As time passed, the air in the secret room became thinner and thinner. Shen Qingge felt her chest was stuffy and breathing became difficult. She held onto the wall and managed to stand still. Her vision went dark.

Just when she was about to give up, she suddenly heard a dull thumping sound coming from the stone door. "Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sound became louder and louder, more and more rapid, as if someone was hitting the stone door with a heavy object.

"It's His Majesty! It must be His Majesty who has returned!" Bihe shouted excitedly, and the light of hope rekindled on her face.

Shen Qingge also felt a burst of ecstasy. She shouted with all her strength: "Your Majesty! I am here! I am in the secret room!"

The crashing sound stopped abruptly, and then an anxious voice came from outside the door: "Qingge! Are you okay? Qingge!"

It's Ying Yuan! It's really him!

Shen Qingge cried with joy, and she shouted again: "Your Majesty! I am here! Please save me!"

The stone door collapsed with a loud bang, and Ying Yuan's figure appeared at the door. He was covered in dust and blood, and his eyes were full of anxiety and worry.

Seeing that Shen Qingge was safe and sound, Ying Yuan finally let go of his worries. He rushed forward and hugged her tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to rub her into his body.

"Qingge, I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay..." Ying Yuan's voice was trembling, and his tone was full of fear and relief.

Shen Qingge hugged Ying Yuan tightly, buried her head in his chest, and felt the warmth and strength coming from him.

"Your Majesty, I'm so scared..." Shen Qingge's voice was choked with sobs, and her tears soaked Ying Yuan's clothes.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here, and I will never leave you again." Ying Yuan patted her back gently and comforted her softly.

Bihe looked at the two people hugging each other tightly, and tactfully stepped back, leaving them some space.

Ying Yuan carried Shen Qingge out of the secret room, and everything in front of him shocked him. The once magnificent Fengyi Palace has now become a ruin, with broken walls and ruins everywhere, and the air is filled with a pungent smell of burning.

"Who did it?" Ying Yuan's voice was as cold as the wind from hell, and his eyes flashed with bloodthirsty murderous intent.

"I don't know..." Shen Qingge shook her head. She only remembered that the fire spread very quickly and there was no time to check the cause of the fire.

"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly for me! I will tear the mastermind behind this into pieces!" Ying Yuan roared, his voice filled with rage.

In the next few days, Ying Yuan personally supervised and launched a strict investigation into the fire. However, the results of the investigation surprised him.

This fire was not an accident, but an arson! Moreover, all signs indicate that the target of this fire was not Fengyi Palace, but... the Imperial Hospital!

Ying Yuan was filled with doubts. Who wanted to set fire to the Imperial Hospital? What was their purpose?
At this moment, a palace maid came tremblingly to report that a charred body was found in the ruins of the Imperial Hospital, and the identity of this body turned out to be... the head of the Imperial Hospital, Imperial Doctor Li!

The death of Doctor Li made the fire even more confusing. Ying Yuan felt that there seemed to be a huge conspiracy behind it, and the target of this conspiracy might be himself!
He clenched his fists tightly, his eyes full of determination and resoluteness. No matter who dared to challenge his authority or hurt the people he cherished, he would never let them go!

"Someone come! Convey my order to seal off Xianyang City and search the entire city for suspicious people!" Ying Yuan's voice resounded throughout the entire palace, carrying with it an unquestionable majesty.

A bloody storm is about to sweep across the entire Xianyang City... At this moment, the mastermind hiding in the dark is showing a sinister smile, as if everything is under his control...

The raging fire engulfed Fengyi Palace and ignited the suppressed anger in Ying Yuan's heart. He paced back and forth in the ruins like an enraged lion, his eyes terribly sinister. The body of Doctor Li was burned beyond recognition, which was more like a provocation, thrown nakedly in Ying Yuan's face.

"Your Majesty," Shen Qingge gently pulled Ying Yuan's sleeve, his eyes full of worry, "You haven't closed your eyes for three days and three nights, you should take a rest first."

Ying Yuan threw her hand away and roared, "Rest? How can I rest? My queen almost died in the sea of ​​fire, and my imperial physician was burned to charcoal. How can I rest!"

Shen Qingge took a step back in fear, tears welling up in her eyes. She knew that Ying Yuan was furious at the moment, and any consolation would only backfire.

"Your Majesty, please calm down," a deep voice came, and Prime Minister Li Si slowly walked over with a scroll of bamboo slips in his hand, "I have found out the cause of the fire."

Ying Yuan snatched the bamboo slips, glanced through them quickly, and his face became increasingly gloomy.

"Okay, okay! It's really good!" Ying Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "I want to see who has the guts to play with fire under my nose!"

The contents recorded on the bamboo slips shocked Ying Yuan. The fire was not an accident, but someone had set it on purpose. And the arsonist had actually pointed to... the harem!
Familiar faces emerged in Ying Yuan's mind. The concubines who were usually respectful and fawning on him now became ferocious, like poisonous snakes lurking in the dark, ready to give him a fatal blow at any time.

"Pass on my order and summon all the concubines to the Hall of Supreme Harmony!" Ying Yuan's voice was as cold as if it came from the Nine Nether Hell, with an unquestionable majesty.

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The atmosphere in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was so solemn that it was suffocating. The concubines knelt on the ground trembling with fear, not daring to look up and look directly into Ying Yuan's murderous eyes.

"Who among you is the mastermind?" Ying Yuan's voice was like thunder, echoing in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The concubines looked at each other, no one dared to speak. They knew that if they admitted it, they would be dead.

"No one admits it, right?" Ying Yuan sneered, "Okay, very good! Since none of you admit it, then I will have no choice but to..."

Ying Yuan paused, his eyes swept across the concubines kneeling on the ground, and finally stopped on a beautiful woman dressed in gorgeous clothes.

"Concubine Li, tell me, who started the fire?"

Concubine Li trembled all over, and her face turned pale as paper in an instant. She raised her head, her eyes filled with fear and despair.

"Your Majesty, I...I am innocent!" Concubine Li cried out in a shrill voice.

"Unjust?" Ying Yuan sneered, "The evidence is irrefutable, and you still dare to quibble!"

"Your Majesty, I really don't know! I didn't do anything!" Concubine Li kowtowed desperately, with blood flowing from her forehead.

Ying Yuan was unmoved. He walked up to Concubine Li and looked down at her, his eyes as cold as ice that had been frozen for thousands of years. (End of this chapter)