The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 287: Accident at the Post Station

Chapter 287: Accident at the Post Station

Su Tang lifted the car curtain and looked out. The moon was a full moon tonight, and the stars were shining all around. Even in the wild it was not particularly dark. Moreover, there were soldiers holding torches around to illuminate the sky.

Su Tang took a quick look and saw that the carriage she was in was the front one, and behind it were several carriages of underage princes and princesses.

The carriage continued to move for a while and finally arrived at the post station where they were going to stay temporarily.

Although this post station is called a post station, it is actually a place for the royal family to go to the Fahua Temple to pray for blessings every year and for princesses and princes to rest.

Normally, outsiders are not received. However, even if no one lives here, there will be people staying here to clean the place.

So, when Su Tang and the others arrived, the station had already been cleaned several times.

"Grand Princess, we have arrived at the post station where we are staying." A guard's voice came from outside the carriage.

Chunmei responded and was the first to lift the curtain and get off the carriage.

Xia Mei then followed and lifted the curtain. Chun Mei, who was under the carriage, raised her hand to catch Su Tang.

Su Tang looked around at the surrounding environment and found that the post station in front of her was actually a small manor.

Several people came out from the carriages behind Su Tang's carriage one after another.

"Big sister." The Thirteenth Princess' cheerful voice came from far away.

"Yeah." Su Tang responded softly and glanced at the carriages behind.

"Also coming here today are Sixth Imperial Sister, Seventh Imperial Sister, and Eleventh Imperial Brother." Thirteen followed Su Tang's gaze and glanced at the convoy behind.

"Well, go in first." Su Tang responded again. Xia Mei had already entered the inn with several maids and was helping to clean up the room.

The rooms in the inn are allocated according to the levels of people like Su Tang. Fortunately, most of the rooms have similar configurations, with only two or three rooms being special.

Su Tang and the eleventh prince chose the two best rooms, while the other princesses chose rooms with the same configuration.

Because it was already very late when they arrived at the post station, the princes and princesses simply washed up and went to bed.

In Su Tang's room, Chunmei and the others had just left, and Su Tang summoned out Thirteen who had been accompanying them.

"Master." Thirteen, dressed in night clothes, bowed respectfully.

"Well, you should go back to the space and have a rest." Thirteen has followed for a day. Now they live in the inn. Not only are Chunmei and the others protecting them outside, but the inn is also filled with royal guards who accompany them.

The secret guards that Qi Lingheng left for Su Tang were all outside at this time, so nothing should happen. Besides, Su Tang would go back to the space to rest soon.

"Yes." Thirteen naturally knew how many people were following Su Tang. After hearing what Su Tang said, he nodded in agreement.

Then Su Tang and Shisan returned to the space together.

But something unexpected happened on the night that was thought to be going smoothly.

In the middle of the night when people were sleeping soundly, a fire broke out in the kitchen of the inn.

The fire was out of control and the Royal Guards tried their best to put it out but failed. The flames even spread to other parts of the post station.

As a last resort, the Royal Guards began shouting at the princes and princesses to evacuate.

Naturally, the Royal Guards came to notify Su Tang as soon as the fire was discovered.

At that time, Su Tang came out of the space. She swept up the items that Chunmei and others brought down from the carriage and put them all into the space.

"Master, this is really nice." Chunmei said with a smile.

Otherwise, they would have to learn how to move the things. Besides, the post station is very messy now, and one or two things might get lost if they are not careful.

"Let's go wait outside first." Su Tang said with a frown.

"Let them check again. What caused the fire?"

According to Chunmei, this is the first time such a situation has happened on Qifu Road.

Su Tang stood outside the post station and looked at the house that was already on fire.

At this time, the darkness around became brighter under the light of the fire.

"Master, the secret guard just went to investigate, and found that the fire did start in the kitchen, but no one was working in the kitchen. There was no fire there when we came, and the door of the kitchen was locked." Chunmei whispered the information the secret guard had found out in Su Tang's ear.

"Well, are there any shops or houses around this post station?"

Because this post station was specially provided as a temporary lodging place for princes and princesses while they were praying for blessings, there were no other houses around it.

At least that's what Su Tang saw today.

"There are indeed no houses around the post station, but there is a manor house about 20 miles to the west, which is the villa of Prince Su."

"Yeah." Su Tang nodded after hearing this.

Soon everyone withdrew from the post station, and a man in the armor of the Imperial Guards walked up to Su Tang, clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "I am Qiu Jiu, the commander of the Imperial Guards who is responsible for the safety of the team going to the Fahua Temple to pray for blessings.

Although the fire in the post station has been brought under control, it is not suitable for us to stay overnight. I beg the Grand Princess to give me your instructions."

"It's not appropriate to travel at night. It will be dawn in a few hours. Let's set up camp outside the post station. The Royal Guards will work hard to surround the carriages of the princess and the princes. You can each set up a simple tent outside to stay for the night."

Although we have already calculated where to rest every night when we go to pray, in order to deal with such emergencies, the accompanying team will also be equipped with tents and other camping supplies.

Qiu Jiu thought for a moment and then agreed, "Yes, I will arrange it."

"Yeah." Su Tang nodded slightly.

After Qiu Jiu left, Su Tang said to Chunmei and the others, "Go gather our accompanying carriages together and go to the open space over there."

Su Tang had just observed the surrounding environment. The area around the post station was very clear and flat, and there were no tall branches blocking the view, so it was relatively safe.

Chunmei and the others agreed and immediately got busy.

"Big sister." After a while, Princess Thirteen came to Su Tang with two women in palace costumes.

"Big sister." The two people were the sixth princess and the seventh princess. They bowed and greeted Su Tang.

"Well, are you hurt?" Su Tang looked at the three girls and asked.

"No." The three of them shook their heads.

"Have all the things been moved out?" Su Tang asked again.

When the fire broke out, Su Tang had already put all the things in her room into the space, so Chunmei and the others didn't have to go back to the post station to look for things.

"Well, the maids are moving, so we came over to the eldest sister's side." The Thirteenth Princess replied.

Su Tang nodded and pointed to her carriage, "Let's go wait in the carriage."

Soon the four of them got on Su Tang's carriage. Chunmei had already lit a glass lamp in the carriage, so it was quite bright inside.

Su Tang’s carriage was very big, and it wouldn’t be crowded even if several people sat inside.