The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 818 It’s all burned

Gao Jin delivered Meng Shisan's answer to the palace gate. Gao Yuan received the news from the palace gate and quickly passed it to Meng Renping's ears.

Meng Renping murmured, "Chang'an is not injured, he is just tired... What does this mean?"

Gao Yuan had no idea what to do, so he could only ask, "Should we ask Gao Jin to ask the young lady again?"

Meng Renping glanced at Gao Yuan and said, "Do you think Yaoyao has nothing to do?"

Gao Yuan shrank his neck and dared not say anything.

Hanxi Palace. Ever since the moment when Pei Yan's body was put in a sack and thrown outside the gate of Li Heng's private residence, the palace has been filled with a suffocating depression.

Haicang lowered his head, half bent his waist, and dared not raise his eyes, his gaze seemed to be nailed to the ground.

Shi Mo's eyes were glowing red as he stood on the other side, diagonally opposite to Haicang, waiting quietly on both sides of Li Heng's desk.

"...burned." Li Heng was silent for a moment and finally said.

"Yes." Shi Mo had expected this result, so his tone was calm.

Li Heng turned his head to look at Shi Mo: "Do you think it's too heartless for me to let go just like that?"

"Your Highness, please let it go. You have your own reasons." Shi Mo knew very well that the master is the master and the servant is the servant.

Even though this contest had not yet come to an end, Li Heng knew his own weight and that he was going to lose. He couldn't even kill Meng Liangchen, but was killed twice instead.

If he had known this, he should not have let Meng Liangchen's maid go. He would have cut her into pieces no matter what!
Li Heng began to think carefully about when Meng Tianguan, the troublesome eldest granddaughter, came into his sight. After thinking for a while, he thought of Cui Yu: "I was originally targeting Cui Qi in the matter of the collapse of the lantern mountain, but later it was Meng Liangchen who ran out and blocked his way..."

Shi Mo followed up by asking, "Your Highness, do you think that Miss Meng got involved and opposed Your Highness because of Master Cui Qi?"

"Even if it's not exactly what I thought, it's basically the same." Li Heng was certain that Meng Shisan would fall into the trap he set to entrap Cui Yu, and it must be because Cui Yu dragged Meng Shisan into the trap.

Otherwise, a mere girl, and a sickly one at that, even if she was the prince's cousin, it would be impossible for her to come in so quickly so soon after he came up with the plan.

"Then Your Highness..."

"It's all burned."

Shi Mo was surprised: "All burned?"

Li Heng sneered: "Since he doesn't want it anymore, why not let me help him burn it. Also, Cui Qi is organizing a big gathering of merchants from the Chamber of Commerce recently. Isn't the gathering place currently scheduled to be Bixu Manor? It's just right, burn it down and be done with it. I want to see how he will hold it!"

After recognizing Mo Yingnuo, he quickly left the hall and led his men all the way to the palace gate. As he was leaving the palace, he kept thinking about how to burn down a manor built on the water.

At the same time, Shi Mo and his party had just left the palace and were secretly guarding Baisha outside the palace gate and the Imperial Street. They quickly asked the East Palace guards under their command to return to the East Palace and report to Ji Kuan.

By the time Ji Kuan entered the bedroom and reported to Li Shou, it was already past midnight.

Li Shou asked: "Did you use the token of Hanxi Palace?"

"Yes." Ji Kuan received a report from the East Palace guards of the Baisha faction, saying that what he saw clearly was the token belonging to Li Heng's palace.

"You can get out like this. It seems that father still hasn't given up." Li Shou's lips curled up into a very faint smile. There was no warmth in the smile, but it was so cold that Ji Kuan, who was waiting on the side, frowned.

The keyless palace gate must be opened. In the palace, only two people have the power to do so: Emperor Zong and Li Shou.

Emperor Zong was the ruler of the country, so his orders were always effective. Li Shou was the Eastern Palace, so the token representing the imperial power given by Emperor Zong was more effective than the token of the Eastern Palace.

Even Empress Lu did not have this privilege.

However, Li Heng's people could swagger out of the palace at night with just the token of Hanxi Palace.

Anyone with a discerning eye will know what is going on.

Afterwards, Li Shou gave an order, Ji Kuan passed on the message, and Baisha personally led people to catch up with Shi Mo and his group.

Fortunately, when Baisha asked someone to report, he also asked another East Palace guard who was good at tracking to catch up with Shi Mo and others. Following the marks left by the East Palace guards along the way, he and his men quickly caught up with Shi Mo who was running straight to the city gate.

Baisha was slightly surprised: "Are you going to leave the city?"

The East Palace guard beside him asked, "Do you still want to follow?"

"Of course we will follow." Baisha answered without hesitation. The commander conveyed the Crown Prince's intention, but asked them to follow Shimo to the end.

After following him to the end, no matter what Shi Mo wanted to do, his task was to do the opposite of Shi Mo.

In short, just do the opposite!

Shi Mo was determined to complete the new task assigned by Li Heng. It was also because of the death of Mei Yan and the series of failed tasks before Mei Yan's death that he went out at night this time, no matter whether it went smoothly or not, he was determined to complete the task.

Of course, His Highness asked him to go out at night and burn down the Bixu Manor. Although the order came suddenly and he was not well prepared, as long as there was fire, there would be no problem in starting the fire, so he was not too worried about failure.

After all, this task is too simple.

Because of the previous incident of the lamp mountain collapse designed by His Highness, Mei Yan went to carry it out personally. After returning to the palace, he told him a lot of details, so he also knew a lot about the people and things in Bixu Manor.

Including the internal structure of Bixu Manor.

The result of being so familiar with it was that when he successfully left the city gate and headed straight for Bixu Manor on horseback along the official road, he had already thought about where to start the fire.

He also took into account that the wind tonight was blowing from the southeast.

Then, following the direction of the fire, the mission can be completed quickly.

Shi Mo was concentrating on thinking about the details of burning down Bixu Manor and the corresponding strategies, and didn't pay much attention to the situation behind him.

Baisha was also experienced in tracking with his men. Although they were also riding on horseback, he also tied thick cotton cloth to the horse's hooves to reduce the sound of the hooves.

In this way, under the cover of night, from the palace gate to the city gate, and then from the city gate to the Bixu Manor, the two groups of people marched one in front and one behind, maintaining a certain distance at a constant speed, so that the ones in front would not notice being pursued from behind.

When he arrived outside the gate of Bixu Manor, Shi Mo sighed softly. After the horse stopped, he dismounted, looked at both sides of the gate for a while, and quickly chose a corner to enter the manor.

All the horses were tied behind a bush a little away from the manor gate.

After Baisha arrived, he also tied his horse to a tree trunk a little further away, and then quietly followed Shi Mo and his group. They were about thirty breaths apart, and they silently climbed over the high wall of the manor at the same corner.

At the same time, just as Shi Mo took out the token and showed it to the city guard, he was allowed to pass after confirmation and ran out of the city gate. Baisha did the same thing and ran out of the city gate. Ma Lao was in the alley closest to the city gate and just happened to see the scene before and after.