Chapter 110:

In the palace, the hustle and bustle suddenly rose like boiling water, and everyone looked at the direction of the flames in surprise.
"Walking!"
"Go and put out the fire!"
"The imperial concubine's bedroom is out of water!"
"..."
Inside and outside of Tai'an Palace, a hysterical shout penetrated the silence of the dark night.
The fierce fire greedily swallowed and burned the Xibian Hall, the scorching heat almost penetrated the wall and passed to the main hall, and the burning smell permeated the air, making people feel like sitting on needles.
The pot exploded outside, but the main hall was surprisingly quiet. The three people were either sitting or standing in the empty hall.
Both the emperor and Gu Zezhi had calm and calm faces, while Tai Fei Fang was pale in comparison.
Taifei Fang is a widowed person, and her clothes are pure and pure.
She is well maintained, she is already a forty-six-seven person, but she only looks less than forty. Her white skin is as fat as jade. At the moment, her eyebrows are slightly frowning, and she has a charming charm that makes the viewer. Can't help feeling pity.
It is a pity that the people she faces at the moment are the emperor and Gu Zezhi.
Concubine Fang tried to suppress her panic, pretending to be calm and questioning the emperor: "The emperor, what do you want to do?!"
"This Tai'an Palace is the residence of the first emperor's concubine. Although you are the emperor, you are also the first emperor's son. How can you be disrespectful to your concubine!!"
"What's the reason for you to visit without notice!"
Fang Taifei is strong in the outside world, and the word is better than the word.
In just a few words, she felt that her surroundings seemed to be warmer, as if she were in a stove.
The emperor looked at Concubine Fang with a sharp gaze, and seemed to pierce her heart like a sharp arrow. His tone was lukewarm: "Gu Xi came to the capital this time, didn't he just want to take you away? Why didn't he take it?"
"Should I change my mind temporarily or..."
The emperor paused, and his voice became colder, "Or, did you bring the wrong person?"
Why would the emperor know! Concubine Fang's eyes widened.
In the next instant, as if a thunderbolt suddenly struck her mind, Fang Taifei's pale face turned paler, and her body was trembling slightly.
She suddenly realized that the emperor knew everything, from beginning to end.
The emperor sighed faintly: "It's a pity that Gu Xi worked so hard to come here, but before he left, why did he make a mistake?"
Princess Fang: "..."
Princess Fang gritted her teeth tightly, her face as white as a corpse without a trace of blood.
In the past 11 years, she has lived in the capital like years. She wanted to go every day, but couldn't go, and was detained by the emperor in this little Jiuqu Garden.
She missed her son, she missed her grandson, and she missed her former glory even more.
Although she now has the title of concubine, she is trapped in Jiuqu Garden and cannot leave. Empress Dowager Liu can be worshipped by the people in a beautiful and beautiful manner. Today she will accompany the emperor on a trip, and tomorrow she will go to the Taoist temple to burn incense and worship.
Especially after the death of Yongle, Empress Dowager Liu sent her anger on her body, and asked her to copy Buddhist scriptures to the first emperor at every turn, or go to the Taimiao to kneel down and pray for the first emperor... It was not until her grandchildren came to the capital this time that she saw her in despair. There was a glimmer of hope.
Grandson Gu Xi said that he came to the capital this time to take her away. He said that King Yu had long wanted to expedite the Northern Expedition, but because the emperor was shameless and took her hostage, he dared not move.
He also said that Wang Yu had already planned everything, let her stay calm, and as long as she cooperated with their plan, she would be able to leave the capital smoothly.
Taifei Fang was naturally moved. She has been a caged bird for eleven years, and she can't wait to fly to Yuzhou immediately.
The previous plan has been going smoothly, and she thought she could finally leave tonight...
Concubine Fang's eyes flickered brightly, and she couldn't say a word.
The emperor sneered and said: "On the first day of November, you called Gu Xi and Duan Rou into the Jiuqu Garden because of illness, and you made this plan."
"Gu Xi let people smuggle so much kerosene to go to the palace, do I really know nothing?"
Gu Xi took advantage of the opportunity of the dung truck to get in and out of the kerosene a little bit, thinking that it was extremely secretive. However, with the Concubine Fang in Jiuqu Garden, how could the emperor relax his vigilance, especially the Royal Palace of Yu People are still in the capital.
Princess Fang: "!"
Wang Yu's plan was to let her die. Gu Xi and the others took advantage of her illness to live in Jiuqu Garden, and then took the opportunity to follow the substitute they brought with her.
When the time is right, she will remain in the Jiuqu Garden as a substitute, and she will quietly leave the capital with Gu Xi and them.
Originally, the time was ripe.
Therefore, Gu Xicai asked the emperor to return to Yuzhou, and the emperor agreed to them, and the replacement was arranged.
According to the plan, the double would set herself on fire after "angering" Queen Mother Liu.
In this way, no one knows that she has gone to Yuzhou. When the king of Yu succeeds in the Northern Expedition, she can reappear in front of people with the respect of the Queen Mother. The winner of this world is the king, and the loser is the invader. The world will praise her. The humiliation of the past eleven years.
According to the plan, she will quietly hide in the vegetable carriage and leave Jiuquyuan today. Because the carriage has a narrow and airless mezzanine, it needs to remain motionless for nearly an hour. Therefore, Gu Xicai specially prepared a medicine for her. She will fall asleep, and when she wakes up an hour later, she will naturally escape.
An hour ago, after taking the medicine, she soon lost consciousness. When she opened her eyes again, she was shocked to find that she was still in Tai'an Palace. The double was missing, and even the palace servants around were not around. .
She tried to call people, but no one responded. After that, she saw the water in the direction of Dongbian Hall, and the fire was fierce. She knew something was wrong, and wanted to leave, but the medicinal properties in her body hadn't dissipated, so she could only support the wall to the main hall with difficulty, but the goal was the emperor and Gu Zezhi...
At that moment, Princess Fang knew that she would definitely not be able to escape tonight!
"Swamp! The fire is about to reach the main hall!"
"Hurry up and put out the fire!!"
The shouts outside were still ringing one after another, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger.
Concubine Fang could feel the scorching heat waves coming in one after another, as if the next moment a fire would flood in like a flood that bursts a bank.
Concubine Fang was both scared and restless, holding on to the wall with one hand to barely maintain a standing posture, and said hardly: "The emperor, you...what do you want to do?"
Her throat was scorching and uncomfortable like a fire, and her voice squeezed out between her teeth with difficulty.
"You should want to ask me what the Seventh Emperor's brother wants to do." The emperor's eyebrows showed a touch of unabashed sarcasm, and he said quietly, "Taffles, this kerosene, and this fire are all seven. The emperor specially honored the concubine."
"The Seventh Emperor's brother has always been filial, so the concubine will take it well."
The emperor looked at Princess Fang with a sharp eye. Didn't they want to set fire to the corpse so that people can't distinguish their appearance, so that Princess Fang could escape from her death? Then he can fulfill them!
Tai Fei Fang's feet were weak and weak, and her legs hidden in her skirt trembled uncontrollably, and she tremblingly said: "No, the emperor, you have promised the first emperor personally that you will treat your family well."
That's right, the emperor has promise, Jinkouyu said, he can't just watch her burn to death.
There was still no ripple on the emperor’s calm face, but his eyes were even colder, and he asked unhurriedly:
Did the Seven Emperor Brothers also promised that the Emperor Xian would treat Yongle well?!

"Who in front of Emperor Xian's bed back then promised that Yongle would never be wronged?"
"The results of it?!"
"Yongle is his emperor sister, and Hanjun is his niece. They are connected by blood, and the blood is thicker than water, but what did the Seventh Emperor Brother do to them?"
"The Seventh Emperor's brother treats them so much, and still expects me to be filial to his mother?"
The emperor's icy voice was as piercing as the twelfth lunar cold wind, and he looked at Concubine Fang sharply. He did not believe that Princess Fang knew nothing.
Princess Fang's pupils shrank slightly, and even her lips became white. She felt cold as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and she felt like she was being put on a fire to torment.
Her throat was more difficult, and after trying several times, she made a voice: "The emperor, Ai Jia is your concubine."
The concubine is also a mother! The emperor is so unfilial, is he not afraid of the world questioning him? !
"Yongle is Wang Yu's sister!" the emperor said every word. Yu Wang and Fang Taifei didn't care about blood relatives at all, but wanted to wear him a high hat.
Princess Fang: "..."
Princess Fang leaned almost half of her body against the wall, breathing heavily.
"Hoo-hoo-"
She felt that the breath exuding between her mouth and nose was so hot, and her forehead and body were oozing intensive sweat, almost soaking her coat.
She knew that she was afraid it would be difficult to escape the disaster tonight, but even so, she couldn't help but dying to defend herself: "It wasn't Wang Yu who did it, it was Dong Ping Bo... it was those people who were negligent. Yongle."
Neglect? ! The emperor smiled mockingly.
If it were not for the acquiescence of the king of Yu, or the attitude of the king of Yu, who would be so bold that the princess would dare to insult like this!
Mrs. Fang's remarks were just trying to understand and be confused. I really thought he would endure them all his life, even if they fail! !
The emperor looked at Concubine Fang with a grim expression, his pupils were full of pitch black and loneliness, cold light, and nodded: "Yeah, Yongle's death was not done by the Seventh Emperor."
"Now this is not what I did. I did not order you to be killed or set anyone on fire."
"It was your good grandson who ordered people to set fire, and he arranged this'self-immolation'."
"Toffee, you can enjoy the filial piety of Linglang and Lingsun."
While the emperor was speaking, Gu Zezhi opened a window casually, looked at the direction of the Dongbian Hall, and estimated the fire.
Almost the entire Dongbian Hall was on fire, and a large area of ​​the sky was dyed red by the raging fire, and the flame was about to reach the main hall door.
Gu Zezhi immediately closed the window again and said his first words after arriving at Tai'an Palace: "The emperor, we can go."
Gu Zezhi didn't even look at Princess Fang, as if she didn't exist at all.
The emperor stood up and brushed off his royal blue robe casually. When he looked at Gu Ze, he felt warmer and said, "Zezhi, let's go."
Originally, there was an arson here. As the emperor, the emperor should not have come in person, but the emperor hated Wang Yu and Fang Taifei so much that he wanted to see it with his own eyes, so he came.
The emperor went out of the palace with Gu Zezhi and Weifu tonight, and he did not bring anyone else, just to avoid people's eyes and ears, so as not to be discovered by Gu Xi's people and fall short.
At this moment, in this huge Tai'an Palace, there is no one else except the emperor and Gu Zezhi. Those palace people have long been secretly subdued by Gu Zezhi's people.
The emperor turned around without hesitation, his heart was not as calm as it was at the moment.
He has always believed in exchange of benevolence for benevolence. In recent years, although his opposing concubine is not good, it is not too bad. He always follows the example of the concubine and the concubine. Bad, but didn't want him to underestimate the cruelty of King Yu after all.
The emperor clenched his fists tightly, with great hatred in his heart, and strode towards the rear direction.
"emperor!"
Concubine Fang wanted to stop the emperor, and wanted to catch up with the emperor, but she only took a step, and when her feet were soft, she fell to the gold brick floor, and even the bun on her head was loosened, and several strands were messy. Fragments scattered on the cheeks, looking messy.
The medicinal properties in her body have not yet dispersed, and her limbs are completely unwilling.
The emperor stopped.
Upon seeing this, there was a glimmer of hope in the frightened pupils of Princess Fang, thinking that the emperor had relented, "The emperor..."
The emperor didn't look back, and said coldly: "I promised that the first emperor will treat you well and won't hurt you. I naturally did it."
He did not set fire, nor did the other taffle prescribe medicine, which was handed over to her by her grandson and she took it herself.
The emperor continued to walk forward again, striding to meteor, this time, he never looked back.
"The emperor, the emperor..."
Concubine Fang shouted hoarse, but she was too weak now, and the voice she made was like mosquito moans, which was not obvious in the noise outside.
"Help, help..." Fang Taifei was afraid, anxious and regretful, her weak body tried to get up, but her wrists were weak, she couldn't hold her body at all, and then fell again.
She could only crawl forward with the strength of milking, but she didn't listen to her hands and feet. Even if she tried her best, she was just creeping slowly on the ground like a worm.
The fire outside is getting bigger and bigger, the golden brick floor under her is so hot that it can almost cook people, the fire of the windows is getting redder and red, and the flames begin to greedily swallow the window papers and window lattices...
The fire is about to burn in!
Taifei Fang was terrified, her pupils were turbid, and she couldn't stop shaking.
A boundless despair enveloped her.
Concubine Fang's eyes were almost stared to the extreme, her eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes, and her pupils were red from the flame.
The first few months before the death of the emperor was already a lingering sick bed. He prepared a will for the king of Yu in advance and arranged for him to go to Yuzhou to avoid brothers. On the night of the death of the emperor, he summoned his clan and cabinet ministers in advance. When I got to the dragon bed, I must swear in front of them that I would not attack King Yu and her. This is both the father's and the king's life, and I can only do it today.
After that, the first emperor originally wanted to explain her whereabouts, but only half of the words were spoken, and he suffocated. Today, he used some ancestral system to force her to stay in the capital and prevent her from going to Yuzhou to reunite with her son. Those damned clan relatives and cabinet ministers also opened one eye, closed one eye, and went up today.
She hated it very much, and also hated why the first emperor didn't abolish the prince and set up her son.
Since they all treated her like this, of course, Yongle would have to pay for what she suffered. She couldn't fly out of the capital, and Yongle would also have to be trapped in Yuzhou.
When the first emperor was in the funeral, she finally found a chance to say a word or two to Yu Wang quietly, so that Yu Wang must vent her anger. However, with so many eyes staring at that time, she only said this sentence and was separated by the person staring at her.
The next day, King Yu set off for Yuzhou, and she didn't even have a chance to say goodbye to her son, so she could only glance at him from a distance through the window.
She knew that this would be a farewell, unless her son could one day expedition to the north and become the master of this tens of thousands of miles.
At that time, the son said two words with his mouth:
rest assured.
She knew what her son meant, and he asked her to wait patiently. One day he will expedition to the north and one day he will return to the capital.
In the past eleven years, she has lived like years, but she knows that life in Yongle must be worse than her!
Last year, when the news of Yongle's death came, Princess Fang was very happy and locked herself in the room and laughed. She also felt that Yongle died too late.
At that time, she vaguely felt that her turning point might be coming.
Sure enough, then Fang Hanjun entered Beijing and verified her guess. With her understanding of her son, he would never have let Fang Hanjun so gently and skillfully, he must be planning something.
A few months later, Gu Xi and Duan Rou also came and brought her a conclusive message that their son would take her out of the capital.
but now……
How could it be like this? !
She is going to Yuzhou. She will be the queen mother in the future, and let the of the Liu family kneel at her feet and begging for mercy. How could she die here so silently? !
It shouldn't be like this! It shouldn't be like this! !
At this moment, a deliberately depressed male voice came from outside the temple at the rear right: "Now everyone is attracted to the Dongpiandian to fight the fire. It's not here."
"Hurry up!" another male voice urged impatiently, "As long as this torch burns people beyond recognition and no one knows that it is a counterfeit inside, we can go back to the third son."
Concubine Fang turned her head hurriedly and found that there was a finger-sized hole in the window paper. Outside the window, two tall figures of men were reflected on the window paper, dark, looking a little hideous.
"do not……"
Concubine Fang made a difficult voice, wanting them not to burn, wanting to say that she was still inside, but her voice was low, dumb, and weak, and the voice outside was too noisy, the shouts and throws of those palace officials The sound of water and running intertwined, completely swallowing her weak voice.
"There are two barrels of kerosene left. Pour them all!"
After this sentence fell, the kerosene was splashed on the window, followed by the fire fold, which was ignited. Through the small hole in the window paper, one could clearly see the cluster of scarlet flames beating eagerly. For Princess Fang, it is no different than a reminder!
The flames on the fire-folder spread rapidly with the window paper soaked in kerosene. In a short time, a sea of ​​scorching fire around the main hall turned into a sea of ​​fire, and all the windows and doors surrounding the main hall burned and formed An airtight circle of fire.
"Go!" The two men left without reluctance.
Only Princess Fang lay desperately and weakly on the hotter and hotter floor of the main hall, still shouting: "Don't go, don't go..."
She became more and more afraid, however, no matter how she called, no one responded to her, only the sound of the flame burning became louder and louder and closer.
Taifei Fang’s eyes flickered brightly and darkly, and scenes from many years ago flashed in front of her like a revolving lantern...
Since entering the palace, she has received all the favor of the first emperor. It can be described as the first honor. At that time, what was the of the Liu family and what was the prince? As long as she cried to the first emperor, they would look at her. She was just one step away from living her face... just one step away she would be able to abolish the prince.
However, it fell short in the end!
Is she really going to die here tonight? !
Suddenly, she seemed to hear the black and white impermanence holding the soul chain approaching to herself...
After all, the raging fire repeated a gluttonous gluttonous greed, completely devouring the main hall...
The fire had stained the sky above the entire Jiuqu Garden red, and even the silver moon in the sky seemed to be stained with a bit of blood.
The emperor was already in the carriage at the moment, looking at the direction of the Tai'an Palace from the window. From the fire over there, he could easily judge that the fire must have burned to the main hall.
Gu Xi still did.
The emperor's thin lips pressed into a straight line, and his heart was complicated, but he felt happy.
Speaking of hate, the emperor hated King Yu more than anyone else.
He is not a saint who is not responsible for the past, but he is the emperor, who bears the world, is in his position, and seeks his government. If he is willing to fight against the king of Yu for his own selfish desires, he will fight against the king of Yu. The tens of thousands of casualties would still give foreign races an opportunity to cause disastrous life. What is the difference between him and his father? !
Over the years he became the throne, he has been holding back, only to ask Daqi to get around outside and rest first.
And Wang Yu’s ambition has never been extinguished. Since he intends to pick up Princess Fang, his ultimate intention is also obvious...
The emperor subconsciously turned the jade pull finger on his thumb again and again.
Gu Zezhi straddled a white horse, beside the carriage, looking in the direction of Tai'an Palace, smiled faintly, and said meaningfully: "Come for interest first."
The emperor nodded slightly, his eyes sharp under the moonlight.
Indeed, Fang Taifei is just interest.
There will be complaints.
The emperor whispered to himself: "I don't know what would happen to Gu Xi knowing that he killed his grandmother with his own hands..."
Gu Zezhi turned his horse's head, and then looked towards the west, "I guess he should know it by now."
The night is like ink, getting colder and colder. Everything seems to be dormant in the winter night. Outside the Jiuqu Garden and even the surrounding suburbs for dozens of miles are exceptionally quiet, only the sound of the cold wind is endless.
Standing outside the main tent in the center, Gu Xi looked at the direction of Jiuqu Garden. He felt a little uneasy. He clenched his fists tightly and muttered to himself: "Counting time, people will come back soon."
They deliberately walked very slowly today, and they set up camp at a distance of 20 miles from the capital, and it was closer to the Jiuqu Garden on the outskirts of Beijing, only ten miles away.
"Three brothers!" Under the moonlight, Princess Duanrou walked towards him quickly and comfortably, with a bright smile on his face, "Zu..."
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by the chief guard: "San Ye, people are back!"
Gu Xi beamed with joy, and said quickly: "Get people here quickly!"
Princess Duanrou also brightened her eyes and completely forgot what she was meant to say.
Soon, two guards dressed in black came along with the guards, and gave Gu Xi a fist and saluted together. One of them gave a general account of the arson in Jiuqu Garden, and finally reported. "San Gongzi, don't worry. When the two of his staff left, the fire was out of control. The Tai'an Palace was almost all on fire. Unless there is a heavy rain at this time, it is impossible for humans to put out the fire."
"The emperor will never find out that there is a fake inside."
Gu Xi raised his eyes to look at the bright silver moon in the sky. The moon is sparse tonight and the weather is great. Even if he doesn't know how to observe the sky at night, he can tell that it will not rain tonight.
This thing is finally done!
"Happy!" Princess Duanrou smiled proudly and said cheerfully, "The emperor is really stupid, cowardly and useless!"
They did so many things under his nose, and the emperor didn’t notice it, huh, I’m afraid he wouldn’t dare to touch them even if he found out. With the emperor’s weakness, how could he dare to confront the father and king who had an army of 300,000? !
The chief guard and the two guards agreed with Princess Duanrou with a smile, which made her more energetic.