Chapter 143 The Queen's Hatred (24)
At night, lightning flashed, the sky exploded with deafening thunder, and heavy rain poured down. Suddenly, a huge thunder exploded, and it felt like the whole palace was shaking.
In the heavy rain, people shouted in panic, "There's a fire, there's a fire."
The villa next to Huo Qing's bedroom was on fire. The fire was so fierce that even the heavy rain could not put out the burning house. The flames illuminated the entire palace.
The palace was in a state of restlessness.
Ning Shu got up from the bed and said to Huo Chengwang beside him, "Chengwang, it's about to start. Are you afraid?"
"I'm not afraid." Huo Chengwang clenched his fists tightly, his body was shaking, and his face was flushed. He said to Ning Shu, "I'm not afraid."
"If we fail, we will die." Qingzhu helped Ning Shu put on her clothes. Huo Chengwang got up from the bed and grabbed the corner of Ning Shu's clothes tightly, "Mother, I'm not afraid."
Ning Shu nodded, took Huo Chengwang's hand, and went to the burning villa.
Qingzhu and the palace maids held umbrellas for Ning Shu and Huo Chengwang. It was raining heavily, and a lot of rainwater accumulated on the ground, almost submerging their shoes.
When they arrived at the villa, many palace maids and guards were fighting the fire. Huo Qing and Little Fox stood under the eaves of the bedroom in their pajamas. Little Fox's eyes were red. She felt very sad to see her hard work being burned. Why did only her villa burn out of so many places in the palace? Her villa.
Little Fox felt very distressed. She had her own mansion in ancient times, but was struck by lightning. She felt that God was playing a trick on her.
When Huo Qing saw Little Fox like this, he hurried to put out the fire. Even with so many eunuchs and guards putting out the fire, the fire still did not weaken, and a crackling sound broke out.
Huo Qing had a cold face and frowned tightly. Under the jumping flames, it flickered and was extremely cold and hard.
Ning Shu led Huo Chengwang to Huo Qing and bowed to him, "I pay my respects to the emperor."
Huo Qing glanced at Ning Shu, his eyes stayed on Huo Chengwang, and said impatiently, "Why are you bringing your child here so late?"
"After something like this happened, of course I have to come. Chengwang was worried about the emperor and thought that the emperor lived in the villa. He was afraid that something would happen to the emperor, so he begged me to come with him." Ning Shu said lightly.
Huo Qing's heart jumped. Fortunately, he didn't stay in the villa tonight, otherwise he would be unlucky. Hu'er is a woman who understands romance. Sometimes she has sex in the villa, but she basically doesn't stay in the villa at night. Hu'er said that the newly repaired house is not suitable for living, and Hu'er said that she prefers to sleep on the dragon bed.
Otherwise, he and Hu'er would be trapped in the villa tonight.
Huo Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but stretch out his arms to hug the little fox with one hand, comforting him, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Ning Shu: ...
At least there is my wife and son next to me, can you restrain yourself a little.
Huo Chengwang grabbed Ning Shu's hand and looked at Huo Chengwang holding the little fox. His eyes were heavy and looked very strange under the light of the fire.
The fire was burning fiercely. Even with so many people, they couldn't save the villa.
In the end, the villa, which was only left with wood, collapsed with a creak. It looked particularly desolate. Ning Shu almost laughed to death in her heart. This dazzling villa was finally gone. "Your Majesty, something bad has happened." An official ran over in a hurry and knelt down in front of Huo Chengwang. He didn't care at all that the heavy rain was pouring down on him.
Huo Qing frowned, "Qin Tianjian, why did you enter the palace?"
"I am here to tell your Majesty about the warning of the fire." Qin Tianjian knelt on the ground blankly.
As soon as Qin Tianjian finished speaking, there was another chaotic sound of footsteps coming this way. Huo Qing saw that it was the civil and military officials, and then they knelt down in front of him one by one.
Huo Qing said coldly: "What are you doing, my dear ministers? I didn't summon you to the palace. How did you enter the palace? What do the guards in this palace do for a living?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive us for coming here without being summoned." The old Tai Shi said to Huo Qing, "It's really too urgent. It is related to the fate and future of the country. We can only enter the palace at the risk of the world."
This Tai Shi is the grandfather of Imperial Concubine Xuan.
Ning Shu looked at the marshal in full military uniform and with a white beard, who was the grandfather of the original owner. The victory or defeat would be decided today.
Seeing the crowd of people kneeling below, Huo Qing felt a little bad in his heart, and said in a cold voice: "If you have anything to say, please tell me tomorrow. I will not bother with you for your inappropriate behavior today."
"Your Majesty, this is a serious matter. You should listen to what these ministers have to say. I think there is something urgent." Ning Shu bowed and saluted to Huo Qing.
Huo Qing frowned and scolded Ning Shu, "The concubines in the harem are not allowed to interfere in political affairs. Queen, you are inappropriate."
"Huo Qing, I'm a little scared. Let's go inside." Seeing this scene, the little fox felt a little weak in the knees, and pulled Huo Qing's sleeve and said pitifully.
"How dare you call the emperor's name directly, it's so unruly." An imperial censor straightened his back and scolded the little fox righteously.
Huo Qing's face suddenly turned ugly. He was reluctant to say a word to Hu Er, but was scolded so rudely by an official. Seeing Hu Er's frightened look, Huo Qing said coldly: "Censor Wu, is it proper to shout and scream in front of me?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was too anxious." Although the censor said sorry, his back was still straight. Obviously, he did not think he was wrong. His face showed that he was ready to die at any time. He seemed not afraid of death at all.
Ning Shu saw that Huo Qing's body was shaking with anger. He stood in front of the little fox, as if he wanted to shield the little fox from the storm.
Ning Shu's eyes flashed. Huo Qing really loved the little fox, but the little fox, relying on Huo Qing's favor, did things without scruples. She never thought about reducing Huo Qing's burden. I really don't know how long Huo Qing can block the little fox.
Won't he be tired?
Huo Qing took a deep breath and said coldly: "What do you want to say? It looks like you are going to force
the emperor to abdicate." "We dare not, please forgive me, Your Majesty." The ministers knelt in the rain, their official uniforms were soaked by the rain, and Ning Shu was afraid that his grandfather's body would not be able to support it.
"We dare not, we dare not, you are forcing the emperor to abdicate now, what is the matter?" Huo Qing clenched his fists tightly behind his back, and his body trembled slightly. Huo Qing's eyes were deep and his expression was calm, but there was uneasiness and unfounded fear in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, I observed the stars at night. The morning star is dim, and the evil star next to the morning star is bright. This means that there is an evil spirit around your majesty. This fire is a warning from heaven to your majesty." The Imperial Astronomical Observatory said excitedly, "The fire fell from the sky, this is a warning from heaven to the State of Yan."
"What nonsense, what nonsense." Huo Qing's body trembled, evil spirits are causing trouble, evil spirits are causing trouble, these people, these people are simply too bold.