Nanny Jin was standing next to Sheng Nanzhi, her voice almost choking with sobs: "Why is the fire so strong?"

"Shouldn't the palace be heavily guarded? How could someone actually set it on fire?"

"With such a big fire, wouldn't the prince be... wouldn't he be in great danger?"

Sheng Nanzhi didn't answer Nanny Jin's question, but only asked, "Have you arranged for someone to go to the palace to report the news?"

Nanny Jin finally woke up from her dream and quickly raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes: "I was so flustered that I forgot everything."

"I will arrange for someone to go right now."

Nanny Jin said as she stepped forward to support Sheng Nanzhi: "Princess, you should go to bed and rest first. You must not let anything happen to you again."

Sheng Nanzhi responded, turned around and lay down on the bed.

Nanny Jin quickly closed the window and said, "Although judging by the wind direction, the smoke can't reach us yet, it's still best to be cautious."

She turned around and tugged at the quilt for Sheng Nanzhi before quickly walking out the door.

Sheng Nanzhi lay on the bed, his mind racing.

In her previous life, she did not forget that there was a fire in Shi Huaizhi's mansion, which meant that this incident was caused by her and Sheng Qingqian's rebirth in this life.

Her and Sheng Qingqian's rebirth has changed a lot of things.

For example, Sheng Qingqian married Wen Tingyun, Wen Tingyun had become the seventh prince, and Du Qiyu entered the palace.

For example, Sheng Yunrou became Concubine Rou.

For example, Shi Huaizhi was not unconscious.

So she suspected that the fire was related to these people.

It was either Sheng Qingqian, Wen Tingyun, Du Qiyu, Sheng Yunrou, or... Shi Huaizhi.

It's also possible that there's more than one person.

After an unknown amount of time, voices were finally heard from outside, and Hongyue walked in quickly.

"princess."

Sheng Nanzhi knew she must have come from the main courtyard, so she quickly sat up and asked, "What's going on? Is the fire out?"

"The fire is out." Hongyue's voice was also a little anxious: "Jinxin is leading people to clean up the aftermath over there. Knowing that the princess must be very anxious, she specially asked me to come and tell her the news."

"What about the prince? How is the prince?"

"The prince should have been rescued, right? Putting out the fire is secondary, saving the prince is the most important thing."

"Now that the fire is out, the prince must have been rescued, right?"

"Is the prince injured?"

Sheng Nanzhi asked several questions in a row, struggling to get out of bed.

Hongyue hurriedly supported her and said, "Don't worry, Princess. Just as you said, as soon as the fire started, the prince's personal guards noticed something and rushed in to save the prince."

"but……"

When Sheng Nanzhi heard Hongyue say the word "but", she couldn't help but pull the quilt tighter.

Although the person lying on the bed was just a substitute, if the substitute died, just as Sheng Nanzhi had said before, she would really have to become a widow in public.

"But the fire started from the prince's bed and spread outward from the bed."

"Although the secret guards were already moving quickly, the drug in the smoke had some effect on them. Furthermore, the fire started from the prince's bed, and the prince suffered severe burns."

Badly burned?

Sheng Nanzhi struggled to stand up: "Where is the prince placed now?"

"I gonna go see."

Hongyue hurriedly supported Sheng Nanzhi: "Originally, I wanted to move her here with the princess, but the princess's attic only has one main room, and the princess is pregnant and needs care."

"So, Sister Jinxin placed the prince in Huai'an Courtyard, not far from this attic."

Hongyue said the words "Huaian Courtyard" in a very low voice.

"I will take the princess there now, please be careful."

Sheng Nanzhi responded and went downstairs, following Hongyue to Huai'an Courtyard.

Walking along the lakeside corridor, you will enter a bamboo forest.

Sheng Nanzhi slowed down her pace. "I haven't even been around Prince Yi's Mansion much, so I have no idea where to go. Huai'an Courtyard, is it here?"

"Yes."

"Huai'an Courtyard is very close to the princess's attic. You can get there by walking through the bamboo forest."

Sheng Nanzhi stopped. Although she had only been married into Prince Yi's Mansion for a short time and had not yet had a thorough tour of the Mansion, she had seen a map of the Mansion.

She knew exactly who lived in which courtyard of Prince Yi's Mansion and where it was located in the mansion.

"But why do I remember that the yard over there through this bamboo forest is the laundry room?"

Hongyue turned her head and looked at Sheng Nanzhi intently.

Shuanghan and Xueyi, who had been following the two of them not far behind, quickly took two steps forward and asked, "Princess, what's wrong?"

Sheng Nanzhi didn't respond, still looking at Hongyue: "Where are you taking me, Aunt Hongyue?"

"Could it be that Aunt Hongyue was involved in all of today's events?"

"I know what happened today. The person behind this must have an insider in our house. Otherwise, they wouldn't have known we were having a small banquet on the lake island, nor would they have set fire to the main courtyard right when we were racing dragon boats."

"But I guessed they had an insider in our house, but I never thought it would be you."

"I even doubted Jin Xin, but I never doubted you."

"I still remember that when I first entered the mansion, you asked me to play mahjong with you and taught me how to play."

"At that time, I thought you were so beautiful when you smiled."

Hongyue gritted her teeth secretly. Since Sheng Nanzhi had discovered her, she had nothing to hide.

"Yes, at that time, I didn't have any ill will towards you."

"You should also know that the first person chosen as the Sixth Prince's Consort was your legitimate sister."

"Your legitimate sister doesn't have a very good reputation in the Imperial City, especially among the women there."

"Even before she even entered the house, we were always worried that once she did, she would use her status as the Fated Phoenix Master to bully us."

Sheng Nanzhi smiled. She was not wrong to worry about it.

In her previous life, didn’t Sheng Yunrou use her identity as the Phoenix Lord to get rid of almost all the concubines in Shi Huai’s backyard?

In this comparison, she felt that she was extremely kind.

"But I haven't bullied any of you since I came here, right?"

"I dare say that throughout the entire imperial city, there are not many mistresses as gentle and tolerant as me."

"The prince is unconscious, and there doesn't seem to be any conflict between us. I have always thought that my wives and concubines should just live a good life in Prince Yi's mansion."

"If any of you want to leave, I can let you go. But if you don't want to leave, I can also let you live comfortably in this Prince Yi's Mansion."

"Am I wrong to do this?"

"You brought me out here to get rid of me, right? Why did you do that?"

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