The story of Princess Xiatang's counterattack

Chapter 69 The Second Fire
Chapter 69 The Second Fire
Ever since He Xiang put on Ruizhu's clothes, her whole person is different, every day she swaggers like a proud big rooster.

He was not as mean to Rui Zhu as before, although it wasn't very good, but he was able to speak well at last.

After a few days, Rui Zhu gave her some pearl hairpin bracelets, but He Xiang was so happy that she played with those objects all day long, receiving compliments from the little maids from time to time.

As for these things, even if you don't use them yourself, it's not a small sum of money when you go out of the house and exchange the money.

Ruizhu even pulled her to boast for a long time, saying that she had been buried all these years, and she should have been brought up long ago, and said, "Look at my brain, the master gave me a waistband before."

After finishing speaking, he untied a jade pendant from his waist and put it in He Xiang's hand, "Although this pendant is not a whole jade, it is of good quality. I keep it with me all the time. Now that my sister is in love, I will give this pendant to you." For my sister, it's my sister's kindness."

He Xiang took the waist pendant and looked at it for a long time. It was a colorful cloud jade pendant with a jade bead on the corner. Caiyun is often called auspicious, and this waist pendant represented the name of Ruizhu.

The top is connected with colorful tassels, small and exquisite.

He Xiang was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, she knew that Rui Zhu had a lot of good things here, "My sister doesn't dare to refuse what my sister gave me, so I will accept it."

He hung the waist pendant directly on his waist, and twirled it around happily.

Rui Zhu looked at He Xiang who looked more and more like her, and finally felt at ease. The little girl outside only knew that He Xiang took some clothes from Rui Zhu, and had no obvious perception of her changes.

Because Ruizhu has been modified a little bit, the change of Hexiang is not abrupt.

Mu Xuerou, who originally said she was going to send a newcomer to Wutongyuan, has been choosing a suitable servant, at least in the eyes of others, she is very responsible.

However, there has been no suitable one.

Xiahou didn't even ask questions, as long as Mu Xuerou put on a good show, she would be fine.

On this day, Ruizhu received a steamed stuffed bun again, and she hid in the corner as usual. After reading the words on it, she was startled at first, then she calmed down, ate the note and steamed stuffed bun, and continued to pretend nothing had happened.

Two days later, the fire broke out in the middle of the night. Because there were no guards guarding the place, no one noticed the water had escaped for a while.

For a while, crying and screaming were intertwined with the sound of the burning fire. The Wutong courtyard was a bit remote, and there were so many trees in the courtyard, the whole courtyard was on fire after a while.

The sky is dry and everything is dry, a little sporadic fire can cause a fire, not to mention that there is a lunatic in the courtyard.

The gate of the courtyard was locked, people in the courtyard could not go out, and people outside hadn't noticed the fire yet. The whole Wutong courtyard became a purgatory on earth, and miserable cries continued to come.

Finally, when the guards found that the yard was flooded and came to rescue, the fire was out of control.

Buckets of water were brought up, and all the servants were struggling to put out the fire.

The movement here naturally alarmed Xueyu Courtyard. Today Xia Houxian did not enter the backyard, but rested in the study in the front yard. When he was woken up by the servant, he was still a little tired.

Mu Xuerou was carried to the outside of the Wutong courtyard, and now she is in charge to direct the fire fighting, the fire was gradually extinguished, at this time Xiahoulian also came.

He looked at the dark Indus Courtyard, and his face also darkened.

"Master." Seeing Xia Houlian, Mu Xuerou hurried over to salute.

"Why did you come out? Don't stay in the courtyard." Xia Houxian frowned, a little dissatisfied.

"Rou'er is fine. When someone came to report that the Wutong courtyard was flooded, Rou'er hurried over, but it was too late." After speaking, he sighed, "It would be better if Rou'er came back sooner."

"How can this be your fault," Xia Houyan pulled Mu Xuerou to comfort him, "No one wants this to happen."

Mu Xuerou leaned into Xia Houlian's arms.

"Has the fire stopped?" Xia Houxian asked the guards who put out the fire.

"Return to the lord, the fire has been extinguished, and the subordinates are sending people in to check if there are any survivors." The guard knelt on the ground with his fists clasped.

"Well," Xia Houxian nodded, as long as he didn't get involved elsewhere, and then said sharply, "Where is the princess? Such a big thing happened, where is she? She slept soundly!"

"Who are you talking about?" Rong Li walked out from the crowd, "How do you know I'm not here?"

"Hmph," Xia Houlian flicked his sleeves, he just said casually, who knew that Rongli really came, she didn't care about these things in the past.

In fact, where Rongli didn't care, the original owner really wanted to take care of it, and no one reported it to her.

"When this concubine comes, I will watch concubine Rou side take command. She put out the fire very well, so this concubine doesn't have to worry about it."

As soon as Rong Li finished speaking, guards came to report that no one survived in Wutong courtyard, they had already carried the body out, waiting for Xiahou to have a look.

Xia Houxian said to the two women, "Go back to the yard first, you don't need to take care of this place."

After all, she is a woman, so she can't see those scenes.

But Mu Xuerou pulled Xia Houjian firmly and said, "Master, Rou'er wants to go in and have a look. After all, sisters are together, Rou'er wants to see Sister Tang for the last time."

Xia Houxian had no choice but to agree, and then looked at Rongli again.

Rong Li is a bachelor, he yawned and said, "This concubine is a weak woman, I don't want to see those scenes, so I'll go back first, you guys get busy."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xia Houlian to speak, he led Xiaotao back through the crowd.

Xiahou's nose almost turned out of anger, she looked like a weak woman, if she didn't want to go in, she just said it, and he didn't force her.

Looking down at Mu Xuerou beside him, he said softly, "If you can't stand it, come out, don't be brave."

"Rou'er knows." Mu Xuerou smiled, her face pale.

She had been building in her heart for a long time, but when she saw the corpses on the ground, she failed.

All of them were burned to black charcoal, and their appearances could hardly be distinguished. They were lying neatly in the courtyard one by one, and some guards were counting their belongings in order to confirm their identities.

After a while, someone presented a tray to Xia Houxian, "My lord, these are all my belongings, please have a look at them."

Of course there are Aunt Tang's things in it. She has a lot of gold and silver jewelry. Although she is crazy, she still has a lot of bracelets and waistbands, and there are some things that the maids carry with them.

Mu Xuerou winked at Bi Yi, she was the most active among the servants, and knew what was on Rui Zhu's body.

Biyi quietly moved to the front, and saw Ruizhu's waistband at a glance. It was Ruizhu's most precious item. Although the servants in the mansion had waistbands, none of them had accessories that matched their names. Ruizhu has one.

Quietly retreating behind Mu Xuerou, Biyi nodded quietly, Mu Xuerou heaved a sigh of relief, it would be a disaster for their master and servant to stay, it's better to cut the weeds and root them out, once and for all.

Who knows if Tang Ying'an will return to normal in the future, and if this matter is used as a raft to threaten her, will Ruizhu confess to them what they discussed.

(End of this chapter)