The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 498: night food
Chapter 498: Working Day and Night
Bai Qingxuan opened his mouth and babbled. His voice was as hoarse and unpleasant as a crow, making it impossible to make out what he was saying.
What annoyed Mr. Wang the most was his son’s favorite things. He pulled his son’s arm out of the house and ordered the housekeeper, “Hurry up and deal with it! Don’t leave any traces!”
Bai Qingxuan’s babbling became louder and louder, hoarse and sharp like a cat’s claws scratching a porcelain fish tank, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.
The Wang family was just about to strangle the children and throw them into the dry well when suddenly a deafening gong sounded in Jiuqu Alley.
Before the shouting was heard from outside the yard, the servants and old women in the yard screamed and shouted first.
“Oh no! There’s a fire! There’s a fire!”
Thick black smoke continued to rise from the Wang family’s backyard. The sound of fire leaking in Jiuqu Alley became louder and louder, which seemed to add fuel to the flames. The flames rose high and the Wang family’s backyard was suddenly engulfed in flames and thick smoke.
The maids and servants of the Wang family covered their mouths and noses with wet-proof handkerchiefs, and helped the old lady of the Wang family and their respective masters rush out of the backyard through the hanging flower gate like a swarm of bees and run out.
The servants who went to put out the fire with buckets of water felt that the further they ran inside, the more terrifying the heat wave became. The heat wave was filled with a strong smell of kerosene, which clearly showed that someone had set the fire.
The fire followed the wind and rushed towards the Chuihua Gate, engulfing one courtyard after another. The nine-curve corridor with carved beams and painted buildings was soon blackened by the thick smoke. The grass and plants in the palace were curled up by the heat wave, and the tall trees were blackened by the smoke…
The servant picked up a bucket and poured water upwards… The flame shrank back, and after a moment it jumped up again with a “boom”, and the fierce flames jumped up and down, and the blue flame at the bottom of the flame steadily eroded the wooden pillars and eaves.
“Master! Someone set the fire! It smells like kerosene!”
Seeing that the fire at Wang’s house was getting bigger and bigger, the neighbors sent their guards and servants to help put out the fire. After all, if the fire at Wang’s house could not be put out… it would burn to their homes.
“Help! Save people first! There are people in the backyard…a group of children! Hurry!” someone shouted.
Mr. Wang’s face turned pale and he couldn’t even say no.
There are many people gathered in Jiuqu Lane now, and even more are trying to save people and put out the fire. He can’t stop them from saving people!
But if the person is rescued, the truth can no longer be concealed.
“Oh! Children!” Someone among the people suddenly realized, “The one who beat the drum to report the incident was looking for children! The couple is suing the Wang family of Jiuqu Lane and the King of Liang for using children to make elixirs and stealing many children! It can’t be those children!”
“If only it were those children! At least they’re still alive, and their parents still have some hope!”
“Hurry up and save them!”
The people shouted loudly to the guards who were putting out the fire.
“Dad! What should I do?!” Wang Kun stepped forward and asked his father in a low voice.
People kept rushing out of the main gate and several side gates of Wang’s house, holding their hands with handkerchiefs. Several of Wang’s concubines were blackened by smoke, and some had their hair burned by the fire. They rushed towards Wang with smoking hair, crying, “Master…what should I do! My valuables are all in the house! And the house deeds and land deeds that Master gave me, what should I do?!”
“It’s good enough to be alive! Why worry about precious things!” Mr. Wang’s wife sneered. She couldn’t stand the concubine’s coquettish behavior. She said with the airs of a wife, “Master, the smell of kerosene is so obvious, it’s obvious that someone set the fire! I think it’s important to send the steward to report to the police! Maybe we can find out something before the fire is out!”
Seeing that Mr. Wang was just staring at the door, not knowing what he was thinking, Mr. Wang’s wife Zheng Fang turned her head and instructed the maid beside her to send someone to report to the police.
“Why report to the authorities? The most important thing is to put out the fire and save lives first!” Mr. Wang said in a hoarse voice.
Mr. Wang clenched his fists tightly, pressed his lips into a straight line, and stared at the guards and servants who were coming in and out carrying buckets of water.
At this moment, Mr. Wang was no longer able to care about so many things. Under the watchful eyes of so many people, he just hoped that the fire would burn everything inside clean and burn all the children and his son’s cheap stuff until there was no trace left.
Unfortunately, things went against their wishes. Soon the patrol battalion heard the news and rushed over with people, ordering the patrol battalion soldiers to rush in to rescue people and put out the fire.
The children in Mr. Wang’s house who had not yet been dealt with, as well as Wang Kun’s favorites, were rescued. Some of them were burned and cried for their parents, some were scared silly, and some clever ones hugged the soldiers who rescued them and begged for help.
Mr. Wang’s mind was filled with the word “finished”, and it was too late to run away.
·
At this time, Prince Liang was kneeling in front of the emperor.
The Emperor was furious and left, leaving the Crown Prince, the Supreme Court Minister Lu Jin and the Censor in the palace, so that he could meet the Prince of Liang, whom he had summoned into the palace, without them.
“Tell me! What’s going on with the child making elixirs?!” The emperor suppressed the anger in his voice, and his pair of blazing eyes stared at Prince Liang who was kneeling on the bluestone floor.
The emperor’s voice was not loud, but it still frightened King Liang. He lowered his voice and said in a very small voice: “After I presented the elixir to you for the first time, your headache recurred. I was very worried and asked the immortal master. The immortal master said… ordinary people only need their children to donate blood to prolong their elders’ life span! But your father is the Son of Heaven, and I am too old to have the pure blood of children under ten years old. They said that the medicine would be more effective if the blood of boys and girls under ten years old was used together with my blood, so my son…”
Prince Liang turned up his sleeves. The deep and shallow knife scars on his arms were still there. Some had healed and were pink, while others were slightly darker, but they were all new wounds that had only been there for a few months.
Upon hearing this, the emperor stood up and walked around the table. He lowered his eyes to glance at Prince Liang’s arm, and clenched his fists at his sides.
This child, why is he so…
Prince Liang raised his head and looked at the emperor with tears in his eyes, then kowtowed and said, “At first… I used my own blood, but as the immortal master said, it had little effect on my father.”
King Liang started crying again as he spoke.
“I know that using virgin boys and girls to make elixirs is too cruel, but when I think about it… when I think about how my father has worked day and night for the country and the people for so many years and ended up with a stubborn disease, I can’t sleep at night. I saw that my father took the elixir made by virgin boys and girls and it worked so well. I thought… if it can help my father strengthen his body and prolong his life, I would be willing to go through mountains of swords and seas of fire! I am afraid that my father will think this is cruel and will not want to take the elixir again, so I did it without telling my father. I hope my father will punish me!”
Prince Liang slammed his head against the ground, causing the bluestone floor to bang loudly.
Second update! Keep rolling around and asking for monthly tickets!