Chapter 181 A Lifetime of Prosperity and Wealth

This fire spread very quickly, Xiao Tuo directed the evacuation of the guests, but all the old, weak, sick and young were evacuated first, and the remaining young men participated in the fire fighting.

There is a City Patrol Division in Beijing. After learning about the fire in Xiangfu, the City Patrol Division also sent people to fight the fire.

The remaining fire dragons have all been thrown into the lake to extinguish the flames, and the person holding the fire dragons also participated in the fire fighting.

Ximen Xiaoyue sat in the room, listening to the noise outside, couldn't help but smile.

She even admired herself a little, killing two birds with one stone, getting rid of her second aunt for her mother, and also getting rid of Yuan's daughter Xia Zi'an, who else would be able to oppose her in this prime minister's mansion?

"Miss, do you want to go out and have a look? It's very lively outside." The dowry maid Shiliu said with a smile.

Ximen Xiaoyue sat in front of the dressing table, quietly drawing her eyebrows, "No, what's so good about it? I'm most afraid of seeing a dead body."

At the same time, Hong Hua, who was married to the maidservant, stepped forward and said: "Miss, the second master is also fighting the fire outside now, if you don't go, I'm afraid you will be investigated in the future, and you will be accused of being cold."

Ximen Xiaoyue pursed her lips, "I'm a bride, how can I go to such a dangerous place? Grandpa won't blame me, and if the second room doesn't have the pungent woman like the second aunt, the second uncle is just a dog Paper tigers can't be fierce, I'm not afraid at all."

Hong Hua smiled and said: "That's true. If it wasn't for the support of the second wife in the past, the second room would have been beaten to the sidelines by the old man. Now that the second wife is gone, our wife can take the lead."

"Mother has been bullied all her life, and it's time to turn around." She looked at Ruyu's appearance in the mirror, very satisfied, but suddenly frowned, "Safflower, come here, the color of my Koudan and the color of lip gloss Isn't it a good fit?"

She raised her finger and condensed it on her lips, "It's really not a good match. You take out the lip gloss that the empress gave you when you entered the palace last time, and make the color brighter. Today I am a bride, so I can't let the outside The woman has robbed me of my splendor."

Pomegranate said: "Miss's favorite is to put pomegranate red on her lips, and her brows are dark blue, which makes her's skin very fair and clean."

"I haven't dressed up for many years. If I hadn't remarried this time, I would have been succumbing to the blue lantern for the rest of my life." Ximen Xiaoyue sighed softly, and looked around at the person in the bronze mirror, "You say, Yuan Shi and I , who looks better?"

Hong Hua snorted, "Miss is not afraid of insulting herself by asking this question, Mrs. Yuan is an old woman, how can she compare with you, miss?"

Ximen Xiaoyue scolded her with a smirk, "Honghua, your mouth is too mean, how can you talk like that? Yuan Shi was indeed a beauty when she was young, but now that she is old and decrepit, she should be a bit too The charm of her youth, maybe she really shouldn't be let out of the house today, so that I can meet and toast the guests together."

Shi Liu asked, "Miss, haven't you met Yuan Shi?"

"I haven't seen it before. In fact, I am somewhat similar to Yuan Shi. She lives in seclusion, and I also live in seclusion. It's just that my state of mind is calmer than hers. She has no peace in this Xiangfu, and her old age is also due to torture, especially A talented woman is even more fragile, if Yuan Shi comes back, I have to treat her well, it's better than when Chen Linglong was in charge."

Shi Liu couldn't help but said: "Miss is soft-hearted, this Yuan family is now named Danqing county lord, I'm afraid she will be more arrogant than before."

"Don't be arrogant. After Xia Zian's death, she has no one to rely on, and the regent will not take care of her. Moreover, Yuan's house has moved from home to other places. She can be said to have no one to rely on in Beijing. When the mansion is old, he will know how to behave."

She always felt that the makeup was not enough, so she ordered Honghua to put on some more rouge. Looking at the flower-like face, she grinned lightly, "Although Xiangye is a little older, he is stable and mature, and he looks good. It doesn't look old at all, and it's many times stronger than those young masters."

Her face, I don't know if it was because of the rouge or because she was shy, but it turned crimson.

"By the way, if something happens to the second wife, can the dowry be taken back and kept here?" Shi Liu asked suddenly.

"Don't worry, take it back to the treasury in the mansion first, wait for Yuan Shi to come back, let her pack up her things and leave Xia Zhi Yuan. As for this place, I will live soon, and while I want to decorate the side room, I will tidy up Xia Zhi Yuan by the way. some furniture."

"also."

She stood up and went to the window to see the flames of the side room rising into the sky, and sighed softly: "The fire is too big, I'm afraid the side room will be a disaster, so it's okay to tear it down and rebuild it, or make it a private room .”

"That's right, that place is pretty good, it's near the garden." Shiliu laughed slyly.

Safflower sniffed the smell in the air, and suddenly asked, "What kind of smell do you smell? It's like the smell of fire."

"Of course," Pomegranate said with a smile, "such a big fire must smell like fire."

"No, no," Honghua looked around and ran out, startled, "Oh my god, it's on fire."

Ximen Xiaoyue and Shiliu ran in her direction, only to see that the side room beside the yard was already on fire, and thick smoke was coming out of the room.

"Oh my God, there are a lot of firecrackers inside, which are used for the new house tonight." Shiliu was taken aback, "Come here, come here!"

Hong Hua rushed out and found that the door in the yard was tightly closed. She turned pale with fright, "All the servants must have gone to the side room to fight the fire."

Ximen Xiaoyue was startled, and said in a deep voice, "Quick, find a way to open the door."

The door was locked from the outside, and when the two of them pulled hard, they could hear the sound of the chain.

"Someone locked it up outside." Honghua turned pale with shock.

Ximen Xiaoyue was in a hurry, "What should I do? Is there a way out here?"

"No, there is only one main entrance in this yard. There used to be a side entrance, but it was sealed." Shiliu moved out a chair from the room and slammed on the door vigorously. Seeing the fire grow higher and higher, the thick smoke reduced the open flames. It rose, accompanied by a "cracking" sound, and then a continuous "bang bang bang" sound, the sound was so loud and terrifying that the doors and windows of the wing rooms flew out.

The flames burst out all of a sudden, and quickly swept along the corridor. Originally, there was nothing in the corridor, so it was logically impossible to burn it, but it seemed that the ground was poured with kerosene, and it caught fire all at once.

"Help, help!" Honghua and Pomegranate shouted at the top of their voices.

Outside the door, there was a person listening to the howls with a smile on the corner of her mouth, then she untied the silk belt on her body, threw the jar of tung oil directly at the gate, lit it with a torch, and fiddled with her hair, Shi Shi went away.

Oil was poured on the door, and it would catch fire soon, and soon, the door would be broken, and they could escape from here.

"They want to kill me, but I just want to frighten them. I really am too soft-hearted. Xia Zian, you will be rewarded for being so kind, and you will definitely be... rich and prosperous forever!" Zi'an sighed softly, and once again I feel that I have followed a lot of dummies, and my thinking has become a bit dud.