Chapter 813, Jiang Jinghui's death

  The Lantern Festival, the whole world is celebrated.

  The whole capital is full of lights and colorful gongs and drums. Dragon and lion dancers on the street, a mix of various operas. The streets were full of people, and the people were all smiling.

  Compared with the joy and excitement of the folk market, the palace is also beaming, but it is more restrained.

  Most of the noble officials who entered the palace to participate in the banquet gathered together and talked and laughed, but their voices were not too loud.

   Daohua and Xiao Yeyang followed Prince Ping back to the palace to change their clothes, and then entered the palace with everyone in the palace. By then, the Hall of Supreme Harmony was almost full, and only the emperor and a few nobles hadn’t arrived.

  The queen mother looked up at Prince Ping and asked with a smile: "Xiao Jiu, why did you come so late today?"

Prince Ping smiled and replied: "After returning to his mother, the son-chen stayed at Yeyang Zhuangzi for a few days, and only came back today, so there was a delay."

Seeing that the emperor hadn’t come, the third prince took the opportunity to say, “I said, why didn’t I see Yeyang bring his wife to accompany the emperor’s grandmother during the Chinese New Year? It turned out that he ran to accompany someone else.”

  The three princes and concubines took over with a smile: “I heard that there is a master who lives in the Four Seasons Villa. The younger brothers and sisters are really filial. But the younger brothers and sisters should not be too favoritism. They should also go to the palace to accompany the queen mother."

Daohua and Xiao Yeyang frowned at the same time when they heard the three princes mention Gu Jian.

  Don't want everyone to notice Gu Jian, neither of them said anything.

  The queen mother glanced at the three princes and his wife, her eyes were a little cold.

  The little brat has grown up, so he dare to use her as a cocoon!

  There is no happiness or anger on the back of the lady, but a faint expression: "Perhaps in the eyes of Yeyang and his wife, Ai's family is more important than an outsider."

   "What outsider, who is an outsider?"

  The emperor’s loud voice sounded.

  Looking at the bright yellow figure walking steadily, the people in the hall stood up one after another.

  The emperor smiled and sat down on the dragon chair, and glanced at the people in the temple.

  The Queen Mother and the third princes and his wife were very tacitly aware and did not mention the matter again.

  The emperor glanced at them, did not ask, smiled and talked to the ministers about other things.

  Party, theater, juggling, time slips away bit by bit, the sky is getting darker.

  As soon as it gets dark, it’s everyone’s favorite light viewing session.

  There is a specially built lamp stand in the Royal Garden. Here, the emperor and officials can guess lantern riddles and win prizes like ordinary people.

  Every year, officials from all over the country will offer all kinds of special lighting to the palace. Daohua looks at the exquisite and dazzling lighting, and can't help but secretly praise the craftsmanship of the craftsmen.

   Suddenly, a pungent smell penetrated the tip of her nose, and the smile on Daohua’s face instantly solidified.

  Good smell of phosphorous powder! ! !

  Daohua looked at the pungent smell, and then saw a dozen eunuchs walking towards the central lampstand with two strings of unlit lanterns.

   "Xiao Yeyang!"

   Daohua hurriedly pulled Xiao Yeyang's sleeve.

   Xiao Yeyang saw that Daohua's complexion was wrong, and asked quickly: "What's the matter?"

   Daohua quickly explained her findings.

  Xiao Yeyang also smelled a little pungent just now, but he didn't care too much, because the smell was very similar to fireworks and firecrackers. After listening to Daohua, his complexion became serious.

  "Don't go near the lampstand, I'll talk to Uncle Emperor."

   said, looking at Mei Lan Mei Ju, "Take good care of Mrs. Young."

  Mei Lan Mei Ju nodded solemnly.

  Xiao Yeyang gave Daohua a look of'protect yourself', and then quickly walked towards the emperor.

  The emperor was a few meters away from the central lampstand, Yang Chenghua, Wu Jingyi, and other first-class officials were accompanied by him. When Xiao Yeyang passed by, everyone was talking lively.

  Xiao Yeyang whispered to the emperor about the phosphorous powder.

After listening to the emperor, the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he gave Xiao Yeyang an indifferent look, and continued to talk about lantern riddles with Yang Chenghua and others.

  It didn’t take long before I didn’t know who opened the head and offered to let the prince, the second prince, the third prince, the fourth prince, and the fifth prince go to the lampstand to guess the lantern riddles.

The people who valued the booing, the emperor smiled, but the ridiculousness did not reach the bottom of his eyes: "Just a few of them, there are too few people, Ye Yang will follow along and guess, yes, Jing Hui and Jing Rong brothers will also go. , There are a lot of people."

  When the emperor asked Jiang Jinghui and Jiang Jingrong to go to the lampstand, the faces of the queen mother, Cheng Engong and Jiang Shizi were frozen for a while.

  The queen mother wanted to refuse, but the emperor didn't give her this opportunity and personally came off and urged the Jiang Jinghui brothers.

  So, under the gaze of everyone, the Jiang brothers had to take the stage.

  Jiang Jingrong, who was named by the emperor himself and knew nothing, was very happy, but Jiang Jinghui had a trace of anxiety and worry in his eyes.

   During this period of time, his grandfather and father did not hide anything from him, but because he knew so much, he became more and more scared.

  Looking at the great prince who had already walked towards the central lampstand, Jiang Jinghui gritted his teeth, his grandfather and father had already started, and he couldn't drop the chain.

   Thinking of this, he resolutely took Jiang Jingrong to the lampstand.

   "Remember, don't touch any lanterns later."

   Jiang Jinghui whispered to his younger brother.

  Jiang Jingrong was full of doubts. Just about to ask, Jiang Jinghui had already got on the lampstand and met the eldest prince.

  Here, the four princes saw Daohua standing alone in the corner, thinking that her son's life was saved by her, so she got up and walked over to say something to her.

   Daohua saw Xiao Yeyang also on the lampstand, her heart became tense, and she didn't notice the four princes and concubines who came by.

   "Young brother and sister!"

"what?"

  In a blink of an eye, Daohua looked at the four princes and concubines. At this moment, an exclamation of ‘ah’ came from the lampstand.

  Ina Flower and the Fourth Prince and Concubine looked up, their complexions changed drastically.

  "Boom~"

  The light of the central lampstand with two strings of lanterns hung every one meter suddenly rose. After that, the fire seemed to ignite the fuse and spread quickly toward the lampstands on both sides.

  There were many people guessing lantern riddles on the lampstand. Most of them were carrying lanterns in their hands. When the lampstand caught fire, the lanterns in their hands also ignited.

  In an instant, the lampstand was messed up.

   "Guardian!"

  Yang Chenghua and others guarded the emperor to retreat, and at the same time, Wei Qi and the imperial guard also appeared for the first time.

  The fire in the central lampstand was particularly violent, but the lampstand was submerged in a moment.

  Xiao Yeyang held the four princes with one hand and the big prince with the other, and rushed down the lampstand at the moment the flames emerged.

  As for the three princes, they were rescued by the dark guards who had been arranged by the emperor early in the morning.

  In the flames, looking at the princes who were rescued in the blink of an eye, Jiang Jinghui instantly understood that what his grandfather had planned was already known to the emperor.

  Although the cold air hit his forehead, Jiang Jinghui hurriedly pulled Jiang Jingrong out of the lampstand.

  Being alive, only by being alive can there be hope.

  However, at this moment, an unremarkable stone hit Jiang Jinghui’s left leg. With a ‘bang’, Jiang Jinghui fell on the lampstand.

   "Big Brother!"

  Jiang Jingrong saw Jiang Jinghui fall and quickly bent over to help him, "Big brother, get up!"

  Jiang Jinghui was desperate, his left leg hit by the stone couldn't move at all at the moment, no matter how he supported him, he couldn't stand up.

"go!"

   Seeing that the fire light spread to his legs in the blink of an eye, Jiang Jinghui used all his strength to push Jiang Jingrong out.

   "Boom~"

  At the moment Jiang Jingrong was thrown off the stage, the temporary central lampstand collapsed due to the large flames.

   "Hui Er~"

   A shrill voice sounded, and then stopped abruptly.

  Mrs. Jiang fainted directly when she saw her son buried in the flames.

  The queen mother passed out.

Cheng En Gong and Jiang Shizi also looked unacceptable.

  And the few eldest princes who were rescued were all scared.

   "Thank you!"

  The four princes clasped their fists and thanked Xiao Yeyang. If Xiao Yeyang hadn’t let him touch the lantern, at this moment, he would not die, and he was afraid that the people who had been rescued would be burned and cracked by the flames.

  Xiao Yeyang shook his head and said that he did not need to. Seeing Daohua coming, he hurriedly greeted him.

   "Master, are you okay?"

  The four princes came with Daohua, and immediately rushed to the fourth prince, anxiously to check if he was injured.

   Daohua nodded towards the fourth prince, then looked at Xiao Yeyang carefully and confirmed that he was not hurt, and then relieved.

After   , everyone looked at the fire anxiously, but Xiao Yeyang found Daohua looking aside from time to time, and couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking at?"

  Inahana raised her chin and nodded in the direction she just looked at: "It seems like there was someone hiding over there."

  Xiao Yeyang frowned, followed Daohua’s gaze, and knew that she would not talk nonsense, so he took Defu and went to investigate.

  Looking at the signs of being trampled on the ground, Xiao Yeyang asked Defu to talk to Wei Qi. Before Wei Qi came, he heard the emperor said that he could go back, and walked towards Daohua.

   "The palace is too messy tonight, let's go back first."

  Inaba nodded.

Daohua and Xiao Yeyang had just left the palace gate, and Xiao Yeyang was called back by the Imperial Guard.

  So, Daohua had to stand in front of the carriage and wait for him.

  While waiting, Daohua saw Luo Qiong hurried out of the palace gate.

   "Sister-in-law!"

   Daohua greeted, but unfortunately, Luo Qiong did not respond, got into the carriage, and then drove away.

  Watching this scene, Daohua was stunned, Luo Qiong didn't wait for Xiao Yechen and Princess Ma, but she didn't even see such a big living person standing here!

   "Madam, there should be someone hiding in the carriage just now." Mei Lan said suddenly.

   Daohua looked over: "Tibetan?"

  Meilan nodded: "The slave-maid just noticed that the wheels of the carriage are carrying a lot of weight."

   Daohua's brows curled up: "Who can Luo Qiong hide?" Thinking of Luo Qiong's defiance just now, he could not help but notice something wrong.

  (End of this chapter)