In the middle of the night, the entire Jingling City was quiet. Suddenly, a streak of fiery light rose up into the sky, staining the entire night red.
The officials who were patrolling on the streets all struck their gongs and woke them up. They put on their clothes and looked at the fire, and when they saw it, they could not help but turn pale with fright, "Isn't that the direction of Ni Yun Fang Workshop?"
Very quickly, most of the Jingling City s were awakened. Cao Yunnian didn't even have time to put on his clothes properly before he ran to the bottom of the Ni Yun Fang Workshop.
There were already people fighting the fire, but it was not easy to put it out.
Cao Yunnian said with a head full of cold sweat, "Where is Miss Mu? Is there anyone else in Ni Yun Fang Workshop? "
"The door seems to be locked. There shouldn't be anyone inside …" The person who spoke was not sure either, since there were many things happening recently, Miss Mu and the rest stayed in the Ni Yun Fang Workshop.
"No one is good, no one is good …" Before he could finish wiping his sweat, he heard a cry for help from upstairs.
"Help! Help! "
Suddenly, the windows of the building were opened, and one blanket after another was thrown down, followed by cloth rope s falling down from the windows.
Cao Yunnian's face turned white, he had just received the Emperor's bestowal, and if something were to happen to Mu Yunyao at this time, then his position would become unprotected. He immediately commanded the guards below: "Quickly save them, don't let the cloth rope burn down, quickly!"
Upstairs, Mu Yunyao supported Su Qing, "Mother, don't be afraid.
"Yao Er, you go first!"
"Mother, hurry up. Stop dawdling." Mu Yunyao shoved the cloth rope into Su Qing's hands and then pushed her to crawl out the window. "Si Qin, you second, protect my mother well."
"Yes, Miss, don't worry." Si Qin nodded heavily, then followed Su Qing's footsteps and followed the rope downwards.
Seeing that Su Qing had safely landed on the ground, Mu Yunyao heaved a sigh of relief and ordered Jin Lan and the others to descend.
"Miss, you go first!"
"I'm fine, you guys hurry up and leave."
By the time Su Qingwu rode his horse to Ni Yun Fang Workshop, the fire had already stopped.
Cao Yunnian's face was deathly pale and his body was almost drenched in cold sweat. He shouted to the people upstairs repeatedly, "Miss Mu, come down quickly!"
As Mu Yunyao was the last one to leave Ni Yun Fang Workshop, she had no choice but to splash water on herself. After that, she quickly slid down along the cloth rope, causing sparks to fall from the sky from time to time. The wound on her palm was abraded, and a burst of heart-wrenching pain struck her.
Su Qing was so scared that he almost fainted. He screamed, "Yao Er!"
"Miss Mu!"
"Miss, be careful!"
Mu Yunyao lowered her head to look at the ground, fiercely bit her lips, and released her hand to descend.
She tightly shut her eyes, trying her best to curl up, not letting herself fall too heavily. Just as she was about to receive the pain, she suddenly fell into a embrace filled with a cold fragrance.
Su Qingwu dismounted and saw Mu Yunyao hovering in midair. Without thinking too much, he quickly ran down to see the cloth rope burning, and just as he was about to step forward to save her, he saw Mu Yunyao release her grip and jump down! Fortunately, he reacted in time and reached out his hand to catch her. Otherwise, he would have lost half his life.
"Miss Mu, are you alright?"
Mu Yunyao opened her eyes and could not help but cough twice. After confirming that Su Qing and the rest were safe and sound, she immediately fainted.
Su Qingwu's hands tightened, the person in his embrace was in a sorry state with water stains on his body and his face was also dyed with black ash, but he didn't care at all and only felt waves of warmth and softness. His figure was slender and petite, but he seemed boneless. Now that he suddenly fainted and the weight of her body fell into his arms, the strange feeling in his heart deepened.
Jin Lan and Jin Qiao hurriedly stepped forward to receive Mu Yunyao, and softly called out to her. "Miss, Miss, are you awake?"
Seeing that Mu Yunyao's life was not in danger, Cao Yunnian heaved a sigh of relief. The anger in his heart was even stronger than the flames in front of him now. Furthermore, the person inside the building has not come out yet the door has been locked? "
The weight on his chest suddenly disappeared, and Su Qingwu lowered his hand as he clenched his fist tightly. His gaze landed on the door of Ni Yun Fang Workshop which had not collapsed yet, and he could vaguely see the big lock on the door through the flame light, his expression sank.
He came this time to escort the Emperor's reward. In the morning, he sent the reward to the Ni Yun Fang Workshop, and at night, it was burnt clean. How could he return to the capital to report it?
Grand Coordinator Zhang also hurriedly rushed over. Seeing Ni Yun Fang Workshop, who was engulfed in flames, blacked out and she almost fell to the ground.
Su Qingwu turned his head to look at him, and his tone couldn't help but carry a trace of oppressive might, "Lord Zhang, this matter must be investigated thoroughly, if not I would really be unable to report this to the Emperor."
"Don't worry Lord Su. This matter will definitely be investigated thoroughly by lower official." Grand Coordinator Zhang gritted his teeth in anger, and immediately sent people to search around to see if there were any clues left behind.
When Mu Yunyao woke up again, she was already back home, with Su Qing sitting beside her crying.
"Mother …"
Su Qing trembled, and immediately wiped the tears away, and said with pleasant surprise: "Yao Er, you're awake? "Great, mother is worried to death."
Mu Yunyao sat up, her palm touching the bed surface, causing her to secretly inhale from the pain.
"You have wounds on your hands and body. Don't move. If you want to be a mother, you can do it for me."
Mu Yunyao insisted on sitting up and snuggled up to Su Qinghuai. She ignored the wound on her hand and held tightly onto her lapel. "Mother, I'm sorry!"
Su Qing was stunned for a moment, and then, her tears fell even more violently: "Silly child, it's good that you're safe and sound. Don't be afraid, you don't have to be afraid anymore."
She had no way to tell her mother that she was the one who set the fire going. There was no way to make her mother not worry about her, so she could only use this method to ease the guilt in her heart.
Su Qing held her in his arms and patted her back, just like how he did when they were young, "I'm fine, I'm fine …"
After a long while, Mu Yunyao finally managed to calm herself down: "Mother, how is Ni Yun Fang Workshop?"
"The fire burned everything." Su Qing had previously felt pain in his heart, but now that he saw that Mu Yunyao was safe and sound, he no longer cared about those things. Instead, he consoled her, "Yao Er, the Ni Yun Fang Workshop is gone, let's start again, don't be too sad."
Mu Yunyao nodded her head: "I understand, mother, don't be sad, I will definitely open a better Embroidery Workshop for you in the future."
"Alright, anything Yao Er says is fine."
Mu Yunyao rubbed her hands together in front of Su Qinghuai, "Tonight, I want to sleep with mother."
Su Qing stroked her hair, and upon hearing that, smiled gently: "Alright, then we'll sleep together." She was also afraid, so he hugged Mu Yunyao to ease his mind.
Mu Yunyao snuggled up to Su Qing, the water in her eyes dimmed, and a boundless coldness surfaced: Mother, rest assured, we can quickly rebuild Ni Yun Fang Workshop!
After approximately an hour, Mu Yunyao's breathing had calmed down, and only then did Su Qing slowly open his eyes. He turned his head slightly, and looked at her daughter's peaceful sleeping appearance, as a deep heartache flashed past his eyes. After a long while, he helped her cover up the tapetum on her body, and accompanied her to sleep.