At this time, Ganquan Palace had already become a mess. Looking at the flames burning in the main hall, whether it was people or objects inside, they were probably burned to nothing.
The first to rush over was Empress Yan. She saw the thick smoke coming from Ganquan Palace from a distance and hurriedly rushed over, grabbing a servant and asking: "Where is Concubine Yan? Where is she?"
"Go back, young lady... She... " The little eunuch's face twisted in distress, stuttering and unable to get the words out, taking half a day to finish one sentence.
"I'm asking you, where is Yan Zhenren?" Seeing Xiao Taijian unable to respond for half a day, Empress Yan anxiously shouted.
"Master... she... is... over there..."
The Empress Yeh's loud shout scared the little eunuch so much that he was almost in tears, pointing to the sea of flames inside the main hall.
"What." Empress Yan let go of the little eunuch, her eyes disbelieving as she stared at the sea of flames. Her fourth sister was still in that inferno. Her future hopes were all buried here.
She was still expecting her fourth sister to give birth to another prince for her. How could she just leave like that?
Empress Yan was shocked and took a step back, stumbling slightly, before being caught by the eunuchs standing on either side of her.
"Princess." Eunuch Ji An and palace maid Xue Rong both cast her concerned glances.
"Quickly, go and summon all the eunuchs in the palace. Have them bring water to put out the fire immediately."
"Yes. Princess." Eunuch Ji An took orders and quickly left.
"Xue Rong, quickly go and organize a few agile eunuchs. Say it's the order of this palace. Let them immediately go into the sea of fire to rescue people." Xue Rong looked at the terrifyingly burning sea of fire. At this time, letting people go in to find someone was undoubtedly sending them to their deaths. The fire was so big, whether they could even get in was a question.
The queen's face was gloomy. Xue Rong didn't dare say anything more and had no choice but to obey.
Empress Yan led the remaining few palace maids and eunuchs forward. When she saw those panicked slaves, she became angry again. She scolded them loudly: "What are you panicking about, dog slaves? Your master is still in the sea of fire. What are you running for? Hurry up and go rescue him!"
Those slaves knew they were in the wrong and sulkily pretended to put out the fire and rescue people.
Yuan Huang Hou searched around but couldn't find the person closest to Si Mei. As she turned back to the entrance of the courtyard, she happened to see Wen Qin rushing over with a tense and flustered expression.
"Where have you been? Why weren't you attending to your master?" Empress Yan cut off Wenqin, looking at her sternly and asking loudly.
Hear the zither, see the empress blocking her way. Hurriedly kneeling on the ground, she said with a sob: "Your Majesty, I just came out of Your Majesty's Kun Ning Palace. I heard that there was a fire here. I thought of my master and rushed back."
"What are you doing in my palace? And why did you leave your master?" Empress Yan looked at Wenqin, she hated it the most when something happened to her master and the slaves serving him were not by his side.
Wen Qin hastily told the whole story. She spoke quickly, but every word was clear. The listener couldn't find anything wrong with it.
After Wen Qin finished speaking, she lowered her head anxiously and asked: "Your Majesty, where is our master? Where is she now?"
"Your master is still in the sea of fire in the main hall, go take a look." Empress Yan gazed at the sea of fire and said softly: "Consider yourself lucky to have escaped this disaster tonight."
After finishing speaking, Empress Yan no longer looked at her and turned around to watch those who were putting out the fire.
She also understood in her heart that even if this fire was extinguished, the people inside would probably be dead without a doubt.
She now has only one half-sister. Now this sister is also going to be gone. Her plan is not yet complete. How can she capture the emperor's heart in the future?
Yuan Huang Hou's concern was not about Yuan Xi Jun's life, but her own future and destiny. Now that her sister is gone, who will help her complete the unfinished plans? For this, she furrowed her brow in distress, gazing out at the sea of flames.
She got up in a flurry of anxiety and rushed towards the sea of fire. She lowered her head, and no one could see the triumphant smile of victory that 'leaked' out from the corner of her mouth.
The Pavilion of Beautiful Dreams
A pot of wine under the moonlight. Yang Qishuang and Zhou Yihuan exchanged a knowing glance at the place where the thick smoke was rising, and then they happily drank another cup of joyful beautiful wine together.
Zhou Yi Huan refilled the cups with wine and smiled, saying: "Sister, who would have thought that things would go so smoothly? At this moment, I'm afraid that 'woman' has already been buried in a sea of flames."
"Hehe, I'm afraid it's already been burned to ashes by now." Yang Qixue said with a smile as she drank from the cup in her hand. "I just sent Ling'er to take a look earlier. She said the fire has spread throughout the entire Ganquan Palace. Tonight, it's probably impossible to put out the flames."
"It's better this way. Just destroy everything over there. In the future, it will be out of sight and out of mind. Otherwise, if you see it later, it will tarnish your sister's eyes."
"Hmm, sister also hopes that this fire can burn that place clean. It's good to cut off the emperor's thoughts early." Yang Qixue said. What she couldn't tolerate most was others competing with her for men. So she had to eliminate that existing threat.
Zhou Yi raised the cup of fine wine in front of him, took a light sip and said: "I didn't expect that girl to be so ruthless. Today I was just testing whether she would be willing to harm Yan Cixi. Unexpectedly, she agreed with me and said she would take action tonight."
"It's true. I've never seen such a ruthless servant before." Yang Qixue said, "If she can betray Yan Xijun, she can also betray us in the future. This person cannot be kept."
"Uh-huh. She may be a bit ruthless and poisonous in her actions, but don't worry, sister. From now on, I'll take charge of teaching and managing her. I'll definitely train her to be obedient and loyal." Zhou Yiwan said confidently: "I will make her thoroughly become our servant who takes orders from us. We are currently lacking someone like that by our side. With her, we can easily deal with the Empress Dowager."
"Alright. As long as it can help me bring down the Queen. Whatever sister says goes."
Yang Qixue said: "If you want to keep her, then keep her. Just be careful with her, don't let her harm you."
"Sister is also being cautious, right?" Zhou Yi said with a smile to Yang Xue. But in her heart, she was calculating. With this kind of careful and cautious attitude, if they were to become enemies in the future, it would be difficult to deal with her.
And she doesn't trust others like that. What about herself? Doesn't she also distrust herself? Is she also suspecting her own motives?
Zhou Yi Huan is a person with the most thoughts. These ideas she only thought about in her mind for a moment, but it made her think of all sorts of consequences.
"It's still better to be careful in this palace, people's hearts are unpredictable." Yang Xue said with her own experience of having gone through two dynasties. In the previous dynasty, she was too naive and didn't get what she wanted. Now in this dynasty, she will get back what originally belonged to her.
More than a decade ago, the emperor already liked her. If it weren't for her sensitive identity, she would have become the empress long ago.