was no meaning in any palace fights because Emperor Tianwu treated everyone the same. Other than occasionally having a meal with the Empress, he hadn't taken a step into the inner palace for twenty years. The JingShiFang had become a decoration of nothingness. The palace people inside lived more comfortably than if they were retired, but no one cared about how the women who had been in their youth were going to live their lives. They watched as their faces grew older and their hair turned white. They had personally seen imperial concubines who couldn't hold back their loneliness and had an affair with the guards. Those who were discovered were beaten to death. Those who weren't discovered continued to live secretly. They had personally seen imperial concubines who couldn't hold back their suffering and had their hair turn white overnight. After a day, they went crazy.
All of this was given to them by Imperial Concubine Yun. All of this was given to them by that person in Winter Moon Palace.
Consort Yuanshu and concubine Jing's words allowed them to find an outlet that they hadn't been able to find for a long time. It was unknown who shouted first: "Consort Yun isn't in the palace? Then why have we been alone all these years? "
Questions came one after another — — "We are the Emperor's imperial concubines. We can accept it if we can't fight for favor, but why can't we see the Emperor? She isn't even in the palace, so why is she forcing us down the path of death? "
"Wa!" Finally, someone began to cry. She broke down and shouted: "I was only sixteen when I entered the palace. I had someone I liked, but the palace still chose me. I gave up on the person I liked and gave up on being filial to my parents. I didn't hope to climb to a high position. I just wanted the Emperor to treat me well. But the Emperor only favored me three times. I don't even have a child. Even now, I'm just a concubine. In the blink of an eye, I'm almost forty years old. These twenty years, who will give it back to me? Who will give it back to me? "
With her crying, more people began to cry. Gradually, people began to denounce Consort Yun — — "It's fine if she's in the palace, but she's not here. The Emperor needs to give us an explanation!"
"Right! We need an explanation! "
"Capture Consort Yun and send her to the Ministry of Justice's prison."
"A concubine who escapes from the palace should be hanged!"
Tianwu looked at the situation that was almost out of control. Hearing the heart-wrenching cries, the despair in his eyes deepened.
He didn't care about the cries of these women, but he cared too much about whether or not Consort Yun was in the palace. If she was here, it didn't matter at all. He could just wave his sleeve and lock up these women who were causing trouble. If they were willing, he could even let them out of the palace. But if Consort Yun wasn't here, what could he do?
The Empress frowned at the farce in front of her. She angrily shouted: "All of you, shut up! Are you dissatisfied with your position? Fine, this empress will give you a better home today! " She pointed at the concubine who had cried about entering the palace at sixteen and said: "Send her to the Cold Palace for this empress and never let her out!"
Someone immediately rushed forward and quickly pulled that concubine away. No matter how much she cried, it was useless.
The Empress looked at the other concubines and asked: "Is there anyone else who wants to accompany her?"
For a moment, everyone was silent. After the commotion, they quickly regained their senses. There were even a large number of people who began to feel fear for their own impulsiveness.
But in the end, there were some people who were unwilling to accept this result. They heard Consort Yuanshu ask: "What should we do now? Consort Yun is considered … … missing? "
Without waiting for the Empress to speak, at this time, they heard a heavenly voice from a small path in the distance, "Who is spreading rumors that this Imperial Consort I is not in the palace? Who is it that came to the conclusion that this I's Imperial Consort Mother is missing? "
At the same time, a palace servant loudly announced: "His Highness Prince Yu has arrived! Princess Ji 'an has arrived! "
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