Before the two could react, cries of alarm from the maidservants filled the courtyard.
“Fire! Fire!”
“Help! Fire!”
“Fire! Fire! Come and help put out the fire!”
“What shall we do? The Imperial Concubine is still in the room! Quickly, someone come! Save the Imperial Concubine!”
The anxious voice of the maidservant in the courtyard soon attracted more people.
Mo Yunze, who was still in the room, wasn’t a fool. He instantly realized something was wrong and his face changed drastically.
He wanted to get out of bed and put on his clothes, but Liu Lan suddenly hugged him around the waist, her voice panicked, “I… I’m afraid.”
Mo Yunze’s face was dark, he didn’t hesitate at all and threw away Liu Lan’s hand. “Hurry up and put on your clothes, when the Imperial Guard arrives, do you want us to be dismembered by our father?”
Mo Yunze’s words were almost a roar. His eyes were bloodshot at the moment, knowing that he must have been tricked. He was very agitated now.
After shaking off Liu Lan, he quickly put on his clothes and didn’t care about what was happening to Liu Lan in bed. All he knew was that he had to leave immediately.
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“Damn it!” Mo Yunze cursed angrily, then
Ning’er at the window sneered, then turned and left.
Mo Yunze didn’t care about anything at the moment, he directly broke the window and jumped out.
But he had no time to escape, for a group of Imperial Guards came charging toward him.
Tonight, with this much security, he couldn’t possibly leave the palace unnoticed.
What’s worse, the Emperor showed up too!
Mo Yunze saw the emperor charging over with a group of people. He clenched his hands tightly and suddenly retreated into the courtyard, faster than the Imperial Guards.
The maidservants in the courtyard were in an uproar, shouting and screaming. When they suddenly saw Mo Yunze appear, they didn’t have time to think about why he was here. They just cried out:
“Your Highness, Your Highness, please save Her Royal Highness the Consort! She’s still in her room.”
“Yes, please ask the prince to save our noble consort quickly. The consort is still trapped in her room.”
The maids gossiped amongst themselves. Mo Yunze glanced thoughtfully at the door, and when he saw someone appear at the entrance in his peripheral vision, he jumped into the room.
At this moment, Liu Lan was already dressed. Her face was full of panic, afraid that she would die here. She turned her head and saw Mo Yunze had returned. Her eyes lit up, “My lord, are you back to save me?”
Mo Yunze’s face was dark, his voice low. “Shut up, my father is just outside. If you don’t want to die, remember what I told you. I rushed in to save you tonight. We never met.”
Seeing the fire was already out of control, if they didn’t leave soon, they would probably get hurt. Mo Yunze pulled Liu Lan to the window and then forcefully threw her out. Liu Lan’s skirt was still burned by the fire, and she screamed “ahhh” as soon as she hit the ground.
The maidservants in the yard saw her skirt caught on fire and quickly poured water on it. After the fire was extinguished, the maidservants hurried to help her up.
But Mo Yunze in the room remained inside, not coming out. When Liu Lan saw the emperor’s sullen face standing at the door, her heart skipped a beat. She reacted and rushed to the emperor, falling to her knees with sobs:
“Your Majesty, your servant… Your servant thought she’d never see you again… Woooooo”
The emperor clenched his fists slightly, his sharp eyes fixed on Liu Lan, “What is going on here?”
Liu Lan’s face was streaked with tears as she continued to sob, “Your Majesty… Your Majesty, I don’t know what happened. The fire suddenly started, and I thought I was going to die. I thought I would never see your Majesty again. Thankfully, before the fire reached me, Fourth Prince burst in and saved me.”
It’s really Mo Yunze!
The emperor, as soon as he appeared in the courtyard, saw a familiar figure leap over the fire and dash inside. He felt that the person was very similar to Mo Yunze.
But why would Mo Yunze be in the palace at this hour?
He had clearly issued a decree, forbidding anyone from entering the palace after sunset. Yet, Mo Yunze was here. Did he even consider his order?
Thinking of this, the emperor didn’t care about Liu Lan’s life or death, nor did he care about Mo Yunze’s. He only wanted to know who was helping Mo Yunze enter the palace late at night, and whether he frequently entered the palace so easily!
After Liu Lan finished speaking, she suddenly seemed to remember something. Her face was filled with panic as she looked at the emperor, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what should we do? The prince… he’s still inside, the fire is so big, he might… he might…”
Such words could only convey the gravity of the situation if said with a degree of solemnity. The Emperor’s somber eyes swept over Liu Lan before settling on the Imperial Guards standing nearby. With icy coldness, he commanded, “What are you all waiting for? Bring out the Fourth Prince at once!”
Only with the Emperor’s command did these Imperial Guards dare to act.
But at this time, Mo Yunze himself had already jumped out. However, he was now quite wasted, with burns all over his body, especially his arms, which were burned very severely. It could be said that describing them as bloody and mangled would not be an exaggeration.
The emperor was also taken aback by the sight of Mo Yunze. He obviously hadn’t expected Mo Yunze to be injured so badly.
The anger from just moments ago dissipated the instant he saw Mo Yunze, but he remained with a furrowed brow, his sharp eyes fixed on him.
After Mo Yunze emerged, he disregarded the pain in his body. He immediately got up and rushed to the emperor’s side, kneeling down. “Father King, this son has important news to report. There is a big movement from the Chi State.”
The emperor clearly hadn’t expected Mo Yunze to tell him this. His brow furrowed, “You came into the palace in the dead of night just to tell me this?”
Mo Yunze looked firmly at the emperor, “Yes, Father. The son just received the news and hurried over to discuss with his father. Unexpectedly, he heard the commotion here before finding his father. The son thought that his father was resting with Noble Consort Liu today, so he rushed over without thinking to save his father.”
“It’s alright, it’s alright. Father, you haven’t rested here today. Although I received some injuries, as long as you are fine, that’s all that matters.”
After Mo Yunze finished speaking, the emperor’s eyes held a mysterious gaze on Mo Yunze’s face.
Before the Emperor could even respond, a deputy general of the Imperial Guard rushed over. He seemed to ignore the Emperor entirely and addressed Mo Yunze directly:
“Your Highness, Your Highness, you haven’t let your subordinate finish speaking. The Emperor didn’t come to Lady Liu tonight at all, you should go…”
Before he could finish his words, the general was taken aback. He immediately knelt before the emperor and said, “I deserve to die! I didn’t see Your Majesty here. Please punish me.”
The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, his meaningful gaze falling on the general and Mo Yunze. After a moment, he spoke to the general, “Was it you who brought the Fourth Prince into the palace?”
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