Chapter 1383 Auspicious Fire


    Everyone looked in the direction of the Imperial Pce and saw that the huge Kongmingtern that


    had been swaying in the air before had now be a huge fireball.


    There were also small mes that kept falling from the fireball, and no one knew where they fell.


    The big Kongmingtern waspletely on fire. A part of it suddenly fell down while the wreckage kept


    on floating in the air for a while before it slowly fell towards a ce.


    "It has fallen down!"


    The child''s voice rang out in everyone''s mind. The night sky had returned to peace, but everyone''s


    eyes were still fixed on that ce.


    After a long while, Old Lady Cao turned around and fixed her eyes on Cao Han, "You just said that this


    stuff, was..."


    "It was made by the servants brought by Prince Ming Yue from the State of Youyue as well as the


    people from the Ministry of Works," answered Cao Han hurriedly. He seemed to know what she was


    thinking.


    With a smile at the corners of her mouth, Old Lady Cao replied, "Well, Prince Ming Yue may be afraid


    that the Emperor and the Empress trust him too much."


    Cao Yi turned his head and said in confusion, "But their majesties are both kung fu masters. Even if the


    ident happened all of a sudden, they should be fine. Besides, they still had the secret guards to help


    them then ."


    The smile on Old Lady Cao''s face faded. She looked at Cao Yi coldly, "You idiot."


    Cao Yi''s face froze and he didn''t say anything more.


    Cao Han saw clearly Cao Yi''s embarrassment, but he didn''t say anything to ease the situation for him.


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    Instead, he turned around and looked in the direction of the Imperial Pce. Just because of this


    glimpse, surprise again registered on his face.


    "Fire there?" Cao Han narrowed his eyes and said, "The pce seems to be on fire."


    All the people turned to the direction of the Imperial Pce and saw that the mes indeed lit up the


    sky over there.


    "It''s not strange for the fire. After all, there were so many small fireballs falling down just now, and there


    are so many buildings in the pce. No one can guarantee where those fireballs should fall. Naturally,


    there is a fire now.


    Just let it burn. The bigger the fire, the better," said Old Lady Cao cheerfully


    Thus the people in the Cao mansion were watching the fire above the Imperial Pce while eating


    moon cakes and enjoying the opera.


    About two hourster, the fire gradually showed some signs of abating. The butler came in in a hurry


    and whispered something in Old Lady Cao''s ear.


    There was a sh of surprise in Old Lady Cao''s eyes, and then a smug smile appeared on her face.


    After the butler left, Old Lady Cao stood up and said to the people present, "We''ve enjoyed the moon


    and tasted the cakes. So much for the night, everyone. You lot,e to the study, "


    she said to her sons including the non-biological ones.


    Then she went straight to the study herself.


    Cao Yi and his several brothers followed her in a hurry. Only after the door of the study was closed did


    Old Lady Cao turn around and speak to them with a smile, "I''ve just got news from the pce that


    there are a total of four pces that are on fire, which are the Changxi Pce, the Shuangxue Pce,


    the Lingxi House, and... the Weiyang Pce. "


    Cao Yi and the others looked at each other in disbelief, "The Weiyang Pce? But it''s that... "


    "Yes," Old Lady Cao smiled, "It''s the Weiyang Pce where the Empress lives.


    ording to the news from the pce, when Kongmingtern was on fire, it just passed by the


    Weiyang Pce. At that time, fireballs of different sizes were scattered, and the Changxi Pce and


    Shuangxue Pce beside the Weiyang Pce were first set on fire. As the fire was a little fierce, the


    servants were afraid that the fire would affect the Weiyang Pce. In addition, the Empress was just on


    the Kongmingtern. Thus the Weiyang Pce left several guards to look after the pce, while the


    others all rushed over there to put out the fire and check if the Empress was okay.


    Unexpectedly, a few more small fireballs fell on the main hall of the Weiyang Pce, and the main hall


    was directly lit up. When the servants found it, the fire was already very strong. Although the fire was


    quickly extinguished, more than half of the Weiyang Pce buildings were also burnt down."


    Old Lady Caoughed a little hard, "It''s very interesting, isn''t it? Before this, the State of Youyue and


    the State of Yihai had wanted to ce people into the emperor''s imperial household, and the the


    Empress had already been very dissatisfied with them. However, because they were envoys from the


    State of Youyue and the State of Yihai and they came to celebrate the emperor''s birthday, she didn''t


    lose her temper.


    At the moment, the State of Youyue and the State of Yihai have done something even worse. They


    have even directly burned the pce where the Empress lives.


    I have no idea what the Empress is thinking at the moment,"


    said Old Lady Cao. She then went to the window and opened it. She looked at the empty yard and


    said, "To us, however, this is an opportunity."


    Another two hours passed after the meeting held by the several members of the Cao n. It waste at


    night, and Old Lady Cao looked a little tired. She raised her hand and rubbed her aching temples, "Just


    do as we have just discussed. Now this is a good opportunity. If we don''t do anything now, it will be too


    "Yes, mother," they replied almost at the same time.


    Old Lady Cao nodded and saw then someone push the door open and rush in.


    It was the butler of the Cao mansion.


    Old Lady Cao frowned slightly. She wondered why the butler came at this time. And he walked in such


    a hurry...


    Soon, the Butler came in. He looked around the others in the room and finally looked at Old Lady Cao.


    He wanted to say something but stopped on a second thought.


    "Go ahead," Old Lady Cao urged.


    The butler nodded and then said, "Our spies in the pce reported that besides the Weiyang Pce,


    there is fire in the Lingxi House, which is the ce where the young master was imprisoned. They thus


    took the opportunity to save him while trying to put out the fire."


    Old Lady Cao suddenly stood up and asked, "What did you say? Did they save him out? "


    "Yes, they did." The butler nodded to confirm it.


    "Where is he at the moment?" Old Lady Cao asked in a trembling voice, "Is it a trap set by the


    Empress?"


    "I don''t think so." The butler''s voice was also very serious, "We have confirmed his identity through our


    eighteen investigations. He has now been sent to the Xige Courtyard through a secret passage. I''ve


    confirmed that no one is following us. "


    "Okay!" Old Lady Cao nodded and said, "Today''s firees at the right time. It''s our auspicious fire.


    But as the young master has escaped, both the Emperor and the Empress will feel suspicious of us.


    Thus we can''t see the young master for the time being. Everything should go well these days and don''t


    show any abnormality."


    With that, Old Lady Cao looked at Cao Han and pointed out, "Especially you."


    Cao Han hurriedly nodded his head and said yes. Old Lady Cao snorted and continued, "As for the


    young master, we''ll let the spies settle him down carefully first and let them report the current situation


    to the young master and ask him if he has any opinion on what we should do next.


    Now that the real young master hase out, we canpletely set our minds at ease. Let''s have a


    good fight!"