Dahan: A 100-year-old veteran, I will build the strongest family

Chapter 31: Concubine Wang sets herself on fire out of fear of crime, Luoyang City suffers a major earthquake
"You...you...are dirty?"

Concubine Wang exclaimed when she saw a man in black suddenly appear in her bedroom.

Li Hong flashed in front of Concubine Wang, covered her mouth with one hand and pulled down her mask with the other.

"It's me, Li Hong, stop shouting!"

Li Hong spoke softly to Lady Wang, who looked shocked.

Lady Wang also came back to her senses from her shock and nodded quickly.

Only then did Li Hong put his hand down.

"General Li, why are you here? Is this the harem?"

Lady Wang stopped screaming and asked Li Hong in confusion.

Li Hong did not answer, but asked:
"I want to ask you, did you send someone to assassinate the queen?"

When Concubine Wang heard Li Hong's question, she immediately thought of the critical situation as the assassination attempt had failed, and she couldn't help sobbing anxiously.

"General Li, it's not that we want to assassinate the queen, it's that she doesn't give us a chance to live and wants to kill me."

"Father said that we can only survive if we kill her first, so we assassinated the queen!"

"What should I do now? I'm afraid that I will have to kill all my clan members for assassinating the queen. My father will die, my mother will die, and my brothers will also die. It's all my fault."

Concubine Wang trusted Li Hong and did not hide anything. She cried to Li Hong.

Li Hong saw Lady Wang sobbing with tears streaming down her face. She looked so pitiful that he couldn't help but feel pity for her.

Li Hong helped Lady Wang wipe the tears from her pretty face.

Lady Wang trembled slightly, but did not dodge.

"The fighting in the harem has always been like this. Either you die or I die. Even if the person sitting on the Queen's seat today is not He Lian, I'm afraid that others will most likely still attack you."

"You are weak and simple-minded, and you are not suitable to stay in the harem. I have a plan to escape and fake my death, which can save you and your family. However, from now on, you can no longer return to the palace. Do you trust me?"

Li Hong pondered for a moment, then said to Lady Wang, it had only been a few years since the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and now bandits and robbers were everywhere in the Han Dynasty, and the court's control over the local areas had declined sharply. With the power that the Li family had built up over decades, it would not be difficult to hide a person.

When Lady Wang heard Li Hong's arrangement, she immediately raised her face and looked at Li Hong in surprise.

She didn't expect that Li Hong would risk his life to save her and her family.

"General Li... General Li, is this true? Will this bring trouble to the Li family?"

Lady Wang looked at Li Hong with complicated eyes and asked through gritted teeth.

Li Hong stroked his gray beard and said with a proud smile:

"What's the big deal? Do you really think that my Li family's decades of operation are just playing house? The Li family has conducted various war drills more than ten years ago. We have garrisons and escape methods in various places to preserve the family to the greatest extent."

"This..." After hearing this, Lady Wang didn't know what to say. However, she understood that the Li family really had the power to save her and her family, and would not drag down the Li family.

"General Li, I believe you." Concubine Wang said to Li Hong, but after a slight hesitation, Concubine Wang said to Li Hong: "Then Xie'er..."

Before Lady Wang finished speaking, Li Hong interrupted her and said:
"Lady Wang, the little prince Liu Xie is only a few months old. If you take him away, your plan of faking your death will certainly not work. If you just fake your death, others will think you committed suicide out of fear of punishment. As the news of you and the queen killing each other spreads, His Majesty will not continue to kill your family and your nine clans. But the little prince Liu Xie has also disappeared, which may backfire. Liu Hong will just frantically pursue your whereabouts."

"As for Liu Xie's safety in the palace, there is no need to worry. Empress Dowager Dong has always been competing with Empress He for power in the harem, so she will not allow Empress He to hurt Liu Xie again."

Although Li Hong's words were cruel, they immediately gave Concubine Wang a feeling of enlightenment.

Yes, if she had just faked her own death, then the news that she and the queen had hurt each other would get out, allowing Emperor Liu Hong to vent his anger on the queen. Not only could she save her own parents, but she could also possibly forgive the nine clans of the Wang family.

"General Li, Fang'er will listen to you and go with you." Concubine Wang no longer hesitated, wiped the tears from her face, and said to Li Hong.

As she spoke, a blush appeared on Lady Wang's fair and delicate face.

Although Lady Wang is simple, she is not stupid.

Li Hong broke into the harem in the middle of the night and risked his life to save her.

Concubine Wang naturally understood that Li Hong was probably after her.

However, after just a few days of getting along with Li Hong, Lady Wang felt that Li Hong gave her a sense of solidity and an unprecedented sense of security.

She is willing to follow Li Hong!!
"Okay, take off your bracelets and jewelry."

Li Hong did not hesitate and immediately looked Concubine Wang up and down, and took some things from Concubine Wang that could prove her identity.

Next, Li Hong decorated Concubine Wang’s bedroom.

Boom~
Li Hong set several places on fire, and then held Lady Wang in his arms without hesitation.

With a few leaps under their feet, the two hid in the darkness. "Hurry, there's a fire, there's a fire in Fanghua Palace, there's a fire in Fanghua Palace, hurry up and put out the fire!"

Screams were heard one after another.

However, the eunuchs and palace maids were all looking at the flames burning in Fanghua Palace, the bedroom of Concubine Wang.

Most of the ancient buildings were made of wood, and with Li Hong's careful arrangement, the fire turned into a raging fire in a short time. The intense heat made it impossible for people to get close.

There was chaos in Fanghua Palace.

While the fire attracted everyone's attention, Li Hong hugged Concubine Wang and immediately went out of the palace.

Relying on his peerless martial arts realm and powerful internal energy, Li Hong could easily climb over eaves and walls. Therefore, in just over ten minutes, Li Hong ran out of the palace with Concubine Wang and disappeared into the night.

"What? There's a fire in Fanghua Palace? Where's Concubine Wang? Has Concubine Wang been rescued?"

Inside the Qianqiu Wansui Palace, Liu Hong had just heard the court judge report the results of the interrogation. He was struggling to conceal the anger on his face when he suddenly heard a raging fire in Concubine Wang's bedroom. He stood up in shock.

"Your Majesty, the fire in Fanghua Palace started suddenly. It was probably arson. We are trying to put out the fire, but Concubine Wang is not seen." The eunuch Jian Shuo hesitated slightly, but still reported to Liu Hong.

"Your Majesty, this Concubine Wang is cruel and vicious. Not only does she want to kill me, but now she is even using the self-torture trick to burn down the Fanghua Palace. This is clearly an attempt to gain your Majesty's sympathy!"

The Queen on the side could not hide her shock and anger, and said to Liu Hong.

I just learned that the killer was sent by Wang Bao and Concubine Wang.

She was so angry that she was half dead. You know, if Zhang Fei, Pan Feng and others hadn't met her before, she would probably have died.

However, just as the Queen's voice fell, Liu Hong's roar rang out.

"Shut up! If Concubine Wang is really dead, I will banish you to the cold palace. You actually dared to poison Concubine Wang. You have such a vicious heart!" Liu Hong was extremely shocked and angry. He shouted at the queen and hurried to Fanghua Palace.

"Madam Wang, this matter is not over yet!" The Queen was scolded by Liu Hong. Hearing that she was going to be sent to the cold palace, the Queen's face turned pale. She gritted her teeth and said, looking at Liu Hong's back, she hurriedly followed him.

The raging fire in Fanghua Palace alarmed the entire palace and half of Luoyang City.

Despite the eunuchs and palace maids' best efforts to put out the fire.

The fire continued to burn for more than an hour.

This made Liu Hong extremely anxious.

After searching the entire harem, Concubine Wang was nowhere to be found.

According to the palace maids and eunuchs, Concubine Wang was indeed in the bedroom.

The eunuchs and guards who were guarding the gate to the harem also said that Concubine Wang had not left the harem.

Could it be that Concubine Wang is really in Fanghua Palace?

A big fire that lasted for an hour.

Even if there was someone inside, he would probably have been burned to ashes.

Because people will be burned to ashes in a fire in about a quarter of an hour. (20 minutes)

When the fire in Fanghua Palace was extinguished, the eunuchs who were ready rushed in together.

At this time, Empress He was also a little anxious.

This matter was caused by her. Even if Concubine Wang was extremely rebellious and wanted to kill her, there must be a reason.

If Concubine Wang died, she would definitely be in big trouble.

Soon, a crying voice was heard.

But then Concubine Wang's personal maid came out crying, staggering with a bunch of jewelry that Concubine Wang often wore.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's bad, the beauty is dead, the beauty is really dead. These are the things the beauty was wearing tonight. Xiu'er clearly remembers that it was Xiu who put them on the beauty."

Xiu'er, the personal maidservant of Lady Wang, sobbed and said to Liu Hongdao.

"What! Lady Wang is really dead!!"

Liu Hong staggered.

The queen beside her was also shocked!
Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and the other ten eunuchs looked at each other and could see what was in each other's eyes.

The matter is big!

(End of this chapter)