There is Room For the Poor Daughter - Chapter 813

[Chapter 813, Jiang Jinghui died]

Lantern Festival, and the whole world celebrates it.

The whole capital city is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and drums and gongs are noisy. There are dragon dancers and lion dancers on the street, and there are all kinds of dramas. The streets were full of excitement, and the people were all smiling.

Compared with the jubilation and bustle of the folk markets, although the palace is also full of joy, it is much more restrained.

Most of the honorable officials who entered the palace to attend the banquet gathered together to talk and laugh, but their voices were not too loud.

Daohua and Xiao Yeyang first followed Prince Ping back to the palace to change clothes, and then entered the palace with everyone in the palace. When they arrived, the Hall of Supreme Harmony was almost full, only the emperor and a few nobles did not arrive.   The queen mother

looked up at Prince Ping, and asked with a smile: “Little Jiu, why did you come so late today?”

I just came back, so I was delayed for some time.”

Seeing that the emperor hadn’t come yet, the third prince took the opportunity to say: “I said why didn’t I see Ye Yang bring his daughter-in-law to accompany the emperor’s grandmother during the Chinese New Year, so he ran to accompany other people.”

The third prince and concubine took the words with a smile: “I heard that the master of the Yang brothers and sisters lives in the Four Seasons Villa. The younger brothers and sisters are really filial. It’s just that the younger brothers and sisters shouldn’t treat each other too much, and they should go to the palace to accompany the queen mother more.”

Hearing three When the princess mentioned Gu Jian, Daohua and Xiao Yeyang frowned at the same time.

Not wanting everyone to notice Gu Jian, neither of them said anything.

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

The little brat has grown up, and dares to use her as a cocoon!

The Empress Dowager did not show any joy or anger, but said calmly: “Perhaps in the eyes of Ye Yang and his wife, the Ai family is no more important than an outsider.”

“What outsider, who is the outsider?” The

emperor’s resonant voice sounded.

Seeing the bright yellow figure walking briskly, everyone in the hall stood up one after another.

The emperor sat down on the dragon chair with a smile, and glanced at the people in the hall.

The queen mother and the third prince and his wife agreed very tacitly and did not mention what happened just now.

The emperor glanced at them, but didn’t ask any further questions. He smiled and talked about other things with the ministers.

Banquets, watching plays, watching juggling, time slipped away bit by bit, and the sky gradually darkened.

As soon as it gets dark, it’s time for everyone’s favorite lantern viewing session.

There is a specially built lamp stand in the imperial garden, where the emperor and officials can also guess lantern riddles and win prizes like ordinary people.

Every year, officials from all over the country will present all kinds of special lighting decorations to the palace. Daohua looked at the exquisite and dazzling lighting decorations, and couldn’t help secretly praising the craftsmanship of the craftsmen.

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

Very heavy phosphorous powder smell! ! !

Daohua looked over looking for the pungent smell, and then saw a dozen or so eunuchs walking towards the central lampstand with two strings of unlit lanterns each.

“Xiao Yeyang!”

Daohua hurriedly tugged on Xiao Yeyang’s sleeve.

Xiao Yeyang saw that Daohua’s complexion was not right, so he quickly asked, “What’s wrong?”

Daohua quickly explained what he had discovered.

Xiao Yeyang also smelled a little pungent smell just now, but he didn’t pay much attention to it, because the smell was very similar to fireworks or firecrackers, but after hearing what Daohua said, his expression became serious.

“Don’t go near the lampstand, I’ll go and talk to Uncle Huang.”

She said, looking at Mei Lan Meiju, “Take care of your young lady.”

Mei Lan Meiju nodded solemnly.

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

The emperor was a few meters away from the position of the central lampstand, and Yang Chenghua, Wu Jingyi and other first-rank officials were on his side. When Xiao Yeyang passed by, everyone was talking lively.

Xiao Yeyang whispered to the emperor about the phosphorus powder.

After the emperor heard this, the smile on his face remained unchanged, he gave Xiao Yeyang a look of ignorance, and continued talking about lantern riddles with Yang Chenghua and others.

Not long after, it was unknown who started it, and suggested that the eldest prince, the second prince, the third prince, the fourth prince, and the fifth prince, who were serving as errands in the court, go to the lampstand to guess lantern riddles.

Paying attention to the booing crowd, the emperor smiled, but the absurdity did not reach his eyes: “There are only a few of them, there are too few people, Ye Yang will follow to guess, by the way, brothers Jing Hui and Jing Rong will also go Let’s make it more lively.”

Hearing that the emperor asked Jiang Jinghui and Jiang Jingrong to go up to the lampstand, the faces of the Empress Dowager, Cheng Engong, and Prince Jiang froze for a moment.

The queen mother wanted to refuse, but the emperor didn’t give her this chance, so he personally urged Jiang Jinghui brothers.

In this way, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the Jiang family brothers had no choice but to take the stage.

Being called by the emperor himself, Jiang Jingrong, who didn’t know anything, was full of joy, but Jiang Jinghui’s eyes flashed with anxiety and worry.

What grandfather and father were busy with during this period of time did not hide from him, but it was because he knew so much that he became more and more afraid.

Looking at the eldest prince and the others who were already walking towards the central lampstand, Jiang Jinghui gritted his teeth. His grandfather and father had already made a move, and he couldn’t lose the chain.

Thinking of this, he resolutely led 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, and just about to ask, Jiang Jinghui had already gone up to the lampstand to join the eldest prince.

Here, the fourth princess 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 exchange greetings with her.

When Daohua saw that Xiao Yeyang was also on the lampstand, she became nervous all of a sudden, and didn’t even notice the fourth concubine who came over.

“Sister and sister Yang!”

“Ah?”

Daohua turned to look at the fourth prince and concubine, and at this moment, an exclamation of ‘ah’ came from the lampstand.

Daohua and the fourth concubine looked up, and their expressions changed drastically.

“Boom~”

The central lampstand with two strings of lanterns hanging every one meter suddenly burst into flames, and then the fire seemed to ignite a fuse, and quickly spread towards the lampstands on both sides.

Many people on the lampstand were guessing lantern riddles, and most of them were holding lanterns in their hands. The moment the lampstand caught fire, the lanterns in their hands also ignited.

In an instant, the lampstand was in chaos.

“Escort!”

Yang Chenghua and others protected the emperor and retreated. At the same time, Wei Qi also appeared immediately with the guards.

The fire of the central lampstand was particularly rapid, but it was submerged within a short while.

Xiao Yeyang held the Fourth Prince with one hand and the Eldest Prince with the other, and rushed down the lampstand the moment the fire came out.

As for the third princes, they were rescued by the hidden guards arranged by the emperor in the dark early in the morning.

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

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

Alive, only alive has hope.

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

“Brother!”

Seeing Jiang Jinghui fall, Jiang Jingrong quickly bent over to help him, “Brother, get up!”

Jiang Jinghui’s face was full of despair, and the left leg hit by the stone could not move at the moment. No matter how much his younger brother helped him, he couldn’t stand up.

“Go!”

Seeing the flames spreading to his legs in the blink of an eye, Jiang Jinghui pushed Jiang Jingrong out with all his strength.

“Boom~”

The moment Jiang Jingrong was thrown off the stage, the temporary central lampstand collapsed because of the flames.

“Hui’er~” A

shrill voice sounded, and then stopped abruptly.

When Mrs. Jiang saw her son buried in the sea of flames, she passed out directly.

The queen mother also fainted.

Cheng Engong and Jiang Shizi also looked like they couldn’t accept it.

As for the first princes who were rescued, they looked terrified.

“Thank you!” The

fourth prince thanked Xiao Yeyang with his hands clasped together. If Xiao Yeyang hadn’t let him touch the lantern just now, even if he wouldn’t die at this moment, he might be burned to pieces like those rescued people. .

Xiao Yeyang shook his head to say no, seeing Daohua approaching, he hurriedly went up to meet her.

“Master, are you alright?” The

fourth prince and concubine came with Dao Hua, and immediately rushed to the fourth prince, anxiously checking whether he was injured.

Daohua nodded towards the fourth prince, and then looked at Xiao Yeyang carefully to make sure that he was not injured before she was relieved.

After that, everyone watched the fire anxiously, but Xiao Yeyang found that Daohua was looking to the side from time to time, and couldn’t help asking: “What are you looking at?”

Daohua raised her chin and nodded in the direction she was looking at just now : “It seems that someone hid there just now.”

Xiao Yeyang frowned, followed Daohua’s line of sight and looked over, knowing that she would not talk nonsense, so he took Defu to go over to investigate.

Seeing the traces of being trampled on the ground, Xiao Yeyang asked Defu to talk to Wei Qi. Before Wei Qi came over, he heard the emperor say that he could go back, and walked towards Daohua.

“The palace is too chaotic tonight, let’s go back first.”

Daohua nodded.

Daohua and Xiao Yeyang had just left the palace, and Xiao Yeyang was called back by the imperial guards.

In this way, 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 didn’t respond, got into the carriage directly, and then walked away.

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

“Young Madam, there should be someone hiding in that carriage just now.” Mei Lan said suddenly.

Daohua looked over, “Tibetan?”

Mei Lan nodded, “I just noticed that the wheels of that carriage bear a lot of weight.”

Daohua frowned, “Who can Luo Qiong hide?” Thinking Luo Qiong couldn’t help but notice something was wrong with Luo Qiong’s ecstatic look just now.

(end of this chapter)