"Quick, quick, quick! Faster! Keep bringing water!"
"Get out of the way over there! Don't block the soldiers carrying water!"
Ji Wuye was still directing the firefighting, looking for all the world as though his own house had been set ablaze!
"What happened?!"
Qing Mo's calm voice suddenly sounded behind everyone, easily reaching every ear!
"Im... Imperial Preceptor?!"
"Greetings, Imperial Preceptor!"
"I pay my respects, Imperial Preceptor!"
"This humble official pays his respects, Imperial Preceptor!"
"This servant pays her respects, Imperial Preceptor!"
The crowd, who had just been worrying about the spreading flames, turned to see Qing Mo standing with his hands behind his back. Men and women, highborn and lowborn alike hurriedly bowed to him!
"Nong Yu, Hong Yu! Are you all right?!"
"Are all the girls safe? Was anyone hurt?!"
Before Nong Yu, Hong Yu, or Ji Wuye could speak, Zi Nu flew down from the sky, landed, and hurried over to the women of the Purple Orchid Pavilion!
Her normally dignified, beautiful face was filled with urgency. She quickly took the girls' hands, terrified that they might have been hurt!
Jing Ni and Yan Lingji followed close behind!
Under gazes so envious that their eyes practically turned purple, the two women likewise flew down from high above and landed steadily on the ground!
"Sister Zi Nu, we're fine!"
"Yes! The backyard suddenly caught fire, but it's almost out now!"
Seeing Zi Nu's anxious, worried expression, Hong Yu and Nong Yu, whom she had entrusted with temporarily looking after the Purple Orchid Pavilion, hurriedly explained and assured her that no one there had been killed or injured!
"What exactly happened? Why would the backyard suddenly catch fire out of nowhere?!"
"Where's Wei Zhuang? What was he doing? Where is he now?!"
Only after learning that there were no