The whole family is reborn, and their five-year-old child becomes the darling of the entire capital.

The fire raged like a tiger, baring its fangs and claws, and instantly engulfed several adjacent buildings.

Especially Qingyanlou, a building almost entirely made of wood, could be considered an accomplice to the fire, as the fabric acted as a catalyst, quickly igniting the flames.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding buildings were also engulfed in flames, and the fire continued to spread, showing a fierce tendency to expand to other areas.

Mu Yunchao quickly led his men to put out the fire, silently praying that the street could be saved.

The next section of this street leads to the Mu family's most popular restaurant; if it were to burn down, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Recently, many students have come to the capital to take the imperial examinations, and more than a dozen restaurants are full of them. If something happens to them, it will be a real disaster for the Moon Kingdom.

Mu Yunchao then suddenly remembered that a fire had also occurred in his previous life. Although the Mu family's restaurant was damaged at that time, the casualties were not serious, so he did not pay much attention to it.

However, this time he was there in person, and the raging fire was like a demon, trying to devour everything.

The people inside Qingyanlou are probably doomed; their chances of survival are slim.

There are no idea how many members of powerful families are inside.

It seems Princess Lanyue has gotten herself into serious trouble…

Princess Lanyue's temper is truly explosive...

"Don't touch me!" Princess Lanyue broke free from the guards' hands and glared at Xie Yaochuan.

"You surnamed Xie! What kind of family is yours! Even the current Emperor doesn't dare to touch this princess, yet you dare to let someone touch her! Have you eaten the gall of a bear and the heart of a leopard?"

Xie Yaochuan was covered in dust and filled with anger.

Today, he truly experienced firsthand what others meant when they said Princess Lanyue was a shrew.

The shop that my family invested in was burned down just like that.

Before anything was even finalized, the Qingyan Tower was instantly burned down.

It's not necessarily true that her son was killed by someone from Qingyanlou.

"Princess Lanyue, are you crazy?!" The proprietress of Qingyanlou, wrapped tightly in a blanket, looked at Princess Lanyue in disbelief.

She was almost entirely burned, half of her hair was burned off, and her face was also injured.

She's considered lucky; at least she survived.

None of the girls under her command, nor the gentlemen who stayed overnight yesterday, escaped!

Her burning of the entire street, the most profitable street in Yan's family's village, was completely destroyed.

It's likely that Marquis Yan's status will be implicated and he will lose his marquisate.

When Princess Lanyue saw that she was still alive, she went mad and tried to grab and scratch her.

He was immediately stopped by the people from the Dali Temple as soon as he pounced on them.

"You shameless woman! You killed my child! You damned creature! You'll be condemned to the deepest hell sooner or later!"

The proprietress's eyes widened. "Get this straight! I work for Lord Yan! How could I possibly kill the young master? You can't frame me for something someone else did, can you? Do you even know what you've done, you idiot? So many nobles are living inside! And you haven't rescued a single one!"

"You deserve to die in there too! You slut!"

Xie Yaochuan rubbed his temples, feeling his head buzzing. He had never seen a princess with a voice as loud as a shrew from the marketplace.

Mu Yunchao walked over, ignoring the two people arguing, and asked Xie Yaochuan, "Have you confirmed the identity of the deceased?"

"Which one? We've pulled two out of the lake. The princess said there should be a servant left too, but we're still searching. He must have sunk. It's not easy to retrieve him. As for Qingyanlou, it was horribly burned, basically just charred corpses. I heard they were all prominent figures there. I wonder if anyone will dare to come and identify the bodies." Xie Yaochuan said helplessly.

The Ministry of Justice is gone, and the entire Ministry of Justice needs to be rebuilt. There's still a lot of work to be done.

One thing after another has happened lately.

Before one task was finished, another one came right away, leaving no time to catch one's breath.

The family is still busy arranging blind dates for him.

I really want to split him into four people and use him for that purpose.

Mu Yunchao lowered his eyes and thought for a moment. These people's families would certainly not be willing to lose face by coming up directly to identify them.

At most, they would claim to have contracted a serious illness and then passed away.

"Have the proprietress identify the names later. They are all customers she knows, so she should recognize them all."

"You've really become a hands-off manager," Xie Yaochuan said, somewhat annoyed.

"This matter has nothing to do with me in the first place." Mu Yunchao patted him and turned to leave.

Xie Yaochuan stepped forward, looked at the woman coldly, and said, "Come with me to identify the deceased."

"Recognize my identity?" The proprietress looked at him in utter disbelief. "Are you crazy? If I really revealed my identity, wouldn't that be like tearing off the last veil of pretense? Would I even want to live? They could easily send a few people to kill me!"

“If you don’t speak, they will silence you. You might as well seek the protection of our Dali Temple.”

Xie Yaochuan sighed, somewhat helplessly.

So, he's afraid to talk to people who lack common sense, but he's even more afraid to talk to people who have common sense.

"I won't say a word if Lord Yan doesn't come." Her last support was Lord Yan. If Lord Yan didn't show up, it basically meant that Lord Yan wanted to sever ties with her.

But she didn't believe that Lord Yan would definitely come to protect her.

-

Lord Yan did come, but he wasn't the only one there; the current crown prince and the empress dowager who was in charge of overseeing the country also came.

Lord Yan's move is an attempt to sever ties with Princess Lanyue...

Xie Yaochuan observed that Lord Yan's face remained completely expressionless as he stood upright beside the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager sighed, looked at the street that was almost completely burned, and asked in a deep voice, "How many people died?"

"Your Majesty, more than forty people have died, and nearly a hundred have suffered burns."

The Empress Dowager nodded, looking helplessly at Princess Lanyue, who was gazing at Lord Yan with tears streaming down her face.

Feeling exasperated, Lord Yan, upon learning of this matter, did not immediately come to protect her or to manage his shop. Instead, his first words upon entering the palace were to demand a divorce.

She still looked at him with such longing.

"Are you sure they were the ones who did the killings?" The Empress Dowager looked quietly at Princess Lanyue.

"The footprint on Shu'er's chest was very small, but the force was obvious. This woman knows martial arts, and her feet are small—it all fits! Even if it wasn't her, it was one of her girls who killed Shu'er, and she's covering for her!"

"So, you burned down the whole street before you were even sure?" The Empress Dowager was quite incredulous.

She knew she was stupid, but she never imagined she could be this stupid.

"They must have killed my Shu'er! They were jealous that my Shu'er was the heir, so they tried every means to get rid of him! Who knows if this woman has any illegitimate children in the Yan family! She wants to seize power!"