The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 821 The Fourth Party

After a while, until she saw Nie Bin and Baisha meet, and then Nie Bin's men gradually withdrew from the periphery of the manor, and Baisha led his men to retreat outside the manor, she slowly climbed down the tree again.

"The lives of Shi Mo and the others are in the hands of Nie Bin. Bai Sha has no say in this." Meng Shisan said as he brushed off the dust and dead leaves that he had collected from climbing the tree. "Let's go. Don't run into Bai Sha."

Ma Ji replayed in his mind the heroic figure of Fang helping Meng Shisan climb up and down the tree swiftly, and then nodded. In silence, he secretly sighed at the great difference between Meng Shisan and other girls in the boudoir.

The next day, everyone was in an uproar, discussing the fire at Bixu Manor.

Cui Yu received Nie Bin's report and, according to his order, killed Shi Mo and his seven companions who were caught setting the fire on the spot. This time, even their bodies were not left for Li Heng. They were burned to ashes in the manor and then scattered into the lake, becoming nutrients to nourish the lotus in the lake.

Li Heng did not wait for Shi Mo to return, but waited for the news that the leader of Cui Yu's troops led his troops to Bixu Manor in the moonlight last night. After a little thought, he realized that Shi Mo was in great danger.

At this time, he still felt that Cui Yu would not have the courage to kill him. Subconsciously, he felt that Shi Mo had not returned all night and had not been seen until this morning, but he was just delayed by other things.

It was not until Nie Bin, on Cui Yu's order, quietly threw the token representing Li Heng's identity as the second prince back outside the palace gate that it was picked up by the guards on duty at the palace gate, who recognized the owner of the token and sent it back to Hanxi Palace that Li Heng turned pale.

On this day, Hanxi Palace entered its darkest hour.

It was already after noon when Empress Lu received the news that Li Heng had gone mad in her palace. It was one of Li Heng's two concubines who secretly sent a palace maid to report it to her.

"Go and investigate carefully what this happened." She instructed Huang Gongling beside her.

"Yes." Huang Gongling accepted the order and left Kunyi Palace immediately.

After giving orders to Huang Gongling, Empress Lu stood up from the phoenix couch and wanted to go to Li Heng's palace, but unexpectedly Li Hu came.

"Mother!" Li Hu was at the age when he loved to jump and dance. He threw himself on Queen Lu while calling her mother.

Li Hu was different from Li Heng who was born a concubine first and then a legitimate wife. She was a legitimate princess from birth and lived a life of luxury. She had no worries, ate well and slept well every day. She was plump and fair, and had great weight. When she pounced on Empress Lu, she pushed her back a step.

Empress Lu helplessly took her chubby daughter in her arms and said, "Didn't your mother tell you long ago that you are not allowed to be so reckless again?"

Li Hu stuck out his tongue slightly and said, "Mother, I will remember this in the future."

"You." Empress Lu thought of something important and touched Li Hu's innocent and cute face and said, "It's just right. Mother wants to go see your brother. You can go with mother."

"Okay, okay!" Li Heng loved Li Hu very much, and Li Hu was also very close to Li Heng.

When Min Fan obtained the intelligence and reported it to Emperor Zong, Emperor Zong was sitting in the imperial study, marking documents. When he heard the information, the tip of Emperor Zong's pen paused, but he just paused and did not say anything.

Min Fan and General Gan, who had been accompanying the Emperor for a long time, quickly understood the Emperor's reaction.

Even if the Second Prince is favored by His Majesty, when the critical moment comes, as long as the person who dies is not the Second Prince, His Majesty will still put His Majesty the Crown Prince first.

To put it bluntly, the prince has as many guards as he wants. As for his trusted guards, they can just be trained again. The death of Mei Yanshi Mo is dead, and it will not cause any ripples in the heart of Emperor Zong.

Empress Lu, who brought Li Hu to Hanxi Palace in person and planned to have a good talk with Li Heng, knew Emperor Zong the best. However, between Li Shou and Li Heng, she always knew that in Emperor Zong's heart, the son born to Empress Meng of the former Yuan Dynasty would always be more legitimate and noble than her own son.

The reason was that Emperor Zong respected Queen Meng far more than he liked her. However, even though he knew that there was something fishy about Queen Meng's death, Emperor Zong still chose to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to it for the sake of the overall situation and the stability of his country.

Whenever she thought of this, Queen Lu couldn't help but laugh at herself in her heart.

She and Queen Meng, in the final analysis, were no different; both were chess pieces on Emperor Zong's chessboard that could be discarded at any time.

She had to make the prince realize one fact during this trip, that is, when it comes to the affairs of the Eastern Palace, His Majesty might still protect him unless it comes to a matter of life and death, but if it really comes to a decision, he would definitely be the one that His Majesty would give up.

It was noon when Li Shou learned the news.

Li Heng sent Shi Mo to burn Cui Yu's Bixu Manor, but was successfully intercepted by Bai Sha, who was sent by Li Heng. He met Nie Bin who arrived in time after hearing the news. Nie Bin took action while Bai Sha watched, and they destroyed the bodies of Shi Mo and the other seven people. Bai Sha returned to the palace yesterday, and Ji Kuan told him about this.

Another piece of news was that Cui Yu sent Nie Bin to throw the Hanxi Palace token outside the palace gate, which was picked up by the imperial guards and returned to Li Heng. Later, he learned about Queen Lu bringing Li Hu into Hanxi Palace around noon.

Afterwards, he asked Ji Kuan to go to the Zhanshi Mansion to summon Meng Renping into the Eastern Palace.

When Meng Renping arrived at the East Palace, he was surprised: "Your Highness didn't go to the Wenhua Palace?"

"There are more important things." Li Shou answered directly and motioned Meng Renping to sit down and talk.

Meng Renping sat down at the first table on the left side under Li Shou's desk: "Your Highness, do you want to ask about Yaoyao's condition?"

He thought about it and thought that the more important things that were related to him, apart from the official business of the Zhanshi Mansion, were only about his eldest cousin's affairs, which could make His Highness so anxious.

Li Shou turned to Ji Kuan who was sitting at the first desk on the right and asked: "Did you tell Chi Nan about what happened last night and today on the way here?"

"Yes." Ji Kuan nodded.

Li Shou looked back at Meng Renping: "Do you think Yaoyao was honest last night?"

"Your Highness, do you think Yaoyao was also responsible for what happened last night?" Meng Renping was slightly surprised. After a moment's thought, he asked again, "Why do you think so?"

While asking, he looked at Ji Kuan.

Ji Kuan shrugged, indicating that he didn't know.

Meng Renping could only look back at Li Shou who was sitting at the top of the table.

Li Shou said: "When Baisha reported, he mentioned that Shimo was quite smart. He knew that there were people from the manor behind him. After putting out the fire, he and his people were divided into seven groups and set seven fires at the same time. In this way, even if everyone in the manor tried their best, it would take some time to put out the fire in a short time and preserve the pavilions and towers in the manor to the greatest extent possible."

After hearing this, Ji Kuan finally understood what Li Shou wanted to say: "Your Highness, are you referring to the seven fires that Baisha mentioned when he reported it, which happened at the same time? It was as if with divine help, and the fires were put out one after another in an instant?"

Li Shou nodded: "That's right."

Meng Renping also heard the question: "In addition to the people in the manor, the seven people in Baisha, and the seven people in Shimo, do you think there is a fourth party? And this fourth party is the key to suppressing the seven fire forces?"