289. Fire in the palace, leaving the capital
Most of the buildings in the royal palace were constructed primarily from wood, with their edges and prominent features lavishly decorated with colorful paints. Naturally, the fire grew more intense once it started. In less than a quarter of an hour, not only was the entire Autumn Cool Hall engulfed in a sea of flames, but the fire had also begun to spread to the surrounding palaces. Ye Li and her companions could only retreat with Princess Zhenning to the imperial garden, far from Autumn Cool Hall. After placing Princess Zhenning beside a small, clear, and well-ventilated lake, they looked at the distant blaze, where people had already begun to fight the fire, and Ye Li ordered, "Go and fetch an imperial physician."
