novelaction Chapter 302 Caused
Chapter 302 Caused
When Shen Tang and Xie Guimo returned to Chenxiangxuan, it was already time for dinner.
The maid brought the food into the room, and the two of them had dinner together, and then went about their own business.
Xie Guimo went to the study to read, and Shen Tang was doing needlework in the room. It was almost time to go to bed, and the maid prepared water for bathing, and Shen Tang got up.
Just as she reached the screen and was about to undress, Shen Tang faintly heard someone shouting, "There's a fire!" She thought she was hallucinating when Si'er ran in and said, "Princess, there's a fire in the fourth room!"
Shen Tang was startled when he heard this. The two maids, Ginkgo and Qiutong, all looked at Shen Tang. Shen Tang removed his hands from untying his waist and walked out.
Standing in the yard, I couldn't see anything. When I got out of the yard, I saw flames rising from the direction of the fourth room.
How could the fourth room have a fire?
Could it be the work of Xie Guimo?
Although Shen Tang had no good feelings towards the second and fourth wives, they lived under the same roof after all. Shen Tang saw the fire in the fourth wife's house clearly and could not pretend not to see it. He ordered Yin Xing, "Let all the maids and servants in the yard go to help put out the fire."
Even if she didn't order him around, Manager Zhou would send someone to deliver the message.
The maids and servants in the yard carried empty basins and buckets and ran to the fourth room.
Xie Guimo was in the study. When he learned that there was a fire in the fourth room, he came out. However, the view from the gate was not very good, so he simply put his arm around Shen Tang's waist and took her directly to the roof.
Standing high, seeing far, the four rooms were engulfed in flames.
This fire is enough to feed the four families.
She looked at Xie Guimo and asked, "Did you have someone release him?"
Xie Guimo looked helpless, "I knew you would misunderstand me."
Shen Tang, “…???”
Misunderstand……
"Not you?" Shen Tang was surprised.
Xie Guimo pinched Shen Tang's nose and said, "Is it possible to burn down the palace and rebuild it with public funds?"
...That's true.
If we really want to burn down the fourth room, we can do it in ten days or half a month. It won't be too late to set fire to it after the fourth room moves out of the house.
Besides, no matter how much she and Xie Guimo were at odds with the second and fourth houses, the royal father would not allow him to set fire to the fourth house, especially when the fourth house was clamoring for compensation. The old prince would certainly not let the eldest house compensate the fourth house. But if the fourth house was burned down, out of sympathy, the royal father would give the fourth house some comfort. Not to mention the old prince. If he was not allowed to compensate the eldest house, he would compensate the fourth house himself.
Looking at the flames rising from the fourth room, Shen Tang was really curious about how the fire in the fourth room started.
Shen Tang looked at Xie Guimo and asked, "Do you want to go and take a look?"
The water leak in the fourth room is no small matter. If you are asleep at this time, it's fine. But if you are not asleep, you should go and check it out.
Xie Guimo knew that Shen Tang wanted to go and watch the fun, so he curled his lips and said, "Hold me tight."
Before Shen Tang could react, Xie Guimo jumped up from the roof with her. Frightened, Shen Tang quickly hugged his waist tightly.
Chenxiangxuan was a little far from the fourth room, but she could get there much faster by climbing over the eaves and walls. She had arrived before the maids and servants who went to Chenxiangxuan to help put out the fire.
Seeing her and Xie Guimo, the maids and servants were stunned, but putting out the fire was the most important thing, so the maids and servants quickly carried water to put out the fire.
But the fire was too big to be put out.
In addition to Shen Tang and Xie Guimo, the prince and princess, the second master and second wife, the third master and third wife, and Concubine Jiang were all there.
The prince frowned and asked, "How could the fire happen?"
The fourth wife was covered in dust and dirt. She was so heartbroken that she almost suffocated as she looked at the burned house.
The prince's voice was cold and deep, frightening Fourth Miss Xie Shu so much that she snuggled into the arms of the Fourth Madam. The Fourth Madam said, "The maid was clumsy and knocked over the candlestick, causing the fire..."
The fourth wife squeezed out the words from between her teeth.
Shen Tang frowned slightly. Although the prince was serious, it was just a question. The fourth lady shouldn't be so timid, right?
The fire was huge and the smoke was thick, making people cough uncontrollably. The princess covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed twice. The prince then said to her, "You can't help much here, go back."
The princess really couldn't help much, but she had to come, as people's words were scary.
Instead of helping to put out the fire, he stayed here and was actually getting in the way, so the princess left. Shen Tang and Xie Guimo didn't stay long either, and they went back the same way they came.
As soon as the two of them returned to Chenxiangxuan, Chen Qi appeared and said, "The fire started in the fourth girl's room."
No wonder Xie Shu was so scared when the prince asked her questions. It turned out that she was the one who started the fire.
The fourth branch moved out of the palace and the dust settled, but Xie Shu didn't want to move. She had lived in the palace since she was born, and she was mentally prepared to marry out of the palace. Now she had to move out, and she was depressed and helpless.
She couldn't let her mother move out of the house alone, her father had to accompany her. Since both her parents had moved out, she must move out with them. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She felt that Shen Tang was the one who should move out. No, she shouldn't have been allowed to marry into Prince Jingyang's Mansion!
Xie Shu had the habit of throwing things to vent her anger. In a fit of rage, she smashed the teacup. When the teacup fell to the ground, her personal maid came in and threw the teacup towards her. The maid subconsciously dodged, and this dodge knocked over the lotus lampstand. The candle fell on the gauze curtain and instantly caught fire.
The fire burned all night long.
The next day, Shen Tang woke up, sat on the bed and stretched. Seeing Yin Xing and Qiu Tong coming in, Shen Tang asked, "Is the fire in the fourth room out?"
Ginkgo said, "It will be extinguished at dawn."
After a pause, Ginkgo stepped forward and gloated quietly, "The fourth wife's dowry was all burned."
It hadn't rained in Kyoto for quite a while, and the palace loved corridors. The sun had been strong recently, and the bamboo curtains hung on the corridors caught fire easily. At night, a north wind blew, and the maids and servants in the north courtyard were all fighting the fire in the fourth lady's courtyard. They didn't realize that the fire had spread to the warehouse where the fourth wife stored her dowry. By the time they discovered it, it was too late.
Qiu Tong said, "The most valuable part of the dowry is the farm and shop. The house deeds and land deeds can be reissued."
The fourth wife's dowry was all burned, but the loss was only a small half. The fourth master suffered heavy losses. Those treasured calligraphy and paintings were burned and could not be replaced.
It is no exaggeration to say that the fourth room lost half of its money.
Qiu Tong said, "That Taoist priest really has some real skills. He told the Fourth Madam to move out as soon as possible, otherwise it would be too late to regret it. It's true."
Not to mention Qiu Tong, even Shen Tang knew that the Taoist priest was bribed to come to the Jingyang Palace, but his words were really well-spoken.
What’s more important is that it was fulfilled in a timely manner, so we cannot help but believe it.
Shen Tang suspected that the Taoist priest only had problems with his character, and perhaps he really had some abilities.
Taoist priest,"……"
Even Shen Tang believed it, not to mention the fourth room.
While Shen Tang was having breakfast, the Fourth Wife didn't dare to stay in the palace any longer. She hurriedly took her daughter out of the palace, fearing that if she left too late, she would lose her life in the palace.
As for the Taoist priest, Chen Qi gave him one hundred taels and asked him to leave Beijing. If he dared to reveal a single word, he would definitely be beheaded.
The Taoist priest was also afraid of being silenced, so he left Beijing in a hurry. After two days, he found that he had left something important in Kyoto and had to come back to get it.
This time, I can’t leave.
A fire broke out in the fourth room of Prince Jingyang's mansion, which made him famous and people came to ask him to tell their fortunes.
Taoist priest,"……"