My father is Jiajing

Chapter 344 The Emperor's Face Turned Black

Xu Jie and Lu Ben also stood up hurriedly and came to Yan Song without any hesitation.

At the same time, inside and outside the capital, no matter how low-ranking an official was or how idle a street vagrant was, their eyes were all focused on the Western Garden where the emperor lived.

The officials were wondering how this fire could have happened.

The common people were amazed that the emperor had a new house.

Emperor Jiajing, who was far away in the Changping Imperial Mausoleum, naturally saw the spectacular sight 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 eternal rest.

At this moment Emperor Jiajing also felt the loneliness of a master. He felt like Wang Chongyang, the middle god who surpassed the four great masters in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". He had the courage and spirit of standing on the top of the world and overlooking all the other mountains.

However, this feeling of fascination and confidence did not last long, as the person who came hurriedly to report the news from the capital had already rushed to Changping where the emperor was at a speed of 600 miles per hour.

Emperor Jiajing's face turned dark after seeing the urgent report sent from the capital.

"What?! There's a fire in my Wanshou Palace?"

Emperor Jiajing's voice became a little higher, and it was obvious that he was unwilling to believe this fact.

You have to know that he has experienced quite a few fires in his life.

Unexpectedly, it caught fire again. The feeling of thousands of horses galloping made Emperor Jiajing so angry that he was fuming.

"What's the matter?"

Emperor Jiajing questioned the person who delivered the letter.

But how would the person who delivered the letter know how Xiyuan caught fire?

He was just a messenger who was temporarily assigned to deliver a letter to the emperor as quickly as possible. He didn't know how the fire started or what happened afterwards.

Looking at the trembling messenger, Emperor Jiajing felt helpless and annoyed. It was indeed a bit impulsive to question a messenger at this time.

Emperor Jiajing calmed down and immediately summoned the ministers who were accompanying him in Changping and announced, "You will return to the palace tomorrow!"

After hearing the emperor's order, the ministers accompanying him in Changping were also a little confused. Didn't they just arrive? Why did they have to leave?
But then the news that the Western Garden was on fire spread among these ministers. When they heard that the Western Garden was on fire, they were all shocked.

But at this time, Emperor Jiajing was in no mood to listen to the consolation of these ministers. He wanted to wait until he returned to Beijing early the next morning.

However, Changping is a hundred miles away from the capital. Even with the emperor's entourage, it would take at least two days 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 fire in the Western Garden.

Therefore, after some reflection and calming down, Emperor Jiajing said to Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyiwei who was accompanying him, "You go back to Beijing first and find San'er. Let him investigate the fire in the Western Garden on my behalf, and you will assist him."

When Lu Bang heard the order from Emperor Jiajing, he did not dare to hesitate. He immediately accepted the order and hurriedly returned to the capital with a team of smart and capable Jinyiwei.

Before Lu Bing returned to the capital, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui, Zhao Zhenji, Li Chunfang and others gathered in Prince Yu's mansion at dawn the next day.

The fire in Xiyuan did not disturb the emperor.

But what was burned was the Wanshou Palace where Emperor Jiajing had always lived.

It can be said that once this palace burned down, political turmoil was inevitable.

After all, this is the imperial palace.

Now that it's on fire, someone has to be responsible and clean up the mess.

The person in charge of the aftermath naturally had the right to investigate and interpret the matter. Therefore, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui, Zhao Zhenji, Li Chunfang and others could not make the decision. They wanted to teach Zhu Zaigui a lesson, telling him not to show any attitude at this critical moment and to wait for the emperor to return.

However, sometimes there are some things that are simply beyond their control.

So, when they all came to Prince Yu's Mansion, wanting to teach Zhu Zaigui how to protect himself.

In fact, Zhu Zaigui had already involved himself.

The reason why Zhu Zaigui acted 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 Zaigui knew, the fire in the Wanshou Palace seemed to have started in the 39th year of the Jiajing reign. And also because of the fire, the old and confused Yan Song spoke without thinking and actually suggested that Emperor Jiajing temporarily move to the Nan Palace.

But what kind of place is Nangong?
That was the place where Emperor Jingtai imprisoned Baozong.

Although that place was also very spacious, it was also in line with the status of Emperor Jiajing.

However, Nangong was a taboo place in the heart of Emperor Jiajing. Just imagine that an emperor who was so devout in Taoism must have believed in things like good and bad luck and feng shui to the core.

At this time, Yan Song actually suggested that Emperor Jiajing should live in Nangong. Isn't that seeking death?
Therefore, in the following year, not only was Yan Shifan arrested, but Yan Song's position as prime minister was also removed by Emperor Jiajing.

From this we can see how brutal the political struggle behind the fire in Wanshou Palace was.

Now the fire broke out six or seven years earlier, which made it difficult for Zhu Zaigui to deal with it.

Is this the legendary butterfly effect?

But no matter how hard Zhu Zaigui racked his brains, it seemed that he had not done anything that would affect the Wanshou Palace?

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui felt that the fire in Wanshou Palace must be due to some unspeakable secret.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui had to participate for the first time to prevent someone from setting a trap for him.

Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui, Zhao Zhenji, Li Chunfang and others waited in the front hall of the palace for a long time before Zhu Zaigui slowly came out from the back house.

At this time, Zhu Zaigui had already gotten up calmly. He finished practicing a set of "Xiantian Gong" in his own courtyard, and then washed up before coming out to meet people.

When several people saw Zhu Zaigui appear, they immediately bowed and said, "Your Highness, we are here to see you!"

Zhu Zaigui looked at the neat group of people and asked knowingly, "Your Majesty is not attending the morning court, why are you all up so early?"

When Gao Gong and others heard what Zhu Zaigui said, the anxiety on their faces became extremely obvious.

Moreover, given their current ranks, even if Emperor Jiajing still had the habit of holding morning court sessions, it was not certain that they would have the opportunity to attend them.

Gao Gong said anxiously: "Your Highness, there was a fire in the West Garden last night, and the Wanshou Palace was burned down!"

Just as Gao Gong was about to continue explaining the importance of this matter, Lu Bing arrived.

Lu Bing led the Jinyiwei into the palace unimpeded and went straight to meet Zhu Zaigui: "I, Jinyiwei Commander Lu Bing, greet Prince Yu!"

Zhu Zaigui looked at this uninvited guest, and the indifferent expression on his face became serious.

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Today is Chinese Valentine's Day, I know all the emperors are busy, so I decided to update three times tomorrow!

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