Chapter 344 The emperor’s face turned dark
Xu Jie and Lu Ben also stood up in a hurry and came to Yan Song without any hesitation.
At the same time, both inside and outside the capital, no matter how low-ranking the officials were, or the idle people on the streets, their eyes were all focused on Xiyuan where the emperor lived.
Sesame officials lamented how the fire started?
The common people lamented that it was the emperor's family who owned the house again.
Emperor Jiajing, who was far away in the Changping Imperial Mausoleum, naturally saw the spectacular scene of the Xiyuan Palace on fire.
At this moment, he was like a wandering immortal, standing in the beautiful royal cemetery overlooking his future place of ten thousand years.
At this moment, Emperor Jiajing also had the feeling of being lonely as a master. He felt that he was like Chongyang, the king of supernatural powers in "The Condor Shooting" who surpassed all four in the world. Shan Xiao's courage.
But this feeling of fascination and confidence that made him not last long, the person who hurriedly came to report the news from the capital had already rushed to the location of the Changping Emperor at a speed of 600 miles.
Emperor Jiajing's face turned dark after seeing the urgent report from the capital.
"What?! My Longevity Palace is leaking?"
Emperor Jiajing's tone couldn't help but become a little louder. It was obvious that he was not willing to believe this fact.
You must know that he has experienced a lot of fires in his life.
I didn’t expect to catch it again now. This feeling of thousands of horses galloping really made Emperor Jiajing unable to help but feel smoke coming from his orifices.
“What happened?”
Emperor Jiajing questioned the person who came to deliver the letter.
But how did the messenger know how Xiyuan caught fire?
He was just a messenger who was temporarily assigned to deliver a message to the emperor quickly. He didn't know what caused the fire or what happened next.
Looking at the trembling messenger, Emperor Jiajing also felt helpless and angry. At this time, it was indeed a bit impulsive to question the messenger.
Emperor Jiajing calmed down and immediately summoned the ministers who were present in Changping and announced, "Go back to the palace tomorrow!"
The ministers who were traveling in Changping were all a little confused after hearing the emperor's decree. Didn't this just happen? Why are you leaving?
But then the news that Xiyuan was on fire spread among these ministers. After they heard that Xiyuan was on fire, all of them stared in shock.
But at this time, Emperor Jiajing was not in the mood to listen to the comfort of these ministers. He wanted to wait until he returned to Beijing early tomorrow morning.
However, Changping is hundreds of miles away from the capital. With the speed of the emperor's ceremonial escort, it would take two days at the fastest to return to the capital.
Therefore, during these two days, it was impossible for Emperor Jiajing to return directly to the capital to thoroughly investigate the Xiyuan Fire.
Therefore, after some thinking and calming down, Emperor Jiajing said to Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards who was accompanying him: "You go back to the capital first and find San'er. He will investigate the Xiyuan fire on my behalf. You I will assist you on the side."
When Lu Bing heard Emperor Jiajing's order, he did not dare to hesitate. He immediately accepted it and hurriedly returned to the capital with a team of smart and capable Jinyi guards.
Before Lu Bing returned to the capital, when it was still gray and bright the next day, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui, as well as Zhao Zhenji and Li Chunfang gathered in Prince Yu's palace.
The fire in Xiyuan did not disturb Shengjia.
But what was burned was the Longevity Palace where Emperor Jiajing had always lived.
It can be said that once this palace burns down, a political turmoil will inevitably follow.
After all, this is the imperial palace.
Now that something is wrong, someone has to take responsibility and deal with the aftermath.
And the person responsible for the aftermath naturally has the power to investigate and explain the matter. Therefore, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui, as well as Zhao Zhenji and Li Chunfang can no longer make the decision. They have to teach Zhu Zaijing, so that Zhu Zaijing must not have any attitude at this critical moment. Performance, just wait until Shengjia comes back.
However, sometimes some things are simply beyond their control.
So, when they all came to Prince Yu's Mansion, they wanted to teach Zhu Zaijing how to protect himself wisely.
In fact, Zhu Zaijing had already involved himself first.
The reason why Zhu Zaijing was like this was not because he was really impulsive, but because he felt that this matter was not simple.
According to the history that Zhu Zaijing knew, the fire in Wanshou Palace seemed to have started in the 39th year of Jiajing, and it was also because after the fire, the old and comatose Yan Song kept talking, He actually suggested that Emperor Jiajing temporarily move to Nangong.
But where is Nangong?
That was the place where Emperor Jingtai imprisoned the Baozong.
Although it is very spacious there, it is also in line with the status of Emperor Jiajing.
But Nangong was a taboo place in the heart of Emperor Jiajing. Just imagine an emperor who believed so deeply in Taoism, he must have believed in good and bad Feng Shui to his bones.
At this time, Yan Song actually suggested that Emperor Jiajing live in Nangong. Isn’t that just asking for death?
Therefore, in the next year, not only was Yan Shifan arrested, but Yan Song's position as chief assistant was also given to Emperor Jiajing.
This shows how ferocious the political struggle behind the fire at Wanshou Palace was?
Now that the fire has started six or seven years in advance, Zhu Zaijing will not be able to deal with it.
Is this the legendary butterfly effect?
But Zhu Zaijing thought so hard that he didn’t seem to have done anything to affect Wanshou Palace?
Therefore, Zhu Zaijing felt that there must be an ulterior secret in the Wanshou Palace fire.
So, Zhu Zaijing had to get involved for the first time to prevent anyone from setting a trap for him.
After Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui, Zhao Zhenji, Li Chunfang and others waited in the front hall of the palace for a long time, Zhu Zaijing slowly came out of the back house.
At this time, Zhu Zaijing was already getting up calmly. He finished a set of "Xiantian Kung" in his small courtyard, washed up again before coming out to meet people.
When several people saw Zhu Zaijing appear, they immediately paid their respects: "I will pay my respects to the prince!"
Zhu Zaijing looked at such a neat group of people and asked knowingly: "Now that your Majesty is not going to the morning court, why do you all get up so early?"
Gao Gong and others heard what Zhu Zaijing said, The anxious look on his face was even more obvious.
And with their current rank, even if Emperor Jiajing still has the habit of morning court, they may not all have the opportunity to attend the morning court.
Gao Gong said anxiously: "Your Majesty, there was a flood in Xiyuan last night, and the Longevity Palace was burned down!"
Just when Gao Gong was about to continue to state the importance of this matter , Lu Bing also arrived.
Lu Bing led the Jin Yiwei into the palace unobstructed, and came directly to pay homage to Zhu Zaijing: "Commander Lu Bing, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, pays homage to Prince Yu!"
Zhu Zaijing looked at this uninvited guest with a face on his face. The dull look on his face could not help but become serious.
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