An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1383 Auspicious Fire

Everyone looked in the direction of the Imperial Palace and saw that the huge Kongming latern that

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

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

The big Kongming latern was completely 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 place.

"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 place.

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

accident 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.

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

glimpse, surprise again registered on his face.

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

All the people turned to the direction of the Imperial Palace and saw that the flames 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 palace. 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 Palace while eating

moon cakes and enjoying the opera.

About two hours later, 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 flash 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, come 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 palace that

there are a total of four palaces that are on fire, which are the Changxi Palace, the Shuangxue Palace,

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

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

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

According to the news from the palace, when Kongming latern was on fire, it just passed by the

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

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

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

the Kongming latern. Thus the Weiyang Palace left several guards to look after the palace, 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 Palace, 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 Palace buildings were also burnt down."

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

the State of Yihai had wanted to place 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 palace 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 clan. It was late 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

late. The opportunity is fleeting. We have to seize it well. "

"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. Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

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

there is fire in the Lingxi House, which is the place 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 fire comes 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 has come out, we can completely set our minds at ease. Let's have a

good fight!"