I am Yuan Niaoniao

Winter has arrived in a blink of an eye. This year the snow fell earlier than usual. By the end of October, most areas had already seen light snow.

Wu Jingxin looked at the current situation of the Yuan family being leaderless, and wanted to make trouble for Yuan Niaoniao even more unscrupulously. The winter season was a perfect opportunity. So, she secretly made a plan in her mind, this time let the Yuan family fall into a sea of ​​fire.

Wu Jingxin sneered secretly and ordered someone to secretly send the gold-thread charcoal mixed with kerosene to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and mix it with the charcoal that was to be sent to the Yuan family. She said to the steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with concern: "It's just winter now, and General Yuan has just passed away. Let's give this princess' share of gold-thread charcoal to the Yuan family, so that the Yuan family knows that even if the old general is gone, our emperor still has the Yuan family in his heart." It seemed that she really cared about the situation of the Yuan family. But as long as these gold-thread charcoals were ignited, it would easily cause a fire, and this was what Wu Jingxin wanted to see.

"The princess is so thoughtful. I will certainly convey this feeling to you." The chief steward nodded with appreciation. Her Royal Highness the Princess is truly beautiful and kind-hearted. She has already cared about the people of Dadu before she even married the prince. She must be a virtuous concubine.

"No need to use my name. When the prince finds out, he will have to allocate new carbon to this princess. Then other people's shares will not be enough. Our Wu country has always been cold. I think the temperature in Dadu is just right. There is no need to use carbon." Wu Jingxin added.

"Okay." Upon hearing this, the housekeeper admired the kindness of this foreign princess from the bottom of his heart. No one in the palace could give up their share like this, after all, the golden charcoal was scrambling to be used to keep warm. It was more precious than ordinary charcoal.

At this time, people in Yuan Mansion were busy preparing winter supplies, but they had never thought of this hidden crisis. The best golden charcoal sent from the palace would of course be used first. After repeated inspections, Yuan Niaoniao smelled that there was something wrong with this batch of charcoal, but she had to play along. After all, her grandfather was "gone", and all the conspiracies against Yuan Mansion would surely come as expected. She could prevent this today, but not that tomorrow. "Put the golden charcoal aside first, and use it when it's colder," because she wanted to give herself some time to prepare before cooperating with the person who took action to act out this scene.

"Yes, miss." Butler Yuan asked someone to put the finest golden charcoal away and use it when it was colder.

As expected, in the evening, Chen Shaoyi brought the news that it was Wu Jingxin who was behind this: "She is really vicious enough. She would rather not use you herself than to destroy you."

"That's right. She is smart. She hides her identity and uses the palace to get rid of me. She gets a good reputation in front of people and achieves her goal behind people. Kill two birds with one stone. When the fire starts, it will be impossible to find out that it is the charcoal. I can only suffer this loss in vain." A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Yuan Niaoniao's eyes. If I don't fight back when I am bullied, I will live in vain. "Now there are only these old people who have worked in the Yuan family for decades left in the Yuan Mansion. I will arrange for them to stay tomorrow. For those who don't want to leave, I will take them to the end." After everything is settled, we can focus on dealing with all those who want to be enemies with the Yuan family.

"Okay, I know that our emperor has a house that is a good place. When the good show is staged, I will ask for it and give it to you to make your new Yuan family. It will be bigger, more spacious and more comfortable." Chen Shaoyi raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"I've also been eyeing that house." Yuan Niao Niao and Chen Shaoyi smiled at each other, and they both liked the same house. The location was right next to Prince Chen's Mansion and Jishidiang. Although it was a little off the beaten track, it was quiet and comfortable, far away from the city center, and there were fewer eyes staring at the Yuan family all the time.

"Butler Yuan, please send some of the golden charcoal awarded by the palace to the prefect. Just tell him that it's too much and we don't need it. The prefect works day and night, so he should use some good ones." Yuan Niaoniao put down the cup in her hand and said. After he became the prefect of Dadu, she had not visited him in person. This little thing was just a favor. After all, without his cooperation, Han Haotian would not have fallen so easily.

"Yes, Miss." Butler Yuan immediately ordered someone to pick out some of the gold-thread charcoal sent from the palace and send it to Fu Guoduo's residence.

The snow fell even harder the next day. Yuan Niaoniao was sure that Fu Guoduo would use the golden charcoal today, so she asked Yuan's housekeeper to use some golden charcoal today. It produces less smoke than ordinary charcoal, is more resistant to burning, and has less smell. Therefore, it is extremely noble. In the past, it was only commonly used in the palace. This time, the Yuan family used it. Han Junwu sympathized with the death of General Yuan, leaving a group of old people, women and children, so he specially issued an order to reward the Yuan family with golden charcoal to keep warm. Everyone who heard it had to praise him as a good emperor who loved the people.

Wu Jingxin sneered as she watched the snow falling heavier outside the window. She couldn't wait to see the Yuan family being burned down.

Suddenly, a thick smoke rose from the direction of Yuanfu, and the flames lit up the entire night sky. People panicked and fled far away. However, the fire was getting bigger and bigger and could not be controlled at all.

Unlike the last time, the patrol officer immediately notified Fu Guoduo, who rushed to the scene with his men. As they were well prepared and had all the tools needed to put out the fire, the fire was brought under control immediately and did not spread. All the people in the Yuan family were rescued. "Sir, the inspection is complete and no one is injured."

"Your Excellency, the fire is out." "Your Excellency, the relief supplies have arrived."

"Good." Fu Guoduo watched with satisfaction as the rescue operation went smoothly. Then he stepped forward and asked with concern, "Are the two Miss Yuan okay?"

"It's okay, thank goodness the prefect for his timely rescue. As for the cause of the fire, I'd like to trouble you to investigate it thoroughly. We will definitely fully cooperate with your work." Yuan Niao Niao said softly, her delicate look seemed as if she had not yet recovered from the shock.

"I'm late." Chen Shaoyi came late when he saw that it was almost time, and walked to Yuan Niao Niao anxiously: "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, it's okay, I'm fine." Yuan Niaoniao nodded.

Seeing Chen Shaoyi coming, Fu Guoduo immediately stepped forward to take credit: "This subordinate pays homage to His Royal Highness Prince Chen."

"Well, you did a good job." Chen Shaoyi just nodded, his eyes full of Yuan Niao Niao. Although he knew it was an act, he was still a little worried. If things did not develop as planned, it would be dangerous. Next time, he should not let her do such a risky thing.

"It's bad, Your Excellency the Prefect." A guard came running up to Fu Guoduo and said breathlessly, "It's bad, ..."

"What's wrong? I think you are the one who is wrong." Everything is fine here. Fu Guoduo wanted to slap him in the face to wake him up.

"The mansion is on fire... The mansion is on fire too." The guard said, gasping for breath. He rushed over because Fu Guoduo had taken away all the rescue personnel and supplies. If he was late, he was afraid that the fire would get bigger and it would be disastrous.

"What?" Fu Guoduo was shocked! "Oh no, Madam!" He turned and ran, then remembered that the Prince was still there, and turned back: "I have to go to the other side to put out the fire, I'm sorry I can't accompany you."

"Go ahead." Chen Shaoyi nodded.

Fu Guoduo waved his hand and hurried back with the rescue team. Fortunately, they arrived before the fire spread and put out the fire with great effort.

He and his wife sat beside him, looking extremely embarrassed: "Madam, what on earth is going on? She was fine before I left."

"Master, I don't know what happened. I just vaguely remember that I was tired and wanted to rest. I remembered that I had some golden charcoal, so I asked Xiao Cui to light some golden charcoal to keep warm when sleeping. Then it suddenly caught fire." Thinking of the fire that seemed to want to eat people, she shuddered.

"Golden charcoal? Golden charcoal. The fire at Yuan's house, could it be related to the golden charcoal?" Fu Guoduo keenly sensed something, "Is there any golden charcoal left?"

"Yes, it is precious, and I am reluctant to use it, so I will save it for later use." The wife of the prefect thought for a while and said, "Xiao Cui, go to the storehouse and get the remaining gold charcoal."

"Yes, ma'am."

The fire started in their bedroom, but because the fire was put out in time, it did not spread to other places, and the remaining golden charcoal was just preserved.

After a while, Xiao Cui took all the remaining gold charcoal.

"Master, Madam, all the remaining gold-thread charcoal is here." Xiao Cui handed over the basket of gold-thread charcoal.

"Take it and test its ingredients." Fu Guoduo ordered while looking at the golden charcoal in front of him. This charcoal was sent by the Yuan family. It was unlikely to harm him. The Yuan family also caught fire. The problem should be with the golden charcoal. The problem is that this golden charcoal also came from the palace. Could it be that...

"Someone, go to Yuan's house and get the remaining golden charcoal."

"Yes, my lord."

After the fire, Yuan Mansion was in ruins. The fire was so severe that several rooms were burned to ashes. Chen Shaoyi looked around and said, "It looks like we can't stay at Yuan's house tonight. I have another courtyard. Although it's a little small, it can be used for a while."

"This is the only way." Yuan Niao Niao nodded: "Let's all go to the villa of His Royal Highness Prince Chen tonight and rest. Let's see if there is anything we can take away and take it all away."

"Yes, Miss." Everyone went into the Yuan family's house, which was dark due to the fire, and packed up whatever valuables they could take away.

"Sister," Yuan Xixi pulled Yuan Niao Niao's clothes, "is it almost time? I'm so sleepy." Ever since Bai Yue'e sent Chen Xifeng to the countryside, she and her sister were the only ones left in the mansion to depend on each other, so when her sister asked her to act, she cooperated with her best. However, she had been tossing and turning for most of the night and she really wanted to sleep.

"It's almost done, just bear with it a little longer." Yuan Niao Niao touched Xixi's head and looked around. Finally, a figure appeared at the corner of the street and gradually approached.

"Miss Yuan, the prefect ordered me to come and collect the charcoal used in the mansion today so that we can investigate the cause of the fire." The guard said respectfully.

"There!" Yuan Niaoniao had been waiting for this moment. She pointed to the two plates of charcoal on the ground and said, "One plate is the one that was burning when the fire started, and the other one is the remaining charcoal from the same batch. Thank you, sir."

"Okay," the guard went up to check the two plates of charcoal, and after confirming that they were correct, he turned around and left. "Your Highness, Miss Yuan, I will go back and report."

Chen Shaoyi nodded.

"Huh, I can finally take a break." Yuan Xixi stretched lazily.

After the guard walked away, Yuan Niaoniao and his group quickly got on the carriage and left.

. . . . . . . . . .

Fu Guoduo was really quick. After all, his house was also burned down. The next morning, he brought the problematic gold-thread charcoal to the palace to meet the emperor.

At this moment, he was kneeling on the ground with two plates of golden charcoal at his feet. "Your Majesty, the source of the fire in Yuan's family and this mansion yesterday has been found out. It was caused by this golden charcoal."

Han Junwu couldn't help but laugh: "This golden charcoal is the batch I gave to the Yuan family? Where did you get it?" He was also using it himself, so would he blatantly give out problematic charcoal as a reward? Even if he did, it wouldn't be at this critical moment, which would just give people something to talk about. He wasn't so stupid, nor so dishonest.

"Your Majesty, that's right. The batch of golden charcoal I received was given to me by Miss Yuan out of sympathy for me. Because the weather was cold, my wife only burned a little to keep warm and it caused a fire. After investigation, it was found that the Yuan family also used the same batch of charcoal that day. Therefore, I suspected that it was related to the charcoal, so I ordered people to analyze and test this batch of golden charcoal overnight. I came to the conclusion early in the morning and immediately brought these evidences to see the emperor."

"What's the problem?" Han Junwu frowned. Who wants to use me to deal with the Yuan family, and use such a stupid method.

"Golden charcoal is flammable, but it will not burn more and more vigorously under normal circumstances. It will only burn more and more fiercely after being soaked in kerosene, dried, and repeated, and finally poured with kerosene and allowed to dry naturally. Once ignited, it will burn more and more fiercely. Sparks may even fly everywhere. Once these fire points touch flammable objects, they will cause fires." Fu Guoduo said reasonably. He wanted to see who caused his house to burn down!

"Someone, call the housekeeper over." Han Junwu said with a dark face.

"Yes, Your Majesty." A guard immediately turned around and left the hall.

Soon the housekeeper arrived.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you," the chief steward of internal affairs knelt on the ground in a cold sweat.

"Get up and take a look. That batch of golden charcoal came from the palace."

"That's right." He recognized the carbon after just a quick glance. Because it was Wu Jingxin's share when it was sent out, the quality seemed to be a little different, but he sent it away without thinking too much. He didn't expect there was a problem. This time he was really in trouble!

"Then tell me, I remember saying that the share to be given to the Yuan family was two baskets of 100 jin of golden charcoal. Now there are more than 100 jin, not to mention the part that has been used." Han Junwu spoke coldly, and everyone in the hall couldn't help but feel nervous. "Could it be that someone didn't take my words seriously and acted on their own?"

"This, this, I dare not act on my own. Princess Wu said that she sympathized with the Yuan family and wanted to give her share to the Yuan family. That's why so much charcoal was sent over. I would never dare to distribute it casually." He pointed out Wu Jingxin without saying anything.

"Oh, there is another matter?" Han Junwu didn't expect it to be related to Wu Jingxin. This was difficult to deal with. "Then why is this batch of gold charcoal different from the one used in the palace?"

"It is my fault for not checking every batch of goods. It must be because of my carelessness that I accepted unqualified charcoal by mistake." It's over, it's all over, the head of internal affairs secretly shed tears.

"Useless thing. Come here." Han Junwu looked at the housekeeper with disgust, "Take him to jail."

"Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty." The chief steward shouted in horror, but unfortunately he was dragged away mercilessly by the guards.

"It's my fault for failing to supervise properly. You, Governor Fu, have done a great job in putting out the fire. This time the disaster also affected your mansion. I will reward you with a new house and one hundred taels of gold." Han Junwu wanted to use a house to do this.

"Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty. It is my duty to protect the safety of Dadu." Fu Guoduo knew that he could not pursue anything after seeing this. After all, he had a new house and a hundred taels of gold, so it was not a loss.

"Governor Fu has a new house, and the home of my future princess was burned down, so he should be compensated with a new house." Chen Shaoyi's voice came from outside the hall.

Han Junwu frowned and stared at the high-spirited young man who stepped into the hall, and immediately showed a kind smile: "Of course, how could I treat your princess badly?"

"Then may I dare to ask the emperor for a house on behalf of my future princess?" Chen Shaoyi looked at Han Junwu with interest.

Although he knew that Chen Shaoyi was challenging his authority by not using honorifics, he couldn't get angry at the moment: "Whatever the prince wants, I will agree to it."

"Then I would like to thank the emperor on behalf of the future princess. I will go to the Pear Courtyard," Chen Shaoyi looked at Han Junwu quietly.

"Liyuan?" Han Junwu pretended to think about it for a moment before agreeing. The villa was in a remote location, so it didn't matter where he chose from among so many good locations. "I agree."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I'll take my leave now. I have to go back and take the future princess to Liyuan to settle her down." Chen Shaoyi bowed hastily and turned to leave.

Leaving behind the ministers looking at each other in bewilderment, and Han Junwu who looked unhappy.

What on earth is Wu Jingxin doing? How can she be as troublesome as her own son, wanting to do bad things and leaving handles for others? It's really speechless! But she is a princess of a country, and it's hard for me to do anything to her! !