"Relying on Favor as Queen (Rebirth)"/Wu Fan

Because the north wind was extremely strong that night, and seemed to carry an evil spirit, the fire naturally became stronger and stronger.

The luxurious Jihua Palace was burned by fire all night, and the smell of gunpowder smoke lingered in the entire Yongxi Forbidden City for a long time.

Mu Huai didn't come back all night, and Rong Xi was worried, so he didn't sleep all night either.

That night, the second princess Mu Qian was rescued by the palace guards. Her delicate hands were burned by the fire. She was so panic-stricken that she fell to the ground.

Seeing that the place where he grew up was slowly turning into a black ruin, and the pain in his hands was unbearable, he couldn't help crying.

Mu Qian's cries were so shrill that she seemed to have gone crazy. She was so noisy that the concubines around her could not sleep peacefully.

Concubine Li was finally rescued by the palace guards. Both her white texture and beautiful appearance were completely destroyed by the fire.

A woman wants to please her own appearance. When the imperial doctor sighed helplessly, Concubine Li felt that it was better to die. No matter how good the powder was used to treat her, her rotten and rotten body could not be restored. As a result,

The scab will only be more terrifying.

She wanted to cry, but when she called for help, she accidentally swallowed sparks and was burned. Now she can't even speak a complete sentence.

When Mu Qian saw such a concubine being carried out, she was so horrified that she fainted on the spot.

The scene was extremely chaotic, and the Jihua Palace was burned to the ground. The imperial doctor received the holy order and temporarily carried Concubine Li and the second princess Mu Qian to the palace of Concubine Shu nearby.

Concubine Shu was an old friend of Emperor Zhuang when he was living in his residence. She gave birth to his eldest son Murun, but Murun died of illness shortly after Emperor Zhuang ascended the throne.

Concubine Shu was not very happy to have her dream disturbed late at night, let alone having a dying carbon man covered in blood and sent to her palace.

Looking again, the person turned out to be Concubine Li. Concubine Shu raised her eyebrows slightly, and a smile gradually appeared on her lips.

Okay, this domineering Concubine Li is here too.

Concubine Shu ordered the eunuch to place Concubine Li in the main hall. A group of imperial doctors made trouble for Concubine Li. The current situation was too difficult.

Concubine Shu sat in an armchair with a calm expression on her face.

The maid standing beside her watched the imperial doctor carefully tearing apart the clothes stuck to Concubine Li's skin, her heart was trembling and she suppressed her nausea.

Concubine Li was speechless, but her body was in pain, and she could only let out a strange whimper.

Concubine Shu raised her eyebrows and breathed a long sigh of relief, as if she was enjoying Concubine Li's pain.

When Mu Ji learned that Concubine Li had been carried to Concubine Shu's palace, he hurriedly asked the eunuch guarding the palace gate to enter the palace and see Concubine Li.

After all, Mu Ji was a prince, and it was unethical to enter the concubine's palace at night. The eunuch asked him to wait while he went into the palace to ask about Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu chuckled lightly and said to the eunuch: "Tell the second prince that it is getting late and it is not appropriate for him, the first prince, to enter this palace. Then tell him that this palace will definitely take good care of Concubine Li for him."

Then, she walked towards Concubine Li who was on the ground in the palace. Her tone was obviously very gentle, but in this late night, it made people's spines shiver.

Concubine Shu said: "I will definitely take good care of you, Concubine Li. I will not let you die early like a good concubine. I will definitely let you live a good life."

Concubine Li grumbled and said nothing.

The eunuch endured the fear in his heart, respectfully accepted the order, and returned to the palace gate. He told Mu Ji that it was late at night and it was not appropriate for him, a prince, to enter the concubine's palace, so he had better go back early to rest.

Mu Ji was extremely anxious, so he ran to the Qianyuan Hall where Emperor Zhuang was staying without any regard for manners. He knelt outside the hall, and when he saw the lights inside, he knew that Emperor Zhuang had not fallen asleep.

Mu Ji begged Emperor Zhuang in a tearful voice: "Father, please let your son and minister see his mother and concubine."

The reply to him was silent for a while.

Mu Ji kowtowed heavily in the direction of the palace.

Tuk, Tuk, Tuk——

After three blunt sounds, there were blood marks on his forehead, but he continued to beg: "If it is inconvenient for me to go to Concubine Shu's palace, please ask my father to go and see my concubine in person... Concubine Shu has made mistakes before, but please

For the sake of her giving birth to your son Chen and Qian'er, go and see her..."

Mu Ji lowered his eyes and saw a pair of red Hua Hua stopped in front of him.

He raised his head and met Mu Huai's deep black eyes, and his heart couldn't help but tremble.

Mu Huai's voice was cold and contained no emotion.

He looked down at Mu Ji and said, "Go back, my father won't see you tonight."

Mu Ji stood up. When the always gentle and elegant young man looked at Mu Huai, his face was filled with hatred.

He turned around and left. After taking a few steps, he stopped and said to Mu Huai behind him, "How many more days do you think you can be proud of?"

Mu Huai remained silent and looked at Mu Ji as if he were looking at a firefly.

Mu Ji's voice was fierce and he said again: "Mu Huai, just wait for me."

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Rong Xi made a special trip to Jihua Palace the next day. When he saw that the previously gorgeous palace was now only a scorched black frame, his eyes gradually became gloomy.

She knew a lot of people in the palace, and she heard everything about last night on her way here. The palace people would definitely add jealousy to some things, but most of them were the same.

She quickly left Jihua Palace, found a secluded place, covered her heart and began to vomit.

They are both biological sons, but their treatment is very different.

Mu Ji wanted to see his mother, but Emperor Zhuang refused.

However, Emperor Zhuang's health improved today. He met with civil and military officials in Jiazheng Palace and went to court, but he ignored Concubine Li's affairs.

The grievances and grudges between the noble masters and her are not very clear.

But as a mother, she naturally hopes that her child's father will love him the most.

She doesn't want her husband to have children from different women and treat these children differently.

Everything in the palace made her feel terrible. She had stayed there for almost four years, but she already knew what the palace was like.

It was just that in order to survive, she gradually became numb to all this.

Now that I have a child, this fear deep in my heart has finally been awakened.

Mu Huai is strong and aloof.

He will have many children in the future, and she is really as good as a child born from a slave. But her children are the most precious in her heart, and she will not tolerate others making fun of her children.

This morning, she just felt entangled and relaxed in her heart, and wanted to tell Mu Huai about her pregnancy.

But now, all those thoughts have disappeared with the wind. She just wants to escape from this terrifying deep palace and forbidden city.

****

Before the Chinese New Year, a sensational event occurred in Bianjing Imperial Street.

Even though a long time has passed since the incident, it is still talked about by the people, and the storyteller in the wine shop Wazi always talks about it vividly.

That day, at the Xuande Building on Imperial Street, there was a girl wearing a coarse linen dress and beating the drum.

After the thunderous drums sounded in the bustling imperial street, the people suddenly realized that someone was actually going to file a lawsuit against the emperor and beat the drums to express their grievances.

Although the Dengwen drum has always been standing next to Xuande Tower, since Emperor Zhuang ascended the throne, it has become nothing more than a decoration and no one dares to knock it.

King Jin Muhuai happened to be riding his horse through the middle of the imperial street. After learning the news, he dismounted and walked towards the girl.

The officers and soldiers were already here. They felt that this civilian girl was causing trouble, so they wanted to drag her down and beat her some more.

Mu Huai stopped the officers and soldiers, and in front of the people, asked the girl what grievances she had.

If she was really wronged, he would defend her today.

When the woman's surname was given, her husband's name was Yan Juxu, and he was a scholar.

A woman surnamed Min at that time said that although An Hong, a Hanlin scholar, was an official candidate, he chose candidates for personal gain in the imperial examination and selected a vulgar straw bag as the candidate. However, her husband, who was studying hard in a humble life, had no way to be recommended to the public and serve in public affairs.

Volume, failed to choose.

Mu Huai sneered and asked the woman: "How do you know that your husband will be chosen?"

The girl surnamed Min at that time replied: "If your highness doesn't believe it, you can send someone to find the strategies written by the Min girl's husband during the palace examination. Based on his talent and learning, he will definitely be within the top three."

The official beside Mu Huai scolded the girl named Shi for being impudent and wanted to drag her down and beat her to death.

Mu Huai waved his hand to stop the official, and then actually asked for Yan Juxu's strategy. He spread out the rice paper himself, frowned and read it.

After a while, he threw the strategy on the ground and asked in a deep voice, Shi Shi's peasant girl, "With such a level, you still win the top three? Do you think I have no talented people in Daqi?"

The peasant girl surnamed Shi raised the rice paper with trembling hands, then raised her head to look at Mu Huai, with a slightly excited tone, and said: "Your Highness Mingjian, this...this is not my husband's handwriting!"

After he finished speaking, everyone present was shocked.

Daqi's scientific examination, which has always been fair, unexpectedly had a scandal in which policies were changed without permission.

Mu Huai looked at the civilian girl on the ground and coldly ordered the official behind him: "Check it out for me."

After Emperor Zhuang learned of this, he handed over the whole matter of imperial examination fraud to King Jin Muhuai.

After Rong Xi learned about this, he felt that it was strange for a woman named Mingyun to file a complaint against the imperial court.

There is a government fire watch tower on a slightly higher ground in the imperial streets and alleys. One is to detect fires at any time, and the other is to prevent people from causing trouble in the market.

If the civilian girl had any intention of beating the drum, the officers and soldiers above would have discovered it early and stopped her in time.

But when the folk girl played the drum, no one stopped her.
To be continued...