There was a fire in the palace, and the fire spread to the palace where the princess was located. Because they were not discovered in time, when the fire was extinguished, everyone could only lift two charred corpses out of the ashes.
One is that of a princess, and the gold ring worn by the princess is still on the finger bone; the other one cannot be distinguished, so she can only be treated as an ordinary palace maid.
When the emperor rushed to the scene of the incident, he could only see the ruins of the place and the two bodies covered by white cloth in the open space.
"This..." The emperor's face turned pale, and a strong dizziness suddenly hit his mind, causing his body to shake twice involuntarily.
"Your Majesty!" The confidant eunuch quickly came up to support him, and at the same time secretly waved to others to bring a stool over, and carefully asked for instructions, "Your Majesty, would you please sit down first? The dragon body is important!"
The emperor waved his hand and refused silently. Looking at the devastation, his brows were completely knitted together. He pursed his lips and thought for a long time, and finally walked up to the maids serving Huangfu Jie.
The palace servants who usually followed Huangfu Jie, acting like a fox or a tiger, now lowered their heads and trembled, fearing that Emperor Long Yan would be furious and take their own lives.
"I ask you, how did this fire happen?" The emperor spoke majestically, with a frightening cold light in his eyes, "But who has set the fire?"
"Slave... I don't know." The palace maid in charge replied tremblingly, looking up at the emperor, with tears vaguely frightened in her eyes, "The princess was in the room earlier and ordered the slaves and others not to come near, so...
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"So you walked so far away that you couldn't even feel the fire, and allowed the princess to be burned to death?" The emperor roared angrily, scaring the palace attendants below and started crying.
"The emperor is unjust!" The palace maid kept kowtowing, "I followed the princess's wishes and did not expect such a natural disaster to happen... Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life!"
"Shut up!" The emperor interrupted her in disgust, causing the crying to stop abruptly. He frowned and looked around for a while, watching the older eunuch walking around the ashes, waiting to see if he could analyze something.
Come on.
"Your Majesty!" After a long time, the eunuch withdrew, saluted respectfully, and then lowered his voice and reported in the emperor's ear - this fire was not a natural disaster! Someone poured oil around the princess's room and then deliberately lit it!
The princess was burned to death just because she was in the room before she could run out in time!
"The murderer..." The emperor frowned, looked in the direction of the body, and vaguely guessed something - Huangfu Jie was not a child, so how could she not escape if she knew there was a fire? The only explanation is that someone locked the door deliberately, or someone
Deliberately dragging her to prevent her from running away!
According to the confession of the palace maid just now, Huangfu Jie ordered everyone to leave. There should be no one else in her room! But there was one more corpse. It seemed...
"Come here!" Thinking of this, the emperor shouted angrily, pointed at the corpse covered with white cloth, and ordered sternly, "Give me three thousand whips for that nameless corpse, and then abandon it in the wilderness!"
"Ah?" The eunuch was stunned and did not react.
"That one must be one of the murderers!" the emperor said confidently, and then pointed to the guard beside him and said, "Go and continue the investigation to find out who this body is? Find out whether this person has any accomplices, and I will arrest them all.
stand up!"
"Yes!" The guard took the order and did not dare to neglect for a moment. He quickly retreated and started to investigate.
"Your Majesty..." Seeing the Emperor holding his forehead with a painful look on his face, the eunuch hesitated and called out in a low voice, "I will help you down to rest. I only need your instructions for things here..."
"Just do whatever you have to do!" The emperor confessed calmly. He took one last look at the body covered with white cloth, and then walked away directly, feeling manic in his heart.
What worries him is not Huangfu Jie's death, but the trouble her death may cause!
In the imperial family, boys have always been favored over girls. Although Huangfu Jie would sometimes be well-behaved and sensible and try to make him happy, a daughter could not be compared with the rest of the world.
It doesn't matter if my daughter died, the key is that she died at the wrong time - she ran back from the general's house in disheveled clothes last night and has become a joke in the market! She was burned to death in the palace today, I'm afraid outsiders know, and she doesn't know
I know what it will be like...
To put it lightly, it may be said that Huangfu Jie valued her reputation and committed suicide; to put it seriously, it may be that after Yu Wenmo despised Huangfu Jie, he became angry because Huangfu Jie escaped and simply killed her!
As a result, the relationship between Yu Wenmo and the royal family... will become tense!
Yu Wenmo is the most powerful general in his Huangfu dynasty, and he is also the successor to the throne that he has secretly determined in his heart. It would be bad if there is some conflict at this time and the weapons are turned against each other!
"Go..." Halfway through, the emperor suddenly stopped and raised his hand to order the eunuch beside him, "Go and call Yu Wenmo for me!"
"Yes." The eunuch responded. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he was stopped by the emperor.
"No!" the emperor said, with a look of embarrassment on his face. He hesitated for a while, and finally murmured, "It's better not to go. Let me be quiet first..."
He didn't know where to start talking to Yu Wenmo about what happened last night, and now coupled with what happened today... If Yu Wenmo thought that he was asking for trouble, he would lose more than he gained.
He had to find a way to prevent the relationship between them from becoming stiff...
He also needs to think carefully about how to deal with it so that he can stop everyone in the world from talking about it.
"Go out, I'll be alone for a while." When he reached the door of the study, the emperor sighed softly, ordered the eunuch beside him, and then walked in alone.
The eunuch was guarding the door peacefully. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly heard a sigh and exclamation from the distance. He raised his eyes and was stunned for a moment - it was Su Tong! She was wearing a dirty dress.
Her clothes were stained with blood, and the most horrifying thing was: her hands were stained with wet blood!
"Princess...Princess!" Seeing Su Tong walking over and about to rush into the study, the eunuch came to his senses and quickly stopped her.
"Get out of the way!" Su Tong shouted, raised his hand and slapped him, and saw the eunuch slapped to the side...