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Chapter 356: Anxiety

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something bad has happened, something bad has happened." The palace servant fell to the ground and raised her head in panic, "Your Majesty, the concubine Huang Zhongling is gone."

"W-what?"

Meng Wu Yue's hand trembled, and the tea in her hand spilled out, scalding the back of her hand red, but she was unaware.

"Why is it gone?"

"There was an accidental fire in Chuxiu Palace. A flaming veil floated over Huang Zhongling, setting her clothes on fire. Before the palace servants could pour water on her, she was burned into a human flame in an instant. Her shrill screams... resounded throughout the entire Chuxiu Palace."

The palace maids' faces were filled with disbelief and horror.

The horrifying scene was still vivid in her mind, and Huang Zhongling's shrill voice echoed in her mind.

Meng Wu Yue pinched Wei Xia's hand tightly and couldn't recover for a long time.

Huang Zhongling's previously vivid voice, appearance and smile flashed in his mind as faded images, interweaving with the horrific and terrifying scenes described by the palace servants, making Meng Wuyue feel extremely confused.

"He said that I was not feeling well and sent someone to Qilin Palace to call the Seventh Prince over." Meng Wuyue said in a trembling voice.

Qinghe calmly brought some cold water and dipped the back of Meng Wuyue's scalded hand into the cold water in the silver basin.

"My queen, please go lie down for a while. There is no point in being anxious now. If you get upset, it will only make the eldest princess, the seventh princess, and the seventh prince worry about you."

"Yes, Madam, I went to inquire about the news and they all said that fear can damage the kidneys and thinking can damage the spleen. Don't think about anything now. Go and rest for a while and wait for His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince to come back."

Weixia supported Meng Wuyue and echoed Qinghe.

"Okay." She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and nodded. "Go soon and come back soon." Meng Wu Yue gently pushed away Weixia's hand that was supporting her.

"Yes, ma'am."

Having said that, Weixia trotted out of the Luanyi Hall.

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Chuxiu Palace.

Queen Shen Ningyue, who had arrived not long ago, looked very casual in an apricot-colored long dress embroidered with a gold phoenix and a gold hairpin with a phoenix on the side of her hair. She had a solemn expression as she stood on the three-step platform in front of the palace.

Her cold eyes swept over the female officials and concubines in charge of Chuxiu Palace who were kneeling below, full of oppression.

The palace servants brought a stool, Shen Ningyue sat down, and said in a cold voice:

"On the way here just now, the palace servant who was reporting the news told me that there was a fire in Chuxiu Palace, but the fire was not big and was quickly put out.

But the flaming veil floated over the girl's body, igniting her clothes. In an instant, she was burned into a human flame, burning her alive?"

Seeing that the female official kneeling below was about to speak, Shen Ningyue raised her hand slightly.

"Don't rush to talk. I have many questions in my mind. I will ask them one by one and you can answer them one by one."

"Yes, ma'am."

The female officials knelt on the ground, the chilly spring breeze blew on their bodies, and drops of sweat fell like beads in front of them.

"Why did the Chuxiu Palace catch fire? Was it an accident or was it man-made?"

After Shen Ningyue came over, she sent Xiaoji to take a look around.

She originally thought that the palace was on fire, but in fact, the fire was not that big. It only burned some furniture and blackened the windows.

The fire was well controlled.

"Reporting to the Queen, I heard from Miss Wei who lives in the same room with Miss Huang that Miss Huang likes to read in the room, and the light in the room is dim. Maybe she moved the candle near the bed and accidentally knocked it over, causing the accident."

The leading female official replied calmly at this time.

The concubine who shared the room with Huang Zhongling was Wei Tian, ​​who was the designated consort of the Ninth Prince. How could she have the motive to harm Huang Zhongling, who was the designated consort of the Seventh Prince?

The two of them interacted with each other in a polite yet distant manner, without any disputes or conflicts.

Miss Wei's words should be trustworthy.

"Where did the light veil come from and float onto the body of the concubine?"

"To answer your Majesty, it is a silk curtain used for decoration in Chuxiu Palace."

The gauze curtains in the Chuxiu Palace hang down one by one. They have no practical use. They are just for decoration. They are light and thin and can be easily torn. When the wind blows, the colorful curtains will dance, looking very elegant.

The position and length of these curtains are such that no matter how hard the wind blows, they will never be caught by sparks from the candle flame, unless someone breaks the rules and moves the candle without permission.

"After the incident, I ordered the palace maids to take down all the gauze curtains hanging in the entire Chuxiu Palace and pile them outside."

Another female officer replied.

"Was Miss Huang's door open or closed at that time?"

"To answer your Majesty's question, it is wide open. During the day, the rooms of the concubines in Chuxiu Palace are not allowed to be closed. No concubine has ever broken the rules."

"Is Miss Wei here?"

"My daughter is here."

Wei Tian bit her pale lips and stood out.

"Were you in the house at the time?"

Wei Tian shook her head slightly with tears in her eyes.

"I was talking to the aunts in the front hall when I heard Miss Huang's shrill voice. I ran over with the aunts and saw that Miss Huang was wrapped in a fire dragon and the palace servants were pouring water on her, but it was useless."

There was a tone of suppressed crying in Wei Tian's voice, but every word was clear. After she finished speaking, she burst into tears.

Useless?

The door was wide open, and Huang Zhongling was the only one in the house. He was burned into a human figure in full view of everyone?

"What do Gong Zheng and Ye Ting Ling think?"

Shen Ningyue turned her head and looked at Gong Zheng, who was in charge of supervising laws, and Ye Ting Ling, a subordinate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who was in charge of criminal trials.

“This fire is burning too fast.”

Gong Zheng and Ye Ting Ling looked at each other and said in unison.

Shen Ningyue waved her hand, signaling Pu Jie to clear everyone else out.

"Miss Huang must have had something on her body that quickly burned all over her body when it encountered sparks. This fire was most likely not an accident."

"This kind of thing is probably——"

"Yellow phosphorus!"

"This thing is flammable and extremely dangerous. A concubine cannot bring it into the palace."