The fire in the palace was gradually brought under control in the early morning, but it was not completely extinguished immediately.
Fortunately, the important palace rooms were not affected. In addition, the Empress Dowager, Empress, and concubines evacuated in time. Except for some palace servants who were slightly burned, there were no casualties.
However, the fire had spread to his own home. Li Qitian was worried for the whole night, and his depression finally turned into anger.
Sitting in Yangxin Hall, Li Qitian's eyes were blue and he looked tired. He scolded harshly, "A bunch of trash! What use do I have for you! "
The palace guards and officials who hurried over knelt on the ground. Everyone was covered in dirt. They could only put their foreheads on the ground and beg for forgiveness.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. We are guilty!"
"Of course you are guilty! This is such a big palace. How many guards do I have? The New Year is coming, but you let this happen at the beginning of the year! Aren't you afraid that there will be foolish people outside who will say I am wrong? Fortunately, the Empress Dowager and Empress were not hurt. If they were hurt, how will you compensate? Even if I cut off your heads, you won't be able to compensate! "
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Everyone kowtowed again.
At this time, the news of the incident in the prison of the Ministry of Justice came back.
Li Qitian immediately widened his eyes.
"Impossible!" Suddenly standing up, Li Qitian still had a look of disbelief, "Why would Anyang go to the prison of the Ministry of Justice? Why would she go to the prison of the Ministry of Justice instead of staying in the Princess Mansion? "
"Replying to Your Majesty, this is true." The eunuch who replied was so frightened by the Emperor's anger that he trembled and his voice trembled, "Princess Royal of Anyang went out with her nanny. She didn't go back last night. The steward of the Princess Royal Mansion didn't dare to say anything and hurriedly ordered people to look for her. However, they didn't find her here, but the prison of the Ministry of Justice was found. The other prisoners were all fine. Only the prison of Prince Zhongshun's concubine was intercepted. Four jailers were killed. Including the Princess Royal and her nanny, six people died …"
Li Qitian stood in place and didn't say anything for a long time.
Li Helan is dead?
The sister that he used to dote on, but later annoyed, was dead?
Moreover, he had died in prison, his heart pierced by a knife!
How could his sister, Li Qitian, encounter such a thing? He was the Son of Heaven. He was already the most respected person in Da Zhou. Why couldn't he protect his sister?
Even if this little sister of his had become annoying and the things she did made him feel embarrassed, she was still his biological little sister. Without his order, who would dare to kill her?
"Bastard! Revolt, revolt! " With a flick of his sleeve, Li Qitian pushed the table full of brushes, ink, cups, and plates to the ground. The sound of broken porcelain made everyone tremble. The eunuchs were so scared that they knelt down and kowtowed one after another, not caring that the broken porcelain would cut into their flesh.
Li Qitian furiously kicked over the white porcelain vase on the three-legged high table, panting angrily like a mad lion.
"Who dares to say that Pang Xiao doesn't have any rebellious intentions? He sent people to break the prison and kidnapped An Yang from the Eldest Princess' palace. He even tried to assassinate this one's only sister. What kind of intentions he has are already clear! "
"Your Majesty, please calm your anger." The officials kowtowed again.
Everyone present had some doubts in their hearts.
Why did the Eldest Princess of Anyang go to the Ministry of Justice's prison? Was she so important that she would be assassinated?
Moreover, they had all seen the humiliation that Prince Zhongshun's consort had suffered these days. Everyone couldn't bear it. Prince Zhongshun was outside fighting against the Tatan, but the emperor was here abusing Wang Ye's wife. This wasn't anything glorious to begin with.
Now that the princess had been saved, this should have been expected, right?
If it was said that the Eldest Princess of Anyang was killed because of the prison break, they would believe it. However, if it was said that Prince Zhongshun's people deliberately kidnapped the Eldest Princess and sent her to prison, then killed her in front of the princess to save the princess, this was not acceptable.
However, the emperor's words just now had this meaning … …
Therefore, he had made up his mind to break with Wang Ye. He even planned to push the blame of the Eldest Princess of Anyang's death onto Wang Ye.
No one present was stupid and no one dared to question him. However, everyone understood that Your Majesty didn't allow Wang Ye to enter the city when he led the troops to save the emperor. Then he changed the commander after driving out the Tatan, and then he kidnapped Wang Ye's family and humiliated them. All of this came from one reason — — fear.
Throwing away the bow after the birds and cooking the hounds after the hares. This was nothing new.
In his anger, Li Qitian stripped the officials of their positions. The news of the Eldest Princess of Anyang being assassinated spread through the court.
The Empress Dowager fainted on the spot from crying. She grabbed Li Qitian's hand and said, "Take revenge for Lan 'er, you must take revenge for Lan' er! Have the emperor's son-in-law kill that evil creature Pang Zhixi! "
Li Qi Tian originally had an impatient expression, but his expression suddenly changed.
That's right. Even if Ji Zeyu didn't like Anyang very much, she was still his wife. His wife was killed by Pang Xiao's people. Would Ji Zeyu, with his fiery temper, let go of Pang Xiao? He wanted to make Pang Xiao betray him!
Li Qitian immediately ordered people to spread the news to the border. At the same time, he announced to the world that Prince Zhongshun had been impeached for "ten major crimes", as well as the crime of disobeying the imperial edict. This time, not only did he break into the prison, but he also assassinated the Eldest Princess.
At the same time, the people in the capital were doomed to have a bad New Year. This was because Li Qitian had arranged for people to search for the whereabouts of Prince Zhongshun's concubine in the capital.
At this time, Qin Yining had just taken a dose of medicine and was leaning against the pillow in a daze. Her clothes were half taken off and she let Ji Yun put a warm handkerchief under the blanket to wipe her body. She was listening to Bing Tang talk about the situation outside.
"So, Tian Jizi's actions completely broke the window paper between Wang Ye and the Present Emperor." Qin Yining sighed, "Actually, the Eldest Princess didn't have to die at that time."
"She deserved to die!" Bing Tang snorted coldly, "That woman was too vicious. Not only did she repeatedly covet Wang Ye, but she also slandered you and thought of ways to torture you. This kind of person deserved to die!"
Qin Yining shook her head. Her pale and thin face was dyed with an abnormal flush. She said weakly and hoarsely, "No matter if she deserved to die or not, killing her now will only lead to an earlier break between the Emperor and Wang Ye. It might even give the Emperor a way to convict Wang Ye. Tian Jizi really can't wait for Wang Ye and the Emperor to have a showdown. "
Now that the capital was under martial law and people were searching for her, this "fugitive," Qin Yining couldn't help but think that if Tian Jizi didn't kill Li Helan and only knocked her out, perhaps the situation wouldn't be as tense as it was now?
But it didn't make a difference. Li Helan was just a bargaining chip. Even if she didn't die, Li Qitian still wouldn't let go of the crime of jailbreaking.
In this era, didn't the Emperor have to do whatever he said? If the Emperor said that there was something wrong, who would dare to say no?
"Alright, wangfei, don't think too much. Right now, no matter what Tian Jizi thinks, you just need to take care of your body. This time, we were all caught together. We were all fine, but you were the only one covered in injuries. "
Bing Tang's voice was choked with sobs as she spoke.
Qin Yining had never been hurt, suffered, and humiliated for so many years. She had tasted all the pain, suffering, and humiliation she had never suffered before. They were locked up in prison all day and couldn't stand the cold. But wangfei was placed in a prison carriage that couldn't even stand or squat. She was paraded through the streets in the heavy snow. She was a woman from a prestigious family, but she had to be pointed at by a group of people.
If she was a narrow-minded person, she might have already been humiliated …
"I'll just take care of myself." Qin Yining saw that the two maidservants were about to cry again and hurriedly comforted them softly, "Aren't I also fine? It's just some superficial wounds."
"You're still saying that you're fine? The whip wounds on your body will probably leave scars! There's also the frostbite on your hands and feet. If you don't treat it well, you'll get sick every year. Wangfei, you're of noble birth and have never suffered like this! Sometimes, this servant really wishes that you didn't marry Wang Ye back then! If you married an ordinary peddler, with your wisdom, you could have lived a prosperous life as a rich family's madam. But now … "Bing Tang's heart ached as she wiped her face with her sleeve, but her tears didn't listen to her and fell.
Although Ji Yun was given to Qin Yining by Pang Xiao, she had followed Qin Yining for so many years and was loyal to him. At this time, when she thought about Bing Tang's words, she felt that it was reasonable and nodded repeatedly, "Wangfei is such a good woman. You can live a good life if you marry anyone. Why do you have to be so miserable?"
Qin Yining couldn't help but laugh when he saw the two maidservants' appearance. Although he was weak, he still had a hint of a smile, "You two, if Wang Ye hears what you said, he will be very sad."
Ji Yun immediately thought of Jinghu Wei, who was standing outside the door, arranged by Wang Ye.
But she still didn't care, "Even if Wang Ye is in front of me, I still dare to say this. Marrying His Highness, although he is devoted to you, he has also brought you so much suffering and trouble. Perhaps devotion is really precious. But with your talent and appearance, no matter who you marry, he will be so good to you, right? Sometimes I think that Wang Ye is just too selfish … "
"Alright." Qin Yining patted the back of Ji Yun's hand, "How can there be so many ifs in the world? Relationships are not a transaction, and it's not like you have to get the same amount of return after giving something. If I give something in hopes of getting something in return, then wouldn't it be a transaction? "
Ji Yun and Bing Tang both sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Qin Yining from left and right.
Qin Yining took a deep breath and said slowly, "Moreover, I also know that the life I have now is because of his hard work. Perhaps other peddlers can give me more stability, but when you get something, don't you have to look at how much effort the person who gave it to you has put in to exchange for it? With Wang Ye's status, a stable life is easy for ordinary people to get, but to Wang Ye, he has to do his best to give it to me. I know that he has already worked very hard. "
When Bing Tang and Ji Yun heard this, they were momentarily moved.
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