"Are you on fire?"

Empress Dowager Li asked in surprise, thinking that Lingzang Guanyin Temple is so large, and there are so many people coming from the palace today, which is indeed easy to cause chaos.

"Mom, yes."

Zhu Yili replied, and when he heard the noisy shouts outside, he was sure that it was on fire.

But after listening carefully, he felt a little scared.

Because it seemed that someone was screaming: "It's Prince Lu's room that caught fire.

“Hurry and hurry.”

"Hey, where is Prince Lu?"

“…”

It seemed that something was right for Empress Dowager Li. She looked at Zhu Yiliu and was about to ask, but the head of the guard team asked hurriedly: "Empress Dowager, is Prince Lu with you?"

"Yes." Empress Dowager Li replied quickly.

"Then I will feel relieved."

"What's going on outside?" Empress Dowager Li asked anxiously.

"Qi Bibi, the room where Prince Lu was arranged to stay in for some reason suddenly caught fire."

Damn it, it turns out!

Zhu Yili felt cold in his heart, thinking, could anyone want to attack him? It’s far away from the Forbidden City, and there are many people. If... he dare not think about it.

"How is the fire?" Empress Dowager Li asked again.

"We have too many people, so it's definitely not enough to burn it, but the room can no longer be occupied..."

"Oh." Empress Li then ordered, "If the abbot needs any needs, please cooperate."

"I understand." said the guard team, "The Empress Dowager and Prince Lu are in peace, and I will leave first."

"Go." Empress Dowager Li responded.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Ju said anxiously outside again: "I'm scared, I deserve to die!"

"Is Empress Dowager Chen okay?" asked Empress Dowager Li.

"Greeting back to the queen, Eunuch Zhang went over and saw it. It should be fine, otherwise it would be even more chaotic now."

The two empress dowagers were arranged on one east and the other west by the masters of Lingzang Guanyin Temple, while Zhu Yili's room was arranged on the north side.

"Okay, why did it suddenly catch fire?"

"Report to the Empress, the fire has just been put out, but I don't know the reason for the fire. I believe there will be a result soon. The Empress can rest with peace of mind. I have already ordered that we should protect the safety of the two Empresses tonight, and we must not fail."

"There is also King Lu." Empress Dowager Li specially added.

"I understand."

"Hey! Why is this happening?" Empress Dowager Li sighed deeply, and seemed a little dazed.

"Mom, I want to go out and have a look." Zhu Yiliu suddenly stood up and asked for instructions.

"No." Empress Dowager Li refused without hesitation, "Now that it's so messy outside, just stay by my mother's side and sit down."

There was no choice but to sit back.

But his mind was spinning rapidly, and he always felt that this time the fire was not accidental, but someone deliberately did it.

It's just that this method... seems to be in a bad mood.

Moreover, if it was really done by someone on his own, he should have thought that he would be most likely not in his room but in the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces!

Setting fire... This method is really not a good match. Even if he is in the room and has so many guards guarding him, it will not take his life.

Then what's going on?

Could it be that it was really accidental?

It’s not that coincidental, right? After thinking about it, Zhu Yili still felt unbelievable.

So he really wanted to go out and have a look.

Unfortunately, Empress Dowager Li looked at her and refused to let her go, and she was still struggling with the question just now, and asked seriously: "Liang'er, you said that your emperor brother has another purpose to invite the monk to Beijing. What is the purpose?"

"The boy dare not say it."

"What are you afraid to say in front of your mother? You dare to replace it, and do you dare not?"

Empress Dowager Li was also inspiring her with some encouragement.

Since that's the case, Zhu Yiliu simply said boldly: "Mom, I'm afraid that the emperor's brother will kill me."

"No, how could your prince kill you?" Empress Dowager Li said in a reprimanding tone, "If there is no evidence, don't talk nonsense, this will hurt the feelings between brothers."

"You guy said it straight. This time I asked to follow my mother and mother to go to Qiangxian because I was afraid of the emperor's brother."

"Liang'er is thinking too much!" Of course, Empress Dowager Li could understand what Zhu Yiliu meant: the purpose of asking for a monk to come to Beijing this time was to help her, who was a mother, and then she would attack Zhu Yiliu.

But is this true? Empress Dowager Li is unwilling to believe it anyway.

"Oh!" Empress Dowager Li suddenly felt surprised as if she had remembered something, "Maybe the fire in Liu'er's room tonight was because..."

Although he didn't continue halfway through his words, Zhu Yili understood in a second. So he nodded with a serious expression, but he just didn't say anything.

"No, no, this won't..." Empress Dowager Li was worried and repeated the same words.

Zhu Yili didn't say much, although his thoughts were flying, as Empress Dowager Li said, everything was still stuck in speculation and there was no evidence.

...

Early the next morning, Chen Ju and Zhang Dashou brought the abbot to apologize.

Empress Dowager Li was indeed disturbed last night and did not rest well, but not because of the fire, but because of what his younger son Zhu Yili said: he suspected that it was done by his eldest son Emperor Wanli.

In my heart, after learning that Zhu Yili wanted to "replace it", she tried her best to avoid the possibility that her two sons would meet together when she was not around.

This time Zhu Yiliu wanted to follow, and she agreed without hesitation mainly because of this consideration.

Although she was not as suspicious as Zhu Yiliu, she was still vigilant at all times.

I couldn't wait to ask, "What happened to the fire last night?"

"Qi Bing Rensheng, Empress Dowager Cisheng, according to investigation and verification, it was caused by a damn cat jumping into the room where Prince Lu was arranged to stay and knocked over the lights. It was a complete accident."

When Empress Li heard this, she couldn't help but look at Zhu Yiliu, as if she was saying, Look, it's not as complicated as you imagined? This is an accident, and it was not something that someone deliberately did.

Zhu Yili avoided the past. He still firmly believed in his judgment, so he was embarrassed to look at Empress Dowager Li's eyes, rather than embarrassing.

With a little apology, Empress Dowager Li said slowly: "Although the one who caused the trouble was a damn cat, this would not have happened if we had not mobilized many people. Master Abbot, did you not burn down any valuable things in the temple?"

"No, no..." the abbot shook his head repeatedly.

"To express our apology, I decided to give you another 2,000 taels of silver as incense."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager Cisheng! Thank you, Empress Dowager Rensheng!" The abbot bent his knee and thanked him.

"Let's start to burn incense." Empress Dowager Li raised her hand and ordered Chen Ju and Zhang Dashou, after all, time was tight.

In this way, under the guidance of the abbot, the two empress dowagers began to burn incense and worship Buddha. The Buddha music was played on the side of the palace. When the bell was beaten, the piano and zither were played together, the five tones were harmonious, and the music was played like an ethereal and out of the acupoint, like a fairy music, without losing the royal style and elegance.

Just this, the abbot did put his heart into it.

...
Chapter completed!