In the rear courtyard, Chen Hengchang was jolted awake by waves of clamor. His face dark, he walked out of the bedchamber and asked coldly, "What's wrong?"
"Your Highness, the front courtyard is on fire!" a eunuch reported uneasily.
Chen Hengchang had already seen the flames rising from the front courtyard.
"On fire? In pouring rain?"
Chen Hengchang felt as if he were being made a fool of.
It was not impossible for a fire to break out on a rainy day, but it absolutely should not have burned this fiercely.
This great fire looked as if it was going to set the entire front courtyard of Prince Qing Mansion ablaze.
"Someone! Go and invite all the lords here!"
An ominous feeling rose in his heart, but he did not know where it came from.
Hearing this, several inner attendants immediately went to summon people.
And the great fire in the front courtyard was still burning.
"Your Highness, this is bad! The fire is spreading toward the rear courtyard!" someone ran over and reported.
Chen Hengchang had already seen it. His face was so gloomy it seemed water might drip from it.
This was not a normal great fire at all. A normal great fire would absolutely not blaze so vigorously in such rainy weather.
Before Chen Hengchang could respond, a rumbling explosion suddenly sounded from within the fire.
With a boom, the blaze abruptly burst open. Countless fiery serpents shot out in all directions, and at the same time, the houses and ground trembled with it.
The explosion came too suddenly. Caught completely unprepared, Chen Hengchang was nearly knocked over by the blast wave.
Several inner attendants hurriedly supported him. Chen Hengchang looked at the flames rising ahead, his whole person somewhat dazed.
This fire was too terrifying. It