The Unparalleled Warrior of the Dream of the Red Chamber

The Kunning Palace was on fire, and the whole palace was shocked. All the harem concubines rushed to the Kunning Palace. For a while, the outside of the Kunning Palace was brightly lit, like daytime.All the concubines, maids, eunuchs and eunuchs knelt down all over the ground, greeting the emperor and empress in unison.The emperor glanced at the kneeling crowd, and said calmly: "Get up and go back to the palace."

Concubine Shen Shu thought that she had the highest position in the harem besides the empress, so she asked the maid to help her up, walked to the emperor and empress, and said, "Your majesty, empress, now that the Kunning Palace has been burned, why don't you invite concubines?" Rest temporarily in the palace, so as not to delay the morning court, the little prince and County Lord Lin can't rest well either."

The expression on the emperor's face was not as angry as before, but he just glanced at Concubine Shen Shu lightly, then looked at the queen, stretched out his hand to tuck the strand of blue hair blown by the cold wind behind her ear, and said softly: "The queen is frightened!" Now, you take Zhan'er and Yu'er to the Qianqing Palace first, before the Kunning Palace is completed, you will live with me in the Qianqing Palace, and Zhan'er and Yu'er will also live there."

As soon as the emperor's words came out, Concubine Shen Shu couldn't come down immediately, and there were many noble concubines and other little masters kneeling below. After hearing what the emperor said, although they didn't dare to raise their heads to laugh at Concubine Shen Shu, they all snickered with sullen heads.Concubine Shen Shu gritted her teeth secretly, and had to force a smile and said softly: "The Qianqing Palace is the emperor's palace, and concubines are never allowed to stay overnight. This is the ancestor's rule. The emperor may have forgotten it in a hurry."

The emperor's eyes turned cold, and he said coldly: "My words are the rules, Concubine Shen, you are so courageous, you dare to contradict my will!"

Concubine Shen Shu was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, and said in a trembling voice: "I dare not, my concubine is guilty."

The emperor snorted coldly, and said lightly: "If it wasn't for the imminent marriage of Duke Jian, I would have punished you severely just based on your words. For the sake of Prince Jian's upcoming wedding, that's all, go back to your Yanqing The palace stays peacefully, so don't talk too much here." Concubine Shen Shu had no choice but to kowtow desperately to thank her, and the two maids helped her to stand up, and led a group of people from Yanqing Palace back to the palace.Just passing by the place where all the concubines were kneeling, Concubine Shen Shu clearly heard a disdainful sneer, Concubine Shen Shu turned her head sharply, but she only saw a lot of backs and couldn't find out who the voice came from.Had to leave with resentment and anger.

Concubine Shen Shu hit a snag, and naturally the other concubines didn't dare to stroke the tiger's beard anymore, and left Kunning Palace one after another after kowtowing.The emperor ordered the water to be brewed and the water dissolved to send the queen Shui Zhan and Daiyu to the Qianqing Palace. The queen settled Daiyu and Shui Zhan, and then called Mr. Feng, who was not on duty tonight, to guard outside, and then changed clothes and returned to the Kunning Palace. fire scene.

It was an hour after the fire was extinguished. During this hour, the empress was always with the emperor, watching the eunuchs and guards put out the fire.At this time, the east is slightly white, and a gust of north wind blows, blowing the smell of burnt wood into everyone's nose.The queen frowned and asked, "Who was in charge last night, and where did the fire start?"

Yingxia hurriedly knelt down and replied: "Go back to the empress, the slaves were in charge of leading the team last night, and they inspected carefully every shift, and didn't even find a spark."

The emperor said in a deep voice, "Where did the fire start?"

"Return to the emperor, the fire started from the charcoal room, and the cause of the fire has not yet been found." A guard leader knelt on one knee and said loudly.

The emperor's face darkened. Fireworks are strictly prohibited around the charcoal house, and getting charcoal from the charcoal house is always only done during the daytime. After dark, the door of the charcoal house is closed and locked, and no one is allowed to approach.And because of the fear of flooding, the charcoal house is far away from the small kitchen and leans against the courtyard wall alone. Even if the water leaks for a while, it is impossible to burn the main hall of Kunning Palace in an instant.Now that the fire is so big, it is obvious that someone set it on fire.Thinking of someone sneaking into the Kunning Palace over many guards, the emperor was as heavy as iron, and said coldly: "Quickly go and investigate, if you can't find out who set the fire, don't come back to see me." The guards knelt down to obey the order, and then Scattered in the fire scene of Kunning Palace, braving white steam to find clues.

Shui Jianshui Rong heard that the fire started from the charcoal house, and immediately ran to the remnants of the charcoal house to inspect it carefully.It was just because the entire Kunning Palace exuded the smell of charcoal that had been burned by the fire, covering the smell of lamp oil left on the ground. Shui Chi searched carefully, but found no clues.He stood up in disappointment, but when he looked up, he saw Daiyu standing beside him. Shui Chi hurriedly said, "Yu'er, what are you doing here? Go back quickly. It's dirty here, and the smoke is smoky. Turn around and smoke again." you."

Daiyu shook her head and said: "Brother Chi, I couldn't sleep all the time, so I thought about the incident of the Kunning Palace flooding, but I couldn't figure it out, so I came to the scene of the fire to take a look."

Shui Rong heard Daiyu Shui Chi's conversation, and walked over from the side. When Dai Yu saw Shui Rong, she couldn't help covering her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed lightly. Shui Chi took a look at Shui Rong, and said with a smile: " Brother Rong, no matter how anxious you are, you can't make yourself into a big face with a copper hammer!"

Shui Rong wiped it carelessly with his sleeve, but wiped away the black ash on his face, making it all over his face.Daiyu knew that Shui Chi Shui Rong had rushed here when she saw the Kunning Palace was on fire, and she didn't even wear a robe, let alone wearing a handkerchief, so she handed the handkerchief in her hand to Shui Rong with a light smile: " Brother Rong, wipe it with my handkerchief."

Shui Rong was suddenly very happy, quickly grabbed Daiyu's handkerchief and wiped it on her face fiercely, then tucked the handkerchief into her sleeve, Daiyu hurriedly shouted: "Give me back the handkerchief! "Shui Rong laughed and said: "The handkerchief was soiled by me, I will return it to you after washing it."

Seeing Shui Rong smiling with white teeth showing, and eyes narrowed into slits, Shui Chi felt very unhappy, touched his face with his hands, wiped the black ash on his clean face, and then Then he stretched out his hand in front of Daiyu and said, "Yu'er, my face is also dirty, and I want a handkerchief."

Seeing the expression on Shui Chi's face, Dai Yu was exactly the same as when Shui Qing was lying to her, she couldn't help turning her head and laughing: "Zhuying, give your highness the prince's handkerchief."

Shui Chi stretched his face and said in a muffled voice: "Yu'er, I want your handkerchief."

Daiyu's eyes widened and she wondered, "But I only have one handkerchief, which was used by Senior Brother Rong just now."

Shui Chi turned his head to stare at Shui Rong, but Shui Rong raised his eyebrows and smiled triumphantly, "Yes, yes, I've used it and it's dirty, and I want to wash it and return it to Yu'er."

Daiyu turned around and took the handkerchief that Zhuying handed over, wiped it on Shui Chi's hands that refused to take it back, and said in a coaxing tone: "Look, no matter whose handkerchief it is, it can be wiped clean. .”

Shui Chi sighed sullenly, took the handkerchief from Dai Yu's hand, rubbed it vigorously on her face a few times, then said to Shui Rong angrily: "Shui Rong, did you find anything?"

Shui Rong shook his head and said: "A big fire burned everything, except for coke, there is nothing left."

When Daiyu walked over just now, she smelled a strange smell, but she didn't know what it was, and she couldn't blame Daiyu, since she had never used lamp oil since she was born, she always used the best candles. So Daiyu didn't even know what lamp oil smelled like.

Seeing that Daiyu suppressed her smile, as if she was looking for something seriously, she stopped talking and joking, and turned her mind back to finding clues.Daiyu calmed down and carefully distinguished. She looked out from the remnants of the charcoal house, and the smell became stronger and stronger. When she reached a certain place, Daiyu squatted down and pushed away the dust on the ground, and the smell became clearer. , Daiyu pulled out the silver hairpin from her head and dug it up on the ground.Shui Chi quickly squatted down and said, "Yu'er, what did you find?"

Daiyu pointed to the handful of soil she dug up and said: "This soil smells wrong. I smelled a strange smell in the charcoal house just now. The smell is the strongest here, but I don't know what it is. It doesn't feel right."

Shui Chi didn't even know the smell of lamp oil. When he smelled it, he called Shui Rong, and let Shui Rong smell it. Naturally, Shui Rong wouldn't know it. Shui Chi beckoned a little eunuch to let him come and smell it. Hearing it, he exclaimed in surprise: "His Royal Highness, this is the smell of lamp oil. Who poured the lamp oil here?"

Shui Chi Shui Chi Dai Yu stood up, Shui Chi said in a deep voice: "Take a few young eunuchs to listen carefully, but mark all the places where there is lamp oil, and I want to see if there is something strange there." The little eunuchs led away, and after a while, saw a dozen or so little eunuchs sniffing around like puppies, the emperor thought it was strange, so he beckoned water to make Daiyu come to him, The emperor asked: "Qi'er, what are these little eunuchs doing?"

Shui Chi hurriedly bowed and replied: "Return to Father, just now Yu'er discovered that there was lamp oil on the ground. Since then, someone deliberately set the fire on purpose. The lamp oil is the thing that ignited the fire, so let them mark the place where there is lamp oil, so maybe We can find out where the arsonist sneaked into the Kunning Palace."

The emperor was very satisfied when he heard Shui Chi's words, but he didn't praise him, he just asked: "How do you determine that it was an outsider who sneaked into the Kunning Palace and set the fire, not someone in the Kunning Palace?"

Shui Chi said confidently: "Up and down the Kunning Palace, no lamp oil is used in any room. There are countless offerings in the palace. They have no chance to get lamp oil. This is one of them."

The emperor laughed and asked, "What about the second one?"

Shui Chi said calmly: "Secondly, there are four eunuchs or maids living in one room in Kunning Palace. If someone tampers with it, it is impossible not to disturb the other three people. I have ordered someone to check it just now. Well, when the fire broke out just now, there wasn’t a house with few people in it, counting the time, it’s impossible for the arsonist to set fire here and rush back to his room.”

The emperor was very satisfied with this answer, so he asked again: "Is there a third one?"

Shui Chi smiled embarrassedly, and said in a low voice, "Not yet."

The emperor patted Shui Chi's shoulder with a smile, and said with relief: "Chi'er, you have made great progress."

Seeing that the emperor was in a better mood, Shui Rong also smiled and said: "Isn't that right, since I often compete with Yu'er, even my nephews feel that they have made progress, so they can think about things more."

When Daiyu heard Shui Rong's words, she leaned against the queen and said in a low voice: "Aunt, Senior Brother Rong made fun of Yu'er."

The queen smiled and said: "He didn't tell a lie this time, Yu'er, you love to read and think, Qi'er and Rong'er can be influenced by you, auntie couldn't be happier. Yu'er, you don't know, you Before entering the palace, these two guys have never done anything serious other than causing trouble and fighting."

The emperor smiled and said: "Yu'er, what your queen and aunt said is right. Uncle still wants you to be a master for the two of them. With their half-bottle-shaking level, uncle is really afraid that they will tarnish your father's reputation for the rest of his life." .”

The words were serious, Dai Yu hurriedly bowed and said: "Uncle Emperor, you are serious. Brother Chi and Senior Brother Rong are both heroes for a while, my late father will definitely be proud of them."

Water brewing and water melting don't mind being said so by the emperor and queen. I know in my heart what level they are. Neither of them can be faulty in martial arts, but in terms of Xiwen, the two are indeed far behind, that is, After seeing Daiyu, the two of them realized their shortcomings, and they enriched themselves by lighting up the lamp and reading at night every night, and only then did they make some progress.

The little eunuchs found out the place where the lamp oil had been sprinkled, and saw that the end of the water was in the backyard of Kunning Palace, and there was a big tree outside the courtyard wall, so he knew how the arsonist sneaked into Kunning Palace.Shui Chi pulled a green onion from the dry land and jumped to the tree, searching back and forth between the tree and the courtyard wall. Sure enough, the hard work paid off, and Shui Chi found a small blue cloth that was more than two inches long and one finger wide on the branch.

Shui Chi took the cloth and jumped under the tree, ran to the emperor's side, held up the cloth and said: "Father, my son found this on the tree. The arsonist must have used the tree to climb over the wall, and the branch was caught. The man's clothes were torn off."

When the Queen heard that it was a small piece of cloth, she said, "What kind of cloth is it, Chi'er, bring it here and show me."

Shui Chi sent the cloth strips to the queen, and the queen looked at it carefully and said that it was the clothing material of the seventh-rank eunuch in the palace. The emperor nodded and said: "Come here, quickly gather all the eunuchs from the seventh rank, and interrogate them one by one." "

At this moment, a guard rushed over, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, a set of eunuch's clothes was found in Yuhe, and they have been fished up."

Shui Chi immediately drank and said, "Hurry up and bring it here."

The queen and Daiyu spread out the clothes, and sure enough, they found a scratch on the back hem of the eunuch's robe. The queen put the cloth strips in her hand on a pair, and they fit together perfectly.

The queen stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this is the suit."

The emperor nodded and said: "Chi'er, hand over the clothes to the Punishment Department and order them to investigate. Before it gets dark today, I want to know who the arsonist is."

Shui Chi bowed and said yes, and personally sent the clothes to the Punishment Department. Because the father-in-law Chen in the womb was from the Punishment Department, Shui Chi ordered him to sit here and wait, and report back to himself as soon as he got the result.

After everything was settled, the emperor and empress moved to the Qinxin Hall of Qianqing Palace. Thinking that rebuilding Kunning Palace is a big project, and the treasury is empty, they have to prepare for war. The emperor's brows were filled with worry.After all, the husband and wife are of the same heart, the queen saw that the emperor was frowning, and sighed softly: "There is nothing left in the whole Kunning Palace. If it is rebuilt, it will cost internal money. Your Majesty, no matter which palace can live , it’s not that I have to live in Kunning Palace to be considered a queen, so don’t do it.”

The war is imminent, and there is indeed no extra money and food to rebuild the Kunning Palace. The emperor nodded helplessly and said: "Forget it, the Kunning Palace is burnt like this, and it can't be repaired in a month or two. Wait until the year is over. You will live with me in Qianqing Palace, without Kunning Palace, I will not have to travel back and forth every day, and I can still see you all the time, this is the only benefit of Kunning Palace being burned."

The queen shook her head and smiled and said: "It's just that Yu'er's affairs are not easy to handle. I am the queen, so it's fine even if I live in the Qianqing Palace, but Yu'er is different. If she lives in the Qianqing Palace for a long time, this criticism will be absolute. Indispensable."

The emperor nodded and said in a deep voice: "I'm also thinking about this matter. Although we love Yu'er as our own daughter, there is no blood relationship after all. Letting her live here is harming her."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Eunuch Lu came in and reported: "Report to the emperor, County Lord Lin begs to see you."

The emperor nodded and said, "Let her in."

Daiyu Yingying walked in, bringing a ray of breeze. She was wearing a beige silver silk beige embroidered with green bamboo with a round neck and long trousers. The embroidered shoes hooked up the hem of the skirt, and seeing Daiyu wearing this go-out outfit, the queen hurriedly asked, "Yu'er, where are you going?"

Daiyu knelt down on the prayer mat at the foot of the steps, and said softly: "Daiyu came to bid farewell. Now that the end of the year is approaching, and her brother has just returned home, Daiyu wants to go back and have a family reunion."

The emperor secretly praised in his heart: what a smart girl, she never mentioned the inconvenience of living in Qianqing Palace, but said that she wanted to go back to her family for reunion. Nothing wrong.Well, with such a mentality, in the future, he can assist Chi'er and become a hero of the generation.The emperor thought about it, and said with a smile: "You have been exempted from kneeling a long time ago. Get up quickly. If you want to go home, your uncle can't stop you. How about this? Let's go home after lunch with uncle, okay?" ?”

The queen came down and took Daiyu in her arms and said with a smile, "Yu'er, I have wronged you."

Daiyu smiled slightly: "Aunt, what are you talking about? Yu'er can't understand. Yu'er still wants to thank the emperor's uncle and aunt for their kindness. It has been seven or eight years, and Yu'er can finally be here again." It's Chinese New Year at home."

The queen couldn't help feeling sad when she heard this, she straightened Daiyu's hair on her temples and said in a low voice, "It was my aunt and your emperor's uncle who were negligent and didn't take good care of you."

Daiyu hurriedly laughed and said: "Auntie, don't say that. If you had taken care of Yu'er at that time, they would not have used Yu'er. I'm afraid Yu'er would have gone to see her parents by now. Now You love Yu'er so much, I'm afraid that elder brother Rong, senior brother Rong and younger brother Qing'er will be jealous."

The queen caressed Daiyu's face and said with a smile: "You are a child who can talk. Since you want to go back, your aunt also stops you, so go back and talk to your aunt. Alas, you are going to leave after the fifteenth day. Auntie really can't bear it." .”

Daiyu tilted her head playfully and smiled, "Don't be like this, auntie, wait for Yu'er to make a great contribution before asking for a reward from the emperor's uncle." "The emperor laughed and said: "Well, you ghost girl, let's put the words here first, well, I promise you, when you come back from the north, uncle will make you a princess. "

But Daiyu shook her head and said, "Uncle Emperor, Daiyu doesn't want to be a princess."

The emperor smiled and said, "Then what are you going to do?"

Daiyu blinked her eyes before saying: "Daiyu asked the emperor to promise Daiyu one thing, but Yu'er hasn't thought about it yet, I will talk to the emperor when I think about it."

The emperor is hurting Daiyu to the core of his heart at this moment, he will agree to whatever Daiyu says, so he just smiled and said: "Okay, I will promise you one thing, whenever you think of it, you can do it." Come on."

Because of the fire in the Kunning Palace, the emperor stayed there for a day, and all the wives and ladies of high rank had to enter the palace to pay their respects. The queen knew that Daiyu didn't like to deal with these things the most, so she left her to talk for a while before ordering Eunuch Feng He drove Daiyu back to the Lin Mansion by himself.

Although she was worried about the fire in the Kunning Palace, the queen did not forget that the Lin family was attacked by dead men at night.

When Shui Chi Shui Rong heard that Daiyu was going back to Lin's house, they all rode to see her off. Lin Cheng also came from the Golden Palace to pick up Daiyu, and a group of people escorted Daiyu back to Lin's residence.The soldiers in Shuiling saw that Daiyu was well protected, and the father-in-law driving the cart looked short and fat like a short winter melon, but they knew that he was a master from the strength of his hands when he swung his whip to drive the cart. Moreover, the crown prince Beijing Wang Shizi and the champion of the new department are all there, especially Lin Cheng. The dead soldiers of Shuiling already know that their brother is folded in the hands of this black and thin looking champion of the new department. Raise twelve points with caution.Therefore, the road was peaceful and tight, and they arrived at the Lin family very smoothly.

Daiyu didn't get out of the car until the car entered the gate. She nodded her thanks to Eunuch Feng first, and said softly, "Daiyu feels really sorry for bothering Eunuch Feng several times. I heard that Eunuch has nothing but love for wine. Daiyu There are 60-year-old flower carvings at home, please let my father-in-law taste them."

Eunuch Feng is a person with a very detached status next to the queen. He does not need to be on duty on weekdays. He will only act when something special happens or someone who needs special protection.This time when sending Daiyu back, Eunuch Feng was going to stay in the Lin Mansion for a few days because of the Queen's special instructions. Hearing what Daiyu said, Eunuch Feng narrowed his small eyes with joy, bowed and said: " For such an old slave, I would like to thank Miss Lin for the reward."

"Master Feng, you can't enjoy good wine to yourself!" Shui Chi muttered when he heard that Daiyu had 60 years of flower carving, and the wine worm was really rumbling in his stomach.Speaking of which, Eunuch Feng can be regarded as half a martial arts master of Shui Chi, so Shui Chi can talk to him a lot more casually.

Eunuch Feng liked Daiyu's temperament very much, so he said to Daiyu with a wry smile: "My good girl, look, before you have rewarded the wine, the robbers came out first."

Daiyu was amused by Eunuch Feng, so she cooperated with her smile and said, "Don't worry, Eunuch Feng. Turn around, I'll give you the 60 years, and give him the 30 years."

Eunuch Feng laughed loudly and said: "You are such a good girl, this old servant did not pick you up for nothing."

Shui Chi knew that Daiyu was joking, so he said with a joking smile, "Master Feng, stay a while, I'll just grab the wine in your glass!"

Eunuch Feng smiled and spread his hands and said: "Okay, okay, if you still grab it, you will be considered a teacher if you can grab it."

Shui Rong knew that he was no better than water and didn't have that special talent, so he smiled at Daiyu: "Yu'er, don't pay attention to them, they are all drunkards, and our brothers and sisters are elegant in talking about poetry and writing Fu."

Shui Chi stretched out his long arms and hooked Shui Rong to his side, humming and laughing: "You don't need to drink, then pour us some wine!"

Shui Rong rolled his eyes in anger, making everyone in the yard laugh.