concubine on top

Chapter 75 The Unquenchable Fire

Shen Yanchuan spent 12 points of effort "Cheng Huan" to make the little emperor comfortable. The two of them ordered two basins of hot water. After cleaning their bodies indoors, they hugged each other on the bed in the side hall. Fell asleep in joy.

However, an hour later, they woke up amidst the chaos.

"The emperor...the emperor...the noble concubine..."

Human voices, footsteps, and the sound pierced through the ears, followed by the lighting of lamps.

Shen Yanchuan was already alert, and when the light came on, he had put on his clothes and sat up first, and asked Xiao Fuzi who was standing by the bed: "What's going on?"

The yelling from outside the window immediately answered his question - "It's gone! Go to Qiuluyuan to help! Hurry up!"

Immediately afterwards, Xiaofuzi said in disbelief: "For some reason, the Qiulu Garden suddenly caught fire. The fire was so intense that it was difficult to put it out. Concubine Tong was trapped inside and has not been rescued yet... I am afraid it has already... already……"

Having said that, the meaning is very clear.

The little emperor also squinted his eyes and sat up. Tears welled up in his eyes from the pain of the light: "Aren't there guards around Qiuluyuan? The fire should be extinguished as soon as the fire is discovered. How could no one be rescued?"

Xiao Fuzi also came here just now after being informed by someone, and he didn't know the current situation of the harem, so he hesitated and couldn't answer at the moment.

Seeing this, the little emperor tore up his clothes and got up: "Go and have a look."

"Hey..." Xiao Fuzi saw that he was stumbling out of bed, and quickly supported him with Shen Yanchuan, "Your Majesty, it's dangerous there! You'd better wait until the fire is less intense before going!"

Hearing this, the little emperor hesitated and sat back on the edge of the bed.He closed his eyes, feeling the soreness emanating from his eyelids, and said with concern: "How big is the fire? How far has it spread? Has everyone else in the harem moved?" When he arrived, he rushed to comfort him, "The ladies are all gone to the Empress Dowager's Palace, which is the farthest from Qiuluyuan, and they are safe. I believe that the fire will be extinguished in a short time."

The little emperor nodded: "Some guards almost went over to protect them..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard someone shouting outside again: "Why, there is still a shortage of manpower?"

"That fire can't be extinguished! Water poured in will only make it bigger!"

"How could there be such a fire?" The little emperor's thoughts turned. He had said before going to bed that there might be hidden secrets in Concubine Tong's Palace. coincidence!

He immediately pulled his arm from Xiaofuzi's arms, turned to Shen Yanchuan and said, "You protect me."

"Okay." Shen Yanchuan quickly put on his clothes, and then squatted down to help Xiao Fuzi change the emperor's clothes.

After dressing up, the little emperor hurriedly walked out, and at the same time he did not forget to shout: "Hu Qian! Guard the Hall of Mental Cultivation for me! Prevent someone from attacking you!"

Shen Yanchuan hugged the little emperor, got up and down on the roof, and then came to the harem.

In the direction of Qiuluyuan, the black sky has been reflected in orange, thick smoke billows up, and the blowing wind carries a choking smell.

Standing on a high place, the little emperor looked at the people below who kept fetching water from the river not far from Qiulu Garden, and poured buckets of water into the fire, but failed to control the fire, and instead fueled the flames. The poisonous flames were ignited, and they jumped up one by one, and rushed into the heart of the little emperor. He said in disbelief:

"In this world, how can there be a fire that cannot be extinguished by water? Could it be that he really hit an evil spirit?"

"Your Majesty, don't doubt your own judgment." The fire light illuminated Shen Yanchuan's eyes, and also revealed the shadow between his brows, "Water and fire are incompatible. The scene in front of you is either a problem with fire or a problem with water. Let's go down and take a look. Come, hold the concubine's neck tightly."

Hearing the words, the little emperor calmed down a little, and wrapped his arms around Shen Yanchuan's neck forcefully: "I'm fine, let's go."

He felt Shen Yanchuan running, the cold autumn night wind was blowing at his ears like a blade, he heard the distant beam burnt in the whistling wind, everyone exclaimed when it fell, and his back immediately floated A layer of cold sweat.

In the blink of an eye, Shen Yanchuan came to the river and put him down.

There were a group of eunuchs fetching water by the river, Shen Yanchuan called one of them to his side: "Put down the water, go get a torch."

The eunuch was sweating profusely from the exhaustion of putting out the fire, and felt inexplicable when he heard the words, "Huh?" Seeing that he still didn't move, the little emperor urged, "Hurry up!" "Yes, yes..." The eunuch hurriedly left , held up a torch and came back, panting like a cow, "Your Majesty, here is the torch."

Shen Yanchuan pulled the little emperor behind him, staring at the torch: "Extend the torch to the water, do it slowly, don't stretch it all at once."

According to common sense, nothing will happen if the torch is brought close to the water, but the eunuch looked at him, then at the little emperor hidden behind him, and then thought of the inextinguishable fire in Qiuluyuan, suddenly felt that things were not that simple, so he raised the torch His hands trembled.He didn't dare to lower his head, and he didn't dare to get too close to the bucket of water. Like lighting firecrackers during Chinese New Year, he grabbed the end of the torch, put his body weight on the leg farther away from the bucket, and tried his right hand holding the torch. out.

As the fire approached the water inch by inch, the eyes of the three of them were all focused on the smoldering flame, and they held their breaths to watch intently.

At the moment when the head of the torch touched the surface of the water, a new flame suddenly ignited on the surface of the water!

"Ah!" The eunuch was so frightened that he quickly withdrew the torch, and now he saw clearly that there was indeed a fire burning on the water!Burn like a red lotus floating on the water!

He immediately turned his head and shouted to the other people who fetched water by the river: "Don't fetch water from this river anymore, there is a problem with the river water!!"

The little emperor urgently dispatched a group of guards to draw water from the well to put out the fire. After an hour, the fire was finally completely extinguished.

However, the huge Qiulu Garden was still burned to the point where only the black ruins remained, and the two or three charred corpses in the palace had been burnt so badly that even men and women could not be distinguished.Only one of the corpses, because it died beside the bed and had an unburned golden bell hanging around its neck, could barely be identified as Concubine Tong.

The little emperor smelled the scorching smell in the air, and felt confused and flustered, sad and frightened, he was stunned for a while and couldn't speak.

Concubine Tong has been bedridden so far, and she has to rely on external force even to sit up. Now that she is lying on the side of the bed, she is probably trying to escape...but...but ah!

Who is going to put Concubine Tong to death?What is the benefit of doing this?

The little emperor forced himself to think, the chaotic thoughts accompanied by imagination made him have a splitting headache, but he didn't get a clear answer.

"What's the matter with you, Your Majesty?" Shen Yanchuan saw him holding his forehead, and took him to the side to sit down, "Otherwise, let's go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation first, and summon someone over there for questioning."

"I'm fine." The little emperor waved his hand, heaved a sigh of relief, but his hands on his knees were clenched into fists, "Call everyone who stayed by the Qiulu Garden tonight."