The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 51

Tomorrow, the late emperor's body will enter the imperial mausoleum, and three days later will be his enthronement ceremony. Song Chen is especially busy tonight.

Listening to the tedious rules reported one by one by the ceremonial officials, he suddenly saw the eunuch Liangxi who was accompanying him leave the door, and then pushed the door in after a while, with a panicked expression.

Liang Xi is an apprentice brought out by Zhou Yu, the chief inspector of the inner court. He has been in the palace for more than 20 years, and he is already able to take charge of himself. Seeing his pale face, Song Chen couldn't help frowning, "What's wrong?"

Liangxi bowed and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, there is water in the side hall of Sheng'an Hall, Madam Xue has not been found yet."

"what?"

He was shocked, ignored the people in the hall, and stepped out of the hall door.

In less than half a cup of tea, Song Chen had already arrived at Sheng'an Hall, but he saw that the fire in the hall had almost engulfed the roof, and even the courtyard was filled with thick smoke. The guards and eunuchs were already fighting the fire. At the southwest corner, the dark beams of the house exposed after being licked by the tongue of fire.

Song Chen scanned the crowd who had escaped from trouble, made sure that there was no figure of Chu Xue, and asked anxiously, "Where is Xue'er?"

Li Jiaoyun knelt down in front of him, crying, "Your Majesty, Sister Xue was in the innermost place at the time, and she was the first to discover the leaking water, but the situation was chaotic just now, she failed to escape first, and the guards had already gone in to find her." ,have not Get it yet……"

"Go look for me again!" Before Li Jiaoyun finished speaking, Song Chen sternly roared towards the surroundings.Looking at the fire that was still raging, his heart felt as if it had been burned. The person he cared about the most was still pregnant with his child, how could anything happen to her.

"Go find me again! Turn the Sheng'an Temple upside down, and find Xue'er for me!"

The new emperor's angry voice sounded, and the guards moved immediately. They were still in the burning side hall, and another group of people wrapped in wet clothes rushed in.

The women who escaped by chance didn't dare to breathe, and some children were sobbing softly after going through the chaos. In a corner, Princess Huai looked at the same anxious King Huai, and carefully persuaded: "My lord, the princess will be fine. do not worry……"

"Shut up!" Huai Wang stopped her words in a low voice.

He was extremely angry at the woman in front of him at the moment, she was the mistress of Prince Huai's mansion, the mother whom Wen Pei had honored for five years, why didn't she notice where Wen Pei was when the accident happened just now?She only thought about her son, why did she ever regard Wen Pei as her own child?
He only has such a daughter, and that is the daughter who sweetly calls his father every day and acts like a baby in his arms!
The news of the flood in Sheng'an Temple also spread to Funing Palace.

Hearing the news reported tremblingly by the little eunuchs, Concubine Jing turned pale with shock, and hurriedly asked the visitor, "Did anyone be hurt?"

The little eunuch murmured: "Go back to your mother, most of the masters in the side hall are safe, only... only..."

Xu Jinhe, who was by Concubine Jing's side, remained silent all this time, staring at the kneeling little eunuch, looking forward to the other party's name that she hated so much.

"Only who?" Concubine Jing asked anxiously.

"Only Mrs. Xue and Princess Wen Pei of Prince Huai's Mansion haven't been found yet." The little eunuch lay extremely low, with his forehead pressed against the clean ground.

"Ah..." Concubine Jing almost fainted, Chu Xue hadn't found her yet, and the child still had her little grandson in her stomach, so if there was any accident, it would be one dead body and two lives!

Xu Jinhe finally heard the news that made her happy, and an imperceptible smile flashed in her eyes, but seeing Concubine Jing's face was pale, she quickly comforted her, "Mother Concubine, Mother Concubine, don't worry, Sister Xue and the little princess are lucky, they will be safe , don't worry about breaking your body."

As soon as Concubine Jing grabbed her hand, she hurriedly said, "Go and have a look, go and see, what's going on there, arrange for them to save people quickly, no one will be killed!"

Seeing that Concubine Jing was so worried about Chu Xue, Xu Jinhe was actually very dissatisfied in her heart, but she had to bear the name of Gongliang, so she still had to act respectfully, she bowed her head and said: "Yes, my daughter-in-law will go now." After that, he ordered the female officer next to Concubine Jing, "Ning Yuan, take good care of Concubine Mother."

Then he bowed solemnly and went to Sheng'an Hall.

And at the back of the side hall of Sheng'an Hall, on a grassland near the water, Chu Xue, who had just escaped from danger, was panting heavily. Although the method can avoid the harm of the smoke, it made her breathing difficult, and now she urgently needs relief.

The fire in the hall was fierce just now, and the direction of the hall door was already blocked by the raging fire. The person who rescued them broke a rear window and led Yan Ling to escape here.There is a lotus pond here, the fire cannot burn here no matter what, not to mention that in the front yard, more and more guards have put out half of the fire, and they are finally safe.

Chu Xue breathed a little more freely. Seeing that she was safe, she suddenly thought of the person who saved her, and hurriedly asked, "Who are you? Did someone send you to save me?"

The man didn't answer her, but said: "Madam is waiting here, the slave will go out and have a look!"

The voice was clear and soft, with the same tone as the eunuchs, Chu Xue was relieved, it turned out to be the palace servant who was arranged to save people.

The man went to the front of the hall, searched secretly for a while, and came back to look for them when he saw the more anxious expression on the new emperor's face, and said, "Madam, Your Majesty is looking for you in a hurry, let's hurry over."

Then he helped her in front of him and went to the front of the hall.

After turning the corner and seeing the people in the courtyard clearly, that person suddenly shouted, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Xue has been found, and Mrs. Xue is here." It was completely different from the calm look in the fire just now.

Before she became suspicious, everyone who heard the sound had already looked in their direction, and when they reached the bright spot, Song Chen finally recognized her, walked over quickly, and hugged her into his arms.

When she returned to the man's arms again, her strength suddenly disappeared instantly, and tears welled up in her eyes. She choked up and said, "Your Majesty, I thought I would never see you again... Your Majesty..."

From the moment Emperor Jianhe passed away, everyone used the honorific title of emperor to Song Chen, but since that day, Chu Xue has not seen him, so the sentence just now is the first time she called him emperor , It was also the first sentence she said to him in the past few days.

But he could barely hear the words.

He was happy and heartbroken. For the first time in his life, he tasted the feeling of regaining what was lost. He blamed himself so much just now. He knew she was pregnant, so why did he let her come over to guard the coffin?Are etiquette and form really that important? If she is really lost tonight, what is the meaning of this life?

"It's okay, as long as you are safe, as long as you are safe." He helped her up and looked at her carefully.

After the chaos just now, her bun was messed up, her face was covered in black smoke, and her robe was torn several times. She was looking at him with tears in her eyes, and he was full of heartache.But fortunately, people are fine, which is the greatest comfort.

When King Huai saw his daughter in Yan Ling's arms, Gao Xuan's heart finally fell. He also quickly stepped forward, took Wen Pei, and let his daughter cry in his arms.

When everyone saw Chu Xue and the others coming out and Yan Ling was still holding Wen Pei, they all understood that the reason why Chu Xue was trapped was because it took time to save Wen Pei, and they were still thinking about other people's children at a critical moment of life and death. With her kind heart, everyone present couldn't help admiring her.

Princess Huai stepped forward and knelt down to her, gratefully said: "Thank you Madam for saving my family Wen Pei, thank you Madam!"

Chu Xue used to be a side concubine, and with Song Chen's ascension to the throne, she was bound to be concubine, so it was understandable that Princess Huai, who was originally of a higher rank than her, knelt down and thanked her like this.In addition to the special situation now, Princess Huai urgently needs to restore the trust in King Huai's heart, so this kneeling, on the contrary, shows that she attaches great importance to this concubine's daughter, and can also restore the favor of some husbands.

Seeing that Chu Xue was found, Liangxi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had been in the palace, he had inquired about Song Chen's affairs in detail a while ago. He knew that although the new emperor had four female relatives by his side, But Chu Xue was the one who was favored the most, so when he learned that Chu Xue was trapped just now, he didn't know how disturbed he was, but seeing that Chu Xue was safe now, he was finally relieved.

He walked behind Song Chen and bowed to persuade him: "Your Majesty, Madam is safe now, but the place is still in chaos. You can't stay here for long. Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon's body and go to rest first."

Song Chen said softly to Chu Xue, "I'll take you back."

"En." The beauty nodded with tears in her eyes.

The imperial chariot was already waiting not far away, and the two of them got on it and went back to Chu Xue's new residence in the palace, Yufu Palace.

The three princes waited for the new emperor's imperial chariot to go away, and they also dispersed one after another, leading their families back to the palace.

Xu Jinhe, who arrived late, was depicting the tragic scene of Chu Xue being engulfed by the fire all the way in her mind, and the corners of her lips naturally curled up slightly, but when she carried her sedan chair outside the hall of Sheng'an, the fire was almost extinguished The lingering fire and the empty yard made her stunned.

She thought that when she got off the sedan chair, she could see the palace maid mourning for that bitch's death, and she thought she could see Song Chen who was sad and absent-minded, but why didn't she?

Could it be that they have already disposed of all the corpses so quickly?
She vaguely felt something was wrong, so she hurriedly asked Qiu Gui to ask.

After a while, Qiugui came back in a hurry and brought her a piece of news that she didn't want to hear, that bitch is not dead!Finally, he was rescued by the palace people.

"Bitch!"

This low curse should be referring to two women.It not only refers to Chu Xue who escaped by chance, but also refers to Xia Wanyin who is not doing well!

If she had known that that bitch Xia Wanyin was so useless, she would have sent a few more people to take advantage of the confusion to kill Chu Xue first, so that no matter what, Chu Xue would not be allowed to escape again!

Blame her for thinking too highly of Xia Wanyin, blame her for devoting all her energy to protecting her two sons.

Just missed this great opportunity again!

"Your Majesty, there is a lot of evil here, let's go quickly."

Qiugui advised carefully.

Xu Jinhe gave her a sideways glance. I really don't know how this maidservant confessed to that bitch last night!
Qiu Gui knew that she had been angered, so she lowered her head and dared not make a sound.

"Go back to Funing Palace!"

Xu Jinhe said angrily in a low voice.

Since I came out following the orders of Concubine Jing, of course I have to go back and answer, so that the mother-in-law who misses that bitch can feel at ease.

Chu Xue was naturally exhausted after going through a shock. When she returned to Yufu Palace, Song Chen ordered someone to wait for her to take a bath, and then went to change her clothes.

Ruyue Qijing who was waiting in the hall turned pale with fright when she saw her appearance, but it was difficult to ask in front of Song Chen, so she could only care for her while waiting for her to take a bath.Yan Ling explained to the two what happened tonight, and said angrily to Chu Xue: "Master, she is going to kill you this time, you must not let her go!"

"That's natural." Chu Xue, who had calmed down, replied in the bathtub.She closed her eyes and thought for a while, then she told Yanling, "Jiyue Qijing serves me, you take the clothes I just had, go to the emperor, and explain tonight's affairs clearly."

"Yes."

Yan Ling picked up the filial piety clothes that were splashed with pungent tung oil, sighed, and walked towards the main hall.

(End of this chapter)