There is Room For the Poor Daughter

The Lantern Festival is celebrated all over the world.

The entire capital was lit up with lanterns and gongs and drums. There are dragon dances and lion dances on the street. The streets were full of hustle and bustle, and the people were all smiling.

Compared with the jubilation and liveliness of the folk market, although the palace was also beaming, it was much more restrained.

Most of the noble officials who entered the palace to attend the banquet gathered together to chat and laugh, but their voices were not too loud.

Daohua and Xiao Yeyang followed Prince Ping back to the palace to change their clothes, and then they entered the palace with everyone in the palace. When they arrived, the Hall of Supreme Harmony was almost full, and only the emperor and a few nobles did not arrive.

The queen mother raised her eyes to look at Prince Ping and asked with a smile, "Xiao Jiu, why are you here so late today?"

Prince Ping replied with a smile: "After returning to my mother, Erchen stayed at Yeyang Zhuangzi for a few days, and only came back today, so it took some time."

Seeing that the emperor hadn't come yet, the third prince took the opportunity to say, "I said why I didn't see Ye Yang bringing his daughter-in-law to accompany the emperor's grandmother during the new year. It turned out that he ran to accompany others."

The third prince smiled and took over the words: "I heard that the master of younger brother Yang lives in the Four Seasons Villa, and the younger brother and sister are really filial. It's just that the younger brother and sister should not be too fond of one another, and they should go to the palace more to accompany the queen mother."

Hearing that the third prince and concubine mentioned Gu Jian, Daohua and Xiao Yeyang frowned at the same time.

Not wanting everyone to notice Gu Jian, neither of them said anything.

The queen mother glanced at the third prince and his wife, her eyes were a little cold.

The little brat has grown up and dares to use her as a cocoon!

The queen mother couldn't see the anger or anger, but said with a light expression: "Maybe in the eyes of Ye Yang and his daughter-in-law, the Aijia is no more important than an outsider."

"What an outsider, who is an outsider?"

The emperor's loud voice sounded.

Seeing the bright yellow figure walking forward, the people in the hall stood up one after another.

The emperor smiled and sat down on the dragon chair, and glanced at the people in the hall.

The empress dowager and the third prince and his wife were very tacit and did not mention what happened just now.

The emperor glanced at them and did not ask any further questions. He smiled and talked to the ministers about other things.

Banquets, theater, juggling, time slipped away little by little, and the sky gradually darkened.

As soon as it got dark, it was time for everyone's favorite lantern viewing.

There is a specially built lampstand in the imperial garden. Here, the emperor and officials can also guess lantern riddles and win the lottery like the common people.

Every year, officials from all over the country will present all kinds of special lighting to the palace. Daohua looks at the exquisite and dazzling lighting, and can't help but praise the craftsman's superb craftsmanship.

Suddenly, a pungent smell penetrated the tip of the nose, and the smile on Daohua's face instantly solidified.

Great phosphorous flavor! ! !

Daohua looked over looking for the pungent smell, and then saw a dozen eunuchs each walking towards the central lampstand with two strings of unlit lanterns.

"Xiao Yeyang!"

Daohua quickly tugged at Xiao Yeyang's sleeve.

Seeing that Daohua's face was wrong, Xiao Yeyang quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Daohua quickly shared her findings.

Xiao Yeyang also smelled a bit of a pungent smell just now, but he didn't care too much, because the smell was very similar to fireworks and firecrackers, but after hearing Daohua's words, his face became serious.

"Don't go near the lampstand, I'll go and speak to the uncle of the emperor."

As she said that, she looked at Meilan and Meiju, "Take care of the young lady."

Meilan Meiju nodded solemnly.

Xiao Yeyang gave Daohua a 'protect yourself' look, and then walked quickly towards the emperor.

The emperor was a few meters away from the central lampstand. Yang Chenghua, Wu Jingyi and other first-rank officers were with him. When Xiao Yeyang passed by, everyone was talking lively.

Xiao Yeyang whispered to the emperor about the phosphorus powder.

After the emperor heard it, the smile on his face did not change, he gave Xiao Yeyang a look of disregard, and continued to talk about lantern riddles with Yang Chenghua and others.

It didn't take long for someone to start, and proposed to let the first prince, the second prince, the third prince, the fourth prince, the fifth prince and several princes who were on duty in the dynasty go to the lampstand to guess lantern riddles.

Looking at the people who were making fun of him, the emperor smiled, but the ridiculousness didn't reach his eyes: "There are only a few of them, there are too few people, Ye Yang will follow and guess, right, Jing Hui and Jing Rong brothers will also go. , the crowd is more lively."

Hearing that the emperor asked Jiang Jinghui and Jiang Jingrong to go to the lampstand, the empress dowager, Duke Chengen and Jiang Shizi had a momentary stagnation in their faces.

The queen mother wanted to say no, but the emperor did not give her the opportunity, so he personally went off to urge brothers Jiang Jinghui.

In this way, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the Jiang brothers had to come to power.

Being named by the emperor himself, Jiang Jingrong, who didn't know anything, was full of joy, but Jiang Jinghui's eyes showed a trace of anxiety and worry.

During this period of time, what grandfather and father were busy with, he did not hide it from him, but because he knew more, he became more and more afraid.

Looking at the first prince who had already walked towards the central lampstand, Jiang Jinghui gritted his teeth, his grandfather and father had already started, and he couldn't drop the chain.

Thinking of this, he resolutely led Jiang Jingrong to the lampstand.

"Remember, don't touch any lanterns later."

Jiang Jinghui asked his younger brother in a low voice.

Jiang Jingrong was full of doubts. Just as he was about to ask, Jiang Jinghui had already joined the first prince on the lampstand.

Here, the fourth prince concubine saw Daohua standing alone in the corner, thinking that her son's life was saved by her, so she got up and walked over to have a few words with her.

Daohua became nervous when she saw that Xiao Yeyang was also on the lampstand, and didn't notice the fourth concubine who came over.

"Brother Yang!"

"what?"

Daohua turned to look at the fourth princess, and at this moment, an exclamation of 'ah' came from the lampstand.

Daohua and the fourth prince concubine looked up, and their expressions changed greatly.

"Boom~"

The central lampstand with two strings of lanterns hanging every one meter suddenly burst into flames, and then the fire seemed to have ignited a fuse and quickly spread towards the lampstands on both sides.

There are many people on the lampstand who are guessing lantern riddles, and most of them are holding lanterns. The moment the lampstand catches fire, the lanterns in their hands also ignite.

In an instant, the lampstand was in chaos.

"Escort!"

Yang Chenghua and others retreated to protect the emperor. At the same time, Wei Qi and the Imperial Guard also appeared at the first time.

The fire in the central lampstand was particularly fast, but the lampstand was submerged in a moment.

Xiao Yeyang held the fourth prince with one hand and the eldest prince with the other, and rushed down from the lampstand at the moment when the fire came out.

As for the three princes, they were rescued by the dark guards who had been arranged in the dark by the emperor.

In the light of the fire, looking at the princes who were rescued in the blink of an eye, Jiang Jinghui instantly understood that what grandfather and the others planned had long been known to the emperor.

Although the cold air rushed to his forehead, Jiang Jinghui hurriedly dragged Jiang Jingrong out of the lampstand.

To live, only to live can there be hope.

However, at this moment, an inconspicuous stone hit Jiang Jinghui's left leg. With a 'bang', Jiang Jinghui fell on the lampstand.

"Big brother!"

Seeing Jiang Jinghui fall, Jiang Jingrong quickly bent over to help him, "Brother, get up!"

Jiang Jinghui's face was full of despair. The left leg that was hit by the stone couldn't move at all at the moment. No matter how his younger brother helped him, he couldn't stand up.

"Walk!"

Seeing the fire spread to his legs in the blink of an eye, Jiang Jinghui used all the strength of his body to push Jiang Jingrong out.

"Boom~"

Just as Jiang Jingrong was thrown off the stage, the temporary central lampstand collapsed due to the huge flames.

"Hui'er~"

The shrill voice sounded, and then stopped abruptly.

Madam Jiang fainted when she saw her son buried in the sea of ​​​​fire.

The queen mother also fainted.

Duke Chengen and Jiang Shizi also looked unacceptable.

And the few eldest princes who were rescued had a look of fear on their faces.

"Thank you!"

The fourth prince clasped his fists and thanked Xiao Yeyang. If Xiao Yeyang didn't let him touch the lantern just now, he would not be dead at this moment, and he would be like those who were rescued, and his skin would be torn apart by the flames.

Xiao Yeyang shook his head and said no, and when he saw Daohua coming, he hurried up to meet him.

"Father, are you alright?"

The fourth prince and concubine came along with Daohua, and rushed to the fourth prince, anxious to check if he was injured.

Daohua nodded towards the fourth prince, and then looked at Xiao Yeyang carefully to confirm that he was not injured, and then he was relieved.

After that, everyone looked at the fire anxiously, but Xiao Yeyang found that Daohua was looking aside from time to time, and couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking at?"

Daohua raised her chin and nodded in the direction she just looked at: "There seems to be a person hiding there just now."

Xiao Yeyang frowned and followed Daohua's line of sight. Knowing that she would not talk nonsense, he walked over with Defu to investigate.

Seeing that there were signs of being trampled on the ground, Xiao Yeyang asked Defu to talk to Wei Qi. Before Wei Qi came over, he heard the emperor say that he could go back and walked towards Daohua.

"It's too messy in the palace tonight, let's go back first."

Rice Flower nodded.

Daohua and Xiao Ye had just left the palace, and Xiao Yeyang was called back by the Imperial Guard.

In this way, Daohua had to stand in front of the carriage and wait for him.

While waiting, Daohua saw Luo Qiong hurried out of the palace gate.

"Sister-in-law!"

Daohua said hello, but unfortunately, Luo Qiong didn't respond, just got into the carriage and walked away.

Seeing this scene, Daohua was stunned, Luo Qiong didn't need to wait for Xiao Yechen and Princess Ma, but she didn't see such a big living person standing here!

"Young madam, there should be someone hiding in that carriage just now." Mei Lan said suddenly.

Daohua looked over: "Tibetan?"

Mei Lan nodded: "The servant just noticed that the wheels of that carriage bear a lot of weight."

Daohua's brows twitched, "Who can Luo Qiong hide?" Thinking of Luo Qiong's restless look just now, she couldn't help feeling that something was wrong.