pungent peasant girl

Chapter 267 Fire

The people at the banquet gradually let go, and it was lively, bursting with laughter from time to time.Concubine Yue Gui also blended in, and seemed to have forgotten the embarrassment just now.

In order to attract the attention of the emperor, some concubines presented their talents one after another.

Meng Qianyan ate a piece of rose cake, watching the dancers in the center of the venue.

She was a little tired and yawned loudly.

Suddenly, there was a burning smell in the air.

She sniffed, "Ripple, is something burned?"

"Charcoal." Mo Lianyi didn't even look at it, but stared intently at the people on the field.

"That's not right." Meng Qianyan murmured, put down the pastry, and looked around.

At this moment, a eunuch screamed, "It's not good, it's not good, Yongshou Palace is on fire!"

"What!" The emperor and the empress dowager were startled. They looked back, only to find that thick smoke was already billowing from the room of Yongshou Palace.

People are just outside the palace gate of Yongshou Palace, and no one knows that there is a fire inside.

"Come on, put out the fire!" The emperor immediately stood up and ordered.

The fire was raging, and before the water came, flames sprang out of the windows, and everyone at the banquet felt the heat wave around them.

"Get out of the way, Your Majesty!" The chief eunuch pulled the Emperor away.

Everyone also scattered outside.

The Empress Dowager was going out with her old aunt, but she suddenly thought of something, "Wait a minute, isn't Ai's cat still inside?"

"Cat?" The emperor hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, don't think about cats, I will just find you another one."

"No, that's a Persian tribute cat. The Ai family has been raising it for four years."

"Okay, okay, come here, take out the Queen Mother's cat immediately! Queen Mother, stay away."

In this way, the empress dowager raised her steps and walked into the distance.

However, with a bang, a window was burned out and smashed to the ground.

"what--"

The empress dowager was frightened and screamed.

At the same time, another window was burning and smashed down.

"Save the Empress Dowager, save the Empress Dowager!" Concubine Yue Gui shouted in panic while hugging Mo Lianyi.

The emperor looked at Meng Qianyan, "Peach Blossom!"

Meng Qianyan was about to rush out, but saw a nimble figure flashing out from one side, first he shot open the burning window, then he embraced the empress dowager with one hand, and grabbed the empress dowager with the other. An old aunt.

Tap on your toes, and suddenly reach a safe place.

The empress dowager landed on the ground, clutching her chest, the shock in her eyes was still there, and everyone surrounded her, greeting her non-stop.

At the same time, the cat in the Yongshou Palace was also carried out. The Empress Dowager picked up the cat and calmed down a lot.

Outside, a large number of eunuchs and palace people were pouring buckets of water into the burning house, and there was a choking smell of smoke.

Meng Qianyan's gaze was locked on the other person - Luo Ziyan.

Regardless of the crowd, she rushed to his side.

"Why are you here?"

A complex thought flashed in Luo Ziyan's eyes, "Qianyan, I don't have time to explain to you now, I have to leave first."

"Commander Luo, where are you going?"

It was Mo Yan who came out from the crowd, smiling, "Commander Luo, thanks to you, otherwise, the emperor's grandmother would be in danger."

After saying this sentence, everyone looked over.

Including the emperor's, but the empress dowager's.

"You saved Ai's family?" The Empress Dowager looked at Luo Ziyan seriously, with surprise in her eyes, "Who are you? What's your name?"

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, my subordinate is surnamed Luo, and he is the commander of the patrol army."

"Oh, you are so young and young, with extraordinary skills, and looking at your appearance, you are actually handsome and handsome. The Ai family really likes it."

At this moment, the emperor smiled, "I have met Commander Luo a few times before, and he is really loyal and loyal, just like what the queen mother said, with extraordinary skills."

"The emperor has such a person by his side, and he doesn't even tell Ai's family." The empress dowager said appreciatively.

"The emperor and the queen mother praised it a lot. These are the duties of the subordinates."

"Yeah." The Empress Dowager nodded, "It's also very steady. In this way, Your Majesty, I think you have to reward Commander Luo well."

The emperor thought for a while, "The empress mother is right, but what kind of reward should I have?"

Mo Yan spoke again, "By the way, father, my son looked at father's side, and there has been a lack of a first-class guardian guard. Why don't you just let Commander Luo be this first-class guard."

"It makes sense. Well, it's settled like this. From now on, Commander Luo, you will be the first-class guard by my side, and you will be the second-rank guard."

"This……"

Luo Ziyan's expression changed suddenly, and he knelt down, "Your Majesty, my subordinates have very little ability, and I'm afraid I won't be able to do it."

"I said you can and you can. Well, get up, and don't shirk. This fire is inexplicable, and I have to punish these palace people properly."

"Get up, Luo Ziyan." Mo Yan stretched out a hand and forced Luo Ziyan to stand up.

Luo Ziyan frowned and stepped aside.

At this moment, the fire in Yongshou Palace had been extinguished, and all the palace people knelt down in front of the emperor.

"What's going on?" The emperor asked angrily, "How do you do things? How could there be a fire?"

"Reporting to the emperor, this dinner was held outside, and the charcoal fire inside the room was not extinguished. It must have been lit by sparks." The visitor said tremblingly.

"Hmph, a group of unsteady guys almost caused a catastrophe. Come here, pull them down one by one, and give them [-] sticks each."

"Yes!"

All the palace people were dragged down.

The emperor looked at the empress dowager again, "Mother, it will be five or six days until the Chinese New Year, so it's better not to see the blood."

"Okay, the Ai family feels the same way, so don't punish them too much. It's just that the Yongshou Palace of the Ai family has burned down three rooms, so we must send someone to repair it as soon as possible."

"Yes, my son will send someone to repair it tomorrow."

After such a fuss, the dinner party could only come to an end, it was already late at night, the emperor explained a few words, and everyone dispersed.

Meng Qianyan first went back to Ling'an Palace with Concubine Yuegui, put Mo Lianyi to sleep, and then returned to Yihuanju alone.

She was uneasy, because Luo Ziyan's behavior and expression today were too strange.

The people under him are all in charge of patrolling, how could they go to Yongshou Palace?And his look obviously didn't want to show off the limelight.

She thought about it all the way but couldn't figure it out, so she could only wait for Luo Ziyan to come over and read his explanation.

Back in Yihuanju, Meng Qianyan told the palace people to go to bed, changed his clothes, and prepared to lie down.

However, as soon as the curtain was lifted, she saw Luo Ziyan who was leaning halfway, frowning in deep thought.

(End of this chapter)