The sky-high flames raged in the night, and the terrifying orange-red halo spread from somewhere in the east of the city. For a while, the sound of houses collapsing continued, and the people screamed for help.
East Street, which was originally bustling, instantly turned into a hell on earth.
At the same time, the already bad atmosphere in the Tai Chi Hall was completely frozen amidst the explosions.
"What's going on?"
"What happened to East Street? Why did it suddenly burst into flames?"
"It's Chinese New Year. Could it be that the cannon house exploded?"
"The gun cell in the east of the city, isn't that..."
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Amidst the divergent opinions, Feng Yehan and others rushed out of the hall immediately, looking towards the outside of the palace with serious eyes...
The fire was raging and people were shouting. Even standing in the palace, they could still feel the horror of the scene.
Today is New Year's Eve. The streets and alleys are decorated with lanterns, dragons and lions, and East Street is famous in the capital for its houses, brothels, theaters, and workshops...
The consequences of this explosion were simply unimaginable to them.
While most people were astonished by this, Feng Qi, who was calm and content a second ago, turned as ugly as the bottom of a rusty pot.
Unlike others who immediately looked at the scene of the fire, the first person he looked at was his uncle, now the Minister of Civil Affairs, Xie Feng.
Many people in the court knew that the artillery building in the east of the city was the property of their Xie family. As the New Year was approaching, they had stored a lot of hard currency for the year.
But storage is one thing, and explosion is another. Although he wanted to comfort himself by saying that this was not his home, the direction forced him to face the problem.
On the other side, facing his nephew's questioning eyes, Xie Feng was sweating profusely.
In the middle of winter, the sweat is naturally cold.
He, he doesn't know what is going on. The Xie family has been making artillery for many years, and whether it is the fireworks in the palace or the firecrackers of the common people, there has never been such a problem...
However, it was too late to say anything now. There was nothing they could do except pray.
Because the Empress Dowager Hua, who held the real power, had immediately sent an order to her nephew Hua Yao, asking him to lead the imperial army to the scene immediately.
It was at this juncture that the scouts from the patrol camp came to report the news.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, it's not good, the artillery warehouse on East Street has exploded! Our commander has already gone to see it, but there are too many people rushing out, and the smoke is billowing in the fire place, and our people can't squeeze in for the time being.
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"The gun room? The Xie family's gun room?"
There was no need for the person in charge to speak, as a nobleman beside him was already asking anxiously.
East Main Street is mostly covered with tiled houses, so it is also the gathering place for the properties of many aristocratic families. Now that the street is bombed, can't their affected properties ask for compensation?
It was good that no one took the lead just now, but now that someone has spoken first, the voice of attacking the Xie family has begun.
"Master Xie, what do you say?"
Surrounded by everyone, Queen Mother Hua asked a question in a bad tone on behalf of everyone.
Seeing this, Feng Qi took the initiative to stand up even though he had a headache because of his uncle's inability to do things well.
"Don't worry, Queen Mother. If this cannon house really belongs to the Xie family, I and the Xie family will not ignore it. But the top priority is not to hold people accountable, but to rescue and extinguish the fire."
Their artillery house is a good one, but they didn’t blow it up sooner or later, but they did it today. Isn’t this too strange?
Rather than being stopped by Queen Mother Hua and others here, he wanted to go to the scene to see the situation and see whether this was because he was having a bad time, or if someone was deliberately trying to mistreat them.
"With King Qi's words, the Ai family is relieved. But if such a big thing happened on New Year's Eve, we have to recommend someone to take charge, right? Otherwise, wouldn't we be sorry for the frank and honest King Qi and
Thank you?"
As soon as Empress Dowager Hua said this, all the dignitaries immediately started talking.
Now that the Xie family is behind bars, King Qi's family must avoid suspicion. However, the Hua family and King Qi's line have never dealt with each other, and King Qi and others will definitely not let the Hua family take charge.
After all, Hua Yao, the governor of the Forbidden Army, is already a member of the Hua family. If there is another Hua family leader, will the Xie family survive?
Putting aside these two major forces, other neutral officials all shrank their heads.
They didn't want to offend the Xie family, let alone be pressured by Queen Mother Hua, so they all turned their attention to the eldest princess, General Yan, and the Night King Feng Yehan who had been silent.
From the moment it happened until now, almost everything was within Xiao Xiruo's expectation.
As in the original plot, Mr. Yan quickly refused to take charge of the matter. The reason was that he could only lead troops and could not handle disaster relief and reconstruction, and he could not understand the complicated circumstances of the case.
Of course, the most important point is that their Yan family is related by marriage to King Qi, and he wants to avoid suspicion.
And Queen Mother Hua was afraid that he would not avoid suspicion.
That's good, the Queen Mother agreed as soon as he started talking.
Immediately afterwards, Princess Ruyang and Marquis Anding also expressed that they did not want to participate in this matter. Should they leave it to the Night King or the neutral Lin family of Ningguo Marquis' Mansion?
After hearing this, Marquis Lin wanted to beat someone up, but he immediately said that he and his son were not very talented and learned, and it was His Highness the Night King who was worthy of the big job.
In this way, the ball stopped steadily in front of the male protagonist just like the plot Xiao Xiruo had watched.
But just when Xiao Xiruo thought that Feng Yehan would take it naturally and leave the palace to clean up the mess, Feng Qi on the side spoke.
"You can't help the fifth brother make decisions just because he doesn't like to talk, right? In fact, I have a better candidate than the fifth brother."
"Oh? Who does King Qi want to be in charge?"
Feng Hua, who was beside Queen Mother Hua, raised his eyebrows. In fact, they really wanted Feng Yehan to come.
After all, Feng Yehan is notoriously difficult to deal with. Not only does he act vigorously and resolutely, but he is also a tough guy who doesn't want to buy other people's face.
If the Xie family fell into his hands, they would die or lose their skin.
Not only Feng Hua knows this, but Feng Qi himself also knows this.
So everyone saw his smiling eyes sweeping around the field, and finally landed unexpectedly on Feng Wuyan, who was behind everyone and was not in the best condition at all.
Xiao Xiruo's mouth twitched. She felt that Feng Qi must have wanted to tease Empress Dowager Hua and others, so she looked in Feng Wuyan's direction.
Then……
"I feel that as the king of a country, the emperor should be the most fair and just person in the court. Since everyone is blaming each other, let the emperor uphold justice."
Suddenly being called upon, Feng Wuyan, who was already ready to watch the show and be able to light up the fire again if necessary: "?"
Xiao Xiruo, who silently went through the plot in his mind, felt that this was so outrageous: "?"
Fair and just?
Deliver justice?
Looking at Feng Qi, who thought he was extremely smart, Xiao Xiruo really wanted to remind him that this was a stupid move and a bad move, and that the villain was not who you thought he was at all!