After my mother read my mind, my whole family rebelled

Chapter 247: Fire in the Imperial Palace

The whole city of Kyoto was as bright as day at night.

The city was noisy at this time, and the people were fleeing to avoid the chaos.

The civil and military officials who insisted on attending court yesterday also had their own ways.

Some committed suicide for their country, while others fled with their families overnight. However, most officials remained in their own residences.

They were waiting for the new emperor to ascend the throne and serve a different master, but they all had the surname Xia.

Being an official in the court is just a way to make a living.

The majestic Fengtian Hall was dead silent at this moment.

Xia Chongwen felt inexplicably sad when he saw Fang Ziru, who looked a little tired after his impassioned speech.

He walked forward, helped Fang Ziru up, and said in a gentle and low voice: "Master, that's all!"

With the help of Xia Chongwen, Fang Ziru stood up shakily and remained silent.

"The camp is permanent, but the soldiers are transient! This chaos is the master, and you and I are just guests!" Xia Chongwen's voice became softer and softer.

"I am ready to give up my throne. Please lead the adults to find a way out."

"His Majesty....."

Upon hearing this, several ministers in the hall knelt on the ground, and from time to time, some of them could be heard sobbing.

"Think twice, Your Majesty!"

Fang Ziru was silent for a while, and finally spoke.

But he himself felt that the words "think twice" were so pale and powerless.

Xia Chongwen walked down the steps and helped the adults who were still kneeling on the ground in the hall up one by one.

After he finally helped Qi Tai up, several officials began to slowly leave Fengxian Hall.

"Your Majesty." After seeing that everyone had left Fengxian Hall, eunuch Wang beside Xia Chongwen knelt down in front of Xia Chongwen.

"Eunuch Wang, get up." Xia Chongwen smiled bitterly and said, "You can go too. The silver I give you is enough for you to enjoy your old age."

"Your Majesty, before the late emperor passed away, he left you a relic." Eunuch Wang did not stand up, but just raised his head and said.

"Legacy? Grandpa Emperor has relics for me? Eunuch Wang, why didn't you tell me earlier?" A little starlight finally appeared in Xia Chongwen's distraught eyes.

"The late emperor specifically told me that I can only give it to Your Majesty when the capital falls." Eunuch Wang said calmly, "I have kept the late emperor's instructions in mind and have kept this item hidden in the Fengxian Hall. I will never take it out until the city falls."

"Quick, Eunuch Wang, bring it to me quickly." Xia Chongwen was like a drowning man who finally grabbed a life-saving straw.

"Yes! I'll get it right away." Eunuch Wang then stood up and took out a small carved wooden box from the screen behind the dragon throne in Fengxian Hall.

"Your Majesty, this is the key to the wooden box. The late emperor left a will that requires Your Majesty to open it alone, and not even this old servant can see it."

After saying this, Eunuch Wang handed a key to Xia Chongwen, bowed deeply to him again, and then slowly walked out of Fengxian Hall.

When leaving Fengxian Hall, Eunuch Wang deliberately closed the door of the hall.

In the huge Fengxian Hall, the candlelight flickered.

Xia Chongwen's figure appeared on the palace door several times.

Those ministers who left Fengxian Hall did not go too far. They looked at Fengxian Hall from afar.

They saw Eunuch Wang staggering out of Fengxian Hall and heading straight for Jinchuan Gate.

They saw the thick smoke rising from the palace and the noise of palace maids and eunuchs running away.

They also saw Xia Chongwen's figure reflected in the gate of Fengxian Hall. He gently tied up his hair and meticulously adjusted his dragon robe and headdress.

They also saw Xia Chongwen suddenly open the door of Fengxian Hall, walk outside the door, pick up a scattered torch, and then return to Fengxian Hall.

The door of Fengxian Hall was once again tightly closed by Xia Chongwen from the inside.

The Fengxian Hall in Kyoto City was built in an extremely solemn and magnificent manner. It has a double-eaved hipped roof and three layers of white marble steps. It is nine rooms wide and five rooms deep. The east side is the Wen Tower and the west side is the Wu Tower. It is tall, spacious and magnificent with a dragon-like structure, and it has the aura of an emperor.

At this time, the night was getting late.

But the city of Kyoto was still as bright as day, and the Fengxian Hall was now shrouded in silence and darkness.

Fang Ziru was reluctant to leave, so he stood outside the hall and kept looking inside.

Suddenly a heat wave hit, and the entire Fengxian Hall suddenly emitted a dazzling light, almost making it impossible for him to open his eyes.

Xia Chongwen actually set fire to the Fengxian Hall!

Fang Ziru was horrified. He stared at everything in front of him with wide eyes, and then announced to the ministers around him like a madman: "The palace is on fire, and the emperor is nowhere to be found!"

......

The blood-red color in the sky of Kyoto City slowly faded.

The sky brightened again.

Xia Yu rode on a warhorse and entered the Jinchuan Gate.

He stood in front of the Jinchuan Gate, looking at the city gate built by the previous emperor, and muttered to himself: "Father, the fourth one is back!"

"Your Highness, early this morning, the new emperor burned down the Fengxian Hall." A guard came running from the direction of the imperial palace, dismounted and reported the situation in the palace.

"Where is the new emperor?" Xia Yu frowned. He never expected that Xia Chongwen would dare to set fire to the Fengxian Hall.

"A eunuch said that the new emperor burned himself to death after he set fire to Fengxian Palace."

"what?"

"Some people also say that the new emperor is missing."

"Looking for him! If he's alive, I must find him. If he's dead, I must find his body!"

"Yes!"

After instructing the guards, Xia Yu turned to Prince Gu beside him and said, "I would also like to ask my nineteenth brother to inform all the civil and military officials that all the memorials in the past few days should be sent to Prince Ning's Mansion in Kyoto."

"I will follow Fourth Brother's orders!" Prince Gu replied.

"Ma Sanbao!"

"exist!"

"Follow me into the palace and find the new emperor."

"Yes!"

Xia Yu, accompanied by Ma Sanbao and a small team of guards, rode into the palace at full speed.

As soon as he entered the palace, Zhu Di looked at the Fengxian Hall, which had become a ruin, from afar with a solemn look on his face.

"Your Highness."

Zhu Aneng, the first general responsible for entering the palace, reported to Xia Yu as soon as he saw him.

"Your Highness, we have searched the entire palace, but have not seen any trace of the new emperor. There are only a few charred bodies in the entire Fengxian Palace."

Upon hearing this, Xia Yu walked straight towards Fengxian Hall.

Sure enough, at the bottom of the steps outside the Fengxian Hall, there were several corpses, so numerous that it was hard to tell whether they were men or women, covered with white cloth and placed in front of the hall.

When Xia Yu saw it, he quickly walked towards the corpses.

As soon as he lifted the white cloth covering one of the bodies, he began to cry loudly.

"Chong Wen, Fourth Uncle, I'm here to help you!"

Seeing this, Ma Sanbao, who was standing beside him, knew that no matter whether the person lying on the ground was Xia Chongwen or not, he would have to be treated as Xia Chongwen.

"My condolences, Your Highness!"

The soldiers around him also knelt on one knee and shouted in unison: "The new emperor has passed away! Your Highness, please accept my condolences!"

"The new emperor has passed away! Your Highness, please accept my condolences!"