Chapter 498
Chapter 498: I [JW1]
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The heavy rains were still beating down on the buildings in the Royal Palace, and the hearts of the people in it . It was silent in Guangxin Palace, or maybe it was silent . The vicious words of the brother and sister were hidden by the sound of rain and thunder . Not a peep traveled outside the Palace .
Even so, there was still not a single person outside Guangxin Palace . Even old Eunuch Hong was not there . Everyone kept their distance . As long as they did so, they would be keeping their distance from death .
Eunuch Yao was still outside Eastern Palace, but his thoughts had long turned to Guangxin Palace . His hands and feet were cold, and his heart was dark . He didn't know what was happening in that Palace . Although he knew he shouldn't think of that scenario, he still couldn't help but do so .
He wiped the rainwater from his hand and carefully watched for movements in the Eastern Palace . Since the Emperor had given this Palace to him to manage, he couldn't let the empress and Crown Prince inside cause any ruckus .
Compared to Guangxin Palace, the situation with the Eastern Palace seemed much quieter . Although Eunuch Yao was nervous, he wasn't afraid . All the servants in the Eastern Palace had been beheaded . There was only the mother and son left alone in there . Eunuch Yao believed that, no matter what, they wouldn't be able to cause a ruckus .
Suddenly, his eyes that had been soaked by the rainwater suddenly became dry and began to burn .
What a powerful fire!
The powerful fire rose from the beautiful Eastern Palace and dissolved into countless fire spirits . It rose toward the rain scattering sky . The incredible heat accompanied the fire as it quickly spread in all directions .
Eunuch Yao's eyes suddenly constricted, but the red in his eyes did not decrease at all . The Eastern Palace was on fire . At this point, other than the mother and son lighting the fire themselves, no one else could do it . But, did the mother and son want to burn themselves?
Furthermore, the rain was coming down heavily, so how did this fire start? Why could the sky full of rain not be able to put out this fire? Eunuch Yao knew that this was not the moment to investigate how the fire started . He had to immediately make a decision whether to put out the fire or otherwise .
Should he let the empress and Crown Prince burn themselves to death in the fire? Eunuch Yao didn't spend too much time thinking . He knew that no matter how angry the Emperor was, if the empress and Crown Prince died under his watch before enduring the wrath of the Emperor, then that wrath would fall on his own head .
A moment later, Eunuch Yao's voice seemed to have passed through the fire as he yelled in a sharp but raspy voice, "Water!"
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There were countless reservoirs of water in copper vats in the Royal Palace, and countless eunuchs and serving girls . When the fire started in the Eastern Palace, there were already people reacting and running toward it, working hard to put out the fire . Eunuch Yao tensely and carefully did not participate . Instead, he stood in the outer circle with a hidden face and watched the busy crowd . He was very careful to not allow anyone to take this opportunity to make contact with the mother and son in the burning Palace .
This fire was somewhat strange . It didn't seem like that the Palace itself had burned . Rather, someone had used highly flammable materials and oils . Thus, the fire was very powerful and couldn't be extinguished by the rain . However, after these resources were burned through, the fire had no further strength and was extinguished quickly .
A loyal eunuch broke down the burned and blackened Palace door wanting to charge inside to save the master and mistress inside .
Once the little eunuch broke through the Palace door, he found darkness in front of his eyes . Somehow, he was struck by a wooden stick on the head and fainted away .
Eunuch Yao coldly entered first . Behind him, the guards and eunuchs once again surrounded the Eastern Palace and kept the fire fighters, who were looking at each other, outside of the Palace .
The Eastern Palace had already been burned into a desolate place . On the rain splattered stone tiles in front of the Palace, the empress was being held by the Crown Prince in his arms . Other than the marks of having been singed by the fire on her body, she looked wretched after having been soaked by the rain .
Eunuch Yao bowed slightly . "The fire has been put out . "
The meaning was simple . Since the fire had been put out, the two of them would still have to temporarily suffer the indignities and stay .
The Crown Prince, with a row of blisters from the fire on his hand, stared at Eunuch Yao's eyes . A glimmer of hatred flashed across his face . He spoke each word clearly, "Unless you kill me right now, otherwise, the entire Royal Palace will know the news of the Eastern Palace catching on fire . How long do you think you can hide it?"
Then, the Crown Prince raised his head and calmly said, "I am fine . It is only that mother has fainted from the smoke . " His voice easily carried to outside the Palace and was heard by those who came to put out the fire . It put them at ease . As long as the empress and Crown Prince were fine, then they would not suffer .
As these words landed in the ears of the eunuchs and guards surrounding the Eastern Palace, they carried a different kind of meaning .
Eunuch Yao's body froze . He slowly lifted his head to look at this usually very normal Crown Prince and furrowed his brows . Only now did he realize that this Crown Prince was, after all, the Emperor's true son . When crisis came, this kind of decisiveness and self-immolation to force a result, was used to great effect .
The Emperor needed to deal with his family matters but also needed to maintain his face, so he had chosen the darkest hour before dawn . The heavens had joined in and poured down thunder and rain to add to the atmosphere . In the Royal Palace, over a hundred servants had already died to stop the people's incessant talking .
After the Eastern Palace caught fire, everyone knew that the Crown Prince and empress were fine . It was impossible for this matter to go by without a sound . The so-called family matter was going to gradually become a national matter .
Eunuch Yao looked at the calm Crown Prince and felt his heart jump . He found that when the usually rather stupid Crown Prince was faced with a crisis, regardless of whether it was his eyes or expression, he was very like the Emperor .
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The woman with truly the most power in Qing Kingdom, that old woman, had actually woken up half an hour ago . The old woman needed to sleep for very little time, but the empress still habitually lay on the soft bed in Hanguang Palace with her eyes closed to rest her spirit .
For some reason, she had already been awake for a long time, yet the sky was still so dark . It gave one no interest in getting up to walk in the garden .
The sound of the wind, rain, and thunder made the empress dowager furrow her brows and close her eyes even tighter . She wasn't afraid of thunder, but she disliked it . She always wondered if the heavens had some complaint against the Li family and used this method to tell her .
After the wind and thunder, a clamoring sound came faintly from the distance . The sound disappeared very quickly, and the dark Palace once again recovered its silence .
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