Everything went smoothly at the banquet. After the meal, the fireworks prepared by the emperor in advance exploded, filling the night with brilliant colors.

Just as the dignitaries were enjoying the beautiful night view, the noise in the distance was drowned out by the sound of fireworks.

It was not until the flames shot up into the sky that Concubine Huai Shu, who happened to turn around, widened her eyes and the handkerchief in her hand fell to the ground. She was stunned for two seconds before she screamed.

"Ah! The water's breaking!"

Everyone was frightened by the scream. When they turned around and saw the flames shooting into the sky, their heartbeats stopped and the scene soon became chaotic.

A large number of guards were sent to help put out the fire, while some soldiers escorted these dignitaries to a safer place.

The fire was raging. The emperor squatted down and looked towards the distant flames. That was the Eternal Farewell Palace...

However, Yongjue Palace has long been uninhabited, and for decades, it has only had one owner.

The emperor had a serious expression on his face. Although the people around him were frightened, they did not dare to offend the emperor at this moment.

The third princess stared blankly in that direction until she felt a sharp pain in her palm, and then she loosened her tightly clenched hands.

This was not her plan!

Someone... took action before her, and deliberately changed the location to Yongjue Palace.

This was by no means an accident. The third princess knew that someone was targeting her, and it was very likely among their group.

The third princess withdrew her gaze, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes again, her eyes had become firm.

She observed the people around her calmly, trying to find clues on their faces.

The location of the fire was very unfortunate. Lian Wu and the other three were very close to it. They smelled the smell of burnt charcoal almost as soon as the fire started.

Lian Wu tried to find the source of the fire, but before he could get close, the fire suddenly grew larger...

It seems like someone added something to help with combustion...most likely oil.

In the dark night, Feng Ling suddenly saw a white shadow flash by and rush into the Yongjue Palace.

Although Feng Ling wanted to chase him, if he went in at this time and failed to escape, he would most likely be mistaken for an arsonist.

Moreover, these palaces are all made of wood, and now the fire is so fierce, it is very dangerous.

For safety reasons, they had to retreat temporarily and notified other guards along the way.

However, this location was still too far away from the emperor. Before they could arrive and notify him in time, the emperor and his men had already discovered that something was wrong.

"Why didn't Shibela make any sound?"

The guards all knelt before the emperor, not daring to say a word.

Not only that, the carrier pigeons raised in the palace for emergency transmission of information were also poisoned to death, and the people responsible for raising the carrier pigeons disappeared.

The emperor was furious. Not only was the arsonist not found, but even the Yongjue Palace was burned down, leaving only charred ruins.

An Jieyu was frightened and her fetus was unstable. Seeing the imperial physician coming in and out, the Seventh Princess was in a very happy mood.

After such a major incident, everyone who was in the palace at the time was arrested and interrogated, and Jiu Ling could not escape either.

But Lian Wu and the other two had sneaked in and left in the chaos after the fire broke out.

The guard who was originally knocked unconscious by them was also hypnotized by Huameng using a pocket watch.

Jiu Ling was originally in the palace. If he left rashly, it would only increase suspicion.

The emperor actually already had several suspects in his mind about this arson.

After all, the place that was burned... was none other than the Yongjue Palace.

Outside the palace, countless officers and soldiers were searching the capital. Hua Meng was now an illegal resident, so she had to hide in the Shangshu Mansion and took the identity of a servant.

The emperor was furious. Hua Meng recalled the gossip she had read in the first few days and roughly guessed the reason.

The original name of Yongjue Palace was not this. It was originally an extremely remote palace in the imperial palace, called Yuanying Pavilion.

Later, the late queen was imprisoned there for some unknown reason, and Yuanying Pavilion was renamed Yongjue Palace.

At that time, the power of the late queen's mother's family had already declined. They wanted to save the late queen, but they were powerless.

At that time, the third princess was still young, so she escaped the fate of being sent away together and was raised by Concubine Liu.

Two years later, the former queen died of illness. After some time, the emperor appointed a new queen - Queen Zheng.

The palace was where only the late queen had lived from beginning to end. Now that it was suddenly burned down, rumors began to spread in the palace that it was caused by ghosts, and people believed that the death of the late queen was not that simple.

No wonder the emperor was so angry.

Thinking of this, Hua Meng was shocked to realize that this matter was related to the third princess again.

But there was no reason for the third princess to burn down her biological mother's former residence. Everyone knew that the third princess missed the late queen and had not married yet for her sake.

It is hard to say that this action is not a warning to the third princess.

Thinking back to the incident involving the Third Princess and Nanhulugou Village, I'm afraid someone has discovered the Third Princess's other side.

Hua Meng was actually somewhat relieved that this was just a low-level business copy, not a high-level copy, otherwise the complicated relationships between the characters would give him a headache.

Business...Are they really doing business this time?

Hua Meng frowned and the pen on the paper did not move for a long time.

He felt that this copy seemed to have gone astray. Was it really useful to explore those side quests?

Maybe it is right to follow the normal route to complete the game like those two players did?

But... that would take too long, and it would seriously affect the popularity of the live broadcast room. Huameng would never allow such a thing to happen.

What's more, the purpose of side quests is to increase the fun of business dungeons.

Hua Meng was relieved immediately. Since they had already started the branch quest, there was no reason to give up halfway. Moreover, it seemed that these two branch quests were probably related and involved the royal family.

They are determined to seize the throne, and the side quests seem to be guiding them to obtain more information so that they can better seize the throne.

After sorting out his thoughts, Hua Meng told his teammates everything he was thinking.

Lian Wu didn't care about the clearance process, but he had never done anything like seizing the throne. Thinking about it now, how could it not be a regret for him?

In this case, it is really necessary to seize the throne.

After Lian Wu agreed, Feng Ling also decisively expressed his own views. Anyway, he had the idea of ​​seizing the throne from the beginning, and now he just had a better reason to put it into practice.

What's more... Lian Wu also wants to seize it. That position above everyone else must be worthy of Lian Wu, just as he had seen before.

It was difficult to deliver messages to Jiuling. They only received a reply late at night after sending a message in the morning.

The message displayed on the prop is short - ok.

Since his teammates all said it was okay, Hua Meng began to prepare a plan.

Now they know that the forces that want to compete for the throne include the Minister of War, the Seventh Princess is very likely, and the Third Princess is also a certain possibility. The current Crown Prince must defend his position as the crown prince. There seems to be no threat among the other princes.

The Fourth Prince was far away in Jiangnan, the Fifth Prince was a sickly child, and his mother was disfavored, with no reliable family. The Eighth Prince and the Crown Prince were both sons of Empress Zheng, and their relationship was incredibly close. The remaining princes were still young, and even if they aspired to the throne, they would most likely become puppet emperors.

It is also a question whether the baby in An Jieyu's belly can be born safely.

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