Emperor Jiajing himself also likes to watch fireworks. When he hears his beloved concubine want to see it, he always agrees.

Soon, several large firework stands were carried into Yongshou Palace and placed in the square outside the hall. In order to facilitate the emperor to watch, they were even closer to the palace to be placed.

"Your Majesty, is this too narrow?"

Huang Jin frowned at the firework stand that the eunuch brought in, and couldn't help but whisper to Emperor Jiajing.

"It's okay."

Emperor Jiajing did not pay any attention to Huang Jin's concerns. He did not see that the two rows of fireworks stands faced the hall. The fireworks they released would only fly by the front door of the hall and would not fly into the palace at all. What's the point of him? Worried.

Emperor Jiajing did not walk out of the palace, but asked someone to open the door of the palace. The monk concubine sat in the hall to watch. After the preparations were completed, she ordered the setting off with great enthusiasm.

In an instant, the fireworks on the firework stand were lit by the little eunuch, and then colorful fireworks were spewed out, illuminating the entire hall square.

The firework stand is discharged in two rows. After the first row is lit, the second row of firework stands is lit.

The fireworks are arranged on the fireworks rack. In order to increase the lively atmosphere, the palace fireworks often do not set up sporadically, but combine them, tie various fireworks into groups on the wooden rack, and then use gunpowder lines. They are connected in sequence, and once ignited, they will be kept for a long time.

After the eunuch ignited the lead, the first thing that was sprayed was "Beasts Spit Fire", "Calculus Silver Platform" and "White Peony", and then the fireworks that were sprayed into the air were ignited. "Grape rack", "Pearl curtain", "Eternal Light", "Wasp Out of the Nest" and so on are ignited in sequence, making people dizzy.

“It looks so good, so good.”

Concubine Shang is less than the age of Double Ten, so she has to be more restrained when she is a palace maid, but now because of Emperor Jiajing's favor, she is no longer so restrained. When she sees the fireworks, she dances excitedly and keeps clapping her hands, and can no longer sit still. It soon appeared in front of the palace gate.

Now, after the fireworks were launched on the fireworks rack, I could no longer see the spectacular scene of the fireworks flying into the air while sitting in the hall, so I naturally had to run out. Emperor Jiajing did not like his age, but he also liked to watch fireworks, so he stood up soon. Come out.

As the fireworks set off on the fireworks stand reached its climax and dozens of fireworks were sprayed out at the same time, the sharp-eyed people had already discovered something was wrong.

What I discovered was naturally the several eunuchs behind the firework stand. The fireworks on the firework stand were obviously deviated slightly, either aiming at the palace gate or the main hall.

This discovery instantly scared them to death.

I don’t know if it was the vibration when carrying the fireworks rack to shift the fireworks or the recoil effect generated when the fireworks were launched. In short, the direction of the spewing of several fireworks is getting worse and worse.

In the past, this kind of fireworks would not be moved to the palace. They were all looking for open spaces to set off. After igniting a few stranded leads in order, you would ignore them. However, today, the site is all around. Palace.

The buildings in China during this period were mainly made of wood and carved and painted. They looked beautiful but were flammable. The palace has always been very taboo about water flowing.

But the old Zhu family has also revealed Huode, and it is common for fire to occur in the palace.

Seeing that something was wrong, several eunuchs hurriedly gathered together and whispered, not knowing what to do.

Emergency stop fireworks?

It was the emperor's will that they dared to act without orders, and at this time, they didn't know how to stop.

It is easy to set off, just ignite the lead, but you have to stop.

"The two fireworks are about to hit the top of the hall."

An eunuch said in a trembling voice.

"Yes, I'm afraid it's"

"What should I do? Who can make an idea?"

Several people whispered in a low voice, but no one dared to make any decisions.

"Tell me about it to Eunuch Feng and ask him to make an idea, otherwise what if it is."

I don’t know who said something, but he didn’t dare to continue until he finished speaking. It was really too taboo. If the words were heard by the eunuch in charge, he would be punished.

"Then you go and talk about Eunuch Feng's place at the palace gate."

"I dare not go. The emperor and the empress are still there, so how can we say?"

"Play the boxing, whoever loses will tell you."

Soon, an unlucky guy was chosen. Although he was unwilling to accept it, he did not dare to pay the debt when he saw these people. He had to turn around and quietly lean against a red-robed eunuch next to the palace gate.

"God grandpa."

This red-robed eunuch is Feng Bao, the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor. Today, Gao Zhong asked him to send memorials to Yongshou Palace. After reviewing them, the emperor summoned Concubine Shang to have fun, but forgot to let him leave with him.

This is such a great opportunity to curry favor with the emperor. Although they are all eunuchs of the Sili Prison, they don’t have many opportunities to come to Yongshou Palace. Most of the time they are from Gao Zhong, so Feng Bao naturally cherishes this time. Chance.

When Emperor Jiajing promised Concubine Shang to see the fireworks, Feng Bao naturally jumped out and arranged for his men to carry the fireworks stand. He was also happy to look at the gorgeous fireworks all over the sky.

In the era when there were many entertainment projects in later generations, fireworks performances still attracted many viewers, which shows the love of Chinese people for fireworks.

However, when Wei Guangde came through, the setting off fireworks and firecrackers among the people was banned, and an entertainment project that had been passed down for thousands of years was over.

Of course, bans are not completely prohibited. The government can still place them. During major events, a lot of money will be spent on fireworks.

Feng Bao, who was excited about watching, was disturbed by someone, and was full of displeasure and asked in a bad tone: "What's the matter?"

"Grandpa, there are a few fireworks on the firework stand that are a little crooked, look."

"Just be crooked, it won't affect viewing."

Feng Bao replied angrily.

"No, if the fireworks are sprayed out and they are about to fall on the hall."

The eunuch didn't dare to hide it at this moment, and hurriedly explained, and gestured at the palaces on both sides.

Feng Bao was instantly scared to death.

The capital city burns hundreds of houses every year because of fireworks. Although the losses are so huge, the people still enjoy it.

There are many things to pay attention to when setting off fireworks in the palace, but this time, Concubine Shang wanted to see it. He just wanted to please the emperor and forgot about this.

If something happened because of the fireworks, his life would be in danger.

Feng Bao hurriedly ran to the fireworks stand to look at it. Sure enough, several fireworks were obviously spraying incorrectly.

Faced with such a scene, Feng Bao did not have any good ideas.

He wanted to get up and straighten the crooked fireworks, but when he saw the firelight behind the fireworks stand, he felt numb.

He had never seen such a scene before, and he became frightened in an instant.

Thinking of these bad guys coming to find him, Feng Bao immediately got up and didn't fight, but he quickly thought of a solution.

Just like the idea that a few eunuchs were thinking, he didn't know how to deal with it, so he got it.

Now, who else is above him in Yongshou Palace? Naturally, the admiral Huang Jin next to the emperor.

Just as he made up his mind to spill the disaster out, a fireworks spewed out and shot straight towards the eaves that stretched out from Yongshou Palace.

"Bang."

After a sound, the fireworks were blocked by the eaves and refracted and bounced onto the wooden beams under the eaves.

But at this time, the wooden beam was still shining. It was obvious that the fireworks were not extinguished due to accidental collisions.

"ah."

Feng Bao had just had time to be shocked and looked at the beam of the house.

The Yongshou Palace caught fire, which was the only thought that Feng Bao left in his mind at this time.

Just after the fireworks hitting the beams, several fireworks shot over one after another, either falling on the roof or falling on the eaves as before. Some fell on the ground, but many fell on the ground. Onto the beam.

When Emperor Jiajing was stunned, Huang Jin was the first to come back to his senses and hurriedly called the eunuchs and palace maids beside him to protect Emperor Jiajing and walk outside Yongshou Palace.

They can't go straight through the square yet, because this means they may be burned by the fireworks fired from the fireworks and can only walk around behind the firework stand.

At this time, fireworks also fell on the gate of Yongshou Palace. Although I didn’t know what the consequences were, no one dared to gamble here, so I could only protect the emperor and rushed out of the palace.

Before Yongshou Palace, he carried the fireworks stand and saw the imperial guards patrolling in Xiyuan. After that, the gorgeous fireworks were launched, which attracted countless attention.

It is also the only place of light in the dark Forbidden City and its surroundings.

When the beams caught fire, the sound and light of fireworks that were still ejecting perfectly covered up the shouts of "Walk Walking" by the people in Yongshou Palace. Only a few people near the palace could hear them clearly.

When they arrived quickly, they could not rush in to put out the fire as if they were rushing out like a tide in Yongshou Palace.

By this time, they had already known what was going on in the palace.

But when the distance was far away, I realized that something was wrong when I looked at the red sky, and rushed to Yongshou Palace to check the situation.

Emperor Jiajing was protected by Huang Jin and others. At this time, there was no such thing as the emperor's majesty. Before the emperor's ceremonial war arrived, he rushed to the Yuxi Palace, which was closest to this place.

The Concubine Shang behind him also knew that she had caused trouble and followed behind him in tears.

I was annoyed by crying. Although I was very fond of Concubine Shang, Emperor Jiajing did not want to keep her by her side at this moment, and ordered: "Send Concubine Shang back to the palace."

At this time, the fire in Yongshou Palace had spread. Even though the eunuchs from the palace and the guards who came from nearby helped put out the fire, the fire was still not suppressed.

After Emperor Jiajing escaped from Yongshou Palace, Feng Bao was appointed as the leader of the place by Huang Jin and was fully responsible for handling the fire. Seeing the current fire, Feng Bao was completely disappointed.

"You guys, go and ask people, and find more guards to put out the fire."

Seeing a few little eunuchs carrying buckets, Feng Bao rushed over and scolded loudly.

The eunuchs put down the bucket amid Feng Bao's scolding, rolled and crawled out to find someone.

There are significant differences in materials between Eastern and Western architectures. Eastern architecture is mainly made of wood, while Western architecture is mostly made of stone.

The ancients believed that stones were dead, while wood was a tree that grew upward, representing life.

In the theory of the Five Elements that was popular after the Han Dynasty, wood symbolizes vitality, with the blue dragon as its mark and the direction is east.
To be continued...