Chapter 525 The villain is the queen (42)
Not long after Hu Zhen returned, news came out that the emperor fell and was injured in the palace.
That day, all the servants accompanying the emperor were severely punished.
The mountains are high and the road is far away, and tomorrow is the New Year, so there is no rush to go back to the palace. All the royal family still stay in the Summer Palace to spend the cold winter and twelfth lunar month before going back.
The Summer Palace, which had been prepared half a month in advance, was extremely festive and lively, with fireworks and lantern riddles and Kongming lanterns. Early in the morning, the young palace maids and eunuchs were happily squatting together and knitting grasshoppers.
The little princes and princesses were also very excited. The thirteenth princess and the ninth prince were the youngest children of the royal family. Their biological mothers were Concubine Liang and Concubine Xian respectively. They were deeply loved by the emperor. In addition, they were cute and tender. The two children were simply royal. The apple of your eye.
Early in the morning, the white color of the fish belly had just appeared in the east, and the sound of "cracking" firecrackers was heard everywhere in the Summer Palace.
The slaves hid in a place where no one was around to play. Anyway, the masters were very talkative today, so they gave them half a day off and let the slaves play by themselves.
And those firecrackers that resounded through every palace were caused by those pampered princes and grandsons.
Yesterday was the New Year's Eve. Because the emperor was injured, several concubines had to pray for the emperor. They almost didn't rest all night. They finally managed to get some sleep in the morning, but there was one after another outside the palace gate. Explosions.
Firecrackers are bought by slaves outside for their little masters to play with. The colors must be fun and the sound must be loud. Not only can they spin and spray fireworks, but there is also a flying monkey. After being lit, the firecrackers make a "whoosh" sound. Can fly far.
Just like that, two little guys in light yellow palace uniforms stuck out their buttocks at the back wall of each palace and ordered the slaves to insert monkeys in the corners of the walls.
The Ninth Prince was only seven years old, but he was tall and strong, as strong as a calf. He was at Tao Shangtian's age, and he was pampered. Now he was shouting loudly with his hands on his hips. "Insert more points, more insertion points!"
The little eunuchs dared not to obey, so they quickly started to set up firecrackers along the four corners of the wall. A thin wooden stick was topped with a small gunpowder ball. At this time, they were densely surrounding the whole circle. After finally satisfying the little ancestor, the Sixth Prince, the little guy pointed at the firecrackers and urged them.
"Light it up, light it all, don't let any one escape!"
Seven or eight eunuchs held fire sticks and lit a whole circle of flying monkeys in the corner. After a while, they heard the sounds of "Boom, boom, boom--" one after another, one after another in an orderly manner. Flying away from the palace wall!
The next second.
"Bang——!"
The firecrackers exploded in the palace, and the sound directly exploded throughout the sky. Everyone in the palace was awakened by the explosion, and screams were heard. This was not over yet. A total of more than ten firecrackers exploded one after another, and the sound was like rising from the ground. It was like thunder, making my heart beat rapidly.
Let alone sleep now, Concubine Yuan, who had just entered a deep sleep, screamed "Yeah", her hair was scattered and bounced off the bed, her expression was horrified, she turned over and rolled directly to the bottom of the bed.
This frightened the palace maids, who rushed over to help Yuan Fei, rubbed her heart and put incense under her nose.
No one knows that Empress Yuan Fei has lived on a turbulent border since she was a child, and many close relatives have died in the artillery fire. Therefore, the empress is extremely afraid of the sound of firecrackers, and even the sound of thunder can make her tremble.
(End of chapter)